Show Prize Calf Raiser at 16 Youth Wants Career as Successful Farmer Editors Editor's Note Wendell Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan 16 16 of ot Aledo Aleda Ill fed the calf calt that won the grand championship champion champion- ship in the junior-fed junior beef beet cattle competition from more than entries at the International Livestock Live Live- I I stock exposition in Chicago Ills His brother Lawrence exhibited the reserve champion This i is Wen Wen- deUs dells own story of his cattle raising rais rais- ing jag career By WENDELL WENDI MORGAN Written for the Associated Press CHICAGO Dec 22 They 22 They want me meo meto meto to o write a n story for the papers now just because good my old Goalie was judged the best beef beet calf fed by any boy exhibiting in irs the big livestock livestock live live- stock show here Well I reckon he be was the best besl He Hc sure looks good to me And I reckon my little brother Lawrences Lawrence's Ar was as close for second place as ns could have been found in the junior class Th They're both Aberdeen and half Goalie Coalie was born borna a year ear ago last April and Artemis Artemisa a year year- ago in September Lawrence named his calf calt after a n favorite comic page character of ot his and you'd easily guess where Goalie got his name if you saw him him him-he's he's hes black as as anthracite and just as solid soUd Lawrie and I were right there working when both the calves were born on our farm near Aledo Aleda RI nt and weve we've had the whole care of them ever since along with our other farm- farm chores We get up at each morning and spend a couple of ot hours then and anda a n couple of hours every night after alter school with the cattle We curry them about twice a week except when we weare weare are arc getting etting ready for shows and then we dress them down every day Its It's Its It's about four miles mUes into from our place Im I'm a sophomore in inthe inthe inthe the high school there and I wanted to play on the basketball team but I got hurt when I was 6 years old and nd the doctor says no violent athletics for me So the next best thing I figured figured fig fig- was to get into the prize cattle business Im I'm 16 years cars old and majoring I I Iguess guess that's what they call it i agriculture ag pg at the high school Im I'm t taking tak tak- kIng k- k ing lag classes in soils and crops and animal husbandry Id I'd rather be a successful farmer than anything else I guess Dad has a herd of 50 Angus cattle along with some good grain crops some hogs and a truck garden that gives jives us all we ve need in the food line Une so Im I'm plenty plent satisfied d with farm life We butcher about three hogs and one beef a year enough for our own use The fresh air good food and work on a farm keeps you healthy health too 4 t I |