Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1917 — FARMER BOYS RECEIVE CALVES [ARTICLE]

FARMER BOYS RECEIVE CALVES

Forty Heifers Distributed by the First National Bank. One of the featured of the closing day of the stock show was the distribution by the First National bank of forty pure-bred Shorthorn heifers among the farmer boys of Jasper county. There were nearly 100 applications for heifers but those in charge of the buying were unable to secure more than forty of a satisfactory quality, and some of the boys were necessarily disappointed. In order to show no favoritism and give each boy an equal chance, the names of all the applicants were placed in a hat and forty principals drawn out. These forty were the lucky boys. Another twentyfiye names were then drawn as alternates, in case any of the principals did not take the heifer awarded him. Saturday afternoon in front of the new First National bank the forty names of the principals were placed in a hat and drawn out one at a time by Col. Fred A. Phillips. As each boy’s name was drawn he came forward and drew a slip” containing a number from another hat. This number represented one of the heifers and was alotted to the

boy drawing the number. In event the boy drawing did not want the calf thus given him, a name was selected from among the alternates to take the animal, which was the case in a few instances. The forty boys who were fortunate in securing a calf were as follows: 19 Red, white bar in forehead, name Kitty, No. 590396. SIBO. Boycie Lambert. 32. Light red, mixed face, white spots, name Butter Cup 2nd, No. 543235. $165. Bred to King Royal No. 439507, Oct. 3, 1917. George Lonergan. 30. Roan, name Violet 2nd No. 543236, muley. $225. Wm. Erb. 12. Red, 1 drooped horn, X on right hip, name Melba King 2nd No. 477147. $lB5. Bred to Lord Ripley. Ross Lakin. 1. Roan, name Thistle Queen No. 504375. Bred and Bessemer No. 367197 July 25, 1917. $l5O. Walter E. Bunning. 7. Red VIII, name Gladys Floss No. 59.4839. $lB5. John David Peer.

8. Red, name Glady Belle No. 514062, small spot in face. $165. Clarence A. Hansen, Francesville. 2. Red, name Red Lassie No. 593095, wart on neck. $165. Elsworth Estel Price. 15. Red, name Mound Hill Duchess No. 50474. $165 Gaylord E-. Hume. 24. Roan and spots, name Buckeye Lady N<f. 568264. Bred to Bessemeh No. 367197 July 30, 1917. $lB5. Harold Kennedy, Wheatfield. 4. Red, little white over shoulder, name Gladys Rosa No. *512063. Bred to calf January 30, 1918. $l5O. I. L. Jones. 17. Red, name Gladys Filbert No. 512062. Bred to calf December 15, 1917. $l3O. Paul Grube, Wheatfield. 9. White, name-White Lassie No. 495490. Bred to Bessemer No. 367197, July 10, 1917. $225. Earl Matheny. 5. Roan, small Scotch, name Topsy Maid No. 582206. $165. John Zimmer. 6. Roan, short spike horns, name Golden Lady No. 582202. $l5O. John Sigo, Remington.

11. Spotted, name and number to be furnished by Qglesbie. $l5O. Harley S. Toombs. 20. Light roan, name Lady Mabel No. 542968. Drerep. $2lO. Ivan Snow. 38. Dark roan, name Bella Archer No. 542966. Drerep. $2lO. LaVerne Paulus. 36. Red, tag in ear No. 7, name Rosemary 3rd No. 557616. $l5O. J. Ralph Dunlap. 37. Smallest and lightest roan, name Roan Lady. $l3O. Theo. Eldred. Amsler. * j 33. Largest dark roan, name Roan Daisy. $165. Murray Yeoman. 34. Roan, ear tag 34, name Griffith's AMtumri. $165. Garrett Sriedeker, McCoysburg. 14. Dark red, ear tag 32, name Griffith’s Rose. $2lO. Chester Weuthrick, Francesville. 21. Red, ear tag 37. Price Brothers. $165. Geo. P. Daugherty. 28. White, Diller heifer. $225. Howard L. Parks. 29. Red, Collar Heifer, with horns. $165. Marion Faylor. 39. Red and spots, collar heifer, no horns. $225. Garfield Folger. 40. Red, Charles Sevren. $165. Eugene Martin. 26. Red, B. F. Humphrey. $l3O. Walter Erb. 22. Red Sailor, milk strain. $225. Ralph J. Yeoman. 31. Roan Sailor. $165. Jack Freeland. 25. Dark Red Sailor, Scotch. $2lO. David A. Yeoman. 13. Red, white hind legs sailor. $lB5. Elmer R. Jordan, McCoysburg. 35. Light roan, name Princess B 2nd. 2 marks left ear, 3 marks right. $l3O. Ed W. Walter. 10. Red, name Princess Ann 6th, 3 marks right ear. $l5O. Lowell Hayes, Parr. 16. Dark roan, name Roan Crook 7th. 1 notch right ear. $l3O. Cletes Kohley. 3. Dark red, name Red Princess Anne 7th, 1 notch left ear, 3 notches right ear. $lB5. Harold Garvin. 23. Red ear tag 2, white spot in forehead, white on belly. $165. Chas. Reed. 27. Red and white. $2lO. Herschell M. Bice. 18. Red. $lB5. Louis Lane.

The calves were all purchased by those officers of the bank who have knowledge along such lines and were purchased as economically as possible, the price ranging from $l3O to $225. They were sold to the boys at cost price, the bank taking the boys’ note in payment. In one year the cattle will be placed in the sale ring and sold at public auction. Each boy can buy his heifer back or if it is sold to another he will be given the difference, between the price he paid and. the selling price, and his note returned. By distributing these heifers in this" manner the bank hopes to form the nucleus of Shorthorn herds,in Jasper county that will grow with time and put this county toward the head of the list of cattle producing centers. The object is a most commendable one and is attracting attention from many parts of the country, as inquiries for particulars reach the bank from widely separated sources every few days. Jasper county has all the natural resources for a stock producing community, and if the stock show of last week is any criterion it is rapidly becoming such. May success attend every effort along this line. Harold Garvin, one of the farmer boys awarded a Shorthorn calf Saturday, was very unfortunate in that the calf was killed by a Monon train that night. The boy was taking it home that evening when it got away from him and being unable to catch it before dark he let it go until morning. During the night the calf strayed onto the Monon tracks near the furniture factory and was killed by a train.