Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 19, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 April 1949 — Livestock, Dairy Teams Are Named [ARTICLE]

Livestock, Dairy Teams Are Named

Jnior Livestock and Dairy Judging Teams For County Named Following Contests Two Jasper County Junior Livestock Judging Teams were selected Wednesday morning in a county contest held at the Jerry Branson and Milt Hite farms. The first place team is four boys from Rensselaer High School, Lawrence Carter, Harold Kohley, James Siebert and Robert Wuerthner. The second team is four boys from Remington High School, Marvin Roberts, Tom Carlton, LaDonne Alberts and Dick Ulyat. These teams will represent Jasper County in the District Livestock Judging Contest to be held at Frankfort, April 20. The winners in the District contest will compete in a State Judging Meet at the 4-H club Round-up in June. Thirty-nine boys participated in the contest representing Wheatfield, Rensselaer, and Remington vocational ag departments. A. P. Nelson, Verterans Instructor at Fowler was official Judge of the livestock classes. At the Jerry Branson farm, the boys placed a ring of 4 shorthorn steers and wrote reasons for the placings. At the Milt Hite farm, a. ring of 4 aged ewes were placed and reasons written for their placings. A pen of yearling ewes were also judged. A pen of 4 sows were placed with reasons written and placings were made also on fall gilts. Marion Carter of Rensselaer was high individual with a score of 345 out of a possible 400. Marvin Roberts, of Remington, was second with a score of 336 and Harold Kohley, of Rensselaer placed third with a score of 308. The Jasper County Dairy Judging ObnteSt was held Saturday morning, April 2nd at the Ralph Amsler and Keith Paulus Farms. The teams were selected to Represent Jasper County in the District Dairy Contest to be held in Frankfort, April 20th. The first place team was 4 boys of Remington: John Murray, Loren Wilder, Glenn Stockment and Richard Knochel. Second place team was four boys from Wheatfield: Denny Conley, Wm. Pucka, Bob Burke, and Jerry Meyers. Sixteen boys representing Wheatfield, Rensselaer and Remington vocation ag departments took part in the contest. Jack Lutz, vocational ag teacher at Kentland, was official judge. At the Ralph Am-

sler farm, 2 rings of 4 Holstein cows each were placed with reasons written for placings on the first ring. At the Keith Paulus farm, 2 casses of Guernsey Cattle were judged with reasons written for placings on the first class. John Murray, was high individual in the contest with a score of 249 of a possible 300. Loren

Wilder was second -with score of 247, Glenn Stockment was third with a esore of 238, all of Rem. ington. Denny Conley of Wheatfield was fourth with a score of 227. Mrs. Hixen, who has been a Jasper county hospital patient, returned to her home Sunday via the Todd ambulance.