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Increasing the Effectiveness of Livestock Club Work

The Pennsylvania State College

Abstract

A need for some measure of achievement was felt early in the development of livestock club work. The livestock show was the generally accepted standard for measuring excellence in livestock so it was only natural that club agents turned to the show ring as a measure of success in their projects.

It is generally agreed that improvement of the club member is more important than producing a show ring champion in a livestock project. It became apparent that placing so much emphasis on the animal was a handicap and that some change was needed so that the educational value and interest of the project to the member would be improved. A survey of twenty leading swine producing states indicated that the method of conducting projects was quite uniform and not very different from the plan in use in Pennsylvania. Without exception, the factor which determined the final score or placing of the member's project was the individuality of the animal.

¹ Livestock extension specialist. State College, Penn.