PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 135 



After the speeches the boys held their annual business meeting and 

 discussed the state fair club work and fair in general, making plans for 

 1923. After the business meeting a trip was made through the Homestead 

 plant and then to the Y. M. C. A., where the boys had a mighty good swim 

 and a good time. The trip was full of human interest, but lack of space 

 prevents telling the story. 



The following officers were elected: Wm. Cihak, president; Elmer 

 Post, vice-president; Ivan Beck, secretary; Henry Patterson, treasurer. 



Following are some of the prize winners in the various club contests 

 of the fair. Later numbers will record other winners and the club fea- 

 ture of the Iowa State Fair in more detail. 



Wright county won first in the live stock judging, the team consisting 

 of Clarence Clark with a score of 542, Clyde Knight with a score of 530, 

 and Everett Denby with 516. 



Franklin county won second with Willie Slee, 526; Clarence Thompson, 

 521; and Louis Thompson, 500. 



Grundy county won third, the team being Walter Schuyhart with a 

 score of 533, Glenn Brown 519, and Carrol Plager, 490. 



The individual winners were Clarence Clark, Clarion, with a score of 

 711; John Well, Waterloo, with a score of 707, and Walter Weiss, Denison. 

 with a score of 704. 



In the Livestock Demonstration Work 



Adams county poultry team won first and won the trip to Sioux City. 

 Second place was won by Jefferson country dairy team. Third place by 

 the Boone county beef team. 



In the girls' club demonstration work Johnston county won the state 

 championship with approved shoes and captured the trip to Sioux City. 

 The team consisted of Louise Slemmons and Irene Schueffler, of Iowa 

 City. 



Mahaska county won the canning division and the trip to Sioux City to 

 compete for the French trip. The team consisted of Katherine Bolibaugh, 

 Eddyville, and Beulah Rodgers, Given. 



The pig club exhibit included 496 fine purebred porkers in which Mar- 

 shall county won high honors for having the largest exhibit. It was 

 some job to place the blue ribbons, as competition was keen in almost 

 every class. 



There were nearly 400 baby beeves, over twice as many as were shown 

 last year. They were sleek and fat and showed the splendid care they 

 had been given by their owners. The sale included 280 of the calves that 

 were shown and entered and they brought good prices. 



And there were club sheep, club heifers and other stock shown by the 

 boys and girls, much of which won ribbons in the open classes. 



One of the outstanding features of the contest was the health contest 

 in the club building, conducted by Miss Josephine Arnquist. The girl 

 and boy winner will be sent to Chicago by the Corn Belt Farmer. After 

 this we will have prize club boys and girls as well as club pigs- neaves, etc. 



