The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-11-29

Clement Rowe, 10 Years Gold Lad Of
Gienwood. Mills County, Pro.
nounced State Winner.
MADE A SCORE OF s5.3 POINTS

MADE A SCORE OF s5.s POINTS
Contest Was Wonderful oemonstra.
ton on Baby Beef Production
500 and Trip to Chicago.
AMES, Ia,, Nov. %. (speciaD In
Iowa's great baby beef feeding CON.
test, in which more than 100 Iowa
boys and girls were enrolled, Clement
Rowe, 13.year old lad Of GlenwoOd,
Mills county, was today pronounced
winner and state wide champion. The
contest, conducted for the past year
by the Iowa Beef PrOducers' associa-
ton in cooperation with the agricul-
tural extension department at Ames.
has been wonderful demonstration
on baby beef production, to say moth
ing Of it's value to hundreds Of boys
and girls interested in farm work and
life.
Young Rowe attained the unusual
score of 95.3 points, the award being
made on the basis of the amount OF
gain counting as 40 points, cost Of the
gain figured at the average price Of
farm products, 80 points, and story
and report OF the work, 80 points.
A 500 trip to Washington or tr0-
ply of the same value, donated by the
Union Stock Yards and Transit COM
pany, of Chicago, Is Rowe's reward
for producing the best boy-fed calf
in Iowa.
Clements calf, Shorthorn heifer.
weighed $40 lbs. last November. at the
end of the contest 1t weighed 1895 lbs.
making a total gain OF $50 lbs. In $40
days or an average daily gain OF 2.46
lbs. at cost of $7.16 per hundred
weight. He did every bit Of the work
connected with the feeding of the calf
even staying out OF school couple Of
days to care for his pet. Even II
do not win prize will be we'll sat
isfied with the experience have gain
ed and for the money my calf will
bring me-" he writes to r. IF. Harri-
son, secretary OF the Baby Beef Pro
ducers' Association.
Merwin Bishop. aged IA years. OF
Atlantic, Cass County. was awarded
first prize for feeders outside OF the
80 organized counties. q $S6 trip to
Chicago, donated by the Beef Produc-
ers' Association. He got q score Of
95 points With score ofs94.7 points
Harold Eentons of Bloomfield, Davis
county, won third prise annOng the IN.
organized counties and viii be given
a $15 round trip ticket to Chicago.
Two girls, Alfredo Johns. Of Mo. I
vile. Woodbury. county, and Minnie
Rohmer. of Beaman, Grundy county,
were winners in their counties.
Thirty counties we're entered In the
contest and the winners will be given
a free trip to the International ut Chi. !
cago, thru the prize donations Of Chi.
cago commission houses, including the
Union Stock Yards and Transit COM
pany, Clay Robinson &. company, Alex
ander, Ward, and Conover. Walter
and Dunbar, Livestock Exchange Bank
J. NJ. Doud and company, and the Iowa
Beef Producers association.
The 80 lads. including the three win
ners above mentioned, will gather vt
Ames, Sunday December 3, and from
there will go to Chicago to spend q
week under the guidance OF p. G.
Bishop, of the agricultural extension
department at Ames. Hundreds Of
trips to the Ames Winter Short Course
from Jan. 80 to Feb. 8. will be given IS
local prizes to other boys.
The county winners Of the Baby
Beef club contest are:
Lawrence Davis. IA, Martelle, Jones
county; John Moline, Is, Manson, Cal
houn county; Duran Summers, IS. 3,
Malvern, Mills county; Donald Hill.
Is, Corning. Adams county;H Cecil
Burns. IS. Hamlin, Audubon county:
Kenneth Freeman, Is, Independence,
County.
The above will 60 to the Internation-
al show as guests OF Clay Robinson
5
Raymond Parlee. II, Greenfield.
Adair county; Leon Alberts, Is. Rein
beck, Tama county; Leroy Curtis, Is,
Churdan. Greene county.
The above will 60 to the Internl-
tional as guests Of Alexander, Ward
& ConOver. 5jA
Martin Bice, IS, Walker, Linn coun-
ty: Henry Schiek, IA, Bayard, Guthrie
county; Watson Davis, IS, Castana,
Monona county: Charles Powell, II.
Denison. Crawford county; Alfredo
Johns. Is. Neville, Woodbury. county;
Joseph Cookey, IA, Cascade. Dubuque
The above will go to the Interna.
tional as guests Of The Union Stock
Yards & Transit company.
Clinton Horlacher, II, Storm Lake.
ou6nd NlSJa county 0IuhTJ <aU&elks rs u
Usage. Mitchell county; Berne Abrams
Is. Pisgah. Harrison county; Howard
49, Waveriy, Bremen county,.
Clinton Beresford, IA, Vinton, Benton ;
county; Roger CT Mead, 12,t Mitchell
villes Jasper county. VII MS "a ii
z The above will go to the Interna- 3
tional as the guests of Walter & Dun-lt!
bar. ii& "ilt aBn ts, alS 9fts %aftt4
t%Isreal NJ Holder, 19J Laurens. Po-
chantas county; John w. French, Is.
Goldfield, Wright county; Minnie
Rohmer, Is, Beaman, Grundy county;
Lester Scheurman. IS, Mt. Pleasant,
Henry Eountyl Harry Bradley Is,
Montesuma. Poweshiek county; Har-
old v. Jones, II, Tabor, Fremont coun-
ty. ~
The above will go to the Interna-
tional as guests of the Livestock Elk
change Bank.
Einar Jensen, II, Council Bluffs.
Pottawattamie county; Harry Rock
well, 10, Lacey, Iowa county; Leon
Mitchell, 16, Marcus, Cherokee coun-
ty.
The above Will go to the sInterna.
tional as guests OF ]. NJ. Doud & Co.