79 Experts Comprise 

 Judges List for 1948 

 international Show 



I PANIW. ot ~9 livestock, I rops aiui 

 M Ji^lit horse i-xpcrtN comprise the 

 /l judges' list ot tilt- lyiH edition ol 

 iM the Interiutional Li\e Stock lixpu 

 sition and Horse Show, W. I.. 

 Ogilvie, manager of tlie I^xj-'osition, ha^ 

 announced. 



They inihide prominent ii\estoi.k 

 breeders and leeders. agricultural college 

 men, go\ernnient specialists, packers, duA 

 horsemen. 



The torthcoming International, which 

 will he the lyth annual edition of thi^ 

 Chicago livestock classii.. is siheduled tor 

 Nov. ^7 through Dec. l in the tamou-. 

 International Amphitheatre ot the Chi 

 cage Stock Yard. 



hs judges this ye.ir will (_ome ifom JO 

 states, Canada. Argcntin.i and the Uistria 

 of Columbia. On their deiisions will 

 rest the di\ision ol ..ash priiies -- which 

 (his year will tar exceed the usual SIOC- 

 000 — among stockmen and larmerv 

 trom an expected i'> siates and Canada 

 who will show their best in li\estock and 

 crops. 



flcading the list of judges will be Dr. 

 A. D. Weber, popular cattleman ini.i 

 judge ot Kansas State College. Manhai 

 tan. who will judge all ot the individual 

 steer classes of the show both in the 

 lunior I.ive Stock Feeding Contest for 

 boys and girls and in the open classes tor 

 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. 2'. when he will select the 

 winners in the junior show, .i competition 



'.hat has grown in mzl and promiiiciKc 

 since its introduction in 191 (>. Mondav 

 he will start s^ii.-, ting winners in i!ic open 

 dasse-. whiJi will be ilimaxed 1 ucsday 

 when he names the grand champion steer 

 ot the show 



lAA To Entertain 

 4-H Club Members 



ft] \\ I!NT^' SIX outstanding Illinois 

 I l-H club members represented their 

 state at the .National l-H Club Con- 

 gress in Chicago \o\ . JM to Dec. 2. and 

 were among the scheduled guests at 

 the Illinois Agricultural .Association s 

 annual i-H dinner. 



.More than lOO Illinois i-H club 

 members and leade.-'s were scheduled to 

 attend the annual lAA dinner honoring 

 I-H members of the state. 



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EVERYDAY OPERATIONS AT WILLIAMSON LOCKER PLANT 



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Pictured here are scenes from the 

 modern locker and slaughter plant of the 

 Williamson County Farm Bureau at 

 Marion. With modern equipment and a 

 fine new building, the plant is one of the 

 best in the region. 1 . Chief Cutter 

 Harold Farner ( left ) and Manager 

 Romeo Garavaglia check meat in chill 

 room. 2. Ella 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. Operoting hog de-hairing 

 machine is Tom Watson, chief slaughter- 

 er. 8. Cutting meat by machine is 

 George Pearson. 



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