Newark post., 1921-08-31
Western Visitor
Interested in Boys
Club Work
interesting Story of Local Boy


ING through Delaware he became inn
pressed with the type of livestock he
saw in the pastures and the produc-
tivity of the soil. Without having
auv very definite idea other than to
have chat with a Delaware farmer
he slowed up and stopped at farm
that showed signs of thrifty tender.
Irnon introducing himself he found
that he was on the farm of H. c. Mil
Ilpn of Newark. The first thing that !
attracted the attention of the visitor
was boy vigorously grooming a
Holstein heifer as if his life was at
stake. Mr.. Burge stated that the boy
was his son, Ernest. The visitor
seemed interested in Ernest and his
fine heifer, as Ernest was not long in
saving that he was member of the
New Castle Boys and Girls Heifer
Club and that he was fitting" his
hefer for the district show to be held
September 1st. on the farm of Mr.. B.
V, Armstrong, of Armstrong; Cor
npr, After the visitor had asked sew
qral more questions about the club and
the heifer, Ernest was in the mood to
talk and told the interested listener
the story which was the main thing
that had been on his mind during the
last several months. "Besides our hei-
fer show down here" said Ernest,
"the club members in the northern
part of the county will show their
heifers September I'd on the farm of
Mr.. J. L. Dayett, of Cooch. There
will be a large number of entries this
wear because there has gotten 10 be
so many club heifers in the county
and then. too, there has been made a
new class "Get" of Club Heifers. The
Judging at both shows will begin at
1:3O D. M, and will be done by Prof.
Baker of the University of Delaware
and Mr., Danks. manager of Winter
thur Farms. After the judging Prof.
Helm of the State University, will
give US talk.
There are some fine premiums Of
fered but what l am interested in Is
that the twelve champions from thess
district shows will be taken to the
State Fair. They will be put in the
University Building up there and viii
form the main part of the New Castle
County Farm Bureau exhibit. U.
course there are some big prizes of
fered there but just having my helfe1
there and having the people see he
and the advertising | will get out o
it and what | will learn about cattl
means a lot more to me than the pre-
miums | might win. I'll bet it VIII
make the farmers of Delaware opel
their eyes when they see these twelv
club champions The boys are work
ing hard on them and they will b
sleeked up to perfection.
The heifer clubs are under the dl
rection of the New Castle Count
Farm Bureau and have been organ
lied by Mr.. Bausman, County Agr'
cultural Agent. Each spring MI
Bausman organizes new club an
goes to some dairy center and buys
carload of pure-bred heifers. Throug
the assistance of local banks he
enabled to distribute the heife1
among the members of the club
actual cost. At the present time thel
are three clubs which altogether haV
over seventy-five members, each ha'
ing pure-bred heifer. The most
the heifers have come fresh and SON
of the bull calves dropped by the ne
fers of the club organized three yea1
ago are now heading some of the be-
herds in the State.
Another thing that l am workif
for is the dairy cattle judging conte
held on Thursday at the State Fal
Each county will send two teams
three members each to be IN Tn
contest. The team winning first pla
will be awarded free trip to Il
Eastern States Exposition at Sprin
field. Mass, and will represent Del
ware in the Interstate judging co
test there. | won place on one
the teams from New Castle coun
and I'm working hard to win pla
on the team that goes to Springfie
Mr.. Bausman has taken us to sever
of the best farms in Delaware a
Pennsylvania and given US instrr
tions in judging and of course tn
helps lot"
Ernest now realized that he h