Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — BOUGHT SHORTHORN HEIFERS [ARTICLE]

BOUGHT SHORTHORN HEIFERS

Bank Officials Secure Fourteen Head in State of Ohio. J. N. Leatherman, E. J. Randle and George Parkison, officials of the First National bank, returned Sunday from Columbus Grove, Ohio, where they purchased fourteen head of pure bred Shorthorn yearling heifers for the Jasper County Shorthorn club. It is the intention of the bank to secure forty head of like stock, which will be sold to members of the Shorthorn club at the stock show in October. The task of securing these cattle Is going to be no easy one, for the gentlemen above mentioned put in four days around Columbus Grove in search of stock, and the community there is one of the best Shorthorn centers in the country. More could have been secured but the price was high, the fourteen purchased averaging something less than $175 each. Another trip was made to Tippecanoe county yesterday where County Agent Learning had located several Shorthorn heifers, and it was thought they could be bought quite reasonable. In order to secure one of these heifers it will be necessary for the boys to mnake formal application for same before October. Thirty-three applications have already been filed, but it is hoped to have eighty or more. Several prominent farmers have signified their willingness to provide such cattle if sufficient applications for same are made. One of the primary objects in this move is to increase the amount of livestock on the farms of Jasper county, and in this the First National bank is deserving of the support and encouragement of all That the livestock on the farms of Jasper county needs replenishing is evidenced by the fact that according to the assessors’ returns there is but an average of six head of cattle to each farm, which is far below the number that should be. There is an average of ten hogs to each farm, or about 16.000 in the county. This is also too small when it is considered that Jasper county is the second largest county in the state and many others have from 70,000 to 80.000 hogs. , Let us have more livestock and encourage every move to provide such.