EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART V 



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Sharon, both in the southeastern part of the state, are also made 

 up entirely of Ilolsteins. At Brighton, in Washington county, 

 the club is composed of Guernsey calves exclusively. 



The club organized at "Waterloo, having a membership of 170 

 and having all four breeds — the Guernsey, Holstein, Ayrshire and 

 Jersey, represented has the distinction of being the largest in the 

 state. The clubs at Wellman and Iowa City are composed of the 

 younger Holstein calves, while the one at Gilmore City is com- 

 posed of both Holstein and Guernsey calves. 



The plan which the Dairy Association is working upon is to 

 develop herds from these heifer calves l>y introducing pure-bred 

 bulls of the breeds represented. One of the agreements entered 

 into by the child signing a membership application is that the 

 heifer calf shall be bred to a pure-bred bull of the same breed but 

 not before the heifer is sixteen months old. The purpose of this 

 ruling, of course, is to prevent crossing and mixing of breeds as 

 well as to further the grading up of these heifers. 



At the end of the club's duration, the members have their choice 

 of two plans. They may either pay the amount of the note and 



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Guernsey Calf Club of Brighton. 



keep the calf as their permanent property or sell it at public 

 auction and receive the difference between the selling price and 

 the amount of the note as their profit. One purpose of the club is 

 to arouse in the boy and girl sufficient interest that they will pre- 

 fer to keep the heifer for a milk cow rather than to sell her and 



