Dairymen 



For outstanding dairy demonstra- 

 tions these eight young men were 

 awarded $250 collegiate scholarships. 

 They competed for honors against 4-H 

 dairy demonstration teams from all 

 parts of the U. S. in the National 

 Dairy Show at San Francisco Oct. 21- 

 30. States represented here are Ne- 

 braska, North Carolina, Maryland and 

 New Mexico. (Note the cowboy 

 boots.) 



Illinois was represented by Mary 

 Jane Reitzel and Robert Bartel of the 

 Sterling Beavers 4-H Club, Whiteside 

 county, who ranked high in the blue 



$200 SMILE 



R. H. Wood, president oi the American 

 Vocational Association, presenting a check 

 ior $200 to Harold D. Hoifman, a Tocotional 

 ag student from Walnut, Bureau county, 

 second place winner in the Future Fanner 

 Notional Public Speaking Contest in Kan- 

 sas City in connection with the National 

 Convention of Future Fanners oi America. 



ribbon group but were outclassed by 

 Nebraska and Michigan teams in the 

 Midwest. They made the trip by car 

 going by way of Monarch Pass and 

 the Nevada Sierra mountains. 



Illinois champion 4-H dairy judging 

 team from McLean county creditably 

 represented the state at the National 

 Dairy Show in San Francisco, Oct. 21, 

 where they won seventh place honors. 



Members of the team are Glenn 

 Rader, Dale Rader and Wayne Basting. 

 They were coached by Bud Basting and 

 Lloyd Graham, assistant farm adviser 

 in McLean county. 



"We left Chicago on the Challenger 

 Oct. 16 and arrived in San Francisco 

 Oct. 19 where we spent five days," 

 writes Adviser Graham. "We returned 

 by the way of Los Angeles where we 

 spent four days sightseeing." 



4-H Club members, Dec. 7, 

 Great Northern Hotel, Chicago. 



the 



Illinois Judging Teams 



Win lational Honors 



Illinois Future Farmers are tough 

 competition in anybody's judging con- 

 test. Of five teams competing for 

 national honors at the National Future 

 Farmers of America Convention, Kan- 

 sas City, Oct. 14 - 21, three captured 

 firsts. 



The meat identification team from 

 Sterling Township High School, 

 Whiteside county, scored an average 

 of 187.72 p>oints. Harold Steiner placed 

 second in the contest with 190.33 

 points of a possible 200. George 

 Reitzel accumulated 18933 for fifth 

 and Kennet Harms scored 183.5 for 

 eighth. 



Sterlings dairy judges who came in 

 ahead of the field were Roy Beck, 

 James Wink and George Reitzel. Beck 

 was third high in the contest. Wink 

 tied for first in judging Jerseys and 

 Reitzel tied for second in the Holstein 

 class. Both Sterling teams were coached 

 by J. A. Twardock, vo-ag teacher. 



National milk judging honors were 

 taken by a Peotone High School team 

 of Will county composed of Thomas 

 Lewis, William Bettenhausen and Rich- 

 ard Neiland. Lewis was top individual 

 in the contest with a score of 19.5. 

 Bettenhausen was third with 22.9 

 f>oints and Neiland was tenth with 

 29.7. E. G. Holt coached the team. 



Illinois poultry and livestock teams 

 failed to place in the upper five. How- 

 ard Hextel of Newark, Kendall county, 

 however, tied for third place in judg- 

 ing horses. 



BANQUET — Illinois delegates to 

 the National 4-H Club Congress have 

 been invited to attend the annual Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association banquet 

 in honor of the state's outstanding 



CLUB COMESS DELEGATES 



Illinois 4-H delegation to the 18th 

 National Club Congress in Chicago Dec. 

 1-9 includes the following members 

 among others designated for outstanding 

 work in various projects and activities by 

 the State 4-H Club office and College of 

 Agriculture. 



Robert Summers, 18, of New Berlin, 

 Sangamon county, a member for nine 

 years, is the state's candidate for na- 

 tional honors in the National 4-H 

 Achievement Activity terminating at the 

 Club Congress. In his projects he han- 



Robert Summers Robert Stetson 



died 105 poultry, 25 baby beeves, 130 

 swine, five colts, 150 ewes and lambs, 

 158 acres in corn, soy beans and alfalfa. 

 He values his projects at $5,696.97 and 

 his prize winnings total $307.95. The 

 boy has a long list of successful accom- 

 plishments in connection with 4-H and 

 community activities relating to eco- 

 nomic and cultural matters. 



Robert Stetson, 19, Neponset, Bureau 

 county, is the state's winner in the Na- 

 tional Meat Animal contest. He has 

 been in club work eight years during 

 which he has handled 648 animals com- 

 prising swine, sheep, baby beeves and 

 dairy calf. He made 39 exhibits at the 

 county and state fairs to win $88.50 in 

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CHAMP 

 This pretty, 

 young lady is 

 Emma Coniad 

 oi the Lyons- 

 vUle 4-H club, 

 one oi Cook 

 county's two 

 state 4-H 

 champ i ons. 

 Clothing is her 

 project, in iact 

 it's her long 

 suit She was 

 runner-up i n 

 the dress revue 

 at the state 

 iair. 



