

Above is the cheerful group of mere than 10O Rural Youthers and leaders at the Rural 

 Youth State Camp held in July at Camp Shaw-wow-nas-see en Rocic creek near Kanlcaicee. 



Resting at the half-way point on a Rural 

 Youth hiice, H. W. Gilbert (left) and I. H. 

 Regnier of the University of Illinois lean 

 on the stone which marks the original 

 burial place of Indian Chief Show-wow-nas- 

 see for whom the Camp at Kankakee is 

 named. Note difference in spelling. 



SINCE conservatiiin is an all impdrtjnt sub- 

 ject of today. Rural '^'outh of Illinciis will 

 a^ain study wild life conservation at the 

 state conservation school. Lake Villa, in Lake 

 county. There will be room for just 5li 

 people. Reservations must be made with the 

 Illinois Acricultural Association at an earlv 

 Jate. Both younq men and voun^ women mav 

 take part in this three-dav school which 

 begins at =• p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2), and end~ 

 on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 26. The 

 tirst people to make reservations will be ac- 

 cepted. However, a counn's reserv.ition i- 

 hinited to two people. 



4-H CLUB FAIRS 



For the past month countv 4-H fairs hav; 

 been held over the state. According to re- 



RURAL 

 YOUTH 



By ELLSWORTH D. LYON, Director 



Young People's Activities 



pons. Rural ^'ouiIkt* throUL;houi the ~tate 

 have assisted in tiicse fairs. ResultinL; partly 

 from the interest wiiuh Rural ^'outh is taking 

 in -l-H Club work in some counties Rural 

 ^'outh has sponsored or cooperated with 4-H 

 in sponsorinj; retreshment stands at the counti 

 fairs. In some counties Rural ^'outh nHmbc:- 

 have assisted -l-H :n square and folk dance ac- 

 tivities under the district sports festivals bein.c 

 held in connection with countv fairs. Mem- 

 bers of Rural '^'outh arc to be congratulated 

 upon their active interest in all these ac- 

 tivities for -l-H. 



DISTRICT TALK FESTS 



District talk fests have been scheduled to: 

 the two-week period from Oct. 18 to Oct. 28. 

 The district schedule coverin.c the state is a- 

 follows: Oct. IS. Oreiton; Oct. I'l. Tam- 

 bridte: Oct. 2(1. Rushville: Oct. 2!. Peters- 

 burg; Oct. 22. Streator: Oct. 2^. Champaign; 

 Oc;. 26. Greenville; Oct. 2". Louisville; and 

 Oct. 28, benton. 



This vear more than one thous.ind voimg 

 r^orle are expected to enter countv talk fest.- 

 in order to receive the training which experi- 

 ence in talk festini: provides. Three mem- 

 b;r« of Rural Youth from each countv mav 

 participate in the district talk fests. In each 

 .;i-iric; t.dk fest Rural '^'outh participants will 

 cnno-L T\\'o ot their own members t<i iio to the 



stale talk test to be held in connection with 

 the Annual meeting of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association in Chicago on Tuesday, 

 Nov. 16. 



SKILLED DRIVERS 



Skilled Drivers contests are already under- 

 way on the county level. In addition to writ- 

 ten tests in the counties, this year an actual 

 driving contest will be held. This p.irt ot 

 the work has already been done in some of the 

 counties. Three participants may go from the 

 county to the district driver contest. In the 

 district contests, one skilled driver will be 

 chosen to enter the state skilled drivers' con- 

 test. All district contests will be held at 

 s p.m. on the afternoon of the date of the 

 Rural Youth talk fest. The state skilled 

 drivers contest will be held in connection 

 with the .innu.il mcetint: of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association as part of the Rural Youth 

 activity on Rural Youth Day, Tuesday, Nov 

 1(1 



COUNTY ACTIVITIES 



Peoria, Knox, Madison. Schuyler, and Men 

 ard are proud to be among the groups pre- 

 paring for the annual skilled drivers con 

 test. County activity has already begun o: 

 been completed. 



North Cook showed its fine spirit ol i<i 

 operation b\ sponsoring an exhibition tolk 

 dance for the 4-H fair held at Atlin.ctnn 

 Heights Aui;. 2~ and 28. 



Rock Island's square dance team d.inced to 

 .1 first place in Moline's Centennial celebration 

 in luly. The Henry Rural Youth teams took 

 second and fifth places. Congratulations to 

 both counties for participation and placing. 



Bond recently heard Glenn Miller on in- 

 surance. Miller is general agent for lAA 

 insurance in Fayette. 



Battling Brucellosis and Know ^'our Com 

 munitv were featured as two summer educa- 

 tional features for the Fairfield group in 

 W-ivne 



Richland made themselves comfortable on 

 a hot dav by visiting and learning about a local 

 locker plant at Olnev 



It was a big day in La Salle July 18 when 

 the annual all-day picnic was held at Mat 

 thiessen Park. Nearby counties represented were 

 Kankakee, Irix)uois. Lee, Marshall-Putnam, 

 Bureau, Grundy, Livingston, Carroll, and 

 Knox. A program of get-acquainted mixers, a 

 nature hike, photography, folk songs, relays, 

 Softball, and <ither active games provided 

 entertainment for 12*) Rural Mouthers from 

 ') a. m. to the time of the dying embers of the 

 evening camptire. Committee members were: 

 Bob Ashley and t'rna Lou Walling, co-chair- 

 man, assisted by Bettv Barr. Mae Pitstick. 

 Don Freebairn, Lois Wise, Quintin Elliott, 

 Harold Severson, Bill Knoll. Paula Pitstick 

 and Bettv Miller. 



Tliree rules of good milk production in- 

 clude sanitation, cooling and transportation. 

 Keep equipment clean and sterile Cool 

 niik quickly to 60 degrees. Get the milk 

 to the creamerv or milk plant as soon as 

 rMssiblc. 



Illinois dair> herd improvement associa- 

 tion records sliow that it t;ikes .s.l hours of 

 labor for everv 10(1 pounds of milk pro- 

 duced from Cows with an average produc- 

 tion of .i.QOn pounds of milk a vear com- 

 pared with 2.1 hours to obtain 100 pounds 

 of milk from cows that averaged ".400 

 pounds of milk a vear. 





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