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One Thousand Ways to Make a Living

by Harold M. Dunphy

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Plan No. 752. Success Inspires

Here are the achievements of a Tennessee boy: Fifteen months ago he purchased a Duroc Jersey gilt, giving his note for twelve months to the local bank. This pig has farrowed twenty-seven pigs and has raised twenty-one of them. The boy sold three of the first litter at $25 each. Four of them now weigh 420 pounds and are worth $320. The seven pigs of the second litter are worth $175, and the seven of the third are worth $105, while the mother—the pig purchased when the boy entered the club—is valued at $75. This means a profit of $750 in fifteen months.

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