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ganization.! the\• are urged to bo prosentI Representative H (’ lt;»ssTurnet of Phoenix, who visited—\\fMcLarenA record busting fat livestock sale climaxed Yuma's Fourth An-Bill Whitman of the Whitman hoy Company again paid the* *aggrlt;. ,rIII *. Sri/eenstake;atinual Junior Agricultural Fair Sat- largest unit price for beef Hi lt;nts H ■ uurday afternoon with a total of boosted his top bid of last year, award a:.d$19,114.69 being paid to the young 51 cents, to a cool 70 cents petpound which he paid for a 743 tat barrow and the otheipound calf belonging to BobbyGonzales. This totaled $520.10. and Mr. Whitman turned the high nai places with priced animal over to the Yuma points eat h.iward with anpoints m all ev-the Sam Dick Hat i v Knglisht livestock taisers.I Thus amount is almost $2,000I more than last vcar’s record%*f breaking total and appeared right in place with every other phaseaward The former award is aa 1-Hclub jai-kvt .biry Cannon andLostei Gibson tied for the two fi-a total of 20ri.eof the fair exceeding all past rec- chapter of the Future Farmers to ords. There is still a great deal be used as a project1 **»♦of tabulating to be done beforethe Yuma County Chamber of! the bidding duels that ( aim* outCommrrce's $1,000 in prizes can 0f sale Haroldbe distributed, but the auction: usuailv 'buys the first beef sale report is complete.Businesses, civic organizations,and individuals gathered Saturday qiss. however bung onto soim* ot afternoon to bid on and buy the hi sal,.s monov unt,i alter th*cu* Sfgulja, last y» ais sweepstakes winner, actually topped the Onlookers were kept amused by told with TJ ponds lar tin- failrules d«i!;nv that a person may Giss, who | win tin sweepstakes awanl onlywas | onec%Judging IJesiiitsResults of tin- judging eont * sts1 in which the first place winnersbeaten out this time bv McLaren'sJud Olborg at 68 cents per pound68 head of livestock placed be-auction and organized a hand offore veteran auctioneer Tex Con-|the buyers who bid on and bought don. Reports prior to the fair in* the animals that were screenedir | dicateil that the premiums paid from th* le I for the stock this year would fall show far beneath those of last year, but il such was not the case. Formeisales ting before thereceive an all expense paid trip to the sfat 1-H Club roundup at. Tin son arePoultry Ro Ye Ison CharlesKumlt v. Bill Kr\ » 1countv agent Bob Moody said that . ’. . . ‘diho haa n*ver *.*en a pUuw that Obulatod form.The complete list of buyers sellers, ami prices is published mBabbits Bett\ Frank MinBickers, Bill(if the dress rev-tie contest and will i eprescnt Yuma county at the roundup She will also tie a contestant for state representative to the national 1-H Congress in(’hieagoDivision winners of the dress re vim were:Senior Jill Cannon with a cotton school dress. Dixie Andersonwith the best dress, and Nedra Tudor with a wool suit.Junior Julia Sleeth of the Yuma Mesa Club with the bestdress.Home He demonstrations winners :Senior teams Food Preparation was won by Louise Headington and Anna Jean Shipp with “Packing a School Lunch.Dairy foods team winners werel'Caroline Lott and Rubv BrumlevHrwith “Making (’ream Soups.Fond preservation team winnersAv ie Jill Cannon and Nedra Tu-♦ »Ka h.! nnPj. turned and boosted its farm youth t. anyway near comparable to Yuma.11.New Contest lleldA brand new contest was m-Tbe average price paid for calves troduced at this year's fair th.1)aIry (Jar ret t,I Livestock , Land, Jet r\Deimmst rationsBoohet Keithlor with Preparing Poultry fotFreezing.» *SeguljaHmm nid Krvgoi.« C 'i * U111 ,sners wi'! *r\ il r n* 1 i * %-M A * *Killv Jeana g lt;i eke.irwas 15 cents, five cents more than rate of gain contest sponsored the average of last year. The av-J by the First National Bank. Wil-j son event v* : erage for swine was 46 cents, six lis Power won the beef di\ ision j denmnst i atiw. cents above last year, and sheep j of this contest by virtu* of his I event Bill K mm.Also wmnm 'nps to th* Tuc-winrn rs of the contest. In this and Jerrv Can-prices soared to *7 and ’k cents calf gaining an average of 2.53 non won th .- • contest withday. Second place their “Plan: in.- Seedlings in aper pound in comparison to last) pounds per year’s 45 cents. 1 A *McLaren HighestL. M. McLaren Produce Com-j first place in the sheep division “Preparing pany topped the list of buyers by with an average .93 pounds per Show as*dav. She was followed bv Billyrelei, -vI went to Roy Nelson and third to' Flat Jumlt;*i w mnet - w i e Bet-Pete Segulja. Betty Bickers won tv Bickers and Joe Koenigs witha Pa hintfort litbidding highest on four calves, onttseeot*ye-rvntfat barrow, and one sheep for a Campbell with .85 andtotal purchase of $2,306.92.K. F. Sanguined Company paidClark with .80. In the swimdivision, Jimmvthe second largest amount, $1,- Headington topped the entries529.24 for four calves.with 1.79 pounds per day. TedHarold C. Giss spent the third Cvpert followed with 171 and shartlargest amount, buying two calves, Dave Hibbard took third with tripstwo swine, and one sheep at a to- 1.40.Bill Krvsrer copped the 4-HStanley Hill won the special James award for the outstanding handj-I craft exhibitHome EconomiesThe homethe county also came in for theirof the rihhons and freeeconomics girls of*r-tal price of $945.34Nedra Tudm of the Jolly Com'Hit * rs clnh *as th* dt-nini winnerment team win* Barbara Larson andWhitman with *’Stor*in the Home.Individual winner in th*' dair\■ wfoods cont.'St was Fugene Vihorwith “Home Pasteurization otMilk.Junior team Food preparatior winners w. re Frances Barringtorand Delia Torres with “S p runSalad.Individual clothing winner walt; Dorothy Lee with “Designs foi Tim*.' Types ot Teen Agers.” Barbara Larson and Lynn Bak er tied for first place in the sen ior health contest.Mariel Hopkins, county horn* demonstration agent, stated tha238 home ec girls were entere* in the fair and that each one en tered from one to five exhibits.(Continued on Page 7)f
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Mon, Apr 11, 1949
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