CHICAGO FAT STOCK SHOW SCENE OF 



IRiPiAT PilRF©IR.MAIN€ 



BY eIhIBITORS of LAST YEAR 



MOST of till- wmiKTs 111 ilx IVi*. (in 

 cago Fat Stcxk Show were exhibitors 

 who ^arrieii otT ih.impionsliip honors ni 



R. 1-. ( on-staiit. Butfalo Hart.S.muamon 

 county, a veteran showman and Chicago 

 Producers patron, won three prizes. He 

 took second prize in the Ht;htweii;l)t 

 Shorthorn class; setonil the medium 

 weight Shorthorn ilass, and sixth in the 

 hght weight Hereford class. 



Karl and George Hotfmair. Ida Grove. 

 la., al.so Chicago Producers patrons, re- 

 peated their outstanding performance of 

 a year ago. Karl showed a load of '>10 

 pound Herefords that finaliv won in keen 

 competition with 15 other entries to he 

 declared grand champions of the show. 

 They were the lightest load to ever win 

 this carload event. They sold on auction 

 at $3*^ per cwt., highest price since t>>3''. 

 Karl also had a load that won first prize 

 in the medium weight Hereford class 

 anil George took fifth in tiie same class. 



Then Karl and George showed a load 

 of Berkshire hogs and here again took 

 the top honor for the second consecutive 

 year. This grand champion load of hogs 

 brought Sl-4.''5 per cwt. (ceiling price). 

 They also had another load of Berkshire 

 hogs that secured first prize in the heaw 

 weight class. 



T. Richard Lacey, I:dgar county, had 

 the grand champion steer of the 191.5 

 show with a Hereford. It sold for S-i 

 per pound, the third liighest price ever 



paid tor a grand ilianipioii ,H the show. 

 |ohn Oxiey. Marion. la., had the re- 

 serve grand champion of the show and 

 it sold for 2H cents per' pound. 



Summary of the tattle auction sales 

 at the show is as follows: 79 head sold, 

 ' average weight lO-i pounds, average 

 price, SlT.S*) per twt, 



lunior feeding contest steers: 12fi 

 head sold, average weight, 10 is pounds, 

 average price. S21.5^ per cwt. 



Carlot f.it cittle: l-l loads (1") head 

 to a load), average weight, lO""] pounds, 

 .'iverage price, SI 7. 50 per cwt. 



Carlot feeder cattle, 9 loads, aver.ige 

 weight. 121 pounds, .ivcrage price, S\Ci.- 

 1 per cwt. 



Outst.indmg ( hicago Producers patron 

 prize winner in the |unior lamb feeding 

 contest was- Kenneth Disch of F.vans- 

 vilie. Wis. He won first place in both 

 weight classes in the lamb show and 

 also had grand ciianipion pen of three 

 lambs for the fourth successive year. He 

 also had grand champion individual Iamb 

 in the junior feeding contest and the 

 reserve champion of the open class show. 

 His champion pen sold for 91 cents per 

 pound. 



In the swine sales ol the open classes, 

 10 head sold at an average wei/Jht of 271 

 |x)unds brought an average of Sli.l s 

 per cwt. Swine sales in the junior feed- 

 ing contest ol i s head with an average 

 weight of 259 pc;>unds showed .in average 

 price of 5I~.0'> per cwt. 



R. r.< Constant. Sangamon county, won showman, he marketed his .animals 

 three prizes with his cattle at the 1943 through the Chicago Producers Commis- 

 Chicago Fat Stock Show. A veteran sion Association. 



Gallatin County Bureau 

 Hires New Farm Adviser 



A. L. Oxford, formerly of Hardin 

 county, has taken over the duties ot 

 farm adviser i n 

 Gallatin county. A 

 graduate of Rosi- 

 clare Community 

 High School, and 

 the U. of I, College 

 of Agrreulturc, Ox- 

 ford has been 

 teaching vocational 

 a g r i c u 1 ture a t 

 Woodlawn High 

 School for the past 

 two years. 

 At WoodlavK-n High School, Oxford 

 developed one of tlie outstanding live- 

 stock projects in the state. His school 

 was high money winner at the Salem 

 sectional FFA fair this year. 



According to Gallatin Farm Bureau 

 officials, Oxford is the first man from 

 Hardin county to c]ualify for farm ad- 

 viser. 



George N. Peek, First 



AAA Administrator, Dies 



Cieorge N. Peek, "0, who served as 

 the first administrator of the AAA pro- 

 gr.im in 195.5, and who forked on the 

 .McNary-Haugen bill, died Dec. 17 in 

 liis home near San Diego, Calif. 



Formerly of Moline, Mr. Peek was 

 born Nov. 19, 1875 in Polo, III., and 

 was graduated from Northwestern Uni- 

 versity in 1892. He was in the farm 

 implement manufacturing business for a 

 number of years. He worked with Deere 

 cS; Webber Co., 1895-1901; served as 

 vice-president and manager of John 

 Deere Plow Co., 1901-11; vice-president 

 Deere cV Co., 1911-19; president and 

 general manager, Ntoline Plow Co., 

 1919-25... 



Mr. Peek served as AAA administrator 

 111 1955, and in 195-1-55 as special ad- 

 viser to the President on foreign trade, 

 .iiid as president of the government ex- 

 port-import b.iiiks. Mr. Peek also was 

 co-author of "Fcjuality for Agriculture." 

 a brief which later served as basis for 

 the McNary-Haugen bill. 



Miss Barbara M, Herlin, former • 



!iomc economics teacher (n Indianol.i 

 High School, is now serving as home 

 adviser in Whiteside county. 



The IJSDA rcptirts that more than 



1, "(10.000,000 cubic centimcter.s of hofi 

 clinkra serum has been made during the 

 period July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1945, or 2'> 

 per cent over last year's high output and 

 a new production record. 



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