Heldlng cerfiflcofes thaf prove tfcajr know thoir dairying are competing youngster* sponsored by fhe Litchfield Dairy Club. Left to right 

 f first row) Dougfas, Schmidt, Hartke, Grotenhalder, WoH, Durbin, Selvert, Blankenthip, Jones, Hampton, Peterton; f second row) Mart- 

 ke, Schmidt, Green, Saunders, Blerbaum, Bracheor, Jones, leltschuh, Watton, Plonlzka; (third row) Lay, frerltht, Bowles, Bishop, Wer- 

 ner, Slighton, Skinner, Hampton, 



some one who is less fortunate than we our 

 work was not lost effort. 



Our local club, ( Prophetstown-Tampico 

 Warriors) had a one-act play and won county 

 honors, permitting us to go to the district 

 festival. There we received a "B" rating but 

 we certainly have been having an "A" time 

 with it at home. We've been giving it at 

 the school districts around Prophetstown, 

 taking over the en;ire program of the evening, 

 giving the play, piano selections, singing, 

 and an exhibition of square dancing, and then 

 opening the square dancing up to the parents. 



We had our annual semi-formal banquet 

 and dance and we believe it was one of the 

 nicest events we've ever had. We had 110 

 at the dinner and at least 200 or more at the 

 dance. Everything went like clock work. 



We did another interesting thing with our 

 banquet. Several Rural Youthers said they 

 wouldn't come because they wouldn't have 

 dates. It was decided to have a "date bureau" 

 set up. So with every newsletter that was 

 sent out the young folks were asked whether 

 or not they were coming to the banquet, and 

 if they were coming dateless. If they were, 

 they answered questions about age, weight, 

 height, etc. and a committee paired them off. 

 We had good response and I believe they all 

 had a nice evening. 



We are in the middle of a membership 

 drive. Bowling and basketball games are 

 on every week, and in March we are starting 

 a series of discussions on Family Living. Our 

 gang is quite active and believe me were 

 having ourselves a time. 



George Matthews 

 Whiteside County 



Three members of the lAA board of 

 directors have been named to serve on 

 committees of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. They are Homer Curtiss, Jo 

 Daviess county, dairy; F. E. Morris, San- 

 gamon, field crops; and Lyman Bunting, 

 Edwards, alternate, poultry committee. 



The Midwest Training School for Farm 

 Bureau oflPicers and organization men will 

 be held at the Game Lodge in the Black 

 Hills, South Dakota, June 5-8. 



"Master Dairpan" is Top Award 



To CLAIM the title of "Master Dairy- 

 man" FFA and 4-H Club members 

 around Litchfield in Montgomer}- 

 county really mean what they say. Be- 

 cause the boys and girls must pursue 

 a rigorous course of instruction before 

 they can be considered top dairymen. 



The Litchfield Dairy Qub puts the 

 boys through their dairying degrees in 

 one of the most unusual farming clubs 

 in the state. Points are given and titles 

 awarded with prizes for skills shown in 

 dairy practice. The project was formu- 

 lated by Farm Adviser Earl Peterson and 



Raise $170,000 



For 4-H Club Fund 



ALMOST $170,000 had been contrib- 

 uted to the 4-H state camp fund as of 

 March 1. 



A 10-year campaign to raise $1,000,000 

 to develop four camps for 4-H members 

 as started in 1945, with F. H. Mynard, 

 assistant 4-H state leader in charge. 4-H 

 members themselves are raising $500,- 

 000, half of the goal. About 12,000 

 4-H'ers attended district or county camps 

 in 1948. 



The undesignated fund from larger 

 donors is growing fast, Mynard says. It 

 now stands at just under $33,500. Con- 

 tributions can also be assigned to any of 

 the four camjjs. The Memorial camp 

 fund now stands at $83,300, Camp Shaw- 

 waw-nas-see at $46,500, the western 

 camp at $1,800, and southern camp at 

 $2,900. 



the ag instructor at Litchfield high school 

 last year. 



When a student receives 30 points he 

 gets his first degree and title of "Cub 

 Dairyman " then successively as he ac- 

 cumulates points he becomes a junior 

 dairyman, dairyman, and finally, a master 

 dairyman. 



Points are awarded for such things as 

 showing in fairs, placing in fairs, keep- 

 ing of productions and breeding records, 

 testing herds, taking care of animals, and 

 talking for five minutes on any phase 

 of dairying. 



PRODUCERS' CROP IMPROVEMENT 

 ASSOCIA'nON 



Notice of Special Stockholders Meeting 



Saturday. April 23. 1949 



Notice is hereby giren oi o special meetiB« 

 oi the stockholders of the Producers' Crop Im- 

 provement Association^ to be held in the Audi- 

 torium of the Piper City High School. Piper City. 

 III., on Saturday. April 23rd. 1949, at 1:30 p.m.. 

 ior the purpose of considering and acting upon 

 a proposed amandment of the articles of incor- 

 poration, changing the name of the Association, 

 oroadening the purposes for which it is formed, 

 to include among other things the handling of 

 seeds of all kinds, to provide for nine directors, 

 one to be elected at large to hold for o term 

 of one year and eight to be divided into tvro 

 classes and to hold for alternating two year 

 terms; to increase the authorised capital to 

 100,000 shares of first preferred slock of the 

 par Talue of SIO.OO per share: 100.000 shares el 

 second preferred stock, of the par value of 

 $10.00 per share; 250,000 shores of Class "B" 

 preferred stock of no par value and 100,000 

 shares of common stock of no par value; to 

 consider and act upon a proposed amendment 

 of the by-laws of the Corporation, including an 

 amendment dividing the territory served by the 

 Association into 8 districts and providing that 

 one director shall be elected from each such 

 district; and if the foregoing are approved, to 

 elect nine directors, and for the transaction of 

 such other business as may come before the 

 meeting. 



(Signed): GUY K. GEE, Secretary 



APRIL 1949 



