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79 Experts Comprise 

 Judges List for 1948 

 International Show 



■ PANEL of 79 livestock, crops and 

 M light horse experts comprise the 

 /I judges' list of the 1948 edition of 

 im. the International Live Stock Expo- 

 sition and Horse Show, W. E. 

 Ogilvie, manager of the Exposition, has 

 announced. 



They include prominent livestock 

 breeders and feeders, agricultural college 

 men, government specialists, packers, and 

 horsemen. 



The forthcoming International, which 

 will be the 49th annual edition of this 

 Chicago livestock classic, is scheduled for 

 Nov. 27 through Dec. 4 in the famous 

 International Amphitheatre of the Chi- 

 cago Stock Yard. 



Its judges this year will come ffom 20 

 states, Canada, Argentina and the District 

 of Columbia. On their decisions will 

 rest the division of cash prizes — which 

 this year will far exceed the usual $100,- 

 000 — among stockmen and farmers 

 from an expected 35 states and Canada 

 who will show their best in livestock and 

 crops. 



Heading the list of judges will be Dr. 

 A. D. Weber, popular cattleman and 

 judge of Kansas State College, Manhat- 

 tan, who will judge all of the individual 

 steer classes of the show both in the 

 Junior Live Stock Feeding Contest for 

 boys and girls and in the open classes for 

 all exhibitors of fat steers. 



It is the first time in the 48 year his- 

 tory of the show that an American has 

 been selected for this high honor, Ogilvie 

 states. 



His first work will begin on the open- 

 ing day. Nov. 27. when he will select the 

 winners in the junior show, a competition 



that has grown in size and prominence 

 since its introduction in 1916. Monday 

 he will start selecting winners in the open 

 classes which will be climaxed Tuesday 

 when he names the grand champion steer 

 of the show. 



lAA To Entertain 

 4-H Club Members 



TWENTY-SIX outstanding Illinois 

 4-H club members represented their 

 state at the National 4-H Club Con- 

 gress in Chicago Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, and 

 were among the scheduled guests at 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association's 

 annual 4-H dinner. 



More than 400 Illinois 4-H club 

 members and leaders were scheduled to 

 attend the annual lAA dinner honoring 

 4-H members of the state. 



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EVERYDAY OPERATIONS AT WILLIAMSON LOCKER PLANT 



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Pictured here are scenes frem the 

 modem locker ond slaughter plant of the 

 Williamson County Farm Bureau at 

 Marion. With modem equipment and a 

 fine new building, the plant is one of the 

 best in the region. 1. Chief Cutter 

 Harold Forner (left) and Manager 

 Romeo Garavaglia check meat in chill 

 room. 3. Eila McGee looks over the dis- 

 play of frozen foods, 3. Farner makes 

 some sausage. 4. Exterior view of the 

 locker plant. 5. Ella McGee (left) and 

 Gladys Allen prepare hams for curing. 

 6. Charles Bachman works at the render- 

 ing kettle. 7. Operating hog de-hairing 

 machine Is Tom Watson, chief slaughter- 

 er. 8. Cutting meat by machine is 

 George Pearson. 



DECEMBER. 1948 



