The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-08-18
PARTICULARS
or Mason County Helfer Cub to be
Organized, 1917, By First. Standard
Bank &Trust Company, Of
Maysvllle, Ky.

Any Mason County Farmer boy, be-
tween the age of 10 and 18 years, that
becomes q member Of the Mason
County Boys Agricultural Club and
binds himself to care for the Heifer
furnished him according to the direc-
tions of the County Agricultural
Agent and agrees to have same bred
to pure bred Shorthorn Bull, this
fall and to deliver said Heifer and her
offspring at a public exhibition and
sale, to be held at Maysville, KY, in
the fall Of 1918 and that executes to
the Bank a satisfactory note for the
cost Of the Heifer, may become a
member of the club. Membership shall
be limited to such a number as the
Bank elects and closed at such time
as it decides.
The Heifers will be about s months
old and weigh about 600 pounds each,
and will be brought to Maysville and
distributed to the boys at that point.
Each Heifer will be numbered and its
cost shown on tage and a c0rre-
spending number will be placed in a
hat and each boy allowed to draw
number and he will take the Heifer
bearing the number he draws and exc
cute a note, with security, bearing
per cent interest, payable in the fall
Of 1918, for the cost price Of the
Heifer.
The County Agricultural Agent
shall have the right to supervise the
feeding and care of the Heifer ant
each member Of club shall keep sucf
a record of his operations as sale
Agent shall furnish him.
The Heifer and her offspring, /
any, shall be brought, by her owner
to Maysville, KY, in the fall Of 1918
at which time an exhibition of all thu
members Heifers and their offsprings
II any, will be held and at which ex
hibition prizes will be awarded to thu
members Of the club, as follows:
For the best Heifer with calf by he
side.
For the best Heifer for breeding
purposes.
For the best calf from Heifer.
First, second and third prizes will
be awarded in each of above rings
and Championship prize, divided in
to three moneys will also be awarded
in this ring; condition of Heifer t
count 4O%, calf to count 1917, bes
kept record Of cost of feed, ETC., t
count 25fo, and largest profit on un
dertaking to count 25%.
The total amount of above prize
will not be less than 500 and shal
be divided in amounts, as cOmmitte
of five leading Mason County Farmer
shall later determine and will be dul
announced long before the date fixe
for the exhibition.
Immediately after the exhibitio
and awarding Of the prizes the stoc
shall be sold at public auction to higl
} est bidders.
Each boy will be allowed to max
one bid on his own Heifer and its of
spring, If any, and, the profit remain
ing after the payment of his note sha
60 to him.
An expert Judge of cattle, from II
; Extension Service of the College ,
. Agriculture will act as Judge an
:: award all prizes at the exhibition,
; the fall of 1918 and every boy will
. given exactly the same chance and
. square deal.
1t is the hope of the Bank that tn
. undertaking will not only prove prof
able to the boys from financi
.. standpoint, but that 1t will also gi,
. them actual experience in handling
business proposition and teach the
/. the value Of keeping record on viii
they are doing. Experience is the be
Of all teachers.
We do not intend to give the bo!
anything, except the prizes. We sin
ply want to help and encourage the
to become competent and careful bus
ness men and Farmers.
II this undertaking proves a succe
we will later organize pig and 9th
live stock club among our Farm
: Boys.
e Whatever helps the Farming inte
ests Of this section helps us all