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Show From Farm To Fair: 4-H Beef Program In Action weight, then sclliiiu them for u relatively quick "return. More advanced 4-11 cattlemen can undertake beef breeding and, stocker-feeder projects.' Whatever activity they choose, program members keep up to date on current trends in beef production und marketing. , More information on the national 4-11 beef program is available from county extension exten-sion agents. CHICAGO - Beyond souvenir souve-nir stands, commercial exhibits exhib-its and carnival attractions on the midway lie what many young people might call the "real action" at the state fair: the junior livestock judging events. Last summer's fairs are only on-ly a memory now to many of the 160,000 boys and girls in the national 4-II beef program. pro-gram. To others, the experience experi-ence is to come in the next month or two. Regardless of time, 4-IPers who take part in judging contests get a real-life workout in decision making and confidence building that perhaps can never be duplicated. dupli-cated. Producing quality beef Learn-by-doing experiences experi-ences like judging and showmanship show-manship events are only part of the 4-H beef program sponsored by Celanese Chemical Chem-ical Company, A Division of Celanese Corporation. In a variety of projects supervised by the Cooperative Extension Service, 4-11 members from 9 to 19 acquire breeding, feeding feed-ing and management skills they can apply to caring for one or more beef animals. 4-Il'ers also earn awards donated by Celanese through the National 4-H Service Committee. The company offers of-fers $800 college scholarships to six national winners in the program, and expense-paid trips to the 54th National 4-H Congress, Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in Chicago, to one winner from each state. Up to four 4-H'ers per county are eligible for medals of honor. All winners are selected by the Extension Service on the basis of their records of accomplishment in 4-H beef projects. Projects for fun and profit A beginning beef project may involve raising one or more feeder calves to market |