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H Her er from from Mercer county , IllrnotS Illinois leaves the show shownng shownng nng luth with her grand grandclramplon grandchampion clramplon champion Aberdeen Angus steer and girls between the ages of 10 and and20 20 A few years ycars later-and later and later - and oldsters oldstersst st 11 II rue the day-top day top day - top winners wmners of the thejun thejun thejun jun or contest were permitted to tocompete tocompete tocompete compete in lD open classesDespite classesDespite classes classesDespite Despite a bit of jealousy these theseveterans theseveterans theseveterans veterans were a little httle proud of farm farmyouth farmyouth farmyouth youth on that dramat c day in m 1928 1928when 1928when 1928when when 12 year old Clarence Goecke Goeckea a 4 H II clubber dubber from Iowa trudged trudgedmto trudgedinto trudgedinto mto into the ring rmg and defeated all con contenders contenders contenders tenders with his Hereford baby beet beef beefDIck beefDick beetDick Dick DickLike Like all winners wmners D ck was auc sue auctoned suet auct toned t oned off at premium prices pnces to a ahotel ahotel ahotel hotel or railroad or maybe it was wasa wasa wasa a steamsh steemsh p line lme Anyway he hebrought hebrought brought a new ne.w . all t me record of $7 7 $7for $7for 7for $ for each of his 1150 1 150 pounds ' ' That ThatI Thatmeant Thatmeant Thatmeant I meant $8 8 $ 050 and the proceeds were wereused wereused 1 used to found a Here Hereford ord herd on onthe onthe onthe the Goecke farm out in lD Marshall Marshallcounty Marshallcounty county and to provide for the edu education education I IcatIOn catIOn of Clarence his brothers and andI andsisters andsisters andsisters andsistersToday I sisters sistersToday Today all Iowa farm folk folks ! hnow know hnowClarence knowClarence knowClarence Clarence as a member of the Goecke Goeckefamily Goeckefamily Goeckefamily family firm successful cattle feed feeders feeders feeders feedersBrown ers ersBrown ersBrown Brown Wins Wms l\ l \ ltt 1\e"t 1 e"t et Text \ < t\t t \ " YearThe YearThe Year YearThe The satoe same year young Goecke won wonthe wonthe wonthe the championship a reserve cham champIon champion champion pIon ribbon in 111 the jun or classes classeswent classeswent classeswent went to another Iowa straplmg EI El EIhott Ellrott Elliott hott lrott Brown Bro\\n Bro n \ \ Next year Elliott Elhott cameback came cameback cameback back and won the grand champIOn championsh sh pIth p \ with \\Ith Ith an Angus steer Lucky LuckyStr LuckyStr LuckySir Str ke Th s steer brought even a abetter abetter abetter better pnce-$8 pnce $8 8 price-$8 price price - - $8 8 $ 25 a pound wh ch chIS chis chis IS st 11 II a record Today young Brown Brownhas Brownhas Brownhas has a purebred Aberdeen Angus Angusherd Angusherd Angusherd AngusherdNot herd herdNot Not until 1935 did another youth come through At that year s show show19 19 year old Cleo E Yoder also from fromIowa fromIowa fromIowa Iowa took the grand championsh champlOnsh p pWith pwith pwith With Pat s Blue Ribbon Yoder Yoderis IS now farming farmmg in m partnership With WithhIs withhis withhis hIs brother and they re bu Id ng ngup ngup up a herd of purebred beet beef cattle cattlefrom cattlefrom from the head start they had In in4 4 H projectsJust projectsJust projects projectsJust Just to prove that beef cattle cattlerals cattlerats cattlerais rals rats ng is becoming becommg a sissy busmess business busmessthe businessthe businessthe the 1938 championship went to-of to of toofall toofall to - - ofall all th ngs-a ngs a ngs - a 14 year old girl ' ' Men Menand Menand Menand and boys al ke hung their heads m in mshame inshame inshame shame when Irene Brown an 1111 Illy 1111nOls Illynois nilnois nOls nois lassie paraded her 1 1130 130 pound poundAngus poundAngus poundAngus Angus steer around the ring rmg Later Laterhe Laterhe Laterhe he was sold tor for $378550 378550 $3 3 $ 785 50 The only onlyproud onlyproud onlyproud proud male in m the stands was D A ABrown ABrown ABrown Brown Irene s father who runs a a400 400 acre aere farm in lD Mercer county and andmamtams andmaintains andmaintains mamtams maintains a purebred Angus herd herdBreak herdBreak Break Record This Tear Year YearThis YearThis TearThis This year according accordmg to the expo exposltlon expositton exposition sltlon sitton s management , , , young Amer AmerIca Amerrca America Ica rca is coming commg back stronger than thanever thanever thanever ever Boys and girls from 13 states stateshave stateshave stateshave have listed hsted entries entnes for 480 haby baby habybeeves babybeeves babybeeves beeves which they will exhibit inthe m in mthe inthe the junior JUDlor contest Most youngsters youngsterscome youngsterscome youngsterscome come from midwest mldwest states and oth 0th others 0thers others ers from Montana New York Okla Oklahoma Oklahoma Okiahoma homa and TeasThe TexasThe Texas Te-as Te as TexasThe " - The graybeards won t really be betoo betoo betoo too angry if another teen age exhlbl exhibr exhibrtor exhibitor exhlbltor tor wins wms this year Get them off oft oftin offin 111 in a corner away from the huff huffand huffand huffand and bluft bluff of the sho v ring rmg and andthey andthey andthey they re apt to be pretty happy about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the whole thing thmg Tomorrow s farm farmers farmers farmers ers are start ng young you see and andwhat andwhat andwhat what father doesn t t hope h s son sonwll sonwill sonwill wll will ] be a better man than he was was7 ? 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