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calf is taken care of. In the event the calf is not properly taken 

 care of we can take possession at once and without any legal 

 procedure. 



Mr. Shipman : I would like to ask Mr. Clark the amount of 

 premiums paid by the fair. 



Mr. Clark : Our first premium is $15. 



Mr. Shipman: I mean the total. 



Mr. Clark: I never figured that up, but we start out with $15 

 for the first premium, and grade down to $3 ; and then we give 

 each boy who doesn't get into the money a premium of $3, and 

 then we have this little herdsman's premium ; the grand champ- 

 ion premium is $15, and for a reserve champion $10. We pay 

 $45 for the first premium, about $36 for the second, $33 for the 

 third, and so on in the three breeds. No entrance fee or stall rent 

 is charged, everything is free to the boys, except for the furnish- 

 ing of feed, and they take care of their own calves. 



Mr. Shipman: We have a pig club and a baby beef club, and 

 also this year we will put in a sheep club. 



Mr. Benson : I would like to ask anybody here if they have 

 ever tried out the dairy cattle club? 



Mr. Campbell (Jasper) : I would say that we have had in 

 Jasper county, thru our county agent, a dairy cattle club. We 

 put out 32 Jersey thorobred heifers. The club sent down into 

 Missouri and purchased the heifers. They are put out on a three- 

 year basis, and a boy's or girl's note is taken for three years, the 

 parent signing the note, and one of the local banks handles the 

 paper. Last year there were shown at our Jasper county fair these 

 dairy cattle. The American Jersey Club gave $75 in prize money, 

 and the fair association gave $50 in premiums. This year they 

 were shown again at the same place and the same amount of 

 money was put up, and such additional premiums as were neces- 

 sary for the calves that were purchased the year before. 



Mr. Webb (Hamilton) : I would like to ask Mr. Clark if there 

 was any record kept on the feeding of these beeves? 



Mr. Clark : Every boy has to keep his own record. 



Mr. Webb: Is that taken into consideration in the final show? 



Mr. Clark : Yes. The question or proposition of deciding is 

 which boy has been able to produce the most pounds of meat for 

 the least amount of money. 



Mr. Webb : You hold that good in your pig clubs, too? 



