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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 2(5. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
Lamb and Wool Clubs in Tennessee. 
Bulletin No. 110 of the Tennessee Ex¬ 
periment Station at Knoxville, is devoted 
to a survey of sheep and lamb produc¬ 
tion of 1914. It is a very good state¬ 
ment of the sheep business as carried on 
throughout Tennessee. Especially in the 
mountain region, sheep pay well, or at 
least have paid well in the past. The 
quality has not been high in most places. 
Efforts are now being made to improve 
the sheep, and also to encourage the in¬ 
dustry generally. One interesting thing 
about the Tennessee sheep business is 
the fact that clubs for selling lambs and 
wool have been organized in a number 
of communities. In one case such a 
club has been running more than 30 
years, and the members have always ob¬ 
tained the highest prices for their lambs 
and wool. 
The operation of these clubs is quite 
simple. The members wait until all 
their wool is clipped, then they decide 
upon the date for what they call wool 
day, and their secretary notifies buyers 
that the wool and lambs will be offered 
for sale on certain definite dates. When 
wool day comes the farmers bring their 
wool to the town. It is graded and 
Dear Sir:— 
The-Wool and Lamb Club will 
sell wool May 21, 1914. Three Grades. 
First—Clear. Second—Slightly burred. 
Third—Heavy burred. All grades to be 
clear of tags. Bids close 1:30 P. M. 
day of sale. 
First Lamb Day, Tuesday, June 9. 
Three grades. First—55 pounds and up, 
fat. Second—Over 50 pounds and 
medium flesh. Third—Culls, any weight. 
Bids close 1:30 day of sale. 
Second Lamb Day, Tuesday, July 7. 
Three grades. First—60 pounds and 
up, fat. Second—50 to 60 pounds, fat. 
Third—Culls. Bids close 1:30 P. M. day 
of sale. 
Right reserved to reject any or all 
bids. 
- Sec. 
-,Tenn. 
Telephone- 
-. Pres. 
Card Issued by Lamb and Wool Club. 
weighed by a committee of their own se¬ 
lection, taken from members of their 
own club, so that the work is satisfac¬ 
tory. After being graded and weighed 
the wool is put into a car. Bids from 
buyers are opened, and if they are satis¬ 
factory the highest bidder gets the entire 
lot. If these bids are not satisfactory 
the farmers ship, themselves, as they see 
fit. Some of these clubs handle 10.000 
pounds or more of wool, and always ob¬ 
tain the top price in this way. Through 
cooperative work these clubs have gained 
a reputation for careful sorting and tag¬ 
ging of their wool. Buyers are glad to 
get it, and of course they know that they 
can pick up a good bunch of wool at 
any time. Barely 10% of the wool thus 
offered would grade as No. 2, ana as a 
rule there is no No. 3. At one of these 
clubs a farmer brought a small quantity 
of No. 3 wool, but he was asked to 
sell it somewhere else, as the club mem¬ 
bers realized that their reputation was 
the best asset they had, both for at¬ 
tracting buyers and also for obtaining 
fair prices. 
The lambs handled by these clubs are 
sold in much the same way. On wool 
day the secretary of the club finds out 
as well as he can how many lambs will 
be sold, and when they can get a car¬ 
load ready. With this information the sec¬ 
retary notifies the buyers the same as 
he would when the wool is offered for 
sale. The club continues to have lamb 
days until all the lamb crop is sold. Buy¬ 
ers like to attend, because they have a 
chance to look over a large number of 
lambs, and can make selections to suit 
themselves. The accompanying picture 
shows the card which is sent out by one 
of these lamb clubs whenever the mem¬ 
bers have either lambs or wool to sell, 
and this cooperative work has been suc¬ 
cessful by attracting business to the 
community, and enabling the growers to 
obtain a fairer price for what they have 
to sell. 
