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the stuff made the youthful owners pay unexpected prices in order to 

 retain their ownership. This club was a real success because first the 

 calves got into the right kind of hands, were fed properly and given a 

 chance to develop the 'way they should. They were all in calf to some 

 of the very best herd sires in the state. 



I have gone somewhat Into detail on this club because I think that it 

 illustrates the possibilities in the purebred heifer club work where they 

 are properly organized and followed up and because it bears out the con- 

 tention that the calf club establishes new breeders. In this club alone it 

 is safe to say that the nucleus of at least six new herds was started. 



1920 Clubs 



In 1920 the work has further expanded and has brought an ever-increas- 

 ing demand for this form of club work. The first club of the year was 

 organized in Kossuth County with the Holstein and Guernsey Breeders 

 Associations of that county. The county club leader and a representative 

 of the Dairy Association purchased 24 head of Holstein and 7 head of 

 Guernseys from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Due to the fact that the 

 breeders of the county had done so much Federal testing, these heifers 

 were all bought subject to a 60-day retest. 



Following the successful close of the first Fayette County club an In- 

 creased demand was present for a second one and 16 heifers were dis- 

 tributed from Oelwein. The next club was organized at Dyersville in 

 Dubuque County and is the first club organized up until this time which 

 did not have a purebred breeders' association behind it. There was 

 suflBcient interest and enthusiasm, however, to warrant the organization 

 of a club. Dyersville had for years been noted for its annual Dairy Day 

 and they were of the opinion that this day could be further enlarged into 

 something on the order of a county fair if there was some one project in 

 which all were interested to tuild the fair around. It was decided that the 

 purebred heifer club afforded just the interest needed for this purpose 

 and consequently the first fair held during the month of September was 

 built around the exhibit of purebred calf club heifers and was pronounced 

 a decided success. 



The Buchanan County Guernsey Breeders, although they were fewer in 

 number than either the Holstein or Jersey, were not to be entirely outdone 

 and organized a club of 7 members during the latter part of the summer. 



The first Bremer County club was brought to a close at the time of 

 the County Fair at Waverly in August. At this time a special calf club 

 exhibit and show was made and a sale held on the last day. All of the 

 original heifers and their calves were put through the ring. The sale, 

 although coming at a rather slack time due to the closeness of money 

 conditions, proved very successful. All of the cows and their calves 

 which were sold made their owners a very satisfactory profit. Bremer 

 county people are evidently strongly in favor of this type of club work, 

 for a second club has recently been organized and approximately 15 head 

 will soon be distributed to 15 more boys and girls. 



