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Show 4-H'ers Win State Honors for Good Job on Farm Projects with her Hampshire fat lambs. At this year's Intermountain Junior Fat Stock Show in Davis County, her entries took five rosettes, the only time an owner own-er ever claimed so many top prizes for lambs. "Although there is a lot to do and learn in my sheep project," proj-ect," she says, "I enjoy it very much." Miss Richins received a $50 U.S. savings bond from Wilson $5 4 isKKJ< ', Miss Radmall Miss Richins Wood Parker Two Weber County boys who once competed against each other in Plain City Dairy Days finished tops for the state with their 1968 411 projects. Two Utah girls also took state project proj-ect honors. One of the group, Alan Parker, Par-ker, 17, of Hooper, received an all-expense visit to Chicago for the National 4-H Congress, Dec. 1-5. Parker's trip award was provided pro-vided by International Harvester Harves-ter Company for an all-around project in agriculture, based on his records in field crops, dairy and junior leadership. He is a high school senior, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lisle Parker, and plans to follow a career in agriculture. The Chicago congress brought together some 1.650 4-1 1 winners win-ners from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, and provided a five-day round of conferences, dinners, sight-seeing trips and special entertainment. Parker and Robert Wood. 17, of Huntsville were both exhibitors exhib-itors in the 19G7 dairy show at Plain City where Wood won the best exhibitor award with his Holstein and Parker shared the breed herd prize for Brown Swiss with his brother, Curtis. Wood won halters this year at bnlli Plain City and Hooper and made the county judging team. Wood is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Woiilon Wood and a high school senior. His 4 11 prize, a $50 U.S. savings bond, was do-naled do-naled by the Oliver Corporation. Corpora-tion. Margie liichins, 15, of Hene-fer Hene-fer in Summit County, won top 4 II Sheep honors for the state ' & Co., Inc., a subsidiary of Ling-Temco-Vought Inc. She is a high school sophomore and the (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Richins. Another 550 bond award went to Paula Radmall, 16, of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, Utah County, who has raised While Rock chickens the last four years and had a try at turkeys in 1963. Her prize was provided by Heisdorf & Nelson Farms, Inc., sponsor of Hie 4-H Poultry program. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max B. Radmall and a high school junior. About poultry raising, she says, "It isn't easy. You can make too many mistakes and blow your whole project." That's what happened with the turkeys, pesky birds which have defeated many a novice. I lowever, Miss Radmall has won three county medals and a blue ribbon with her chickens. There have been trials with a flooded coop and marauders, but, she says, "1 would not trade any of my experiences for anything." The programs were judged by the Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service. |