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Show jrjne Is Dairy Month; Many 4-11 (job Members Try for Awards gress, wrist watches and gold-filled gold-filled medals. The Oliver Corporation, Chicago, Chi-cago, 111., will again provide 4-H awards for the dairy animal ani-mal project winners, while Carnation Car-nation Company, Los Angeles, will present awards to the dairy foods demonstration winners. win-ners. Both programs are under the direction of the Cooperative Extension Service, U. S. Department De-partment of Agriculture. T ne is designated as Dairy th The reason is that dur-Mf dur-Mf this 30-day period produc-of produc-of milk, cheese, and but-Treaches but-Treaches its peak. Throughout the state 4-H a irv projects are contributing l ir share to the over-all peak Iduction month. More than f'ee-quarters of a million 4-H nub members across the na-Hon na-Hon are engaged in two specific spe-cific dairy award programs. Some of the boys and girls .re raising their own dairy limals under the guidance of Extension Service specialists and county agents. They are learning about production, sanitation, san-itation, marketing and showmanship. show-manship. Another group is specializing spe-cializing in dairy foods demonstration, demon-stration, learning for themselves themsel-ves and then showing others . wny and how dairy products are essential to a balanced diet and good health. a total of 12 college scholarships scholar-ships will be presented to the nation's top winners to be announced an-nounced next fall during the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Other awards include expense-paid trips to the con- |