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introduction of grade cows and pure bred sires. In a number 

 of localities the demand for a pure bred club has resulted from 

 the previous organization of a grade club. 



All grade clubs have been organized in the past v^ith the 

 purchase of "baby calves", by which I mean young calves 

 three to five weeks old which are shipped in by express. Great 

 care has been paid in the purchase of these calves. During 

 1921 all calves were purchased from Waukesha County, Wis- 

 consin, through the Breed Associations. The present demand 

 for cattle has been the means of advocating, in many instances, 

 the organization of clubs with older bred heifers, believing that 

 this would bring a much quicker return. We have found that 

 the bankers have been more willing to finance such a club be- 

 cause of the quicker returns possible. 



An added feature of the three period for clubs is just de- 

 veloping because the oldest pure bred heifers have just fresh- 

 ened during the past year. The members are being required 

 to keep a record of the milk and butterfat produced during the 

 year and some very creditable records are being secured. In 

 Fayette County, where liberal prizes were offered by a local 

 banker, an interesting competition developed. Two prizes of 

 $50.00 each to be given to the members, making the highest 

 seven day record, provided the incentive. Bob Stewart, aged 

 ten years, won the prize of $50.00 on the heifer making her 

 record as a senior two year old. This club heifer. Miss Diana 

 Butterboy Beets, produced in seven days 21 pounds of butter 

 from 405 pounds of milk. Mike Stewart, his older brother, 

 with his club heifer, Miss Eliza Highland Johanna 3rd, won 

 the $50.00 prize for the heifer freshening, as a junior two year 

 old with a production of 17.2 pounds of butter from 326 pounds 

 of milk. Bob Stewart's heifer has been continued on her test 

 by his father and will complete a record of very close to 600 

 pounds of butter. 



The success of a calf club can be pretty well decided by 

 the public opinion of the people connected with it. It has been 

 a source of satisfaction during the past year to see the greatest 

 interest in clubs exist in those counties where the most work 

 had been done previously. We now have a number of coun- 

 ties in which at least four clubs had been organized. Fayette 

 County has organized three consecutive pure bred clubs. Du- 

 buque County first organized a pure bred club in 1920 and came 



