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Miriam E. Meyer, 16, Creicent City, is shewn with 



her grand champion barrow at the International 



Uvestocic Exposition in Chicago. She was the first 



woman to win the honor. 



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SHOW CRITICAL 



NEED FOR FATS AND OILS 



WE can argue about the price of 

 hogs but most Europeans don't 

 tven now what pork looks like. 

 What's more, in many countries a 

 meeting of this kind just wouldn't 

 be held. 



This was the message of tolerance de- 

 livered to farmers attending the annual 

 meeting of the Illinois Livestock Market- 

 ing Association by L. J. Norton, farm 

 economist at the University of Illinois. 



Norton, who has recently toured agri- 

 cultural areas of Europe and Britain, said 

 Europeans crave fats and are anxious to 

 get the lard we are now producing in 

 surplus. 



"It is impossible to realize the pre- 

 mium Europeans will pay for our fats. 

 The Poles will actually trade three pounds 

 of meat for one pound of lard," Norton 

 explained. "All the countries want fats 

 badly, and we will probably continue to 

 ship large quantities of food overseas, 

 chiefly feed grains and fats. We will do 

 this in large part because of humanitarian 

 reasons." 



Speaking of farm prices in general, 

 Norton said the Bureau of Agriculture 

 Economics forecasts that declines in 1948 

 will be modest, if any occur at all. 



"I am inclined to agree. I do not 

 think we will see any overall increase in 



Erice averages of farm products as some 

 ave predicted." 

 He indicated that rationing would 

 probably not work well". But farmers 

 should not underestimate the power be- 



hind the drive to put price controls back 

 on." 



One of the strong and continuing pro- 

 grams of the government, Norton said, 

 has been its continuing program of buy- 

 ing wheat. 



"It has saved grain in a way that 

 farmers can understand. It has made 

 it unprofitable for farmers to feed wheat 

 to livestock." 



Chicago Times Phot''' 



Double congratulations are in order for 

 Kathryn McKinley, 21, Franicfort, (right). 

 Her Hereford entry in the International 

 Livestock Exposition gave her the junior 

 championship and she revealed her en- 

 gagement to Leslie Cornwall, 23, of Elgin, 

 (left). They met at the 1945 show In 

 Chicago. 



ILLINOIS led the parade at the Inter- 

 national Live Stock Exposition. It 

 was crowned grand champion state bf 

 virtue of winning 164 firsts and 52 

 championships. Indiana was second 

 with 83 and 41. 



Miriam E. Meyer, 16, veteran 4-H 

 champion. Crescent City, Iroquois coun- 

 ty, was probably the proudest girl at the 

 giant show. Her 265-pound Chester 

 White, "Pal", was named champion bar- 

 row of the junior comp>etition and went 

 on to win the grand championship of 

 the show. She sold "Pal " for $2.25 a 

 pound. A senior at Crescent City high 

 school, Miss Meyer exhibited in the 1946 

 International, winning a class award with 

 the same type of barrow. She holds the 

 Illinois 4-H club's 1947 award as a state 

 outstanding member in agriculture and 

 home economics. She has won the award 

 in projects on dressmaking and baking. 

 She lives on a 160-acre farm with her 

 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Meyer. 



Kathryn McKinley, Frankfort, Will 

 county, was another member of the fair 

 sex who took some of the prizes away 

 from the male contenders. Her Here- 

 ford entry, "Champ," was named junior 

 winner at the International. 



The grand champion carload of 25 

 hogs, Poland Chinas, was shown by 

 Walter Schlichting, Apple River, Jo- 

 Daviess county Farm Bureau member. 

 They sold for $36.25 a hundredweight. 



Harvey W. Stiegelmeier, Normal, Mc- 

 Lean county, who has won the crown 

 of soybean king at Farm and Home 

 Week with regularity, repeated at the 

 International Hay and Grain Show by 

 being named 1947 soybean king of the 

 nation. It was his second International 

 championship in a row. He has won 

 16 trophies and more than 700 ribbons 

 with his agricultural products. His soy- 

 beans were of the Lincoln variety. 



Miss McKinley's Hereford sold for 

 $1 a pound, and the steer weighed 

 1200 pounds. 



A. RECORD 



JANUARY, 1948 



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