Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
h0Istein Calf Club For The Boys
and Girls of Shenandoah
County.

sAoto1tiu NuiI NIuU VI sNL 0Uy
and Girls of Shenandoah
County.
For the past few weeksI have
been reading with a great deal
Of interest the reports of the var
ious live stock sales throughout
the United States and especially
interesting have l found the re-
ports of the Holstein sales re-
Gently held in Richmond and
Orange, Virginia. I wish it
were possible to get more of our
county dairvmen to attend these
sales in order that they might
see what Holstein breeders, who
are in position to know the real
value of the breed, are willing to-
pay for good individuals and also
that they themselves might real
1ze more fully the worth of this
great breed Of cattle. 1t is not
M object III this article to try
to convince my readers that any
one breed is the best breed, the
pure breds Of all breeds are good.
but We will have to Acknowledged
that Holste1ns are bringing the
highest prices of any breed in
the United States today. Just
+ think OF cows selling right here
III Virginia for twelve to fifteen
hundred dollars each. 1t sounds
almost like fish story but it is
an actual fact. The Holstein
COW that sold for $1,000 topped
the Orange sale and a few days
later in the Richmond sale
another Holstein cow sold for
81, 500 and in this same sale a
member of the Henrico County
Boys and Girls Holstein Calf
Club sold his heller calf for SOS.
This is just the beginning #
high prices for Holsteins in Viz
glnia and the reason is VERY
clear, Virginia has more accred-
tied herds, iii other words, Vir-
g1nla has more herds of cattle
that are known to be free from
tuberculosis than any other Stute
in the Union. This means that
if the Holstein breeders of this
State get busy and produce good
pure bred animals, with the
proper breeding back of them, in
sufficient numbers to supply the
demand, Virginia will probably
become the best market for Hol-
stems in the United States. With
all these bright prospects for the
| future of the HolStein it does
seem to me that about the best
Investment any one can make at
present is to buy Holstein
heifer. l am SO thoroughly con-
WINGED Of this fact that | am
working up a Holstein Calf Club
for the bows and girls of Shenan-
doah County, and the outlook
thus far is most gratifying. The
most prominent breeders of Hol-
stems IN the county are heartily
in favor of the Calf Club and
they are not only giving part
OF their time trying to interest
the boys and girls and their par
ents but they are also arranging
for some nice prizes to be given
to the BOYS and girls VINO have
the best calves on exhibition at
the County Fair next fall.
Any boy or girl in Shenandoa Ii
County who is interested IN Hol-
stems may become a member of
the Calf Club by securing a pure
bred Holstein heifer calf and by
agreeing to feed and care for it
as directed.
Mr.. Dairymen. this is a money
making proposition for your boy
or girl and [ hope you will en-
courage them to join the Calf
Club, secure good calf for them
and thus lend your assistance in
m King Sheno ndoall County the
greatest Holstesn center in the
State of Virginia.
B. A. WARRINER.
County Agent. =.