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Come Join Us at hall A-2, Booth No.7 We'll answer your questions about funerals and prearrangement in the consumers interest The McHenry County Funeral Directors Association "SEE YOU AT THE FAIR!" STOP IN AND VISIT WITH US AT OUR BOOTH AT THE FAIR. Phase Support the 4-H Auction The 4-H of McHenry County raise some of the best livestock in the state. So come out Saturday afternoon and buv the steer, pig or lamb of your choice. WE WILL TRUCK & PROCESS YOUR FAIR ANIMALS! JONES' LOCK EH SERVICE MUTSWHOHSAil jnd Hr'IAU PHONE 338-1016 0 * * Page 38--Shaw/Free Press Media Group, Inc. 1983 Fair Guide Fair features Stow/Free Press Media photo TRIMMING UP FOR the fair. Ben 'Bud" Jacobs Jr. demonstrates proper steer trie clippers, wax and even shoe polish to bring his animals' coats up to a nice presentation to a group of 4-Hers near Johnsburg. Jacobs uses curry combs, elec- shine. done lot," her father, Tony, says. But they pull­ ed together, and Annette has since had a champion in the Hereford breed. "You practice with him every day," says her mother Sandra. The animal must learn to be led, walk and pose. "It takes practice," Sandra says. "It takes a lot of time." Former 4-H member Ben "Bud" Jacobs Jr. instructs many young 4-Hers from McHenry and Lake counties in how to prepare their beef cattle for fair competi­ tion. Appearance can be the determining factor. Jacobs recommends clipping animals two weeks before the fair, so if you nick them, they'll have a chance to heal. This is not a spur-of-the-moment process. "You have to work with them, unless you want a wild steer," he tells the youngsters. - Continued on page 39 Hereford's work is never By Kurt Begalka Shaw/Free Press Media RINGWOOD -- He stands in the metal grooming chute, shifting his massive bulk from one side to the other -- dead tired. The morning began with a bath. Now the sun is high and hot It melts the wax on his coat while relentless hands continue to brush, tug and snip at hair. He appeals to the small crowd with roll­ ing eyes. Surely this is no way to treat "Inspector Clouseau." Clouseau is a 1,000-pound Simmental Hereford steer owned by 16-year-old An­ nette Freels. She is a member of the Lin­ coln Clover Leaf 4rH Club. Freels lives with her parents on a farm on Spring Grove Road. She's been raising steers for seven years and loves it. "Our first year, we stumbled around a