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FRANK KYBUKG. LIVINGSTON COUNTY 4-H MEMBER. GETS A START IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS WITH THIS FINE GROUP OF HOLSTEIN COWS 



DEVELOPED FROM DAIRY CLUB HEIFERS 



Champaign County. Several year;: afco 

 through p>g club work he receive'! an in- 

 spiration to do something lor his com- 

 munity. He is now on the executive com- 

 mittee of the Champaign County Kami 

 Bureau. At the leaders' conference held 

 in Bloomington last .spring it was di.-- 

 covercd that ten out of the eighteen lo- 

 cal leaders for the conference .were 

 former 4-H Club members and that one 

 'member of the county 4-11 Club commit- 

 tee was a former 4-H Club member now 

 farming in the county. There were a 

 sreat many cases during this past wiii-f 

 ter where 4-H Club members served on" 

 corn-hog control committees. John, A.sh. 

 a former club member in Iro<iuois Coun- 

 ty, was elected chairman of the corn-hog " 

 ... committee in Kis township last year. 

 Ralph McKenzie, heretofore mentioned, is 

 ciiunty supervisor of the ei>rn-hog ad- 

 .iustment program -for his county. 

 Better Americans 



It is said by some tliat the fiuiii is tiie 

 last source of real .•\m(Ticuii>. Chili work 

 is helping to make the nv>s! and in>- 

 'prove this young crop of rea .Americans 

 so as to make them better .Ame.rican> 

 Through some of the idealistic nb.iectives 

 of the 4-H Club program, club members 

 are inspired to take a proper attitude 

 toward others and their relation to life 

 ill general. The contacts made in com- 

 petition teach fair play aiid sportsman- 

 ship. 



The story is told by W. T. Jackson of 

 the National Recreation Association, that 

 some time ago he asked Miss Klizabeth 

 Burchenal, an international authority on 

 folk games, to visit the National 4-H 

 Club Camp. He wanted her to see the 

 Club members assembled at National 

 Camp, play some of the folk games 



Young Men's Forum in Edgar 



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W.AS much interested in Mr. 

 Culp"s article in the last issue of 

 the I. A. A. KKCOUD." writes 



I'aim .Advi.ser H. D. Van Matie of IMgar 



county. 



"In Kdgar county i>;ii ^ oung Men'.- 



l-'orum was organized in I'XVI. Since 



tliat time, the clul> lias met !he second 



which she had helped to preserve. She 

 tried to put him off because she thought 

 it was "just another group'' of young 

 folks and there would be no particular 

 advantage in meeting the group. How- 

 ever, upon his insistence she went to the 

 meeting where the membor.= wiTe play- 

 ing folk games. She was so impressed 

 that she cancelled other enga.gements and 

 spent the entire evening with the farm 

 boys and girl.s. So thrilled was she witli 

 the kind of young folks assi-niljled there, 

 that she commented, "I diihi't know tiiey 

 (young folks) existed like this anymore.'' 

 Such comments are fre(iuently heard by 

 jieojile who have not had contact before 

 with 4-H Club members. 



Tlie great significance of 4-H Club 

 work to the future of .American agricul- 

 ture is becoming more and more appre- 

 ciated. We hope that parents who have 

 boys and girls in club work will be in- 

 clined to give even better cooperation to 

 their children in their future endeavors. 

 It is also hoped that those parents whose 

 children have not been enrolled, will see 

 to it that they, too, have the advantage 

 of this worthwhile program and effort to 

 make better Americans out of these real 

 American boys and girls. 



Thursday of lach month. The success 

 of this group can be attributed to the 

 regular meeting date, programs planned 

 in advance, and a pot-luck lunch and 

 social liour at tlie close of each meeting. 

 .Member-^ of the group, as a rule, provide 

 their own programs. The following topics 

 have been -disi-ussod in recent mcttings: 

 October — Farm Landscaping: November 



-Farm Ciperating Costs; hecember 

 Dad's Night (dails and farmers ke<'ping 

 Farm .Account Records special guests of 

 the Forum): Januar.v Farm Leases: 

 Feljruary — .Antiiial V.iUntine I'arly: 

 March — Farm Power. 



'"Since ilie .Moli lizatiii'n Cainpai«i' 

 .started, oiii' year ago last fall, it has 

 been the. ;;oal of T'residci't Stalcy that 

 eacil tov.iiship <rirect<ir .-clei't ;•.!! active 

 committee of live from his township 

 member-hip to assi-t him in an aggres- 

 sive towiishi|i progiam. This group, and 

 the township diiectcirs, have been holding 

 regular monthl.v meetings the first Mon 

 day i>f cacli niojitli for th<- past four 

 months. 



"The November meeting wa- devtitcd 

 lo.a general discussion ndative to 'Th<' 

 .\'eed of Farm Organization.' Tht' l)e 

 ccmber 3 meeting 'The Ue^ponsiliility 

 of Group Leader-.' The January S 

 meeting will be a iliscussion of 'The .A. 

 .A. .A. Program.' 



"By January 8, we shall strive to have 

 our school district organization perfected 

 in all of the townships. With the school 

 district group co-operating with the 

 committee of, five, we hope to maintain 

 an informed membership." 



JAM'ARY. 1935 



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