REPORT OF STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER 423 



1922 PROJECTS 

 DAIRY CALF CLUB WORK 



The boys' and girls' dairy calf club work has been steadily grow- 

 ing in popularity because it is realized as one of the safe, permanent 

 methods of increasing dairy interest and introducing the right kind 

 of dairy cattle. The kind of clubs organized during the past year 

 varied somewhat with previous years. With conditions unsettled, 

 people were more reluctant to push the purebred club, but the clubs 

 organized with grade calves increased in popularity. 



The bankers in all parts of the state showed a splendid willingness 

 to co-operate and push the project whenever they were asked. This 

 support, of course, includes, in most instances, the entire financing 

 of the club. 



The number of clubs organized does not indicate the amount of 

 time or effort required from the office in the field. All of our pure- 

 bred clubs and some of our grade clubs are organized on a three- 

 year basis. This requires follow-up work on the clubs organized one 

 and two years previous in addition to those just started. 



The three year or "long time" feature of our Iowa clubs is prov- 

 ing a very popular one because it gives each member a well-rounded 

 experience not only in the care of the calf, but the growing out of 

 that calf into a cow, the problem of selecting a correct kind of a sire 

 to breed to and being made to realize the possibility in reproduction 

 when the calves from their club heifers are dropped and the profit 

 to be made from the production of milk and butterfat. 



1922 clubs 



Pure-Bred Calves 



No. of 



Organized by Calves Breed 



Polk Co. Guernsey Breeders' Ass'n 13 Guernseys 



Fayette Co. Farm Bureau 12 Holsteins 



Linn Co. Guernsey Breeders' Ass'n 13 Guernseys 



Grade Calves 

 Hancock Co. Farm Bureau 



Crystal Lake 20 Holsteins 



Garner — Co-operative Creamery 7 Holsteins 



2 Guernseys 



Kanawha — Co-operative Creamery 7 Holsteins 



2 Guernseys 

 Kossuth Co. Farm Bureau 



Titonka 21 Guernseys 



4 Holsteins 



Lone Rock 9 Guernseys 



4 Holsteins 



Fenton 5 Guernseys 



4 Holsteins 



Poweshiek Co. Farm Bureau 



Brooklyn 8 Holsteins 



