Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1917 — Appoint Committee to Purchase Shorthorn Heifers. [ARTICLE]

Appoint Committee to Purchase Shorthorn Heifers.

Ad Parkison, J. N. Leatherman and Edd Randle will compose a ‘ committee which'will purchase the Shorthorn heifers for the members of the Jasper County Calf Club, according to plans made Monday evening in a meeting attended by representatives of Purdue University, the Jasper County Better Farming and Linstock Associations and directors of the First National Bank, which will finance the club. It was thought that these men, with their wide experience in the cattle business, will be able to make the selections and secure the right prices better than any others who might be named. Clarence Hurley, Assistant County Agent Leader, stated that he had been spending considerable time, locating the. class of heifers desired and read letters from the secretary of the American Shornhom Association and others referring him to 10-» calities where the high class animals desired could be bought. J. M. Shanklin, livestock club leader from Purdue, stated that the

idea being worked out in Jasper county was entirely new and that he was sure it 4rould develop into one of the best things ever started to encourage the introduction of good livestock and to increase the interest of the boys on the farms. Mr. Shanklin is in charge of making the rules governing the distribution. Henry Paulus of the Better Farming Association stated that nothing had been started in the county along food’ production lines that has been so warmly received as this plan to bring in pure bred livestock and that he considered it a wonderful opportunity for the boys to secure the services of skilled men in buying their foundation animals. It was decided that County Agent Learning should continue to receive applications for heifers up until the middle of October. The livestock association officers will then select forty or more from this number who . will receive pure bred Shorthorn yearling or heifer calves, ''each boy giving his note for the cost of the individual he receives. These will be kept by the boys until October, 1918, when they will be sold at auction, the boys to receive the difference bteween the selling price and the original cost. The plan has the two-fold purpose of increasing the number of pure bred herds in the county and stimulating an interest among the boys in better agriculture.