The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 July 1966 — Page 9
Basic Rules For Clipping The reason for clipping: a heifer is to improve her looks. This makes her look cleaner, sharper and enhances her breed chaiactenstics and conformation. Clipping the animal all over i s n o l recommended. A good trim is all that is necessary. It’s wse to get personal in- ' stni'-tions from your project leader or someone experienced in grooming for shows. The basic principles of clipping are the same for all breeds. However. , each breed has minor variations and it would be best to get specific and detailed instructions about your own particular breed. With proper grooming, one trimming about a week before the show is all that is needed. Be sure to brush well after clipping. It is advisable to practice chppuig and trimming on another heifer before you start on your show heifer.
Jerry Sinclair is keeping busy with his swine project this summer. These are just some of his entries
How 4-H Clubs Started
About 50 years ago, Seaman A. Knapp of the United States Department of Agriculture, together with several early educators, developed a program and plan of action for rural boys and girls. He fathered a movement that was accepted by Congress and which later developed into the Agricultural Service. 4-H Club work is the youth part «f that great movement Knapp and the colleges provided new ideas to the clubs and started file idea of demonstrations and “leam by doing” in club groups. Club members demonstrated the ideas at home under the guidance of local leaders and parents. These same broad principles guide the present 4-H Club program. Who An Leaders? I A 4-H Club is composed of| five or more boys and girls who | elect their own officers and con- ‘ duct their own meetings. They plan and carry out their own I programs. Each Boy and girl chooses a job or project to do at home or on the farm. I A local leader guides the club. A leader usually lives in the neighborhood and is often a parent of some of the members. As a leader, you are interestad in working with boys and girls in your community. You help members with their projects and advise them in their meetings. Tour reward is the satisfaction of seeing boys and girls develop skills and grow in character and citizenship. Extension Workers’ Part Cooperative Extension Service workers help interested groups of boys and girls organise 4-H Clubs and help leaders guide these clubs. They help members and leaders plan club programs and activities. They show the best way to carry on a project, supply project bulle-
Need Right Food For Dairy Heifers Part of how first-calf dairy heifers perform in their first lactation depends on your management before they calve. Merle Cunningham, Purdue University extension dairy specialist, says these heifers need adequate nutrition for their own growth and for their developing calf. Poor pastures can not meet these needs. Most heifers will need four to six pounds of a low protein grain ration during the last 60 to 90 days before calving. During the last 30 days, Cunningham suggests feeding these heifers in the same manner that you feed your best dry cows. Here are the steps: Switch to the milking herd ration; Increasing grain to about one per cent of the heifer’s body weight by calving time; After calving, increase the grain ration steadily to all she will eat Finally, decrease the grain ration when no additional response in milk production occurs. These practices, Cunningham believes, make it easier to work the heifer or cow up to full feed, meeting the heavy demand for nutrient* hi the early part of lactation.
tins, and give other information to improve farming and homemaking. What Does It Cost? Members pay nothing to join a 4-H Club. All report forms and project bulletins are free. Clubs may charge dues for their own use if they choose to do so. Present Day 4-H The club program is now the largest rural youth organization in the United States. Boys and girls learn, work, and play together under the guidance of local leaders and county extension workers. More than two million boys and girls are 4-H Club members in the United States. In Indiana about 90,000 boys and girls belong to 4-H Clubs.
Many Uses For Treated Wood
Indiana residents are finding widespread uses for treated wood products. The wood is treated with a 5 per cent solution of pentachlorophenol (a preservative which may be purchased from farm supply stores, lumber yards, etc.) mixed in No. 2 fuel oil.
How to Groom Your Lamb
A good grooming job can help make your lamb a potential Champion before you ever lead it into the show ring. Here are several grooming tips you might want to follow: Clipping and Trimming The beak is usually trimmed first, followed by the rear quarters, the right side, left side, forequarters and feet. About two months before the show, clip the lamb down the back with an electric clipper. Keep the clippers level to avoid making waves and notches in the fleece.
