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Show I BOYS AND GIRLS SEND ENTRIES 'Accomplishments of Young Folks to Be Shown at Stock Show Accomplish nr-nts of hoys and girls, 'members of tho boys' and girls' clubs, will be demonstrated to visitors at tho big Ogden livestock show. January Janu-ary 2 to 6, according to Secretary Jesse S. Richards. Tao campaign throughout the country coun-try to intc.-i'st farm boys and tdrls in the raising of pure-bred livestock resulted in tho organization o thousands of pig, calf and .sheep clubs Each member is required to keep a chart showing the weight of the animal ani-mal each week, the cost of feed, and other items that go into figuring cost of production. At the coming show many boys and girls will enter animals. There will bo special prizes for the best sow and Utter, best tat hog under six months, best fat hog under one year; ho3t dairy calf and best baby beef. BEST PARENTS Many of the boys and girls that h.ivi Keen receiving instructions under county agents, and who have kept informed in-formed of tests conducted by agricultural agricul-tural schools and the ITnited States deportment of agriculture, know more about th raising of livestock than their parents, who have been content to drift along with scrubs, and not keep up with the march of progress. On several farms the parents have been so surprised by the fine results accomplished by their children, who have been members of Boys' and Girls' clubs, that the young folks have been teaching their elders the proper methods of raising livestock. The rnmlnc show -will he the biggest yet held in Qgden. Premium totaling ?6.500 will be paid out. besides special prizes by the various registry associations. associa-tions. COLLEGE ST I DENTS. The Students' livestock judging is open to any agricultural college team in tho United States, according to Henry ( )berhansley. superintendent. Each team must have five members in order to compete, I'rl.. s totaling $150 will be distributed among t he winning teams Entries have already been received from the Utah Agricultural college Wyoming Agricultural college, Poca-tello Poca-tello Tech and other schools. In the children's competition, any boy or girl, under is years of age. who Is a member of a Boys' and Qlrls' club. Is eligible to compete ' providing ho or she has not participated partici-pated in any college or Interstate con-, test e I Special prizes will also be awarded to boys and girls who enter animala at the show. A boy or girl must be a member in good standing of a recognised recog-nised Boys' and Girls' club. The .exhibitor .ex-hibitor must keep a complete record of animals shown A special silver trophy will bo presented to the entry having best record, Many boys and girls have written in to Secretary Richards, asking for full particulars about the coming show, and this feature promises to be on of the most interesting exhibits |