Holding cerfificates that prove they know their dairying are competing youngsters sponsored by the Litchfield Dairy Club. Lett to right 

 (first row^ Doug/as, Schmidt, Hartke, Crosenheider, WoH, Durbin, Selvers, Blankenship, Jones, Hampton, Peterson; (second rooir ) Hart- 

 ke, Schmidt, Green, Saunders, Blerbaum, Brachear, Jones, Leitschuh, Watson, Plocxizka; (third row) lay, frerichs, Bowles, Bishop, Wer- 

 ner, Stighton, Skinner, Hampton. 



some one who is less tortunati; than wc our 

 work was not lost effort. 



Our local club, (Prophetstown-Tanipico 

 ^X'ar^lors) haJ a one-act play and won counti 

 honors, permitting us to fio to the district 

 festival. Tliere 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. 

 ,in'.\ an exhibition of square dancing, and then 

 opening the square dancing up to the parents. 



We had our annual semi-tormal banquet 

 and dance and we believe it was one of the 

 nicest events we've ever h.id. VC'e had 1 U) 

 at the dinner and at least 2U0 or more at the 

 dance. Everything went like clock work. 



We did another interesting thing with our 

 banquet. Several Rural Mouthers said thev 

 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, anil 

 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 al! 

 had a nice evening. 



We arc 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 Count\ 



Three members of the lAA board of 

 directors have keen named to serve on 

 committees of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. They are Homer Curtiss, Jo 

 Daviess county, dairy; I". E. Morris, San- 

 ,uarnon, field crops ; and Lyman Bunting, 

 Edwards, alternate, poultry committee. 



'latter Dairyman" is Top Iward 



The Midwest Training School for Farm 

 Bureau officers and organization men will 

 be held at the Game Lodge in the Black 

 Hills, South Dakota, June 5-8. 



TO CLAIM the title of Master Dairy- 

 man ' 1"FA and -4-H Cdub members 

 arouTM Litchfield in Montgomery 

 county really mean what they say. Be- 

 cause the bovs and girls must pursue 

 a rigorous course ot instruction before 

 they can be considered top dairjmen. 



The Litchfield Dairy Club puts the 

 boys through their dairying degrees ui 

 one of the most unusual larming clubs 

 in the state. Points are given and titles 

 awarded with prizes for skills shown in 

 dairy practice. The project was formu- 

 lated bv Farm Adviser Earl Peterson and 



Raise $170,000 



por 4-H Club Fund 



ALMOST 5170,000 had been contrib- 

 uted to the -1-H state cimp fund as ot 

 March 1. 



A 10-year campaign to raise Sl.OOO.OOO 

 to develop four camps for -f-H members 

 as started in I'M'S. with I'. H. .Mynard. 

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

 members themselves are raising S'^OO.- 

 000, half of the goal. About 12.000 

 4-H ers attended district or county camps 

 m 19fS. 



The undesignated fund from larger 

 donors is growing fast. Mynard says. It 

 now stands at just under S^j.^OO. Con- 

 tributions can also be assigned to any ot 

 the four camps. The Memorial camp 

 fund now stands at S8.i..i00, Camp Shaw- 

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

 camp at SI. 800. and southern camp at 

 S2.900. 



the i^ instructor at Litchfield high scIkhiI 

 last year. 



When a student receives .^0 point-, he 

 gets his first degree and title ot "Cub 

 IJairvman 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 tairs, keep- 

 ing of productions and breeding records. 

 testing herds, taking care of animals, and 

 talking for U\i: minutes on any phast- 

 of dairying 



PRODUCERS' CROP IMPROVEMENT 

 ASSOCIATION 



.\..;;ct .li S'lHCial SlocthoUtri .Mn'.'/'.x 

 S.i:urJa\. .4fnl 2^. 1949 



Notice is hereby given o( o special meetinq 

 of the slockholdors ol the Producers' Crop Im 

 provemer.t Asso.iation, !o be held in the Audi, 

 lorium of the Piper City High Schoot. Piper City 

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

 lor the purpose of considering and acting upon 

 a proposed amendment of the articles of incor- 

 poration, changing the name of the Association, 

 broadening 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 a term 

 of one year and eight to be divided into two 

 classes and to hold tor alternating tw^o yeai 

 terms: to increase the authorized capital to 

 100, (XIO shares of first preferred slock ol the 

 par value of SIO.OO per share: 100.000 shares of 

 second preferred stock, of the par value of 

 SIO.OO per share: 250,000 shares of Class 'B' 

 preferred stock of no par value and 100, OOC 

 shares of common stock of no par value; to 

 consider and act upon a proposed amendmen: 

 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): GIV K GF.i:, Secret.irv 



APRIL, 1949 



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