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• A female wild pig’s litter can be up to 14 piglets, which will remain in the nest for their first ten days. Wild pigs can live up to 20 years. • Once a pig reaches 120 lbs., it becomes known as a hog. The boar is an uncastrated male domestic pig that is used for breeding. If a male pig is neutered, it’s called a barrow. The term boar can also refer to a wild pig of any gender. • During its growth phase, a pig will consume 6 to 10 lbs. of corn and soybean meal feed daily. A fully grown pig can weigh between 300 and 700 lbs. But pigs typically go to market at around 250 to 280 lbs. • A pig’s hoof has four toes, and they use just two toes per foot to walk. • A farm-raised pig’s diet is mostly corn, but a wild pig has a wider menu, including leaves, roots, fruit, rodents, and small reptiles. • Even with their size, adult pigs are able to run at speeds of up to 11 mph, the equivalent of a seven-minute mile. • Pigs are noted for their intelligence, are smarter than dogs, and smarter than three-year-old children! They can be trained to do tricks and can be taught to use a litter box. They continually communicate with other through more than 20 different methods, from oinks to grunts to squeals, all of which have specific meanings – everything from mating calls to expressing hunger. • Pigs are also very social, forming bonds with other swine, and enjoying curling up next to each other. Even wild pigs live in cohesive groups called sounders, some with as many as 300 members. ...continued

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• Pigs were one of the first animals to be domesticated. Descended from the wild boar, China began domesticating them about 6,000 years ago. Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto brought pigs to the North American continent in 1539. • Have you ever heard the expression “sweating like a pig”? Well, that’s nearly impossible, since pigs have hardly any sweat glands. Their favorite way to cool off is to roll in the mud, which leads to another common misconception – that they’re dirty animals. They’re actually one of the cleanest animals in the barnyard, and won’t defecate anywhere near where they sleep or eat. Covering themselves in mud not only cools them, it protects the pig from sunburn and bug bites. • A pig’s eyesight is among the worst of all farmyard animals. However, their sense of smell is very powerful, and the nostrils on its leathery snout are very sensitive to touch, enhancing their search for food. They have even been used to sniff out buried land mines during wars. • A hog named Reggie set the record for the heaviest pig at the Iowa State Fair in 2012. This swine weighed in at 1,335 lbs., compared to the usual weight range of 300 and 700 lbs. • In the wild, the largest boar is the giant forest hog that reaches a length of 6.9 feet. The heaviest is the Eurasian wild pig, which grows to 710 lbs. In contrast, the pygmy hog weighs just 21 lbs. While domestic pigs have curly tails, wild pigs have straight ones. ...continued

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• Fans of Chinese food might know that moo shu pork is made of sliced pork tenderloin, cucumber, scrambled eggs, and mushrooms, stir fried in a sesame or peanut oil, and seasoned with ginger, garlic, scallions, soy sauce, and rice cooking wine. • Since its introduction by the Hormel Corporation in 1937, more than 8 billion cans of SPAM have been sold. It’s available in 44 countries worldwide. SPAM is a mixture of chopped pork shoulder and ham, with some added sugar and potato starch. • Around 1835, Cincinnati, Ohio became known as “Porkopolis,” when it opened that state’s first slaughterhouse, and exported huge quantities of salt pork to every area of the country. By 1840, there were 48 hog packing plants there, employing 1,200 men. • Jewish and Muslim dietary law forbids the consumption of pork for religious reasons. In fact, its sale is illegal in certain Muslim countries. • Humans can be infected with Trichinella roundworms when they ingest inadequately cooked pork that contains the worms’ larvae. But it’s not just pork than contains the nematodes – wild game and even walruses can contain the larvae. Within days of eating the larvae, gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, and vomiting occur. Without treatment, trichinosis can lead to heart failure. Although most have a complete recovery, muscle pain and weakness can persist. Pork on the grocer’s shelf stamped “USDA Certified” means the meat has been treated for Trichinella.