Holstein-Fresian Breeders’ Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the Ilolstein- 
Friesian Breeders of the Western Re¬ 
serve was held on the grounds of the 
Country Club at Lake Aquilla, O., June 
5. The morning was devoted to talk on 
Ilolsteins, visiting, and dinner was 
served to those who wished, at the club 
house, but many preferred to eat in the 
shade of the splendid maples under the 
perfect June sky. The report of the 
annual Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ meet¬ 
ing of America was given, interspersed 
by interesting readings and fine music. 
F. L. Allen, Geauga County’s Farm 
Agent, gave an interesting talk, and 
urged farmers to use stationery advertis¬ 
ing the section in which we live, and to 
cooperate in the work. The subject of 
the boys’ judging contest at the coming 
county fair was also presented. D. I). 
Akin of Flint, Mich., president of the 
IIolstein-Friesian Breeders of America 
was present and delivered a fine address. 
Mr. Akin stated that during the past 
year over 13,050 members were admitted 
to the association which was more than 
the total of any other breeders’ associa¬ 
tion membership. lie also touched on 
the subject of the great and world-re¬ 
nowned cows developed here on the West¬ 
ern Reserve, and on the lack of efficiency 
which is apparent on many farms; that 
a system of work would cut off many 
of the farmer’s long hours, as well as 
it should also work out in the same way 
in the house. He said the next genera¬ 
tion would see wonderful power and la¬ 
bor-saving from the gas engines and 
their uses would be almost beyond be¬ 
lief. MRS. JAMES LAMPMAN. 
Guernsey Cows Make Good Records. 
In studying the records which come 
into the American Guernsey Cattle Club 
office it is extremely interesting to note 
the trend which they are taking as indi¬ 
cated by the gradually widening differ¬ 
ence between their average and the aver¬ 
age for the breed. 
A bunch of cards containing the re¬ 
ports of the last 57 records to be com¬ 
pleted contain some interesting and sig¬ 
nificant facts. Of this number 15 were 
for heifers who had just completed their 
first lactation period. Three of these 
heifers produced over 500 pounds of but- 
terfat. their records being 587.00, 565.98 
and 515.52 pounds of fat respectively. 
Of the 42 records representing the pro¬ 
duction of cows who have had more than 
one calf: 
2 are for over 800 pounds of fat. 
4 are between 700 and 800. 
3 are between 600 and 700. 
12 are between 500 and 600. 
16 are between 400 and 500. 
5 are between 350 and 400. 
The two cows who produced over 800 
p -unds of fat each have two previous 
official records. One cow’s breeding and 
production record is as follows; Born in 
1906 she calved in 1908 and produced 
during the year on official test 428 pounds 
of fat. Further calves from this cow are 
registered in 1909, 1910 and 1911 when 
she was again entered in tin* official test¬ 
ing work and produced 526.83 pounds of 
fat. She calved again early in 1913 and 
again in 1914, when she was entered for 
her third record, just completed, of 14.- 
671.4 pounds of milk and 815.44 pounds 
of fat. 
The other cow who produced over 800 
pounds of fat finished recently also, her 
record being 16,507.10 pounds of milk 
and 867.89 pounds of fat. She was also 
born in 1906 and calved in 1908, produc¬ 
ing that year on official test 594 pounds 
of fat. She calved regularly in 1910. 
1911 and 1912. and in the last year men¬ 
tioned was again put on official test when 
she nrodueed 714.60 pounds of fat. com¬ 
pleting her record in August, 1913. In 
December of the same year she calved 
again and was again put on test when 
she produced her last record mentioned 
above of 867.89 pounds of fat. 
The average of the entire 57 records is 
505.30 pounds of butterfat. while the av¬ 
erage for the breed is 434.33. The im¬ 
petus which advanced register testing 
seems to have received in the past few 
years, and the development of improved 
methods of feeding would indicate that 
the possibilities of the breed are just be¬ 
ginning to be brought out and the average 
production will undoubtedly be raised at 
a faster rate in the future than has been 
the case in the past. This is but another 
remarkable evidence of the ability of the 
Guernsey cow to make good under fire. 
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