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Show Utah 4-H Winners Named riP ranking records in the 1950 national 4-H Meat Animal. Field ' Crops. Poultrr and Tractor Maintenance programs haye brought state honor to (our club members. 1 for ) if' 1 1 1 M 1 ' " - L. i v S I 1 k. i ElmrThyn William (Bud J Wilon Jy Davil Winning state honors In the 4-H Meut Animal proRram climaxed a busy and eventful six years In club work for W. Nell Jensen, 17, of Loan. He raised 14 baby beeves and two purebred Here-fords. Here-fords. Young Jensen comes from a family whose Interest Is centered on purebred Hereford attle. He has exhibited 4-H animals ani-mals in the major Junior fat stock shows, including the Cow Palace In San Francisco. Neil had reserve champion at the Ogden Livestock Show two years in succession. Through 4-H. the youth has learned to make good halters, and to feed, groom, and show the animals. Neil has held numerous offices in his local club which he now serves as Junior leader. Thos. E. Wilson, Chicago meat packer, provided a handsome gold watch award. The thrill of being singled out as winner in the Field Crops program will never be forgotten by Elmer Thayn, 19, of Price, Study of new cultivation methods and Beed treatment enabled him to do an outstanding job. Elmer has carried Held crops as his project during his eight years in 4-H, and has learned to be a good farmer. With his father and a younger brother, he helps carry the entire load of their 1000-acre cattle ranch. He has cultivated 34Mi acres of crops, producing burley, wheat, beets, beans and other vegetables. Elmer attended 4-H leadership school at Logan and then organized the Carbon County Crops Club, of which he is assistant leader. He has participated par-ticipated at 4-H camp. International Inter-national Harvester provided El- mer's National Club Congress trip to Chicago. William (Bud) Wilson, 18, of Salt Lake City, has been in club work three years. He always liked to raise chickens, and concentrated concen-trated especially on this project. Learning the newest methods and practices for poultry and egg production pro-duction enabled Bud to raise a flock of 1.351 New Hampshire Reds. He has done a good job preparing and caring for birds to be exhibited, and has won two high awards at the Utah State Fair In the Open Class Pullets Contest. He was one of the high-point Individuals U the State Poultry Judging Contest. His Chicago Club Congress trip was provided by Dearborn Motors. Jay Davis, 15, of Ogden, found that plenty of hard work and diligent study helped him to reach the top in the 4-H Tractor Maintenance program. Acquiring the know-how to care for and operate op-erate the family tractor meant considerable savings in time and money, too. Joy has been a club member for six years, specializing specializ-ing In dairy and tractor care. By keeping the tractor In smooth running condition he has been able to help his father with all the plowing, harrowing, discing, cultivating and harvesting ol crops. During the winter the tractor trac-tor is used for hauling straw and clearing snow off driveways, Jay gave an excellent team demonstration demon-stration on the maintenance and functions of the air bath cleaner, winning second place at State Fair. Utah Oil Refining Co. furnished fur-nished funds for Jay's Club Congress Con-gress trip to Chicago. All of these activities were conducted under the direction of the Extension Service of the Stata Agricultural College and USDA cooperating. |