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rarmcr, where 1 saw some or tne top sheep in the northern country. This farmer also raised potatoes, 125 acres of them. We went through one ofhis potato packing houses.
I was told that thy sell their lambs on the Jewish holiday for the fabulous price of 80c per lb. However, the lambs can’t weigh but 50 lbs. Their wool was pooled this year aind sold for 54c per lb.
The next stop was a Holstein farm. The cows averaged 40 lbs. each per milking and the milk test was 3.8. *
The most interesting stop was the Hereford farm. This was a magnificant farm. I placed my hand on their bull which placed grand champion ove rail breeds in the Eastern State Fair. This was a thrilling moment, indeed. This farmer owned and showed 75 Herefords. He also had two oxen which weighed 5,600 lbs. between them, and believe me they were monsters in size and scale.
He showed me his livin groom. It was covered with blue ribbons from three eyars of showing. The highlights of the 4-H tours were going through the United Nations Building and Plymouth Rock. We also took many other tours, too numerous to mention. The scenery was much like ours though the forests were different, for they were filled wih hmlocks and silver maples. There were no veneer • markets available so the loggers had to cut 50 cords of pulp wood before they could market it. The soil was composed of fine sand. They had few orchards and the ones they had couldn t touch
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