Demonstration: Blackboard explanation of nutritive ratio of a feed or a ration. (6) Judging contest: Each member to place three hogs. (Basis of award: placing, 50; reasons, 50.) REFERENCES ON PIGS (Books) Productive Swine Husbandry—Day. No. 1. Swine in America—Coburn. No. 2. The Hog Book—Dawson. No. 3. Manual of Farm Animals—Harper. No. 4. Pigs for Profit—Walker. No. 5. Swine—Dietrich. No. 6. Feeds and Feeding—Henry and Morrison. No. 7. Judging Farm Animals—Plumb. No. 8. Principles and Practices of Judging Live Stock—Gay. No. 9. (Bulletins) Bul. 109. The Location, Construction, and Operation of Hog Houses. Agr. Exp. Sta., Urbana, Ill. No. 10. Bul. 147. Pork Production. Agr. Exp. Sta., Lincoln, Neb. No. 11. Bul. 124. Fattening Hogs in Nebraska. Agr. Exp. Sta., Lincoln, Neb. No. 12. Bul. 136. Forage Crops for Swine. Agr. Exp. Sta., Ames, Ia. No. 13. Bul. 143. Hogging Down Corn—A Successful Practice. Agr. Exp. Sta., Ames, Ia. No. 14. Bul. 110. Forage Crop Rotations for Pork Production. Agr. Exp. Sta., Columbia, Mo. No. 15. Farmers’ Bul. 205. U. S. Dept. of Agr., Washington, D. C. No. 16. PART IV THE HOME PROJECT NOTEBOOK PIG RAISING PROJECT RECORD Year____________ Name______________________________________________ P. O. _________ Box ________ Route_______ County____________________________________________ Name of Club______________________________________ School Dist. No___________________________________ Teacher___________________________________________ Club Leader_______________________________________ PIG PROJECT STUDY OUTLINE[9] The following outline may serve as a guide to each pupil in the study of his project, or it may be used by the class as a whole in their discussion of the subject: (Each pupil should write the answers to the questions.) I. Shall I raise pigs for my project? 1. Do I like pigs? 2. Is this section suited to the profitable production of pork? 3. Do pigs fit in well with our farm management plan? 4. Is cholera or any other disease likely to prevent profits? II. What shall be my aim in raising pigs? 1. Shall I feed one or more pigs during the summer to market in the fall or winter? 2. Shall I aim toward building up a pure-bred herd for breeding purposes? 3. Shall I make a combination of the aims above? III. How shall I get a start? 1. Shall I buy one or more young pigs? 2. Shall I buy a sow which has been bred? 3. Shall I buy pure-bred pigs or grades? 4. What breed shall I buy? 5. Do I know the points of a good pig? IV. Can I give breeding animals proper management? 1. Do I know how to manage the boar and sow at breeding time? 2. Can I give a brood sow the proper care? 3. Can I manage sow and pigs properly at farrowing time?