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• Pork is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, accounting for about 38% of meat production. China accounts for more than half of the world’s pork consumption. The average person will eat 28 pigs over the course of a lifetime.

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• Pork blood soup may not sound too appetizing to some folks. As the name implies, it uses coagulated pork blood as its main ingredient, along with pig intestines, livers, and hearts, barley, and herbs. Another equally appetizing food known as livermush is served in the southern United States, a mixture of pig’s head parts, liver, and cornmeal.

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4-H CLUBS

Since October 7 – 13 is National 4-H Week, Tidbits is focusing on the history of this youth organization, whose mission is to “engage youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development.” • As improved agricultural methods were being discovered in the late 1800s, older farmers were resistant to the changes. Researchers determined that young people accepted new innovations more readily and were willing to experiment. Rural youth programs began to form to teach them new hands-on techniques. In 1882, a Delaware university sponsored a contest for youths, with each participant required to plant a quarter of an acre of corn, following instructions from the college that outlined new approaches to growing. • In 1902, an Ohio school superintendent, A.B. Graham, met with 30 boys and girls for the purpose of learning about harvesting corn, planting vegetable gardens, soil testing, knot-tying, and wildlife identification. The group was first dubbed the Corn Growing Club, but transitioned into the Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Club. This group was the beginning of 4-H clubs as we know them. • Around the same time, another school superintendent, Jessie Field Shambaugh from Iowa, was also organizing “Boys Corn Clubs” and “Girls Home Clubs,” establishing after-school clubs in 130 country schools to improve farming and homemaking practices in rural areas. Jessie’s monthly salary was $33.50. In 1910, she designed a green three-leaf clover pin as an award medal for club members’ work. . The letter “H” was on each leaf, designating “Head,” “Hands,” and “Heart.” A fourth leaf was added later to signify “home,” which was later changed to “Health.” The stem always points to the right. The emblem’s green color symbolizes life, springtime, and youth, while the white represents purity. ...continued

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• In 1912, the groups were first called 4-H clubs, with the club motto “To make our best better.” The clubsDell. were a national organization by 1914. Answer:

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• The 4-H pledge was writtenNUMBER in 1918: “I pledge A VERY LARGE my head to clearer thinking, my heart to • Edward Kasner was a mathematician. In great1938 er he loyalty, my hands to larger service, and was asked to come up with a name formy a health better living,the fornumeral my club,one, myfollowed commuverytolarge number: nity, country,zeros. and my Thetwo club’s slobymy a hundred Heworld.” asked his young what name they would suggest. gannephews is “Learn to do by doing.” • Nine-year-old suggested name • Randolph County,Milton West Virginia, was ahome to out of the funnies. A cartoon strip character the first 4-H camp, where campers slept in tents named Barney waswith verythe popular. Milton chose in corn fields, rising sun and working in Barney’s last name for the number. the field all day. • Kasner announced the new name for the big • In number the 1960s, 4-H expanded its programs to inin his next book, altering the spelling. clude life experiences outside of agriculture, • Sixty years later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin such as developing citizenship leadership developed a new internet searchand engine. Other qualities, responsibility, and life skills. The orgasearch engines searched each webpage and nization expanded intotoscience, engineering, rankedhas them according how many times a photography, living, robotics, environspecific termhealthy appeared on them, but Page and Brin designed their search engine to search for mental protection, computer science, and techthe specific termeven and then findbuilding! out how Memmany nology programs, rocket links were climate that led change, back tofood that safety, page, bers are there addressing which resulted in a better search engine. and childhood obesity. Members no longer live • They decided they neededareas, a name that exclusively in rural farming and clubs reflected how many websites the search now exist in suburbs and inner cities across the engine searching. They took the learnname nation. Of was course, some members are still of Edward Kasner’s very large number, only ingthey howmisspelled to raise sheep! it slightly, so it ended up being

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