TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 95 



In the work, they took more than their share of prizes. The entries of two 

 won firsts In their respective classes. Hazel Thomas, of Iowa City, took 

 first with the champion junior boar pig of all breeds, and Flora Hoskins, 

 of Cantril, took first honors on her junior sow pig. 



Even F. P. Reed, of Iowa State College, who was in charge of the boys' 

 club camp, and was backing his boys to the limit, was willing to own that 

 the girls in the contests had made a fine showing. 



"As a matter of fact," he admitted, "girls very often take better care of 

 their pigs than the boys do. They've brought some mighty good pigs 

 here." 



But the boys and Mr. Reed can afford to be generous. They won seven 

 out of the nine classes in the pig club contests, and won the first thirteen 

 places in the calf-feeding contest. Josephine Garden, of Wapello, winner 

 of second place last year, finished fourteenth. Not satisfied with this, 

 however, they sent their baby beeves out in the open competition in fat 

 cattle, and came back with a satisfying collection of ribbons. 



Cleo Korns, of Hartwick, had three ribbons hanging over the stall of his 

 yearling Angus steer, and only one of them was won in the calf-feeding 

 contest. He took first there, and then went into the pure-bred Angus fat 

 cattle competition. He won first in the yearling class and the cham- 

 pionship as well. 



Cleo and his brother, Calvin, have made a good record thruout this fair 

 season. Calvin is fifteen and his brother two years older. Last November 

 they picked two calves out of their father's herd, and started to feed. Com, 

 oats, oil meal and hay was the ration, and on this the winning steer made 

 an average daily gain of one and one-half pounds over the 294-day feeding 

 period. 



At the Grinnell, Iowa, fair, the boys took first and fourth In the calf- 

 feeding competition. Calvin's yearling came out ahead there. The state 

 fair judge, however, reversed that decision and gave Cleo's Black Robin the 

 ribbon. Calvin took fourth. 



"This is great experience and fun and all that," someone said to young 

 Korns, "but aside from the ribbons, what are you getting out of this 

 work?" 



The boy figured a minute. "This Is the third fair," he answered, "and 

 we have won something at each place. It totals up to one hundred and 

 forty-one dollars. Then there is the price that the steer will bring when 

 he is finally sold." 



He grinned suddenly. "And you might add to that," he suggested, "the 

 amount we'll get at the International at Chicago." 



For Black Robin is going to the International to try his luck with the 

 pick of other states. And while Cleo Korns has had enough fair experi- 

 ence to know what he Is up against, and while he jokes at the thought of 

 winning there, still there is a hope that perhaps the Angus youngster may 

 clean up. And this is a surn>lse that a great many stockmen who saw 

 the steer in the ring are quite ready to share. 



Another boy who was able to step out of the calf-feeding class and take 

 prizes away from his seniors is Ora Campbell, of Dallas, Iowa. Ora had 



