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Show FARM NOTES BY GOLPKN L. STOKK.lt r.eaver Cnuntv Anent I Offers Home licautification Prir For 4-H Mfmht-rs Four-H clubs of the state are jTs-ing in with new enthusiasm for beauty and more than sk:n deep. Ir is planting ana lanoscapiric; their home grounds. Many fine examples of what club members can do may be seen throughout the country. They are guided in the : rk by plar.s an J outlines supplied, by the state extension ex-tension service which are des-.cntJ to give the most lasting and attractive at-tractive effects. The outlines are di;ributed by county acvnt and local leaiers. i Over 150, COO boys and girls carried car-ried cn such work las, year, which is expected to be increased through incentives offered for the first time in the National -4-H Home Ground Beautification c r.test. I: provides a g.ld medal for the club member making the best report, and a $50 gold watch for the best showiraj ir. the state. T.-.e clubster rating highest in each extension ex-tension section receives a trip to the forthcoming natior.a! club congress, con-gress, and the best of the four wins a S300 scholarship, which is given with all other prizes by Mrs Charles R. Walgreen of Chicago, nationally known garlen club enthusiast. en-thusiast. No entry fee or other obligation is incurred by club members taking tak-ing part. The contest is supervised supervis-ed by state and federal extension agents. ' u I Agriculture News in Brief ! A large part of the expected ; downward readjustment in beef cattle prices which a bureau of agricultural economics report pre- dieted last fall may have come in i November and December, when prices suffered one of the sharpest sharp-est setbacks on record, a recent bureau report said. With the number of cattle on feed in the corn belt being at least 15 percent greater than a year ago, however, (Continued on last page) FARMNOTES ' (Continued from first page) supplies of well-finished cattle are ' not expected to decline greatly. Prices of lower grade animals are expected to maintain a fairly steady level during the first half of 1938 except for a seasonal price raise which usually comes from January to June, the report said. . - |