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Show Gunnison Boys Organize Clubs Activities by the boys of the high school and others interested in the development de-velopment of better dairy and sheep herds in the county, has resulted in the formation of two clubs, one to be known as the Heifer Club and the Orphan lamb club. The heifer club, composed of the following Gunnison Valley boys, Ivan Frandsen, Clive .Despain, Uhlan Swalberg, Leland Foote, Darwin Anderson, Fred Lewis, Edward Morgan and Elbert Modden, will purchase heifers which will cost close to $100 each. The heifers are now being purchased in the state of Washington by Dr. Milton Knudsen, an authority on high class cattle. The animals will be of the highest grade and close to the registered class and will be the very best breed of dairy cattle ever brought to the valley. Similar clubs are being organ ized at Manti and it is thought that the shipment will comprise two car , loads at least. Dr. Knudsen has had a wide experience ex-perience in this line and his selection will be the best. He purchased some 500 cows. for the Japanese goverment and in addition he made several purchases pur-chases for dairy farms in Idaho and Montana. 4 testing contest in Washington of the herds from which the young heifers are being selected select-ed for this valley gave an average of 456 pounds of butter fat per cow. It is thought that the herd will arrive ar-rive here in about three weeks. The object of the two clubs is for the purpose of developing ownership, own-ership, business management and em ployment to some extent during the summer months. In addition to the heifers, each boy will care for six or more orphan lambs and help and instruction in-struction will be given by County Agent C. O. Stott, I. Henry of the agricultural department of the high sc'hool and Newell Childs, who took the training at the Agricultural College Col-lege at Logan. Each boy will be required re-quired to keep an accurate record of expenditures and during the fall if the members so desire, the'' lambs will be marketed on the cooperative plan. The undertaking by the young men is to be commended and if the spirit of success is attained, and there is every reason to believe that it will be, in a few years Gunnison Valley can boast of real dairy herds owned and operated by real business men. |