Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
BOYS All CLUB NEWS
Montgomery County All Beef
Club

OluD IicI al Tic HOHic VI OldIlCo
and John Linthicum, Boyds, last
Wednesday evening with % MEM
bers attending. Meeting was called
to order by vice-president, Jack
Rutter. Splendid set of minutes
was read by Secretary, Hazel
Lechlider. Members answered to
roll call by naming a vegetable.
Treasurer, Charles Linthicum, re-
ported that the club was in very
good financial condition.
Quite discussion was held in
regard to the Baby Beef Tour
held on Thursday and Tuesday.
Little Tom Dorset gave a splen-
did report of the tour. Mr.. George
Lechlider, Club Local Leader,
pointed out a number of things he
had seen on the tour that. was
good and made suggestions to the
members how they may get bet
ter results from feeding their
calves.
The program of the evening was
conducted by Johnny Linthicum
who demonstrated how feeds
should be weighed in order that
the member may know how much
ne is feeding his calf. After this
demonstration the members dis
cussed the samples of feed and
hay that had been brought in by
various members. Much education
al value was received by actual
ly seeing what various ones are
feeding their calves and since they
had seen the calves on the tour
they could very easily know the
results that were gotten from the
different feeds.
The next regular meeting will
be held on May % at the home of
Shirley and Donald Hobbs, Brink
low. Tom Dorset will tell how
and demonstrate how calf
should be broken to lead.
Delicious refreshments were
served by Mrs. Linthicum.
All HOlstein. Club
Barbara and Joyce Riggs were
hostesses to the Montgomery
County All Holstein Calf Club
last Monday evening at, the home
of their parents, Mr.. apd Mrs.
Remus D. Riggs near 1aytons-
vile. Before the meeting was
called to order, the group went to
the barn and looked at the girls
purebred holstein calves, Mr..
Whip helped the girls to take the
weight and height measurements
so that they could enter these fig
ures into their record books.
Ralph Hubble, vice president, pre-
sided, while Bruce StocKman read
the minutes of the previous meet
ing. Each member Answered roll
call by telling what l Can Do
to Help My Club"
The club discussed the possibil-
tiles of having its members be-
come junior members of the Hol-
stein-Friesian Association of
America. Each member signed the
application card for membership.
After considerable discussion in
regard to attending the Melon
Ough School Show on May 4th,
they decided there was not enough
time to get their animals ready.
After the business meeting,
Bruce Stockman conducted the
program for the evening on "Good
Rations for the Dairy Calf" Bruce
asked questions in regard to what
members were feeding and how
much. He discussed the different
kinds of grains and calf mix
lures that could be fed successful
ly. In order for the members to
have a good idea of kinds and
quality of nay, Bruce used the
samples that had been brought in
by members to point out which
were poor. The club also examined
the feed samples that were
brought in.
The next regular monthly meet
ing of the club will be held on
May "a at the home of Ralph !
Hubble, Poolesville. Meeting was
adjourned by the use of the All
Club pledge led by David Robin.
Delicious refreshments were
served by Mrs. Riggs.
Damascus All Club
The bi-weekly meeting of the
Damascus All Club was held at
the school last Wednesday after
noon with 20 members present.
Harold Mullinix presided, and club |
opened its meeting by repeating |
the Flag Pledge. Jimmy Arnold
read the minutes of the previous
meeting. The Club members an
swered roll call by naming a veg
etable.
The club discussed the POSSIBLE
tiles of sponsoring wildlife refuge |