Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-23
CLEMENT ROWE, OF MILLS cOUN.
TY, WINS BABY BEEF FEEDING
CONTEST HoNoRs.
GETS 500 TRIP TO
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Thirty Counties Entered in Contest
and Winners From Each Awarded
Free Trips to international Live
Stock Show in Chicaso-Two Girls
Among County Winners.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, Nov 23-In Iowa's great
baby-beef feeding contest, in which
more than 100 Iowa boys and girls
were enrolled, Clement Rowe, l3-year-
old lad. of Glenwood, Mills county, was
pronounced winner and state wioe
champion. The contest, conducted LOT
the past year by the Iowa Beef Produc-
erS' Association in cooperation with
the agricultural extension department
at Ames, has been a wonderful demon
stratIon on baby beef production, 10
say nothing of us value to hundreds OF
boys and girls interested in farm work
and life.
Young Rowe attained the unusual
score of 1913 points the award uelnS
made on the basis of the amount OF
gain counting as 40 points cost OF gam
figured at the average price Of farm
products. 80 points, and story ana re-
port Of the work, 80 points.
A 500 trip to Washington or tro-
ply of the same value, donated by the
pany, of Chicago, is Rowe's reward for
Iowa.
Calf Makes Big Gain.
Clements calf, ShorthoTn heller
weighed 349 pounds last November; at
the end of the contest it weighed l,l93
pounds, making total gain of $50
pounds in 349 days or an average daily
gain of 2.46 pounds. at Il cost Of $l.15
per hundredweiglt. He did every bit
of the work connected with feeding the
calf. even staying out Of school cou-
pie Of days to care for his pet. Even
if l do not win a prize l will be we'll salts
fed with the experience l have gained
and for the money my calf will bring
me-. he writes TO T. T.. Harrison, sec
rotary of the Baby Beef Producers As
sociation.
Merwin Bishop, aged IA years. Of At
lantiC, Cass county. was awarded first
prize for feeders outside Of the thirty
organized counties. a S3J trip to Chi
cagO. donated by the association. He
secured a score Of 50 points. With a
score OF 81 points. Harold FentOn, Of
Bloomfield. Davis county. won third
prize among unoTganiZed counties and
Will be given So round trip ticket TO
Chicago.
Two Girls Among Winners.
Two girls. Alfredo Johns of Neville
Woodbury. county. and Minnie Rohmer
Of Beaman. Grundy county were win
ners in their counties.
Thirty counties We're entered IN the
contest and the winner in each county
Will be given a free trip to the Inter-
national at Chicago thru the prize do
nations of Chicago commission houses.
including the Union Stock Yards and
Transit Compan ny. Clay Robinson &
Co. Alexander, Ward and Conover,
Walter and Dunbar Livestock EN-
change Bank. j. VI. Doud &; Co. and the
Iowa Beef Producers Association.
The thirty lads. including the three
winners above mentioned. will gather
at Ames Sunday. Dec 3. and from
there Will go 10 Chicago to spend
week under the guidance of Z. G.. Bish-
op. Of the agricultural extension de-
partmenr at Ames. Hundreds of trips
TO the Amcs winter short course, Jan.
% to Feb. 3, will be given as local
prizes TO other boys.
County Winners.
The county winners of the Ba by
Beef Nluo confess are:
Lawrence Davis, aged IA, Martelle.
Jones county
Johh Nome aSed 49, Manson al
noun county
duran SUMMERS ased Is. Malvern,
vi ms county,
Donald Hill, aged -, Corning, Ad-
ANS county
NecH bull's' aSeu L. Hamiln' Auuu-
Don county
fAIi!iI'i' freeman .Ssn IN. lhde-
pehuehce' buchahah county,
raymond ParIee, aged II. Green
he!d' AGAR county.
Leon AipeftS' aged 49, Relnbeck,
anna county
Leroy 'urtiS' aged 10, Churdan,
county.
Henry Schiek, aged a. Bayard Guth-