San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
.bEEV|LLE BOYS
TO FEED STOCK
IN COMPETITION
County Agents Of Seventh
District Hold
Meeting.
TO AWARD PRIZES
Stock Would Be Entered in
Shows Throughout
Country.
TO AWARD PRIZES
BeeyiIh. Tex, APRIL B.-Count

BeeviIfe, Tex, April B.-County
agents of counties comprising the
seventh district Of the boys clubs
= work of the extension service Of Tex
as Agricultural & Mechanical Col
:. lege, met here recently for the pur-
pose of hearing outlined a plan re-
Gently inaugurated to have boys clubs
feed pure-bred stock in a statewide
= competition.
Calves fed BY the boys would be
shown at the various county fairs
next fall and later at San Antonio
exposition. From San Antonio they
would be taken to Fort Worth to the
Fat Stock Show, where final judg-
ing would take place and premiums
awarded.
Under the rules, prizes would be
awarded for individual calves and
s. c. Evans, state agent for boys
!, clubs Of A. & NJ. College; j. W.
Orms Of Dallas, district agent and
county relation agent; George W.
johnson. district agent for the Sew
enth Texas District, and John Burns,
secretary of the Texas Hereford
Breeders Association, were in at
tendance.
~. County agents present were: @. c.
Jobson, Bee county: ]. n. Wheeler,
Live Oak county; George c. Palmer,
Nueces county; n. w. Jones. Jim
Wells county, and ]. D. Hudson,
Refugio county.
Plan Is Explained.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Bee County Pure-Bred Livestock As
ISOLATION. Decision to call the meet
ing was reached at a meeting of the
association two or three weeks ago,
when the plan was explained by r.
]. Cook, who had attended a meeting
of Southwest Texas Hereford breed
ers in San Antonio, when the prop
osition was first presented by Mr..
Evans.
George Miller. president Of the
Bee County Pure-Bre Livestock AS
:. ISOLATION, presided over the meeting.
Mr.. Evans was the first speaker,
explaining the proposition in detail.
He said the idea was to Undue the
boys with a desire to raise better
livestock. Each county will finance
its own boys and the calves may be
shown at the respective county fairs
5. before they are taken to San Antonio
and Fort Worth, he stated. The COM
petition would be open on an equal
basis to all breeds, he said, although
any association could offer Special
prizes as special inducement to the
boys feeding their breed.
Teach Value OF Cow.
Mr.. johnson, the district agent,
said that he feels the plan would
teach the boys the value of good cows
and make them "better boys and bet
ter farmers" He declared he is
greatly interested in the movement
and expressed hope that the breed
ers of pure-bred livestock will get in
behind the boys.
Mr.. Burns, who spent a week in
Bee county and vicinity inspecting
calves that could be entered in the
-. competition, said he wants to see the
p movement a success. He declared all
that no boy should be handicapped
and defeated on the jump. He said
some decision should be made i'm
mediately, as the calves are to be fed
from March and, he pointed out, some
boys have already received their ami
. mails, and those who do not get their
: calves until April 1 or May 1, will
. not get a fair start. II believe that
should you breeders of South Texas
enter this competition whole-hearted-
" you can win at Fort WORTH" he
:, stated, land not only at Fort Worth,
: but in an international competition. y
!. r. ]. Cook stated that South Tex
~ can furnish $50 calves to boys of
this district, seniors and juniors, all
breeds. He declared himself heartily
in accord with the plan and ready
and willing to do his full share.
., Interested i'm Project.
." George Palmer, Nueces county
'"agent, said he is greatly interested
= in the project, but that he attended
the meeting for the purpose of secur-
ing all the information he could. ut
is all right for you people in Bee
county who have pure-bred animals
available for your boys to be en-
thusiastic about putting this over, but
in my county where pure-bred ami
mails are not as numerous and where
Our breeders are not so enthusiastic,
!. it is a more difficult proposition,
he said. Il want TO secure all the
Information / can so that / may sell
the idea to my people when i return
home"
He lauded the Bee County Fail
= Association for the generous prem.
iums it Offered members of the boys
club and stated that bis boys entered
- me judging contest here last year
"They had good time and an In
teresting time and are still talking
about it," he said.
Messrs. Wheeler, Jones and Hud
son, visiting county agents, expressed
desire TO cooperate in the move
ment. Like Mr.. Palmer, they wanted
to drink in all the information they
could get for the "folks back home
Each said he will depend on Be
county for assistance, especially il
securing pure-bred calves. as stockmeI
in their respective counties were no
yet specializing in pure-bred stock.
Boosts Bee County.
The most enthusiastic, most rous
ing speech of the evening was mad
by Mr.. Orms. Just before he ros
to speak, Mr.. johnson, district agent
said that Mr.. Orms had been witt
the extension service department o
A. & NJ. for eighteen years and haC
met more commissioners courts thai
any other man, had introduced enc