What is the place of organized activities in the life and development of a child? Steve Bollman has some suggestions for parents in evaluating activities and in helping youngsters' social development through activities.

Recent studies show that most family decisions are shared by husbands and wives. This holds true for farm and rural families as well as for city families.

Prices for Choice steers in early June were around $7 per cwt. higher than a year earlier. Prime steers were up somewhat more; lower grades showed less gain. Only moderate improvement over last year had been expected.

When does it become profitable to shift from one livestock enterprise to another? Or increase one, decrease another? "Linear Programming" technique can be of some help in choosing between certain livestock enterprises.