Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-05-21
GREENBRIER COUNTY CALF CLUB,

GREENBRlER COUNTY CALF CLUB.
Any boy or girl living in Green
bricr County, who has passed Ills
or her tenth birthday on MAY IS,
1920, and who receives the APPROX
al Of the committee in charge, may
become member of the Grcenbricr
County Shorthorn Club, upon agree
ment to comply with all the require
mcnts set forth for the conduct Of
the club.
Each member to be furnished
with registered Shorthorn heifer
he or she to pay for The same at
time Of distribution either in cash
or by giving note drawn in favor
OF the bank Of his or her choice.
The heifers are to be tuberculin
tested, registered and insured for
sixty days against death from any
cause before distribution.
Heifers will be assembled at Lew
isbrrg and distributed as follows:
on Wednesday afternoon, Nav Goth,
at ChautauQua lot.
Privilege will be given for in
speeding all heifers before distri-
buting begins. Following this the
heifers will be brought one at q
time, before the boys and girls; and
actual cost Of the heifer stated.
An opportunity to sign card will
be then given all members who de-
sire TO own the heifer. Signctl
cards will be collected and one
drawn. The member whose name
IS drawn will receive the heifer.
In like manner the rest Of the hcie.
crs will be distributed. Each mem
Der is to arrange to paw for the
heIfer either in cash or by note BE-
TO- - hcifcr is removed.
Hcifcrs shall be weighed before
being taken home.
All hcifcrS shall be exhibited at
the ShOrthorn Show to be held -,
August or September of 1920, I'M
less excused by committee con-
Quoting the club.
All hcifers shall be broken tG
lead and must be shown to halter.
Prizes will be given as follows :.
1st prize, $4,000; 2nd prize, $1,000;
Bird prize, $1,000. The American
ShorthOrn Association offers other
prizes which will be announced
later.
Each member shall keep an ac-
curate record Of all feeds used from
the day Of receiving the heifcr TO
the close Of the club year i'm August
Or September, 1920 These records
shall show the total amount of the
various feeds fed during the club
year, and the number of DAYS the
heifer was on pasture, also kind Of
pasture.
Each member shall submit a
written record on sale day dcscrib-
ing the method Of feeding and
management Of the hcifcr during
the club year, and other things of
interest incident TO the work Of the
club member during that time.
Prizes for this record will be S7.jU,
$500, and $3.50.
Every hcifcr must be put through
The sale. Club members NAV bid
on their heifers if they so desire
or can let go to highest bidder. The
check being made TO the boy or
girl.
The relative standing Of the boy.
and girls in their club shall be de-
termincd at time of sale.
The following basis of awards to
be used: Pounds gain, so; Profit on
calf, so.
The heifers shall be brought t..
the place OF the sale before 10 o.
clock on The day Of the sale. Each
boy and girl will be expected TO
attend the sale.
The final weight shall be made
after the sale. Weight to be taken
after feeding and watering.
No hcifcr shall be permitted Il
suckle nurse COW after entering
contest.
NO hcifcrS are to be bred.
The maximum number Of con-
testanlS To be nineteen. Should
there be more than nineteen ap-
plicants, elimination will be left u
The discretion Of The committee.
No contestant will mo ncrmiffod