Journal


 * **May 13th we got the first six pigs i have**
 * **May 31st we green tagged our show hogs**
 * **June 10th went to a hog show in Watertown, Sd got 5th overall with my spot gilt**
 * **June 23rd We had an open class hog show at Lake county we did not place all that well but made our money back**
 * **June 25th went to a hog show in Parker, SD got 1st in my class with a cross bred gilt**
 * **July 27th I pulled the hogs and the camper up to the Summer Spotlight in Huron, SD**
 * **July 29th we showed and we got champion Duroc gilt and made a little cash plus got a sales credit from Mike Clark**
 * **July Got a phone call from Penner Genetics Heardsman Kyle Bate**
 * **July met with my mentor about buying a gilt**
 * **August 5th I went to the Sioux Empire Jackpot Hog show we won overall purebreds gilt and barrow**
 * **August 7th we had our county achievement days I won all but 3 classes and the ones i didnt were 3rd in class 2nd in class and 6th i class**
 * 1) **the 6th in class was out horsed but she has been on good feed and looks a lot better**
 * 2) **the 3rd in class was beat by my champion purebred gilt**
 * 3) **2nd was a barrow on a light amount of palean**
 * 4) **we ended up the day being Champion Purebred Gilt and Barrow**
 * 5) **The gilt went on to be reserve overall pig at the county fair**
 * 6) **The gilt sold for 650 in the sale of champions and the barrow brought 450 witch goes to the 4-h to help pay its bills with me getting a cut of it**
 * **August 8th decided against buying a gilt due to lack of money and time to spend helping him**
 * **August 9th we decided i have a duroc gilt that will be going to the national Barrow show**
 * **August 13th we left for rapid**
 * **We showed on sunday August 15th and we were champion purebred and champion crossbred gilt witch led to us being overall gilt with the cross bred**
 * **Champion Division IV light weight gilt**
 * **September 1st We won champion FFA gilt Overall**
 * **Feed pigs till September 1st**
 * **Kept one Duroc Gilt till September 9-12**
 * **We showed on the 11th**
 * **We were named 1st in class winner**
 * **We brought her back in and was named champion overall duroc gilt**
 * **We ran her through the sale on the 12th and sold to Tom Olson of Center Prairie Genetics for 3000 dollars**
 * **On the 27th of October I went to a ewe sale in Pipestone Minnesota were i bought 3 purebred hampshire ewes and bought 1 Suffolk**
 * **They were bred to __ On October 30-September**
 * **They will raise a lamb that will be shown at Lake County Achievement days**
 * On January 23 i went to the Sioux Empire Farm Show Hog Show
 * I learned that they are getting more stout and wider