Plan Connty Livestock 



Tonn for 22 Connties 



Twenty-two county livestock commit- 

 tees are planning livestock and pasture 

 tours, according to Sam Sorrells, field- 

 man for the lAA livesock marketing de- 

 partment. 



Here is the schedule of tours by coun- 

 ties and dates: 



Aug. 3, Edwards; Aug. 4, Gallatin 

 Aug. 16, Monroe; Aug. 17, Hamilton 

 Aug. 18, Franklin; Aug. 22, St. Clair 

 Aug. 23, Clinton; Aug. 24, Washington: 

 Aug. 28, Perry; Aug. 29, Fayette; Aug 

 30, Jackson; Aug. 31, Clay. 



Sept. 1, Wayne; Sept. 6, Wabash 

 Sept. 7, Effingham; Sept. 8, Marion: 

 Sept. 1 1 , Lawrence ; Sept. 1 2, Johnson 

 Sept. 14, Williamson; Sept. 15, Saline 

 Sept. 19, Jefferson, and Sept. 20, Rich 

 land. 



and special prizes will be awarded by a 

 number of swine breeder associations. 



Competition will be divided into three 

 divisions, with three weight classes in 

 each. The divisions will be for indi- 

 vidual barrows or gilts, pens of three 

 hogs, and pens of five. 



Chicago Jnnior Market 



Show Set for Sept. 28 



A swine show for midwest farm boy 

 and girl exhibitors will be held Thurs- 

 day, Sept. 28, at the Chicago Stock 

 Yards. It will be the fifth annual re- 

 newal of this event known as the Chi- 

 cago Junior Market Hog Show and Sale. 



Cash premiums of 1332 will be oflFered 



Iroquois Connty Girl's 



Lamb is Show Champion 



It was a big day for two girls who 

 had entries in the sixth Chicago Junior 

 Market Lamb Show and Sale in June 

 for they took three of the four top 

 honors in this event. 



Miriam Meyer, Crescent City, Iro- 

 quois county, exhibited the winner in 

 the single lamb class which was the 

 champion of the show. This lamb 

 weighed 80' pounds and sold at auction 

 at 42 cents per pound. 



The other girl to make an outstand- 

 ing showing was 17-year-old Louise 

 Bailey of Lowell, Lake county, Ind., 

 who took two blue ribbons as exhibitor 

 of the first prize pen of 5 and 10 lambs. 

 She also took second prize with a pen 

 of three. 



Both girls had their entries con- 

 signed to the Chicago Producers. Vin- 

 cent Horst, Mt. Morris, Ogle county, 

 secured the other first prize with a pen 

 of three. : 



Miriam Meyer, Iroquois county, had the 

 champ oi the Chicago Junior Market Lamb 

 Show and Sale with thia 80-pound South- 

 down-Hampshire lamb. At the right ia 

 six-year-old Sheryl Clayton, a neighbor oi 

 Miriam. 



Entries were the largest in the his- 

 tory of this event, that came mostly 

 from Illinois with others from Wis- 

 consin and Indiana. There were 59 

 boys and girls who competed with their 

 332 entries — 201 of which were con- 

 signed to the Chicago Producers, or ap- 

 proximately 60 per cent. 



F.B. SERUMS OUTSTANDING RECORD 

 of twenty years service to organized 

 farmers of Illinois merits yonr continned 

 support. 



r.B. SERUM means AGGRESSIVE ACTION 

 against that INSIDIOUS UNDER-COVER 

 home front foe. HOG CHOLERA! 



Express your preference for F.B. 

 SERUM at 



YOUR COUNTY FARM RUREAU 



REMEMBER: 



the smaller Hie shoot 

 the cheaper the shot. 



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