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RURAL YOUTH ... 



^oals as soil conservation, road improve- 

 ment, rural school reorganization to meet 

 community needs, service to Farm and 

 Home Bureau, and rural and health pro- 

 trams. I'ollowing the address in which 

 the youn^' people were challenged to feel 

 resjx)nsibility. to look for responsibility, 

 and to find ways of carrying responsi- 

 bility, a number of small di.scussion 

 groups were formed to discuss defmitel;- 



the ways in which Rural '\'outh can be- «. , •%■ - /-t^ih 

 (.ome effettixe in communitv buildinc. L»y^?$-^'i''^' :. 



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STAR FARMER 



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lege C)t Agriculture at the Univefiitv of 

 Illinois. He turned his fi\e cows over to 

 his grandlathcr, sold his crops and nearly 

 100 purebred OIC's. He kept one boar 

 for a herd he hoped to build. One of 

 the gilts he sold brought S-OO. 



At the Uni\crsity Cheatham washed 

 dishes at a fraternity and worked at a fill- 

 ing station. He joined the Naval Re- 

 ■-erve Officers Iraining Corps. At the 

 s.iiiie time he was secretary of Illinois 

 I'l'A, a member of the Agricultural Club, 

 Hoof and Horn Club, Agricultural Edu- 

 cation Club and the naval rifle team. 

 "And he still found time to write me 

 every night," ' Mouthful wife remineled. 



An old back injury made Grandad un- 

 able to work anil unable to carry on. He 

 told Ken that he would either have to 

 tome home or he would ha\e to make 

 other arrangements on the farm. Young 

 Cheatham dropped his college career 

 after a year and a half and entered into 

 j-iartnership with his grandfather on the 

 260-acre farm. 



Last lulv when both were IS Kenneth 

 and lune Hunter, daughter of a neigh- 

 boring farmer, were married at the 

 Greenville Baptist Church. The crowd 

 that came for the wedding was so great 

 that many of them couldn't get inside for 

 the ceremony. 



Among the wedding presents was a 

 tlock of 82 pullets given to June by her 

 mother. June had poultry as a -i-H proj- 

 ect while in school. 



Kenneth and June moxed into an old 

 house on part of his grandfather's land 

 which Kenneth has taken an option to 

 buy. The young couple went to work 

 On the seven room house immediately and 

 installed a modern kitchen, furnace and 

 bathroom. "Just wait till we finish using 

 paint on this old place, cut away these 

 bushes, trim these old trees, and put in a 

 new driveway. We II show you. Ken- 

 neth said. 



Last year Kenneth and his grandfather 



Whether studying new farm methods or 



chopping wood, Cheatham puis lots of 



energy Into his work. 



had .SO aeres in eorn (yield 6i bu.) ; S^ 

 in wheat (.SO bu.) ; 5') in oats ( (0 bu.) : 

 and 3°) in beans (2^ bu.). They Iiaii ''^ 

 acres in hay. red clover, timothy and al- 

 lalta mixed. L iidcr a soil eonser\.ition 

 plan being put into pr.utice. fields are 

 being rearranged, a new cropping system 

 de\eloped, and a field of 30 acres is be- 

 ing terr.iced and seeded to alfalfa. 



Kenneth is milking 16 cows and sell- 

 ing grade A milk in St. Louis. He and 

 his grandfather are feeding 60 crossbred 

 pigs. 'S'oung Cheatham bought several 

 purebred Hampshire gilts and crossed 

 them with a purebred Duroc boar. He 

 appears to ha\e a knack for r.::\ing gooii 

 c]uality hogs since the days when as a 

 inere youngster he took the sow ih.im- 

 pionship se\en times at eight county fairs 

 and once had the junior cliampion sovx 

 at the state fair. 



Both Kenneth and lune i->c lunged to 

 Rural Youth until their marriage. In 

 141'i at the lAA annual meeting in Chi- 

 cigo. Kenneth was adjudged a Topnotch 

 speaker in the annual Rural '^'outli pubb\ 

 speaking contest. 



He was secretary of his loc.il II"A 

 ehapter and lost the presidency at the flip 

 of a coin on a tie vote. He ser\ed as 

 state secretary-treasurer and in I'M"" was 

 elected state president. At high seiiool 

 he was president of the student eouiuil. 



At present he is a director of the Boml 

 County I'air Assoeiation and sctrctary- 

 treasurer of the Bond County Swine 

 Breeders' Association. 



From his short career as a farmer it is 

 evident Kenneth will be a success in 

 farming. More than that, he has the 

 ability to do something for the general 

 welfare of .agriculture as a farm leaikr. 

 Only the future can unfold his final rec- 

 ord of accomplishment. It is hoped he 

 always will be a good farmer. Illinois 

 needs more youth on its farms like Ken- 

 neth Cheatham for the good of agriiul- 

 ture in general. 



lAA Trippers Plan 

 Potluck Picnic Aug. 21 



I GROUP of I'arm Bureau people are 

 ;| looking forward to Aug. 21 when 

 they will come from all over the state to 

 Miiler Park at Bloomington. 111., for a 

 picnic. 



The group lall themselves tlie lAA 

 Irippers and are Farm Bureau lolks and 

 families who attended either the lAA- 

 sjionsored western tour to the AI'BF con- 

 \ention in San I'ranciseo in I')i6 or the 

 IAA-spcin--i>red eastern .uid southern tours 

 in 19 IS. 



The pienii will be j^otkuk with e\ery 

 one ree|uested to bring his own basket. 

 ( h.iirman C)t the c\ent is Adrian L. Phil- 

 lips n' Tljsr ola. 



Broom Corn 



The i reiom i enter has moved we^t to 

 llu.i lounty. C olorailo. I.dwards sa\s. 

 Bae.i vOLintv lies in the southeastern j^art 

 of the state, in the i enter ol the ilust 

 bow 1. 



He ^.lys broom lorn dcics well m tliat 

 drier lOunty siiuc the j'^lants n-.-cJ lc>s 

 moisture than Indian lOrn. I.alnir costs 

 are lower, also. He s.iy-,. hciwcvcr. 

 that Illinois gro'.vs the bes- |.iooni 

 tough, well bristled, and light .'-ree;! in 

 color. 



It looks now like B.ua will keep its 

 crown, taken I rom broom centers like 

 .Maitcion. .•Kt le.ist ,is long .is thc\ 

 h.i\e r.iin in the dus- btiwl. 



LaHue Sauers, right, assistant manager of 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Association, 

 presents a fine carving set to James Rob- 

 inson, Tazewell county, winner in hog 

 iudging held at the U. of I. College of Agri- 

 culture. Presentation was made at the 

 All-Ag banquet at the University May T 7. 



JULY, 1949 



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