The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-15
'FVTRAL'SCLUB PRIZES
WILL GIVE PURE-BRED BULLS IN
ro,,R.CROP CONTESTS IN 1915.
,awav Projects Practical Method of
stimulating Cattle Industry in the
Counties Its Lines Traverse.

hovs' four-crop clubs in 1915 as a
.dfnm through which to encourage
NO raising of high-bred beef cattle
!, those portions of Georgia and Ala
hama which it serves.
according to announcement made
Il p. Jackson, agricultural agent,
.bo agricultural department has ar
..rped for the purchase of number
=, nnre-bred Shorthorn (Durham)
snns which will be awarded to the
ari,o winners of the Boys Four
rroD Club contests.
Anv boy between the ages of ten
.n3 twenty-one who lives in county
:, Alabama or Georgia which is
.,.rarsed by the Central of Georgia
galway may enter the contest in his
o,rntv if he can get three acres of
oropnd on which to cultivate his
s,oDs On one acre he must aplant
.oton, on another corn and on the
third he must cultivate winter oats,
allowed by cowpea hay, making
mr crops on three acres.
Conditions of Contest.
The prizes will be awarded for the
1at total yield of all four crops at
ho greatest net profit, and a writ
70, account of how the crops were
made will be required. The names of
5rs who wish to enter the contest
NAV be forwarded through their To-
,aI school teachers, the county
school commissioners or the county
demonstration agent to either J. Phil
Campbell, state agent, State College
Of Agriculture, Athens; or L. n. Dun
can. special agent, Alabama Expert
ment Station, Auburn, Ala.
Bulls were offered as prizes for the
fOur-crop contests this year, but Ow-
ing to the >lateness of the announce
ment only thirteen of the clubs were
organized. The thirteen bulls have
been purchased and until the contest
is decided have been loaned to farm
sy along the road who agreed to
purchase pure-bred Shorthorn heif-
ers and to build a dipping vat to
keep their cattle free of ticks.
The lending of the bulls has slim
plated interest in the beef cattle rails
ling among the farmers to such an
extent that many other farmers who
have seen the bulls have purchased
stock for their own
farms,
Much Interest in Plan.
Agricultural Agent Jackson is par
tcularIy interested in the prize bulls
and believes they will be the begin
ming of a big cattle raising move
ment.
The interest aroused in pure-bred
cattle by the introduction of the bulls
this year" said Mr.. Jackson, is posi-
Tive proof that the bulls we will place
in the territory we serve next year
will greatly stimulate the beef cat
Tile industry
The plan of awarding the prize
next year will be the same as that
adopted this year, but it is hoped that
there will be more than twice as
many clubs organized. The bulls will
be purchased early in the year and
will again be loaned to the farmers
who will agree to purchase thorough
BRED heifers until the contest is de-
cided.
The ShOrthorn variety of cattle
was chosen by the Central of Georgia
pn advice of experts. While this is
primarily a beef type of cattle the
COWS sired by Shorthorn bulls will
N most cases give more milk than
rne average mich COW of this sec
zion.
Should Extend Work.
FOR three years the Central of
georgia gave prizes to the Corn Club
DoyS In 1911 a fine mule was given
rs the state prize in both Alabama
ana Georgia, and $25 in cash for
eacn county traversed by the road.
pa both 1912 and 1913 the state
prizes were Percheron mares, with
Szo Berkshire boars as the county
prizes.
Inc management of the agricult-
llFaI department of the Central feels
mat the boys have accomplished
"onders in the matter of making
large and profitable yields of corn,
Oul mat the time is now ripe for the
HldFgement of the work. 1t is Civ
pug the boys their chance to show
"aat they can do with some of the
O'1ef crops equally as important as
''H' Methods which proved so sue
-esSiuI in the cultivation of the corn
iOps it is believed, will make large
-7'u' OF cotton, oats and cowpea
bay.