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Show I BANKERS HELP OUT i I The Oklahoma Bankers Association j for the past twelve years has financed through Its five groups ten scholar-j scholar-j ships in the A. & M. College "at Stillwater. Still-water. The winners are chosen by the Extension Department of the col-i col-i lege on the merits of the club work ! done by the boys and girls over a cer-tain cer-tain period of time. The groups of the association finance the first year j of the winner's college work. The president of a national bank in Fayettesville, Arkaneas, has been credited cred-ited with doing more for the farmers of his section than any other one man. His work has consisted of Introducing pure bred Holstein cattle into hit county, coun-ty, helping employ a county agent, donating do-nating prizes to boys and girls in club work, and distributing better seed. Here are some of the things accom-plished accom-plished in Randolph County, Ark., with the help of bankers last year: fortythree pnrebred gilts were bought at a reasonable price and placed with boys and girls, on notes: three thousand thou-sand eggs from high producing hens were distributed with the Idea of developing de-veloping Hocks of a( least one Jng-dred Jng-dred hens on every farm; four purs-bred purs-bred Jersey bulls whose dams bad a record of over 700 pounds butterfat, have been purchased by the banks and will be paid for out of strrtet fees. |