The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-16

poultry for other breeders. These
flocks averaged about 100 hens ant
about II per cent OF the hens were
found to be Improbable as layer.
and were discarded.
| All the club members have stand
ard bred fowls; all have exhibited a;
county, state and interstate fairs. WIN
ming numerous prizes Several meth
bers now have specially mated pen.
Of their best fowls from which the,
will secure their Matching eggs this
year These are the methods that
mean pleasure and profit from the
flock, and we do not, as result
question this tribute TO the work oil
these boys and girls by Mrs. ]. J.
Donahue, their club leader since Or
ganization:
These youngsters ranging from 10
to IS years. have had better results
i'll Matching and rearing chicks, have
a better class OF poultry. have ex-
hibited and won in shows where their
parents have never been able to ex-
hibit and have gotten better results in
egg production than their parents
have ever done This little club has
been the means OF uniting three diff
ferent communities in good fellow
ship besides spreading the gospel Of
good poultry keeping"
The club was organized with six
now there are IS members.
All are farm boys and girls and the
original six members are still men,
hers. Mildred Ticker, IL years old;
Gallentine, IS years old; and
John Mullen, II years old, were the
members OF last years champion
cam. These team members were in
he sixth and seventh grades of a
'ne-room country school when they
Won first county. then state and later |
interstate hororS. The story of their |,
work is almost inseparable from that /
If the entire club. All do about the /
anne amount OF home work, public ;
demonstrating and showing Team I
members are first selected i'll club .
ontests after which they compete in
,ounty contests for county honors .
nd then in state contests for state
lonors.
The boys and girls OF Inland have
wo other clubs that deserve mention; i
he Innland Duroc Club, composed OF
hese railing Duroc-Jersey pigs; the
;onnie bakers Club, a cooking and !
aking club. Some of the boys and
iris are members OF all three clubs
,Rich frequently hold joint meet
ngs, socials and entertainments.
he clubs gave carnival last spring
D raise money to pay expenses OF
lember o. the state contest. 1t was
fine affair, netting the clubs SOS. A
enefit dance added another S1s and
vo cakes the girls 'madc were sold,
dding another IS. That was enough
, pay all expenses with what had
cen previously raised. So all the
lembers of all three clubs made tile
ip to Lincoln. |;
The Bonnie Bakers Club last year
Nebraska's champion girls 4
reject team. In the interstate con-
st this team. composed of Bernice
ober. Juanita Scherick and Frances
Julien, won fifth honbrs. They
aked mullins, breads and cookies, 4,
i'd told how they did It When this /.
ub first organized the boys teased
le girls about their cooking. Then
e girls gave a supper to the club
,ys. Now this is what the girls
ar from the boys:
when are you going to have an a
her dinner like that oner And
E boys are absolutely honest in the a
after Of "eats." +
An Inland Is proud of its poaltry, | !
: and baking clubs. Inland has
~ 70 Be sprouds thess boys snd 4
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