The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-09-03
THE BETTER BABIES
CONTEST AT FAIRS

The agricultural fairs, which are
responsible for raising the standard
of farm life and for standaraizing
stock, grain and farm products In
general, have taken up new line of
work They are improving q farm
product thai has been, in way, sad
ly neglected, farm baby. Incl
dentally, they are giving the town
and city baby helping hand, and
they are doing 1t all through what is
known as a Better Babies Contest.
II you have not heard OF the con-
test about TO be held ir connection
with your fair, read about II now.
The babies are entered like any other
exhibit at an agricultural fair. but
with this difference they are not on
exhibition all the time. They are
examined by judges, just AS live
stuck, grain or apples are examined.
The judges are physicians, and they
test the baby 10y standards which
have been set mp by specialists in the
care and feeding OF children, who
know just how much a baby should
weigh and measure aud what its gen
eral development should be at Civ
en- age.
Many readers OF this paper can look
back to the day when the fair start
ed 10 standafdi2e their farm prod
ucts. The farmers who thought they
we're raising pretty good live stock
and mighty fine grain, entered them
in competition with what other
farmers were raising. Sometimes
they learned that that they were
raising prize winning products; again
they found that their farm products
we're far below the standard set by
the judges. And what did they do
these men who took second, third
and last prizesY They went back 10
their fairs, took better care Of their
live stock, raised better grain the
next yaer, and they have been doing
that ever since. The result has been
a higher grade OF live stock in their
barns, higher grade Of products In
their fields, and all because the coun-
" or state fair set the standards.
Now that is just what the fair
officials are doing when they offe-
prizes for better babies in the Better
Ba oies Contests They are setting a
staudard for baby health and baby
strength and baby development.
They are notifying parents to bring
along the hanies from the farm, town
ana city. for comparison with these
standards. They are giving prizes to
the babies pronounced best 10y the
jndges and, best Of all, when the
babies do not come w 10 the stand
ard ana no not win the prizes, the
judges are telling the parents why
aud how the baby can he made het-
ter for another year ) fair, aud for all
its.hfe. The result Is boDnd to b.,
not prettier babies. but better babies
each years fair stronger, health
Ter race OF people on the farms, in
small towns aud In the cities.
DO sou believe that your fair people
are doing a good ~orkt j ~, enter
your baby in the Better Babies Con
test and spread the enthusiasm for
better babies in your nei ,hborhnod.
n you have no habies-see the con
,est auyhow. See the Better bsbies
Iestih Exhibit. Tell your neighDors
about II and help your fair officials
t. interest everybody 10 this splendid
work for stAndardizing the American
hsty
For full particulars, write 10 Mrs.
r. J Dempsey the superintendent
Of the Hettef Babies Contest II the
County Fair beid in salmon on sep
tsfnber 23rd. 24th. and 18th