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State Accepts Three

4-H Programs With

Anniversaries in 1954

Three national 4-H programs with anniversaries in 1954 have : been accepted- by the VPI Agri-' cultural Extension Service. _They are field crops and frozen foods, in which International Harvester Company is providing the awards for the 10th consecutive year, and meat animal, for which Thos. E. Wilson has been spon-, sor for 25 years. Mr. Wilson is chairman of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work and one of the Committee’s founders.-._

Awards are identical in the three programs on county, sectional, and national levels. County awards are gold-filled medals of honor,a nd eight selected state winners will each be given a sectional award of an all-expense trip to the 1954 National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Six of the Sectional % winners will each •receive a national award of $300 college scholarship.

In 4-H field crops and frozen foods, the state winners will receive $50 savings bonds. The state winner in the meat animal program will receive a 17-jewel pocket watch. - - __

Last year’s state field crop winner in Virginia was Langhome Craddock of Pittsylvania, who re

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