This year Ryan was a 4-H'er and took two pigs to fair. In April he got two cute little pigs (hammy and wilbur) and then spent 4 months taking care of them. At the end of July he took them to fair. He showed one pig in the showmanship category. He did really well with this. Very good, since he was a first year 4-H'er. He got a blue ribbon for this. Later he was able to show both pigs in the market category. All I will say is that we did not buy very good baby pigs and it all ended up with Ryan's pigs placing VERY close to the, *the auction*. He was able to sell one pig and a ranch bought his pig for $4.50 a pound. Pigs get really big and he ended up with $1161. For an 8 year old, that is a ton of money and a lot of motivation to raise pigs again.
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