St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-02-17
THE RAILROAD AND TIE BANK.
Err IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS.
Boys and Girls Dairy Clubs--t;alf
Clubs.


railroad and the farmers in order t.
promote and foster the dairy inter
ests in their respective communities
Believing that one IT the bcs
means to insure the greater expan
sion and development Of the dair.
industry is to get the boys and girl!
interested, the Illinois Central Pail
road, cooperating with the bankers
and citizens of Martin, Tennessee
organized in Iasrch, 1916, what i;
known as the Boys and Girls Dairy
Club, whose slogan is Efficiency II
Dairying." The bankers Of Mal tir
loaned each member of the Club sui
fcient money at six per cent inter
est to purchase a Holstein COW, the
boys and girls in turn giving .heil
notes for same, endorsed by their
parents. Fifty members were en-
rolled in the club when organized
which number has been increased &c
about seventy-fve. The cows were
purchased in Wisconsin and as re-
suit of the organization of this Club
the farmers in the vicinity of Martin
are buying cows and going into the
dairy business on an extensive scale.
Similar clubs are now in process
Of organization at Mayfield, KY,
and Hazelhurst, Miss. While the
formation of the Dairy Clubs was in
augurated by the Illinois Central
Railroad, were it not for the spirit
of hearty cooperation of the bankers
| in financing the propositions, the
boys and girls would have been un-
| able to purchase the necessary COW,
and it is hoped the bankers in other
parts of the Mississippi Valley will
lend this substantial encouragement
| to the boys and girls in their res
pective communities.
Another illustration of this Club
movement is the formation of Calf
| Clubs in Illinois.
Mr.. Thos. F. Chamberlain, Cashier
First National Bank, at Brighton,
ILL.,, purchased in Wisconsin last
| March "a head of heifers, ranging
| in age from six to eighteen months.
These calves were shipped to Bright
on and sold to school children in that
vicinity at actual cost, the bank tax
ing the child's note bearing six per
cent interest. They paid an average
Of $4,000 per head for these calves,
deliver at Brighton, with the under
standing that in less than one year
they were to be brought to Brighton
and sold at public auction. The diff
ference in what they paid, plus six
per cent interest, and what the heif
er brought at the sale, was the profit
the child made on the transaction.
This sale was held December Sth,
1916, and "a heifers we're sold for
cash at public auction to the highest
bidder, and brought an average of
5000 per head, a total of $7sTS9.
The notes giveTsN by the children
totaled $3,612, leaving a profit Of
$4,127. This sale was the first of
it's kind held in this country, and
afforded convincing evidence of the
practicability of the Bank Calf Club
Movement in Illinois.
This movement has resulted in the
organization of many more Calf
Clubs. throughout Illinois for the
purpose OF Interesting, children in
the dairy industry.
At Cantralia, ILL.,, one of the first
Calf Clubs was organized by the
president of the Centralia Trust &
Savings Bank, Mr.. J. F. Machey,
who gives his views regarding this
organization as follows:
II have been in the banking bust
ness for twenty years, and l be-
lieve that this has been the greatest
advertisement we have ever under
taken. We are confident the move
ment will ripen into a great deal of
good and permanent business for our
Institution
Practical work Of this kind will
undoubtedly go much further in en-
main on the farm than any other
method. OF course the banker must
invest some money for time, but
there is practically no risk, and with
the united efforts of the banker and
the railroad, cooperating along this
line for the greater development of
the dairy industry, there is bound to
be brought about hew era of pros
perity, together with happier and
more cOntented citizenship.
A little pamphlet entitled 1.-THE
Railroad and. the Banker in the
Dairy Business" has just been pub
lished by the Illinois Central Rail-
road, copy of which can be secured
by addressing ]. C.. Clair, Industrial
and immigration Commissioner, Illi-
nois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill.
RUB-MY-T 'SM-Antiseptic, Re
lieves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neu-
ralgia, etc. Adv
EDITH MARIE BLACKWELL
PITTMAN.
Died at Red Bluff, Feb. s, 1917,
Edith Marie Observation-Disclosures age