Atchison County High School News from Effingham, Kansas • 1

ATCHISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Published Monthly by the Atchison Coum, High School, Effingham. Kansas. Entered the Postojjioe at Ejjingham, Kansas, as second class matter.1 NO. 11 NOVEMBER 1920 VOL. XIII.

that morning. Mr. Haggan is a very hospitable man. At noon all of us had dinner ot his fine country home. In the afternoon we visited Mavfield Farm.

This KANSAS WINS THIRD PLACE. A. C. H. S.

is very, proud of the record made by Walter At-zenwieler and Raymond Davis as members of the Kansas team among boys in club work, and especially toward the improvement of better livestock. It gives the boys some practical experience that they might not otherwise get, and they can use it to a good advantage while going on in High School and later in college, we certainly enjoyed the trip and received a great deal of experience "as well. Next year Kansas is going to send another team. Mr. Pearson is already planning a way to finance the trip so they may have a longer period of time in which to train, than we did.

I hope that Atchison county will again be able to send at least two members to compose the Kansas team next year." ATCHISON, A. C. H. 53. The football game on October 27, more nearly re'sembled a track meet, with the result that Atchison went home with the small end of a 53-0 score.

In 7 spite of the loss of Gibson, L. Ellit, R. Corrigan, R. and the injury to Snyder's han our boys found it no trouble i i A I is one of the best equipped hog farms in the United States. "The next day we went out to inthana, to visit the farm cf Mr.

Lebus. Mr. Lebus met us at the train and took us to his farm, which is just outside of Cyinthana. It is a beautiful place, and he has a good herd of Hampshire hogs. "Sunday night we left for Atlanta, Ga.

We arrived at Atlanta, October 18. The contest ooened the morning of the 19th. The judges of the contest were Mr. E. N.

Wentworth, who is with the Armour Extension Bureau, and Mr. Sheets, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Due to a late start, we only got to judge two rings of livestock the first day.

The next day we judged six rings. The last day we judged four rings. In all, we judged twelve rings, as follows: One ring of Shorthorns, Herefords, Angus, Jerseys, Guernseys, Holsteins, Berkshires, Poland Chinas, Hampshires, Duroc Jerseys, Shropshires and Southdowns. that was sent to the International Boys' Club Stock Judging Contest at Atlanta, Georgia. The Kansas team won third place.

The result of the individual scores gave Walter Atzenweiler third place, as two other boys tied for fir.st place. Walter gives tht following account: "After receiving about a week cf intensive training at the Agricultural college under our coach, N. E. Pearson, we left for Lexington, Ky. The team consisted of Clyde Smith, Dwight Williams f(alternate), of Jefferson county, Raymond Davis and Walter Atzenweiler, of Atchison county.

We arrived in Lexington, October 14, and remain-ed there for three days. Lexington is in the heart of the finest blue grass section of Kentucky. The surrounding country is very beautiful. We got more good livestock to work on in this tion than we could have found in any one section of the United-States. The Kentucky State Agricultural College is located here, but it is not nearly as large as our Agricultural College.

The irst day we were there Mr. Hol-ister, who is at the head of the Animal Husbandry department, went out to Col. E. H. Taylor's Hereford farm with us.

Here we saw one of the best collections of Herefords in the United Stated We judged nine classes of Herefords and two classes of sheep that day. This is one of the best improved farms that I have ever seen. The next day we worked with the Kentucky Agricultural College stock judging team out at Mt. Brilliant stock farm. This farm is owned and personally cted by L.

L. Haggin. His farm is a portion of the old Elm-dorf estate owned by his father. Here we saw one of the best, and rated by some prominent judges as the best, herd of Berkshire hogs in America, We judged about twenty classes of hogs mane toucnaowns. xcmson wi on! the defensive the entLe game.

Our boys ran good in- terference and the line played exceptionally well. Higley, at full, was easily the individual star for A. C. H. S.

Our new tackle, Thomas Mey-; ers, showed up well at tackle in spite of the fact that he did not know the signals. He made one i it i i toucnaown Dy DiocKing an mcni- son punt and falling on it back) of their goal line. i The first number of the Ly-i There were seventeen states competing. The evening of the 21st the awards were given out as follows: Texas first, Mississippi second, kansas third, Virginia fourth, and Iowa fifth. Texas, Mississippi and Iowa had all been to the National Dairy and National Swine Show.

The individual scores were as follows: Weiting, of Texas, Turner, of Texas, Atzenweiler, of. Kansas, Eller, of Mississippi, Deberman, of Texas, 996. "The different breed associations gave prizes to the teams scoring highest on, their respective breeds. Kansas won first on Herefords, third on Guernseys, fourth on Jerseys, and fourth on Angus. Each team ceum Course was a decided sue- cess.

The Temple Entertain ment Trio were the entertainers. The next number will probably he as if not better. The title tells the story. It is if "Wagon Trades," starring William S. Hart.

It portrays the forty-niners, and their struggles) crossing the plains. The date is December 7. i consisted of three boys, coached by a state club leader or county agent. "The purpose of the contest is to promote a keener interest Ruth Gibson, a graduate of A C. H.

is teaching Physics in the Horton High bcnooi. i miwinwmi mi.