FIVi; Illinois young larni people 

 liave returned from a visit to 

 Canada anil a taste of our neigii- 

 hor's hospitality. It was a wonder- 

 tul trip. Tiie Illinois Rural ^'outli- 

 ers will never torget the courtesy, the 

 good will, and the hospitality ot the 

 (Canadians. 



Under the sponsorship of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association the Illinois 

 young people with the lAA director of 

 young people's actixities attended the 

 annual meeting of the Junior l"armer\ 

 Association ot Ontario. The meetnii; 



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 I-'arm Ma- 

 chinery, "Croi-" Rotation." and the ac- 

 tivities ot the \arious 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 proiluttion 

 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 

 anil conientrates. 



The Ontario Agriiultural C^ollege his 





Rural Youthers Visit Canada 



was held April 2'i-2~ at tiie Ontario 

 Agricultural College at Guelph. 



The Junior I"armer's Association is an 

 organization of Ontario young people 

 from the age of 18 to 28. Membership 

 is lO.'iOO. ' Other Rural Youth repre- 

 sentatives from Iowa and Michigan 

 attended the meeting. 



The five Illinois young people were 

 Ruth Huser, Tazewell : F.dna Dew, 

 Ogle; Rex Emory, McDonough; Glenn 

 Niehaus, Montgomery; and George 

 Matthews, Whiteside. 



Greatly appreciated was the beautiful 

 non-sectarian worship service whiih 

 began the Junior I'armers' annual meet- 

 ing. Each part ot the service including 

 the address and the music by the Sincoe 

 county youth choir was done by tiie 

 members of the conference. 



The Junior Farmer's Association ot 

 Ontario is only about five years oKi 

 but growing rapidly. A member proves 

 his earnestness by participation in ac- 

 tivities and bv assisting the younger 

 farm boys and girls above 12 years of 

 .\^i: in their project work. This is 

 ciiuivalent to i-fl projects in the United 

 States. 



The girls bciomc members of the 

 Junior 'Women's Institute through their 

 l^rojects. Ihcse projeits .ire fol- 



lowed to completion at six of the 12 

 monthly meetint;s of the Uniior I'.irm- 



as in tonversation that there was a 

 combination ol the . practical, cultural, 

 and inspirational aspects of life. Chorus 

 and (.[uartet 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 lite 

 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 pointei! out by the young men 

 of the Junior F'armers in the tour of 

 the college farm indicated they had lived 

 close to the praitiial in their local 

 studies. They talked with understand- 

 ing ot the Shorthorn. Ayrshire, lersey. 

 and Holstein cattle being produced at 

 the college and over the province of 

 Ontario. The same was true of the 

 C'lydesdale horses and hogs proiluced 

 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 Si 0,000 and S18,()()(). 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 development 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 ot 

 the de\ elo]->ment 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 8H members on its 

 board, six of whom are lunior Farmers. 

 There are 1 i 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 Jutiior Farmers 

 and of the Federation of Agriculture. 

 \X'e were guests of the Junior Farmers 

 at a hockey game in Toronto, and guests 

 of the Federation of Agriculture at a 

 luncheon. 



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

 of Iowa's Junior Farm Bureau. 



2. The Illinois visitors pose together at the Ontario Agricultural 

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

 thews, EcJna Dew, Rex Emory. 



3. Speaking 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 look" in kilts, George wows the girls with a 

 bagpipe solo. 



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

 over Radio Station CKNX. 



7. Canadian girls show 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 an unidentified professor (left), are left to right: Niehaus, 

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

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

 tivities; Ross Beottie, 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 farm. 



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