St. Louis Producers Baby Beef Show 



V ^^^ OR the third successive year, 

 ^'*;;^ Miss Luella Padgett, 17 year 

 ^J^ old senior high school student 

 and 4-H Club member of Kellerville, 

 Adams County, 111., was awarded the 

 Grand Championship prize of the Pro- 

 ducers Annual 4-H and Vocational Ag. 

 Baby Beef Show held at National Stock 

 Yards, 111., November 18th and 19th. 



In this show, the 

 fourteenth annual 

 event sponsored by 

 the St. Louis Pro- 

 ducers, over 200 

 calves representing 

 approximately 45 

 counties in Missouri 

 and Illinois were 

 represented. Most of 

 these calves had 

 been p r ev i o u s ly 

 Joe Fulkenon shown at county and 



State fairs and represented the culmina 

 tion of a year of feeding. In number of 

 entries Madison County, Illinois, ranked 

 first, having 23. Sangamon and Bond 

 Counties tied for second with 21. 



In winning again Luella established a 

 record in that she is the only person who 

 has won the top honor three times. 



On the day of the Sale, "Dyson's 

 Pride," Miss Padgett's Angus calf, was 

 purchased by the Bettondorf Markets of 

 St. Louis, at 52c per pound. The Illi- 

 nois Agricultural- Association was an ac- 

 tive bidder. Colonel Fred Reppert of 

 Indiana, was auctioneer. 



The Reserve Champion prize went to 

 James Baker, 14 year old freshman high 

 school student of Illiopolis, Sangamon 

 county, 111., who exhibited a purebred 

 Shorthorn calf. His calf was purchased 

 by the Kroger Grocery & Baking Com- 

 pany of St. Louis, on the day of the 

 Sale at 26c per pound. 



Loreh Dirks, 11 year old 4-H Club 

 boy from Petersburg, Menard county. 111., 

 who also for fhe first time exhibited in 

 the Producers Show, won I the first place 

 in the Hereford class. Armour & Com- 

 pany purchased this calf ai 17I/2C. 



The Grand Champion calf, shown by 

 Luella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. 

 Padgett, was purchased on the 26th of 

 December last year weighing 340 lbs., 

 from the Dyson-Rodowald herd. For 

 the first two months after purchase, the 

 calf was fed crushed corn and oats and 

 then placed on ground shelled corn, 

 ground oats and soybean meal. Molasses 

 and steer feed were added later. 



Luella will use the money she received 

 for her calf in furthering her study in 

 music next year when she attends college 



Sangamon County won top honors in 

 displaying the champion group of five 

 calves and received a silver loving cup 

 donated by the Hartford Insurance Com- 

 pany at the Yards. Second in this class 

 was Adams County, 111, and third Madi- 

 son County, 111. 



The silver plaque donated by the East 

 St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to the 

 group exhibiting the largest number oT 

 calves went to Madison County. 



Presiding over the evening's entertain- 

 ment, was President J. R. Fulkerson of 

 St. Louis Producers, who while inter- 

 mingling some of his famous jokes, 

 awarded the prizes won io the day's 

 Show. Madison and Bond Counties, 111., 



4-H and Vocational boys put on several 

 stunts which went over big with the 

 crowd. , - 



Among those present were: ' 



Oliver Gaebe, assistant state 4-H Club 

 leader of the University of Illinois; 

 Frank Gingrich in charge of Young Peo- 

 ples Activities for the lAA who had 

 charge of the entertainment ; James Com- 

 fort of the University of Missouri ; Sam 

 Russell, Livestock Marketing Director of 

 the I AA ; Si Simpson, superintendent of 

 the Show and Sale; H. G. Sheaf er, vice- 

 president of the Stock Yards ; Oke Miller 

 of the National Stock Yards National 

 Bank ; H. D. Wright, manager of the 

 Producers and directors. 



LUELLA PADGETT AND HEB GRAND CHAMPION CALF "DYSONS PRIDE." 



PRIZE WINNERS AT FOURTEENTH 



AN7SIUAL PRODUCERS BABY BEEF 



CLUB SHOW 



Price 

 per lb. 

 GRAND CHAMPION — Angus calf 

 — Luella Padgett, Adams Co.. 



Ill 52c 



RESERVE CHAMPION — Shorthorn 

 — James Baker, Sangamon Co., 



Ill 26c 



ANGUS 

 Place Owner County 



2nd — Ralph Hanes, Macon 

 3rd — Janet Witte, Madison 

 4th — Chester Kuntz, Monroe (Mo.) 

 5th — Loren Park, Sangamon 

 6th — Julian Dunn, Adams 

 7th — Ben Casebier, Jr., White 

 8th — Richard Cole, Greene 

 9th — Benjamin Witte. Jr., Madison 

 10th — Leo Curtin — Christian 



SHORTHORN 



2nd. — Dale Tuttle, Douglas 



3rd — Eugene Krejci, Madison 



4th — Douglas Ringhausen, Lincoln (Mo.) 



5th — Walter Slack, Henry (Mo.) 



6th — Arthur Dirks, Mettard 



7th — Robert Mullady, Sangamon 



8th — Graham Randall, Henderson 



9th — Mae Homann, Madison 



1 0th — Orison Scibert, St. Clair 



HEREFORD 

 1st — Loren Dirks, Menard 

 2nd — Sidney Campbell, Cass 

 3rd — Mary Jane Campbell, Cass 

 4th — Everett Reid, Jasper 

 5th — Nelda Kirchner, Cass 

 6th — John Dorwart, Sangamon 

 ■'th — Loren L. Montgomery. Christian 

 8th — Roberta Roy, Adams 

 9th — Mary Alice King, Monroe (Mo.) 

 10th — Phillip Frank, Sanganoo 



I^CEMBER. 1937 



