Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-09-07
CH|LOREN'S SUCCESS AIDS
BEHER.STOCk MOVEMENT
Care and Feeding as Well as
Breeding.

Zeb Powers thought he knew all
he wanted to know about purebreds
He had seen reckless fellows in his
section of Illinois put their money in
to purebreds, and had later attended
the sheriff's sale and seen the neglect.
ed animals sold at farm-cattle prices.
That was enough for him; and when
the college professor, the county
agent, the livestock association man,
or anybody else began talking about
the advantages of better stock, ZeD
gave him cold shoulder.
But when Billy and Betty got to
reading up on what other boys ami
girls were doing in the community
with corn, pigs, or calves, pop just
had to listen. He argued with them
and told about cases he had known in
which "tricksters had put purebred
stock through the ring on fake bids
to get free advertising and eaten
suckers" He had even heard old 81
SlOcum and Uncle Peter Tumbledown
make the charge that the university
fellows were hired by slick sellers
of purebreds to help them bunco the
farmers.
Then Billy and Betty would make
further inquiries and talk 1t over
with mother, who perhaps was griev-
ing over the fact that Molly and Bob.
long dissatisfied with slovenly farm
work, had gone to town, one having
a $15-a-week factory job and the
other driving q team for a contractor,
She had a real heart-to-heart talk
with father, and finally got him to let
Billy have old Brindle's calf and Betty
the runt pig out of old Spots puny
litter; and II they were silly enough
to think there was anything In all
this club stuff. maybe this would help
to get the foolishness out OF their
heads"
Needless to say. Billy was the first
one up in the morning after the
He and Betty attend
ed to their new treasures long be-
fore any of the regular chores were
done. Betty gave the old sow some
nice extra feed and got on such good
terms with her that the sow was
satisfied to let Betty see to it that
the, stronger pigs in the litter didn't
lick the platter clean before Runty
got his turn. After that square meal,
the first the luckless little chap had
been able to get. his tail began to
get kinky, and in a few days had de-
veloped genuine curl. This was
case of a fellow needing friend, and
he responded to his better treatment.
The bull calf that had fallen to the
lot Of Billy hadn't been playing in
much better luck than Runty. Old
Brindle was supposed to be the fam
lily milk COW, but except during
short period after freshening the
children hadn't had all the milk they
wanted and mother had always had
to keep on hand supply of con-
densed goods to mix with it for the
cereals and sometimes to keep from
black coffee. The hay that
couldn't be sold and the straw stack
were about all Old Brindle had to
make milk on during the winter and
a skinny bit of so-called pasture
that was too billy. rocky, and stumpy
to pillow came as near as she had a
chance to be knee deep" even il
June. The calf's daddy was 1000
pound 6-year-old that farmer kept
for freshening his own cows and let-
ting to his neighbors at "siX bits" a
service.
Mother knew that pop was dead
agin" the county agent because he
knew that 1t was just one more
scheme of the politicians to make a
lob for some Teller that ought to be
doing honest work, and that it was
another plan to increase taxes. She
contrived. however, to have him stop
long enough one day to talk things
over with the children. At first pop
was anything but cordial, but began