Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-10-29
VERNON BE REPRESENTED
JUNIOR LIVE STOCK BREEDERS
SHOW IN NOVEMBER
Badger Stockmen VIII Have Chance
to See What Wisconsin Boys and
Girls Can Do
Especial Correspondence to the Censor)

Especial Correspondence to the censor)
Madison, October Is, 1919.
Are you ready? If not, you had
better put the final touches on your
entries for the Junior Live Stock Ex-
position at Madison, November to
2. The time is not far off,
Wiscorsin's junior live stock breed
ers are net lacking in pep-26 coun-
ties have enrolled and from those var
ious counties there will be 103 baby
beef entries, 1852 dairy calves, 229 pigs,
81 lambs and s colts, according to the
latest figures. Competition will be
keen. 1t will be chance for Badger
youths to find out how they rank
among the country's best This is the
first junior live stock exposition in
America, and bids fair to rival any
thing of its kind.
Vernon county will be well repre-
sented. Arthur Eggler, Isabelle Lem
Ike, Walter Wuensch, Alma Ambrosen,
Coon Valley; Emily Breidel, Stoddard:
Melvin Fortney, Chester Hauge, Will
no Hauge, Viroqua; Arthur Hegge
Chester Hegge, Westby; Roscoe Jen-
nings, Mike Stoehr, Helen Vergeront,
Viroqua; Laura Lunde, Westby Mel
win Stafslen, Coon Valley, viii have
some fine pig exhibits. Gladys Moore,
Maurice Buchanan, Charlie Fowell, Jr.,
Pearl Engler, Viroqua ;Hjalmer Math-
ison, Arvis A. Stafslien, Coon Valley;
Arthur Aberg, Retreat; Melvin Lee,
Esther Staley, Hillsboro; and Richard
Wagner, Union Center, will have an
excellent showing for baby beef and
dairy calf exhibits.
Exhibitors of baby beeves will have
chance to compete for many special
prizes of great value. The Plankin-
ton Packing Company will award a
sterling silver trophy, costing 500,
to the winner of the grand champion
ship. The Wisconsin ShorthornBreed-
ers' Association will add another sill
yer trophy, costing $25, if this grand
champion is Shorthorn, and if it is
Hereford the Wisconsin Hereford
Breeders Association will give the
winner SO in gold Several national
breed associations are backing the
youngsters with liberal contributions
of premium money. These are the
American Shorthorn Breeders Asso-
citation, the American Hereford Breed
ers' Association, and the American
Aberdeen Angus Breeders Associa-
ton. E. E. Jones of Lacrosse coun-
ty offers SIS in gold to the winner of
the grand champion, providing the
championship is a Shorthorn and E.
r. Williams, also of Lacrosse coun-
ty, makes the same offer to the re-
serve championship under the same
conditions.
Baby beef is not the only depart
ment receiving attractive permiums.
Dobson, Eastman and Rech, of Grant
county, will give to the lad, or lassie,
winning the most points with Poland
Chinas pure bred Poland China boar
and gilt, and the Grant County Po-
land China Breeders Association will
award ten pure bred Poland China
gifts of September farrow to exhib-
itors of Poland Chinas. Butts and
Babcock, Rock county, offers a fall
narrowed pure bred Chester White
boar to the premier exhibitor of Ches-
ter Whites and fall narrowed Ches-
ter White gilt to the secondary exhib- |
Ror.
The Wisconsin Poland China Breed
ers' Association and the Wisconsin
Dwoc Jersey Breeders Association |
sffers $125 in additional premiums for
Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys and
the Wisconsin Chester White Breed |
ers' Association will give $50 addi-
tioAal for Chester Whites. Both the
American Duroc Jersey Breeders AS
ISOLATION and the American Hamp-
shire Swine Record Association will
pay share of the premiums offered
for their respective breeds.
The Holstein Friesian Association
Of America will pay 500 in addition
al premiums for Holsteins and the
Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Associa-
ton will add SIS to the Jersey money.
The boy who wins the prize at the
live stock pavilion at the State Col
lege of Agriculture this fall will have
reasons to be proud. 1t will prove
a disappointment to some but it will
show the boy who does not win this
time where he "fell down., and put
him on the road to success for another
time.