The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
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STUDY LIVESTOCK
Three Boys Won Prizes for Ef.
ficiency in Judging Value OF
Farm Animals.
OLDEST OF THE YOUTHS IS Il
Boys Learned That Fat May Be ADDED
to Cattle and Hogs Without Pront
will Attend the English
Royal Stock Show.

College Park, Md.-Because Warren
Rice, Joseph Glackin and George Wor.
rilow of Cecil county, Maryland,
learned that a dairy COW may produce
milk and no money, that beef cattle
may increase in weight without in
creaslng in worth, that hogs may add
fat without adding profits and that
sheep may grow wool without growing
in value, they were given a free trip
to Europe to find out what the old
World has accomplished in the efficient
breeding and management Of live
stock.
They carry round-trip tickets to Liv.
erpool, complimentary tickets to the
English Royal Stock show at Cam
bridge, numerous letters inviting them
to visit some of England's famous es,
tates and what they have left of Sir
In prize money.
Warren Rice is seventeen years OLD,
Joseph Glackin is fifteen and George
Worrilow comes right between with the
handy age of sixteen. They are all
farm boys, raised on Cecil county
farms, and the dairy calf, the baby
beef, the %gamboling lamb and the
squealing porker may be said to have
been a part of the atmosphere of their
early environment.
Animals Got Charity.
1t was agricultural club work, con
Quoted by the University of Maryland
extension service in cooperation with
the United States Department of Agri,
culture, however, that first taught the
Maryland boys to extract the nefarious
secrets from unproductive animals
They soon discovered that some OF
their best friends among the barnyart
tribe We're merely the recipients OF
charity instead of faithful servants.
as they had supposed.
The truth became more n more ap.
parent as they Travelled about in theil
own and neighboring counties in com.
pany with their county agent, w. @
Snarr, who was coaching them for the
state dairy cattle judging contest al
the Timonium state fair. They learned
to note the difference between the
bovine eyes and heads, shapes anG
sizes of body, textures of skin, udders
and milk veins and other characters
tics which distinguish the COW that has
been bred for generations for milk
production. They became expert in
rating one fine COW above another fine
COW and in giving reasons for their de.
cisions.
When the state contest was held, In
September, each of the three Cecil
county boys went home with cash
awards of from $50 to $50 and a pure
bred bull calf. in addition to a loving
cup offered as a team prize.
Following their experience in match
ing wits with other farm boys the three
young M~arylanders were polished VI
and sent to the National Dairy show at
st. Paul In October to represent theil
state in the junior dairy cattle judging
contest. Here, in the dust of the judg'
ing rings, they met boys from all parts
of the United States and came away
with fifth place. Warren Rice, how
ever, did better than his teammates
and ran up the highest individual score
In the contest.
Win Cash Awards.
From'St. Paul the team went, in easy
stages. to Atlanta, picking up along the
way interesting bits of information
that came in handy on October 20,
when the Marylanders again went into
action against IL other state teams.
In this contest the boys were re-
CURED to pass Judgment on dairy cat.
tie, beef cattle, hogs and sheep and
to give oral reasons for their selec-
tons. They did it so well that the
judges handed them $115 In cash
awards and pinned to them the bis
prize of a trip to Europe which was
offered by the Southeastern Fair assoc
citation.
Now they are in England, with six
weeks of travel before them. The prize
they won includes the expenses OF
County Agent Snarr, who trained
them h. G.. Jenkins, state boys clut
agent for Maryland, and c. L. Cham
hers of the United States Department
of Agriculture. who are the other mem.