CHAMPION 



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This Is an lAA Camerman's 

 air view of plowmen In ac- 

 tion during tiie stale con- 

 tour plowing contest near 

 Sibley. 



CONTOUR 

 PLOWMAN 



LLOYD SHAFER of Livingston 

 county, a husky 28-year-old farmer 

 and former navy pilot, won the 

 first official state contour plowing 

 contest held recently near Sibley 

 in Ford county. 



Shafer also won a special safety 

 award for being the most careful plow- 

 man to enter the match, making him 

 twice a champion in one day. 



It was a profitable afternoon's work 

 for Shafer. He won $100 as first prize 

 money in the plowing contest and an 

 extra $15 for the safety award. Living 

 in nearby Chatsworth, Shafer traveled 

 only 12 miles from his farm home to the 

 contest grounds. 



The plowing contest was directed by 

 the state soil conservation board which 

 designated the Ford County Farm Bu- 

 reau as the host for this year. 



It was a grueling 60 minute test of 

 skill for the 13 plowmen entered in the 

 contest. Eleven county winners and 

 last year's state champion and runner-up 

 competed. 



Like the other contestants, all young 

 men, Shafer said he has had plenty of 

 experience straight-furrow plowing but 

 little of plowing on the contour. 



Shafer got started contouring two 

 years ago after he came back from the 

 navy and saw how much of the soil on 

 his father's farm was slipping away. 



The special safety award was pre- 

 sented to Shafer by W. W. Whitlock, 



director of safety for the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



In making the award, Whitlock said 

 that Shafer was, in general, a very care- 

 ful driver. He kept an eye out for the 

 milling crowd, slowed down around the 

 ends, and had stripped his tractor free 

 from danger hazards. Shafer said flying 

 in the navy had made him safety con- 

 scious. 



Farm Adviser Arnold Rowand of Ford 

 county said this was the first official Il- 

 linois state contour plowing contest. Last 

 year an unofficial contest, held at Gib- 

 son City, was won by Everett Erwin of 

 Ford county. Plans for the future call 



for large field demonstrations of con- 

 servation practices during the contest, 

 Rowand said. 



The placings of the contestants, their 

 county, and final score, were: 1st, Lloyd 

 Shafer, Livingston, 87.5; 2nd, John 

 Hood, Bureau, 83.5; 3rd, Willard Un- 

 zicker. Champaign, 82.5; 4th, Richard 

 Green,> Kankakee; 5th, Harold Zoller, 

 Iroquois, 80.5; 6th, Wes Homan, Kan- 

 kakee, 80.2; 7th, Leslie Gustafson, Mar- 

 shall-Putnam, 78.5; 8th, Hillis Swanson, 

 78; 9th, Dan Arends, 77; 10th, Everett 

 Erwin, Ford, 75.5; 11th, Charles Gleck- 

 ler, Edgar, 74.1; 12th, Robert Jeffers, 

 Shelby, 72.5. 



Illinois 4-H'ers Win Over Iowa 



Lloyd Shafer waves checks for $100 and 

 $15 after winning the slate contour plow- 

 ing contest near SiMey. 



THAT crack Hudson township 4-H 

 Softball team that won the state 

 championship at the Sports Festival in 

 Champaign can now add another star 

 to its crown. 



They whipped the Iowa champs in the 

 4-H club division during an interstate 

 title game held recently at Blooming- 

 ton. Hudson claimed a 7-6 victory over 

 the Iowa nine, the Louisa County 4-H 

 team from Wapello, la. 



The title bout was played on the 

 Farm Bureau field purchased by the 

 McLean County Farm Bureau for 4-H 

 activities. An estimated 500 spectators 

 crowded the diamond to support the 

 Hudson team. 



Hudson trailed until the sixth in- 

 ning but came from behind after a 

 strong rally and held their lead over 

 the Iowa team that had travelled 165 

 miles to play. 



Bob Zimmerman's tricky delivery 

 stopped the lowans in their tracks un- 

 til the fourth when Lee Richmond hit 

 a homer with two men on base. Hud- 

 son scored a run in the last of the 

 fourth and then scored six runs in the 

 fifth. 



The Louisa county team came back 

 with three runs on two hits in the 

 sixth but Zimmerman held them in the 

 seventh and final inning. 



Both squads and officials were given 

 a dinner at the Farm Bureau building 

 after the game with the Hudson Home 

 Bureau serving the dinner. 



Hucboo 4-H 

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Francis, If 4 



Birlcy. ss 3 



D. Hshaw, c 4 

 V. Hshaw, 3b 2 

 Verkler, 2b 3 



Bright, rf .' 



Beverage, cf 2 

 Sigler. lb 2 



Zimmerman, p 2 



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Louisa Co. Iowa 



Griffin, ss 

 Collins, If 

 Tomfield, rf 

 Swan, ss 

 Poge'ler, c 

 Bayne. lb 

 Duncan, 2b 

 H'ricn, lb 

 Barnes, p 



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