Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-26
E|FtR CLUB BOYS
PREPARE FOR FAIR
New Castle County Members
Expect to Make Fine Showing
at Elsmere Exhibit.

farmer from Ohio with his family
while passing through Delaware. be-
came impressed with the type of live
stock he saw In the pastures and the
productivity Of the soil. Without hav-
INK any very definite idea other than
To have n chat with a Delaware
farmer, he slowed up and stopped al
a farm that showed signs of a thrifty
tender. Upon Introducing himself he
found that he was on the. farm of
George G. Burge of Middletown. The
first thing that attracted the atten-
ton of the visitor. was boy vigor-
"usly grooming Guernsey heifer as
II HIS life was at stake.
Mr.. Burge stated that the boy was
his son. Lester. The visitor seemed
interested in Lester and his heifer.
50 Lester was not long in soying that
he was a member of the New Castle
Boys and Birls' Heifer Club. and that
he was fitting" his heifer for the dis
trict show 10 be held September l, on
the farm OF II. V. Armstrong of Arm
strong Corner. After the visitor had
asked several more questions about
the club and the heifer. Lester was in
the mood 10 talk and told the inter-
ested listener the story which was the
main thing that had been on his mind
during the last several months. BE
sides our heifer show down here.
sad Lester. the club members in
the northern part of the county win
show their heifers September 2 on
the farm of J. /. Dayett Of Cooch.
There will he a large number Of
entries this year. because there has
gotten TO 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 az 1.So u. m. and will be
done by Prof. Baker of the University
of Delaware and Mr. Banks. manager
OF Winferthur farms. After the judg
ing. Director MCCue, of the State Uni
versity will give us talk.
There are some fine premiums
offered but what l am interested i'm
Is that the twelve champions from
these district shows win be taken 10
abe state Fair They will be put I'm
the University Building up there and
will form the main part Of the New
Castle County Farm Bureau exhibit.
Of course. there are some big prizes
offered there but just having my
hcifcr there and having the people
see her and the advertising ! viii get
uuf of & and what I will learn about
cattle means a lot more 20 me than
the premiums I might win. Ill bet
Il viii make the farmers 90 Delaware
omen their eyes when thSX see these
twelve club champions The boys
are working hard ON them and they
win ~ slccked up To- perfection.
Describes Heifcr Clubs.
"The heifcr clubs are under the
diTprtion of the New castle County
fnfnf Bureau. and have been organic
~ bY Afr. nausman county agricul-
tural agent Each spring Mr.. Baus-
man organizes 4 new club and goes
o. some dairy ceusr and buys a car
luad az pure bred hcifcrs. Through !
the assistance 81 local banks he Is
enabled to distribute the heifers
tmonk tho members Of the club az
actual cost. ~ the present time
hcrc are three clubs which all to-
Ecthcr have over seVeuty-nve mem
hers. zach having a pure bred heifer
The mest ~ the heifers have come
srcsh and some 81 tho hull calves
by the heifcrs 81 the club
three years ago are now
some 81 the best herds IN !
lhe state.
Another thing that I am working /
FOR, is the dairy cattle judging con- |
lest held on Thursday at the State /,
iair. Each county viii send two 1
Teams Of three members each 10 be in 1
his contest. The team winning first /
place Will be awarded a free trip TO |
no eastern states exposition. SPRING
held. Mass. and viii represent Della
ware in the interstate judging con-
est there. l won a place on one of 4
he teams from New Castle County
md I'm working hard 10 win a place 4
,n The team that goes TO Springfield. 4
Nh. Bausman has taken us TO several 4
af the best farms in Delaware and 4
Pennsylvania and given US instruc-
ions in judging and of course that
lelps a lot"
Lester now realized that he had