The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-07-20
play ball and rest until after
supper when DR.. Don McMa-
hon v. S.. of Calvin. N. D.

hon V. S., of Calvin, N. D.,
gave demonstrations in minor
operations and dehorning and
lectured on Modes of restraint
? otil late in the evening, the
~-by farmers having gather
et - nd an increased nurnberof
boy e. 'lected. Mr.. and Mrs.
White all in their power to
make T. noys feel at home
and were. zen class yell by
the boys on leaving.
Wednesday forenoon a class
in stock judging was held, all
the boys participating, and
prizes were awarded to the fol-
lowing boys: First prize in
Draft horses, Tom White, Er-
win Brander and Willie Brand
er tied with perfectscores. Sec
ond prize Oliver Finstad of
Landa, third prize Daniel
Kromery of Kramer. Hand
some ribbons will be engraved
with the event, date, name of
Farm and Winners name and
presented to the boys from Mr..
White. In the afternoon beef
cattle were inspected and a
demonstration in casting aud
ringing was given by DIR. Nc
Mahon who roped and cast and
rung Mr.. White big pure bred
bull in the pasture.
About three o'clock the party
left for the l.. ]. Larson farm
where the west side boys were
met, in charge of Mr.. Humph-
reys, who had taken them to
points of interest >enroute. A
ball game between the boys of
the west side and east side was
next on the program and re-
suited in a score Of 20 to 10 in
favor of the west side boys and
was an exciting game from the
start. A large number of
neighboring farmers had gath
cred in and a lecture on First
Aid to Farm Live stock was
given by DIR. Mcmahon, the
],audience remained, until a late
hour.
Thursday forenoon demon-
stnations in uailk testing was
given by Agent Humphreys. a
num ber Of farmers bringing ia
! milk to have tested and it is
quite probable that the first
cow association in the county
by the progressive farmers of
Starbuck township may result.
After dinner a large crowd
from the nei&hboring towns
and farms having gathered,
DIR. Mcmahon again gave dem
oustrat1ons in minor opera
tons on live stook, the
boys performing these un-
der hhe oc.tor guild
ance, did~some things adj farm
ers should be able to do, but
which many never had the op-
portunity furnished these boys
to learn. This was followed
by lecture on methods of con-
troll and another on the un-
Isoundness of horses, practical
demonstrations being given.
At about 9 p. NJ. the boys were
disbanded and taken to their
homes, having completed the
first Farm Boys Hike over the
county.
Ike Ladies Aid of Starbuck
Township served the boys
beautifully during the encamp-:
ment and all the people of the
neighborhood WED each other
to make the event a success
and to give the boys good
time. 1T is planned to make
this an annual event and in
connection with the Boys Short
Course to give the boys of the
county an opportunity twice a
year to study up to-date meth
,ods of farming first hand. To
the efficient assistance given
by Mr.. John Brander and to
the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs. |
Robert Brander, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. III. White and to L. J. Lar
son and Mrs. Larson and the
Ladies of the Lutheran Aid of
Starbuck township the success
of the enterprise is largly due.
Thirty toys took part in the
meetings and some two hun
dred farmers were present at |
the last days program. Thurs
day after supper an exciting
ball game between the east |
and west side boys was held |
with the outfit as prize to
the winning nine, the mem
bers of which competed for the
various articles by a so yd.
dash. The east side boys won
IN fh;a cnnfos< with a acnra 0f