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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



REPORT OF THE BABY BEEF CLUB EXHIBIT. 



INTERSTATE FAIR, SIOUX CITY, 1919. 



Thirty Iowa Beef Club members exhibited 41 baby beeves at the Inter- 

 state Fair at Sioux City, representing six counties. 



Philip Hegstrom. of Lawton, Woodbury county, won first place with a 

 pure-bred Aberdeen Angus steer. He M'on $30 in the baby beef special 

 class and sold his calf to the Martin Hotel for $25 per hundredweight, 

 which was the highest price bid at the auction sale. 



RESULTS OF AUCTION SALE. 



The total weight was 38,160 pounds. Total price paid was $6,355.75. 

 The average weight per calf was 930.75 pounds. The average price per 

 calf was $149.48, or $16.06 per hundred. 



PURE BRED CLUBS. 



Another piece of work which the association has pushed strongly, and 

 which bids fair to eclipse the record made by the Baby Beef Club, is the 

 pure-bred club. Of the clubs of this kind, which have been put on in 

 various parts of the state, all but one or two have been highly successful, 

 and the reasons for the poor showing made by this club were poor 

 management, lack of care given the calves, and lack of interest on the 

 part of both the boys in the club and the people in the community. 



At present, there are nine clubs with whom I have come in personal 

 contact, and there are a few more of whom I have no account. The 

 total number of animals in these clubs is three hundred thirteen. The 

 summarized statement is as follows: 



SUMMARY OF PURE BRED CLUBS. 



SUMMARY OF I'UKK BRED CLUBS. *" 



The pure-bred club is undoubtedly the coming club, in so far as beef 

 clubs are concerned; because it teaches the boy both the feeding and 

 care, and also the financial side as well. However, the available supply 

 of females suitable for the various clubs will always be a limiting factor 

 in the expansion of this work. 



