Campaign expenditures gone hog wild

If someone only raised about $14,000 total this year for their first re-election campaign, would spending over $4,000 on livestock at county fairs be a wise expenditure?

I know the name of the person or company that buys the animal gets put up above the animal so people see it when walking by; but how many people from his district actually saw that? And then how many of that group saw it and thought, "Rep. Terry Musser bought this pig so I should vote for him"? And then which of those two people will remember that in November?

While I think it's nice that Musser is supporting young farmers, surely $4,000 could have been spent on a more effective means of communication to his voters when he only has $14,000 to spend so far.