. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BULLETIN No. 646 Contribution from the States Relations Service A. C. TRUE, Director. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 8, 1918 LESSONS ON PORK PRODUCTION FOR ELEMEN- TARY RURAL SCHOOLS.^ By E. A. Miller, Specialist in Agricultural Education. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Lesson 1 2 II 6 III 9 TV : 12 V 13 Page. Lesson VI 15 VII 17 VIII 18 IX 21 Boys' pig clubs 25 INTRODUCTION. Tmportance.—The growing of hogs is recognized as one of the most important
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BULLETIN No. 646 Contribution from the States Relations Service A. C. TRUE, Director. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 8, 1918 LESSONS ON PORK PRODUCTION FOR ELEMEN- TARY RURAL SCHOOLS.^ By E. A. Miller, Specialist in Agricultural Education. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Lesson 1 2 II 6 III 9 TV : 12 V 13 Page. Lesson VI 15 VII 17 VIII 18 IX 21 Boys' pig clubs 25 INTRODUCTION. Tmportance.—The growing of hogs is recognized as one of the most important phases of the hvc-stock industry. The value of hogs as meat-producing animals is attested by the facts that they are gro^\^l on 70 per cent of farms and that they constitute so large a part of the number of all farm animals. The United States Department of Agriculture Crop Report gives the following interesting figures with reference to the number of each kind of the leading farm animals in our country on January 1, 1917: Hogs, 67,453,000; sheep, 48,483,000; milch cows, 22,768,000; other cattle, 40,819,000; horses and mules, 25,765,000. Educational value.—The great importance of the subject as indi- cated in the previous paragraph and th(^ readiness with which it lends itself to the teaching of the principles of breeding, feeding, and management of farm animals give it unusual educational value. The apphcation of these principles in connection with hogs may be studied and observed in the brief period of one year. Its educational value is recognized by school officials and extension workers and it is being made use of as a home project and as a phase of club work. It is with a view to introducing into the schools in a definite way the study of this important phase of animal husbandry that the fol- ' Prepared under the direction of C. H. Lane, Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education. Note.—This bulletin is intended for the use of teachers of elementary agriculture. 27820
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