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Fresno GaL Sun Jan 30 1949 5 Cattle Grub War THE FRESNO BEE Young Farmers End Active Year lsPushed In State Young Farmers Will Meet In Fresno ttuaed The growth of the cattle grub control sura Assistant (Centfaued From Page 1) The 1948 state president Herluf Fries of Caruthers will dose his term of office at an installation of officers next Saturday morning with the state adviser Byron McMahon chief of the bureau of agricultural education officiating Let the youngsters in your family make their own colored sugar for topping cookies or cake or pudding desserts Ail they have to do la rub a drop or two of vegetable coloring Into little granulated sugar ment Miss Bertha Akin state supervisor of homemaking education will be the principal speaker on the Young Honwmaker program according to the state chairman Mrs Grace Fries of Raisin City Fresno County In addition to the election of state officers and the selection of a convention site for 1950 the assembly will consider a 30 year old membership age limit the publishing of state magazine chapter cooperatives finances and many other Items Donald Boyd Clovis Young Farmer and president of the San Joaquin Region is the general chairman of the convention Others in charge include: reservations George Rocha Riverdale dance Robert Ripley Caruthers banquet Robert Clark Reedley tours Charles Hines Fresno and publicity Bob Buckles Clovis Eugene A Egan head of the Fresno State College agricultural department Martin Braun and Fred Roullard both of the agricultural department of the Fresno College: A Rinn of Fresno regional supervisor of agricultural education in the San Joanquin Valley Gray and Stark of the Veterans Advisory Council MacLeod Fresno fertilizer and seed concern: A Klepper Ray Packer A Cox Hans Hansen and Prather members of the Caruthers High School District Board of Trustees A A Lothman Fresno office of the Weather Bureau A Sessions the Fresno State College Keyes Countnr Life editor of The Fresno Bee Andersen Dildine John Sinclair Harry Holston and Louis Tavares Caruthers district ranchers and James Edmonson Kind pal of the Caruthers Union gh School In Chargee of Peace The Caruthers chapter will be In charge of the dance and program which will 'feature the state convention next Thursday evening In the recreation hall of the Fresno State College Farm at Hammer Field Included in the program will be an entertainment by the Fresno Youth Center (the Shack) One of the projects during the coming year is the completion of a kitchen for the use of the Young Farmers at the local (Oeatfaued From rage Fanners Chapter The Young arm-era located donors of six of the heifers and put up the seventh them-elves at a cost of $5750 ponoar Livestock Their Interest in the Future Farmers was further evidenced by sponsoring providing the prise money and organizing the first annual Caruthers Future Farmers Junior Spring Livestock Show which was a pronounced success They plan similar action for the coming Spring In addition they donated $50 toward defraying the expenses of a local Future Farmer to the National Future Farmers ivention in Kansas Citj -aruthers auxiliary of the Young Farmers and one of the first in the state was organized here The first officers were Mrs Howard president Mrs Renfro vice president Mrs Floyd Fike secretary and Mrs Fries state representative at large Flan Spring Activities A Spring dance a barbecue a festival and a swimming party for the Young Homemakers were other activities and It is planned to repeat them this year Cooperating with the extension service the Caruthers chapter sponsored several demonstrations nd test plots in the district on sunt subjects as soil fumigation and cotton fertilization and defoliation With a membership of 150 the chapter is the largest in the state tuplai lag the current year ana plans to increase its roster dur- VINE PULLING LAND LEVELING Dhclsf II AS OS PM sszon is-r-n program Farm Adviser II Etchegaray is best Illustrated by the increasing numbers of cattle being treated-each year Etchegaray adds: Every county in California with an extension staff is participating in this program The program started in 1942 with demonstrations of the treatment In 19f3 and 1944 10000 cattle were treated for grubs in California This number hasgrown until in 1948 there was 326267 head treated Unfortunately many of the reported treated catile did not undergo enough treatments for an effec-' tive control Many were only treated once or twice when four or five treatments were necessary Wolters 4-H Members Aid School Project CLOVIS (Fresno Co) Jan 29 Assistant Farm Adviser Ed Yeary waa present at a recent meeting of the Wolters Colony 4-H Club to aid the new leader A Green in getting the boys started with their projects The club members who are conducting a candy sale during the noon hours at the school have voted to donate $10 toward the purchase of a movie projector for the school The Wolters and Scandinavian 4-H Cl libs Joined in dn achievement program recently Yeary showed pictures of Summer camp and last Wolters project tour Youngsters enjoy open face peanut butter sandwiches when they are cut In fancy shapes and garnished with halves oil whole roasted peanuts V49 is 36 for Grover has been pleasure to serve customers of the Califomia-Fresno Oil Co for the past 36 years I wish to thank you for the many courtesies shown me and hope I shall continue to serve you for many more Byra Track high school The present Bob Ripley president Charles blfnUran 03 Cespeqr- DMrlkmtmr Of lb Grand Frsilaeft 39862 RAILROAD AVI KISNO PH 3-4211 Moore vice president Roy Donning secretary Vaughn Berg treasurer and Eldon Elliott reporter Herluf Fries a member of the chapter Is the state president of the Young Farmers The adviser of the local chapter is John Adams of the agricultural depart ment at the high school Sutter Leqhorns Maintain Lead Hererary For their Interest in the velopment of the chapter several Caruthers and Fresno residents were awarded honorary membership during the year Among them were Al Brown Fresno banker Byra 1 Beauty and Protection CHAIN-LINK FENCING Lew Cost Lasts Longer 36-lneh quest Entry fee will be $10 per entry of 104 chicks and must accompany application All applications must be filed by March 1st Holstein Club Honors Dos Palos 4-H Boy DOS PALOS (Merced Co) Jan 29 Having done satisfactory Holstein Calf Club work during 1948 Glenn Howard Jr of Dos Palos has been awarded a certificate of merit and granted a Junior mem-berhip In the Holstein-Friesian Association of America Brattieboro Vt He was recommended for these awards by the state 4-H Club leaders All privileges of the association except voting have been given him until he Is 21 yearsof age He is the 9713th member of The Holstein-Friesian Calf Club of America to achieve the national recognition 25 Lin Foot MODESTO (Stanislaus Co) Jan 29 The White Leghorns of the Vantresa Poultry Breeding Farm of Live Oak Sutter County retained 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