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FIVE Illinois young farm people 

 have returned from a visit to 

 Canada and a taste of our neigh- 

 bor's hospitality. It was a wonder- 

 ful trip. The Illinois Rural Youth- 

 ers will never forget the courtesy, the 

 good will, and the hospitality of the 

 Canadians. 



Under the sponsorship of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association the Illinois 

 young people with the lAA director of 

 young people's activities attended the 

 annual meeting of the Junior Farmer's 

 Association of Ontario. The meeting 



er's Association. The boys take up 

 practical studies in their Association 

 meetings. To illustrate, such topics as 

 the following are found in their hand- 

 book: "The Use and Care of Farm Ma- 

 chinery, "Crop Rotation," and the ac- 

 tivities of the various commodity 

 groups of the Ontario Federation of 

 Agriculture. By these topics it is evi- 

 dent that some of the educational meet- 

 ings are held separately for boys and 

 girls. Recreation following is held 

 jointly. 



It was noted in^this meeting as well 



the English white. The aim in Ontario 

 is to produce a bacon type hog weigh- 

 ing from 180-210 pounds. The English 

 white boar at the college, now weighing 

 1,000 pounds though not fat, is an im- 

 portant factor in this production 

 through the cross with the Yorkshire. 

 This cross is important in the elimina- 

 tion of rhinitis because it tends to pro- 

 duce a hog with a straighter nose than 

 is found in the Yorkshire. Hogs are 

 fattened on barley mixed with wheat 

 and concentrates. 



The Ontario Agricultural College has 



Rural Youthers Visit Canada 



was held April 25-27 at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College at Guelph. 



The Junior Farmer's Association is an 

 organization of Ontario young people 

 from the age of 18 to 28. Membership 

 is 10,500. Other Rural Youth repre- 

 sentatives from Iowa and Michigan 

 attended the meeting. 



The five Illinois young people were 

 Ruth Huser, Tazewell; Edna Dew, 

 Ogle; Rex Emory, McDonough; Glenn 

 Niehaus, Montgomery; and George 

 Matthews, Whiteside. 



Greatly appreciated was the beautiful 

 non-sectarian worship service which 

 began the Junior Farmers' annual meet- 

 ing. Each part of the service including 

 the address and the music by the Sincoe 

 county • youth choir was done by the 

 members of the conference. 



The Junior Farmer's Association of 

 Ontario k only about five years old 

 but growing rapidly. A member proves 

 his earnestness by participation in ac- 

 tivities and by assisting the younger 

 farm boys and girls above 12 years of 

 age in their project work. This is 

 equivalent to 4-H projects in the United 

 States. 



The girls become members of the 

 Junior Women's Institute through their 

 projects. These projects are fol- 

 lowed to completion at six of the 12 

 monthly meetings of the Junior Farm- 



as in conversation that there was a 

 combination of the. practical, cultural, 

 and inspirational aspects of life. Chorus 

 and quartet music was much in evidence 

 at the Guelph meeting and there was 

 much talk of music for county meetings. 

 President Reek of the Ontario College 

 challenged the young folks to get as 

 much as possible of the good in life 

 from their local meetings and from the 

 resources of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College. Dr. George I. Christie showed 

 pictures and lectured on soil conserva- 

 tion. Slides were shown upon farm 

 machinery. 



In the tours of the Women's Insti- 

 tute, the young ladies were shown three 

 different types of kitchen which may 

 be used to the advantage of the farm 

 homemaker. 



Facts pointed out by the young men 

 of the Junior Farmers in the tour of 

 the college farm indicated they had lived 

 close to the practical in their local 

 studies. They talked with understand- 

 ing of the Shorthorn, Ayrshire, Jersey, 

 and Holstein cattle being produced at 

 the college and over the province of 

 Ontario. The same was true of the 

 Clydesdale horses and hogs produced 

 from crossing the Yorkshire breed with 



By ELLSWORTH LYON, Director 



lAA Young Peoples Activities 



a beautiful herd of Shorthorn cows. 

 This herd is being produced from 

 bulls imported from Scotland and cost- 

 ing $10,000 and $18,000. Brown Swiss 

 cattle are now being produced in On- 

 tario. Some herds are being developed 

 from Illinois herds. 



The experimental plots at O.A.C. 

 were used for seed dev(?lopment rather 

 than as test plots for plant foods in the 

 soils as is done in the Morrow Plots at 

 the University of Illinois. However, the 

 college is attempting to find out why 

 sweet clover does not grow in Ontario. 



At the Federation of Agriculture of- 

 fice in Toronto we heard the story of 

 the development of organized agri- 

 culture in Ontario. There we found 

 men who sacrifice their time and give 

 their full attention to agriculture just 

 as is done in Illinois by our own leaders. 

 The Federation has 88 members on its 

 board, six of whom are Junior Farmers. 

 There are 14 people making up the 

 executive board and one of these is a 

 Junior Farmer. 



We hope that some day we can try 

 to match the fine courtesy of the youth 

 and adult leaders of the Junior Farmers 

 and of the Federation of Agriculture. 

 We were guests of the Junior Farmers 

 at a hockey game in Toronto, and guests 

 of the Federation of Agriculture at a 

 luncheon. . i 



1. Greetings to Canadian farm youth come from Mae Zarr, member 

 of Iowa's Junior Farm Bureau. 



2. The Illinois visiters pose together at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College. Left to right: Glenn Niehaus, Ruth Huser, George Mat- 

 thews, Edna Dew, Rex Emory. 



3. Spealcing for U.S. Rural Youth is Ruth Parsons, Mich., chairman. 

 National Rural Youth Committee. 



4. The girls thought George looked good as a kilted bagpiper. 

 But George thinks he'll leave the blowing to the farmer he visited 

 here. 



5. With the "old leek" in kilts, George wows the girls with a 

 bagpipe sole. 



6. Rex tells the Canadians something about Rural Youth in Illinois 

 over Radio Station CKNX. 



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7. Canadian girls shew the two Illinois girls the Women's Institute 

 of Ontario Ag College. 



8. The visitors enjoyed their visit to the farm of J. S. Knapp and 

 daughter Dorothy. 



9. Ready to see the ag college at Guelph under the direction 

 of on unidentified professor (left), are left to right: Niehawf, 

 Matthews, Wesley Down, retiring president. Junior Farmers' As- 

 sociation of Ontario; E. D. Lyon, lAA director, young peoples ac- 

 tivities; Ross Beattie, president. Junior Farmers; and Emory. 



10. There was much to see and photograph. Ruth Huser gets 

 camera ready while Glenn Niehaus offers advice. 



11. William Barrie is the man who loaned George the bagpipe and 

 glengarry when he visited his form. 





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