The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-05-03

I club enables those boys and girls VINO
are unable TO have share IN the
farm stock to buy and pay for calf
I themselves and realize a profit there
I from Records are kept Of expenses
50 it puts dairying on sound basis
and gives farm life a business like as
pect- Second, to create an interest in
present operators through their child
rem Through the interest and success
Of their boys and girls they see new
methods for themselves, and learn
lessons Of monetary worth in building
up the farm income. And closely con-
nected with the second, yet a third
end must necessarily follow, that a
maximum number Of well bred dairy
cattle viii be brought into this COM
munity at minimum cost. Southern
Idaho has ready market for fresh
dairy products at Portland, Seattle,
Spokane, Salt Lake and Butte, but
up 70 this time few have taken advan-
tage Of IT. Through the influence Of
club work the profits Of dairying viii
be revealed and hidden course Of rev
enue from the farm laid bare The
dairy industry brings in the cream
check twelve months out Of the year
and Is not subject 10 total failure,
no matter the kind Of frost
The organization is simple. This
bank announces to this community
that it proposes 10 furnish heifer
calves, Holsteins and Guerneseys q
week 70 ten days old and seven-eights
TO pure bred 10 the boys and girls of
the community at cost providing they
can satisfy the inspector that they
have ample feed for the summer and
viii take good care Of the calf But
more than this the bank proposes TO
make the payments easy for the
youngsters. Notes payable six months
from date, drawing per cent interest,
are 10 be signed by the children, to-
gether with their parent or guardian
for the purchase value OF the calf. The
club member must register at the
First National Bank and learn the
requirements Of the contest and they
will have full control of the animals
10 do as they see fit If desired the
notes may be paid before the end Of
the six months and If not sale viii
be held at that time and the stock
again brought TO town and sold, the
youthful purchaser keeping the sur
plus above the interest and face of
the note, and these profits are not
TO be despised.
Calf Day this fall will be big day
in Emmett; a parade viii be held in
cluding all the youthful agriculturists
with their calves, and not boy or
girl in all Emmett but VIII be envied
place in the parade The bank hopes
10 have some prominent dairy author
tiles here that day from the state
university TO tell Of the dairy ad-
vancement and assist in judging the
calves Special prizes viii be award
ed for superior work in rearing the
calves Emmett viii get a new grasp
on the dairying industry and never
forget that the boys and girls of this
community are the ones VINO led the
Among the requirements viii be-
The calf must have a name; broke 70
lead: agree 10 exhibit in the parade
on Calf Day this fall; calf must be
weighed when taken and each foud
weeks. thereafter; owner must keep q
record Of the cost Of the feed and the
kind Of feed; child Is 70 earn the
money 10 pay the note; child IS 70
take all the care of the calf except N
case Of illness; no child over is years
allowed 70 compete for the prizes
The first prize viii he SIS IN gold
The second prize viii be SO IN gold
The third prize viii be s. in gold
The fourth prize viii be $3.50 in gold