Boy Sends Calf To Egypt

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Not trying to top the pigs to the South Pole story, or anything, however later that year, in the November 1929 issue of National Boys and Girls Club News there is a brief story about Thomas Rich, from Hobart in Delaware County, New York, who has the distinction of being the first person in the United States to introduce a purebred calf into Egypt. His 4-H calf, "Sophis Sons Viola," was purchased by Professor M. C. McFeetra. Professor of Agriculture at Assuit College, American mission at Assuit, Egypt. It was necessary to secure a special permit to make the importation into Egypt, as formerly all livestock was slaughtered at the docks.