The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-28
BABY BEEF CLUB
To Be ORGANIZED
Canvass Of Lee County viii be
Made This Week in Attempt to
Get Members From
Among Boys.
REASONS FOR FORMING
Farmer Lads Can Do Their Share
by Encouraging Production
Along These
Lines.
REASONS FOR FORMING

A baby beef club will be organized
in Lee county this week by II. Il.
Jackson of Ames, and F. H. kreolll
of Donnellson, county club leader. a
canvass of the county is contemp
lated by these men this week. Some
of the reasons why the boys OF Lee
county should enter into this contest
are to be found in bulletin from
Ames college, from which the follow
| ing excerpts are taken:
| 1t is a patriotic duty: 1t affords
opportunity for serving your state
and country by increasing the beer
supply. The soldiers must have meat
and you can help supply it by feeding
one or more baby beeves.
You may win part Of the $4,000
offered in prizes: The state champ
Jon trophy is valued at $4,000 1t is
worth working for. The boy who
| wins it will receive statewide recog-
milton as a cattle feeder.
The trips to the international live
stock exposition in company with
over a hundred other club winners
will be both interesting and educa-
tional 1t will give you an oppor-
tunity to see not only the greatest
| live stock show in the world, but
also the Union Stock yards and mar
kets. the big packing plants. and 9TH
er important places of interest IN
Chicago.
The trip to the junior short course
at Ames means visit to the Iowa
state agricultural college with its big
farm, beautiful campus, fine build
| ings and stock. 1t includes weeks
short course instruction in corn and
live stock judging and growing,
Iplanned and conducted especially for
juniors.
There is the chance to win the
prize money at the international live
stock exposition, the Iowa state fair,
the interstate fair, and at the coun-
| ty and local shows if you have your
calf well fitted and wish to exhibit
him at these shows. Prizes for the
1918 contest amount to over $4,000.
You will make good profits: Aside
from the prize money that may be
won, there is the opportunity this
year to make good profits on baby
beef. Last year the beef club mem
bers made an average profit (not
counting prize money! of s27.79 per
calf, after all expenses We're paid.
| One boy made $393.5S from the sale
of his calf and the prize money which
he won Another boy made $252.O0 IN
profit and prize money. There is
world shortage of beef and prices
and profits will no doubt be high
next fall.
A good way to use your corn crop:
II you have grown an acre OF corn IN
the acre contest this year, the baby
beef contest will give you a chance
| J. ha haSr most nrOfitaDie
use OF your crop. At the same time
! it will help keep the farm fertile
for future crops instead of robbing
| it of fertility as would be done If
YOU marketed the corn directly.
| Rules for Club Members.
The rules and regulations for the
club are the following:
| 1. Members: Any junior over 10
and under 10 years Of age January l.,
1917, is eligible.
| 2. Work: Each member will
choose calf dropped between Janu-
airy l and September l. 1917. 1t may
be selected any time after the mem
Der enrolls, but the feeding record
does not begin before October L.
Some time between October l and
October 80, 1917, the calf will be
weighed and then accurate record or
feeding will be kept.
8. Selection of calf: The pur-
pose is to feed calves for market
beef. Pure bred calves may be used,
but bull calves and all heifers in
tended for breeding purposes are
barred.
! 4. Feeding period: The feeding
record is to begin the day the calf is
weighed between October 1 and Oc-
tober 80, 1917: Two persons unre-
lated to the contestant must witness
! the weighing and sign the weighing
certificate and the contestant must
report at once weight, color, age, sex,
| and breed Of calf. The calf will be
weighed again in August, 1918.
| 6. Basis Of award: The following
basis of award Is used:
/. Gain in weight ...... GO per cent
u. Economy OF gain -. 20 per cent
3. Records kept and writ
| ten reports ......... 20 per cent
Total score .....-... 100 per cent
7. Prizes: With the same calf
/ the members may compete for inter
national. state, county and local
prizes.
, s. Enrollments may be made at
any time before November l, 1917.
I Boys who need financial assistance
in securing a calf to feed are request
ed to write the state club leader.
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