The diamond drill., 1921-08-27
WENT ON RECORD TO THAT END
AT MEETING HELD THURSDAY
EXPECT MANY BOYS TO ENTER
Miss Hall And Dir. Mason viii DO
The Rounding up of Club Mem
bers In Country Schools

Club OF Crystal Falls squarely be-
hind the Boys Calf Clubs on the east
side or the county was unanimously
passed at the Thursday noon lunch
con OF the club. A special committee
consisting OF Thomas Conlin, w. II.
Rezin- and John r. Stolberg- was
appointed TO look after this feature
OF the Rotary Clubs Work.
The work during the winter win be
that OF enrolling members in the
clubs and getting a line OF full blood
ed stock. Miss Hall, the county club
leader, will do the main part Of the
organization work while Mr.. John F.
Mason WIN assist her.
1t is hoped that club will be form
ed that will include boy or two from
each rural school in Crystal Falls,
Mastodon, Mansfield and Hematite
townships. The Rotary club members
will look aftet the financing OF the
calf purchases.
A proposition was made to the boys
OF the east side OF Iron county by Mr..
Conlin OF the Crystal Falls Rotary
Club at the Mansfield Farmers meet
ing last week Friday night that II
taken advantage OF will mean a great
deal to the dairy interest OF this
country. The proposition is To back
thesboys who wish TO form calf club.
Calf clubs have been instituted re-
Gently in many places, one OF the best
OF its kind being In Stambaugh town
ship where IL boys have formed a
club and each boy has purchased
thorough bred calf OF some OF the
standard breeds The boys forming
these clubs are between IL and 15
years of age and are the sons OF farm
ers. The boys must earn the money
with which to pay for their calves by
working at one work or another and
must care for the calf
1t is in the line OF boys work which
the Rotary clubs are furthering all
over the land which is bringing a.
bout big results. The attention OF the
boy Is turned 20 this very useful line
OF work. He becomes interested in
stock raising and especially in pure
bred stock The country club leader
and county agricultural agent In
structs him In stock Judging and by
different club activities with HIS
neighbor boys gets the pure stock in
stinct Recently the west side club de-
monstrate their ability as stock ex-
pertg az the roundup at Chatham
where they did such good work. Those
who know the boys that make up the
clubs say that some OF them have pur-
chased books on the subject and are
taking great interest in becoming ex-
perts on stock
The value OF this work lies not
alone with the introducing OF better
boys. II interests the young chaps at
a time in life when their character
Is being moulded
The offer of the Crystal Falls Rot
ary Club is 10 be taken up through
Miss Hall the county club leader who
has started right now 10 form clubs
among the boys OF the different rural
schools. She confidently expects 70
muster about twenty five boys in the
calf club she has in mind. II she ds
successful the calves Will be purchas-
ed next spring
County Commissioner Mason in
discussing the proposal says that II
this work can be kept up for five
years on both sides OF the county II
viii with decade put Iron in the
front OF the cattle raising sections Of
the nation.