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THE 1. A. A. RECORD 



Page Nine 



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At the 4-H Club Dinner to Illinois Champions 



MORE than 80 4-H club boys and 

 girls from Illinois, including the 

 state champions in all kinds of club 

 work, -were entertained at dinner by 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association on 

 Wednesday evening, December 5, at the 

 Auditorium Hotel, Chicago. 



Complimenting the 4-H club winners 

 on their accomplishments. President 

 Earl C. Smith expressed the interest of 

 the I. A. A. in the boys and girls of 

 the state, and referred to them as the 

 future leaders in the Farm Bureau 

 movement. He referred to the fact 

 that the future of agriculture depends 

 upon the boys and girls of today, and 

 that the 4-H club work is helping to 

 fit them for their coming responsibil- 

 ities. 



Prof. Smith Speak* 



Prof W. H. Smith, state leader of 

 farm advisers, spoke on the subject 

 "4-H Club Members and the University 

 of Illinois." Prof. Smith thanked^the I. 

 A. A. for its co-operation in promot- 

 ing agricultural welfare and recogniz- 



ing the value of 4-H club work. He 

 called attention to the training .for 

 leadership, which agriculture so sorely 

 needs, afforded by 4-H club work. 



Miss Mary E. McKee and E. I. Pil- 

 chard, state club leaders, presented the 

 championship medals. 



Among the 4-H club speakers on the 

 program were Arlene Scheidenhelm, 

 poultry club member from LaSalle 

 county; Clarence Ropp, corn club mem- 

 ber from McLean county who repre- 

 sented Illinois at the 4-H club camp, 

 Washington; Maribel Eldred, health 

 project winner from Macoupin county; 

 John Sullivan, livestock judging team 

 member from Knox county; Vera 

 Nofftz, style show member from Cham- 

 paign county; and William Brown, sow 

 and litter club member from Ogle 

 county. 



Among the guests were a number of 

 farm advisers and leaders. Nearly 100, 

 including members of the I. A. A. Ex- 

 ecutive Committee and staff, joined in 

 honoring the club champions. Ray E. 

 Miller acted as toastmaster. 



Other state champions who were awardeil 

 medals are as foliows: Ferdinand Bastine. Mc- 

 Lean county, dairy calf club; Edwin Hansen. 

 Rock Island county, corn club ; Carl Duis. Iro- 

 quois county, sheep club ; Mary Louise Duke, 

 Henderson county, clothing club ; Alelia Sieerist, 

 Hancock county, bread club ; Mildred Read, 

 Wayne county, meal planning club; Edwin John- 

 son, Christian county, dairy heifer club ; Mary 

 Switzer, Adams county, sheep club ; Raymond 

 Long, Rock Island county, fat barrow club; 

 Kenneth Kinsineer, McLean county, beef club ; 

 Donald Kennel, Tazewell county, gilt club ; 

 Lucille Wilson, Macon county, baking club ; 

 Esther Hieland, Adams county, canning club : 

 Mabel Newburn, Vermilion county, clothing 

 club : Edith Metcalf, Edwards county, room im- 

 provement club ; Sarah Snell, Sangamon county, 

 clothing club ; Pearl Reinking, Kane county, 

 demonstration team club ; Margaret Seilkopf , 

 Kane county, demonstration team club ; Alex- 

 ander Collebrusco, Christian county, garden club : 

 Clark Hewitt, McL«an county, potato club; 

 Homer Mendenhall, Sangamon county, livestock 

 judging club ; Selmar Lehmann. Sangamon 

 county, livestock judging club : Paul Archer, 

 Sangamon county : livestock judging club ; James 

 Hulmes, DeKalb county, dairy judging club : 

 Stanley Jensen, DeKalb county, dairy judging 

 club ; Clifford Bemis, DeKalb county, dairy judg- 

 ing club : Arden Rains, Crawford county, 

 demonstration club ; Leslie Rutledge, Crawford 

 county, demonstration club : Edith Lee Jonea, 

 Hamilton county, clothing judging club ; Mary 

 Boyer, Hamilton county, ck>thing judging club ; 

 and Sybil Herring, Fulton county, outfit club. 



Argentina a Competitor 



ARGENTINA is one of our chief 

 '- competitors in the world's agri- 

 cultural markets. In 1927 Argentina's 

 ag^ricultural exports were half as much 

 again in value as in 1923. Although 

 livestock raising is still the chief ag- 

 ricultural enterprise, the country is 

 forging ahead rapidly in wheat and 

 corn production. 



During the last five years 96 per 

 cent of the country's total exports 

 consisted of agricultural products. 

 Yet only a small part of the potential 

 tillable land has been brought into cul- 

 tivation. In a cereal region as largre 



as the corn belt, only 16.2 per cent 

 of the land is in crops. Only eight per 

 cent of the country's total area is in 

 cultivation. 



A large proportion of the cultivated 

 area is in the hands of comparatively 

 few holders. In 1914 about 85 per 

 cent of the farm land was held by 

 about 13 per cent of the farm opera- 

 tors and was in holdings of 1,200 acres 

 or more. In 1920 about 59 per cent 

 of the country's farmers operated only 

 3Vi per cent of its farm lands. In 

 1920, 69 per cent of our farmtra in 

 the United States operated 17 par cant 

 of the farm land, r 



Co-op Shipments Gain 121% 



Mercer county livestock powers in- 

 creased their shipments to the Chicago 

 Producers Commission Co., 121.6 per 

 cent in 1927, compared with 1926, 

 according to Ray E. Miller, livestock 

 marketing director. Individual ship- 

 ments increased from 44 to 83 cars, 

 or 88.6 per cent while shipping asso- 

 ciation consignments jumped from 

 141 cars in 1926 to 327 cars in 1927. 



"No, No, Maudial — ^A night club it 

 not the stick a policeman carries." 



