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.A at home with the clan "'V a jovial rancher who can quote top prices paid at Shorlhorn sales in his own and three surrounding states for the past five years. (He can serve up cork- ing good pancakes, too. And he is steering these four pretty amazing youngsters through college educations, with some emphatic Convictions that a girl deserves a first-rate education as well as the boys.) While Shorthorns are one of the ranch trademarks, another is the quality of hospitality and neighborh- ness one father and four teen partners can generate. An example: the surprise party the McCracken fel- lows and a teen neighbor, Gloria Wire, engineered on Florence's birthday. They got Florence OH on a Short- horn-speaking engagement, flew to work with bucket and mop, popped a tth of popcorn, baked a cake, hung streamers and rounded up her friends! END Rancher-to-Rancher: Florence and "Pop" McCracken talk about bee/ prices, hm nighl': (late and the world situation in general. She is a sophomore at South Dakota Stale University, Brook- t'ngs. But on frequent weekends- at home, :hc's "just a farm girl." who looks after [Mr father and hrothcrr and pitches in on the tractor if needed. Photos: Rwfllsr ewy Contest of Wits: - The fellows' "baked-beam kind of nmn': world" perk: up when Florence is home to collar! them around piano or chess table. Here she takes on Bob, 18, a college freshman. Standing: 101m, 22, a recent graduale in Ani-- ma] Science, adviser her move. Stmcking: Phil, 20, mn- LA"