I'HE 1. A. A. RECORD 



At the 



MORE than 80 4-H club boys and 

 girls from Illinois, including the 

 state chs^mpions in all kinds of club 

 work, wdre entertained at dinner by 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association on 

 Wednesday evening, December 5, at the 

 Auditoriuiii Hotel, Chicago. 



Complimenting the 4-H club winners 

 on their accomplishments, President 

 Earl C. Smith e.xpressed 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 l-fl club work is helping to 

 fit them foj- their coming responsibil- 

 ities. 



Prof. Smith Speaks 



Prof W. H. Smith, state leader of 

 farm advisers, spoke on the subject 

 "4-H Club Members and the University 

 of Illinois." IProf. Smith thanked the 1 

 A. A. for its co-oi)eration in i)roniot- 

 ing agricultilral welfare and recogniz- 



4-H Club Dinner to Illinois Champions 



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, pnesented the 

 chamiiionshii) medals. 



.\mong the 4-H club speakers on the 

 Itiogram were Arlene Scheidenhelm, 

 poultry club member from LaSalle 

 county ; Clarence Ropp, corn club mem- 

 ber from McLean county who repre- 

 sei^ted Illinois at the 4-11 club camjj, 

 Washington; Maribel Eldred, health 

 project winner from Macoupin county; 

 John Sullivan, livestock judging team 

 member from Knox county; Vera 

 Xofftz, 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. 



Otht-r slate champions whu \ 

 medals are as follows : F»»nlinand 

 Lean county, dairy oatf cluh ; K< 

 Rock Island county, corn clult . C 

 nuois county. shtH'p club ; Mary 

 Henderson county, clothing cUih : A 

 JIaiicitck county. bre:iil club ; M 

 Wayne county, me-ril r>lannir.ii club 

 Mil}, Cbri.^tian county, dairy heifi 

 Swit7( r. . .\dams ci»«nty, sheep c 

 Lonj^. Kock Island county, lat 

 Koni;oth Kinsinirer, McLean count; 

 Donald Kennel, Ta/.,'\vell county, 

 Lucille -Wilson, Macon county, I 

 Ksth,T Hieland. Adamd ctninty, cj 

 Mabel Newburn. V'ermiiion c*»u 

 club: Kflith Metcalf, K'iwards coun 

 provemt'nt club ; Sarah Snell, SanK 

 cKithini; club: Pearl Reinkinc 

 di-nionslration team club : Marca 

 Kane coun'.y. demonstration team 

 ander Cokcbrusco. Christian county, 

 dark Hewitt. McLean C4>unty. 

 Homer Mendenhall, Sangamon coui 

 jud;^ing club: Selmar Lehmann 

 county, livestock judcinK club: 

 Sansan»on county; livesttx-k judnini; 

 Hulmes. DcKalb county, dairy j 

 Stanley Jensen. I>eKalb county, d 

 club : Clifford Hemis, DeKalb count 

 injT clitb : Arden, Kains, Craw 

 demonstration club ; Lt-slie Rutio 

 county, demonstration club: Kdit 

 Hamilton county, clothing judirinK 

 Boyer, Hamilton county, clothintr 

 and Sybil Herrinp, Kulton county 



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Argentina a Competitor 



ARGENTINA is one of our chief 

 '- competitbrs in the world's agri- 

 cultural markets. In 1927 Argentina's 

 agricultural epcports 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 i «gTicultural products. 

 Yet only a imall part of the potential 

 tillable land has been brought into cul- 

 tivation. In a cereal region a.s large 



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 

 3 V4 per cent of its farm lands. In 

 1920, 59 per cent of our farmers in 

 the United States operated 17 per cent 

 of the farm land. 



awardeo 

 lta$tin^. Mc- 

 kin Hansen 

 ■1 Duis, Iro- 

 .ouise Duko. 

 e1ia Siegrist, 

 idncd Read, 

 h-dwin John- 

 Uib : Mary 

 Raymond 

 rrow club ; 

 beef club : 

 ($ilt club . 

 iikinir club ; 

 nnin^ club; 

 y. clothinK 

 y, room im- 

 mon county, 

 no county, 

 I Scilkopf, 

 ■lub : Alex- 

 garden club : 

 lotato club ; 

 ty, livestock 

 Sangamon 

 ul Archer, 

 club ; James 

 dt:ing club ; 

 liry judging 

 dairy judg- 

 county. 

 Crawford 

 1ai- Jones, 

 cob: Mary 

 idging club ; 

 oi^ttit club 



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do -op Shipments Gain 121% 



Mercer county livestock 

 crea.xed their shipments to t\ 

 Producers Commission Co. 

 cent jn 1927, compared w 

 according to Ray E. Miller 

 marketing director. In<iivii 

 ments increased from 44 t< 

 or 88.6 per cent while ship 

 ciation consignments juni] 

 141 cars in 1926 to 327 carb 



"No, No, Maudia! — A nig^t club is 

 not the stick a policeman 



g|-owers m- 

 e Chicago 

 121. G per 

 ith 1926, 



livestock 

 ual ship- 



83 cars, 

 )ing asso- 

 led from 



in 1927. 



