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Astride her trusty steed, Mary Rentier takes a can- 

 ter around the farm. She Is the daughter ef Mr. 

 and Mrs. Paul Renner, Randolph county. 



The quizzical expression and cocked head by the 

 cat at right is the dominant interest in this picture. 

 It comes from Mrs. Reiile Dittmer< Hancock county. 



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As a four-year-eld. Max Relsinger ef Ed- 

 wards county takes advantage of feeding 

 time to ride Dad's pigs. Dad Is Harold 

 Relsinger. 



Twenty-eight neighboring men and their 

 wives helped clean up this farm yard after 

 a fire leveled the home in Whiteside coun- 

 ty; from Mrs. Kenneth Fulfs. 





$5 PICTURE OF THE MONTH 



Mrs. Charles Hildebrand of Bureau county takes the $3 prize this month for 

 this shot of her grandiiaughter Karen Ann at the county fair. 



In a typical spring scene, Glenn Dodd, Adams county, 



feeds his pet lambs he calls Dogwood and Biondie. 



Glenn's parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Dodd. 



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