The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-02-16

and citizens of Martin. Tenn, or
ganized in March, 1916, what II
known ms the Boys and Girls Dairy
Club, whose slogan is Efficiency in
Dairying." The bankers of Martin
loaned each member of the club
sufficient money at 6 per cent. in.
terest to purchase a Holstein COW
the boys and girls in turn giving
their notes for same, endorsed by
their parents. Fifty members were
enrolled in the club when organized,
which number has been increased
to about seventy-five. The cows
were purchased in Wisconsin, and
as result of the organization of this
club the farmers in the vicinity OF
Martin are buying cows and going
into the dairy business on an exten-
sive scale.
Similar clubs are now in process
Of organization at Mayfield. Ken
lucky. and Hazlehurst, Miss. While
the formation of these dairy clubs
was inaugurated 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
unable to purchase the necessary
COWS, and it is hoped the bankers
in other parts of the Mississippi VAL
ley will lend this substantial encour-
agement to the boys and girls in their
respective communities.
Another illustration of this club
movement is the formation of Calf
Clubs in Illinois,
Mr.. Thomas F. Chamberlain. CASH
ier, First National Bank. at Brigh-
ton, ILL.,, purchased in Wisconsin
last March "a head of heifers in age
from 6 to Is months. These calves
were shipped to Brighton and sold
to school children in that vicinity at
actual cost. the bank taking the
child's note hearing 6 per cent, in
terest. They paid an average of $43
per head for these calves, delivered
at Brighton, with the understanding
that in less than one year they were
to be brought to Brighton and sold
at public auction The difference
in what they paid, plus 6 per cent?
interest and what the heiters brought
at the sale, was the profit the child
made on the transaction. The sale
was held Dec. Sth, 1916, and eighty
four heifers were sold for cash at
public auction to the highest bid
der, and brought an average of $92. 80
per head, a total of $7,749. The
notes given by the children totaled1
So, ,612, leaving a total of So, 1877 90.
This sale was the first of its kind
held in this country, and afforded
evidence of the practi-
cability of the Bank Calf Club Move
ment 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 Centralia, H., one of the first
Calf Clubs was organized by the
President of the Centralia Trust &
Savings Bank. Mr.. ]. F. Mackey,
who gives his views regarding this
as follows:
Il have been in the banking busi-
ness for twenty years, and l believe
that this has been the greatest ad-
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 farther in en-
the boy and girl to remain
on the farm than any other method.
Of course the banker must invest
some money for a time, but there is
no risk, and with the
united efforts of the banker and the
cooperating along these
lines for the greater development of
The dairy industry, there is bound
to be brought about a new era OF
together with a happier
and more cOntented citizenship.