Next trim the back and sides with shears, as well as the dock, neck (down to the brisket), and the head. When trimming the head, point the shears away from your own eyes as well
Purdue Reports On Farm Prices
Prices Indiana farmers received for their products and their purchasing power advanced only slightly from mid-May to mid-June, according to Purdue University agricultural economists and state-federal agricultural statisticians. The increase was one-third of one per cent over the previous 30-day period. However, from mid-April to mid-May Indiana farm prices and purchasing power dropped one per cent Livestock prices fell one per cent while grain prices increased four per cent
generations on welfare, simply because of illiteracy. “Society has done this to them.” “No routine summer job this,” said Laura Magzis, 21, from Great Neck, N.Y., a prosperous suburban community. She is spending the summer as a case aide for the children’s aid society. Part of her job is escorting children, some of them from the depths of the slums, to and from home to assorted activities of the society. Some need psychiatric care, some remedial reading classes, others come in for recreation programs or medical checkups.
Th* Daily Bannar, Graancastla, Indiana Friday, July 29, 1966
The Misses Crew and Magzis and McFarlane are three of 250 college students—all at the senior level when they re-enroll in September—participating in a “summer experience program,” organized by the social work recruiting center of greater New York. More than 100‘volunteer agencies are participating in the program. The aim is twofold, to give the students a first-hand test of the careers they’re planning, and to encourage more college people to study for social work. The shortage of professional-
ly trained social workers already is severe and is growing worse. The national commission for social work careers, in New York, estimated there now are 1 at least 12,000 jobs available for | the professional. The federal i government estimates that it i alone by 1970 will need 100,000 | more social workers with graduate degrees; state and local governments’ need by 1970 will be nearly as high, 95,000. Then there are the demands of voluntary agencies — the Child for 141,101 by 1970.
A Woman's View By GAT PAULEY NEW YORK UPI—The long hot summer’s providing a practical education in social work for a special group of college students in New York. Theirs is a direct “people to people” contact with the aged, the indigent, victims of mental illness, drug addicts, and children with unsatisfactory home environments, and often mental and physical disorders. “I’ve found that New York is unique,” said one of the students, Hedy Chew, a tiny 21-year-old brunette from Honolulu. “It has the best of everything, and the worst of every-
thing.”
“Before I started this project,” said Daniel McFarlane, 24, of the Panama Canal Zone, “I’d thought welfare cases were just living off the government. “Now I know that most of
Wood must be soaked in the treating solution—a trench 12 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 12 inches deep will usually suffice for small-volume treating operations. The vertical-sided pit should be lined with plastic and held in place by a wood frame. Test the pit by first placing water in it. If the pit holds overnight the water may be replaced with the treating solution. The wood posts and lumber being treated must be weighted down with heavy objects such as cement blocks. Rubber gloves should be worn when working with any preservative oil. Skin that has come in contact wtih the solution should be washed immediately. Also, the soaking pit should be covered to prevent dirt, leaves, animals and children from falling into the pit. Mimeo F-45, “Treated Wood Products,” also outlines the preparation and treatment of patio blocks made of log crosssections and of post and rail fences made of pine lumber. Single copies of this publication are available free to Indiana residents; they may be obtained from your county Extension agent Be sure to ask for the publication by name and
number.
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Major grain prices increasj ing: wheat six per cent, soybeans five per cent and corn
two per cent.
Cattle prices, down three per ’ them do want work, but aren’t
as the eyes of the lamb to avoid cent, led the livestock price de- working for a variety of reasinjury if it should perk. 1 cline. Eggs went off six per | ons—a mother alone has no one
cent and whole milk one per ■ to tend small children while
Start trimming the feet; cent. Lamb prices rose three I she goes to a job, or they’re not about eight weeks before show j per cen t and hog prices climbed | equipped to hold a job. I ran time. This trimming job should ! two per cent. > into one family that had three
be done every week to keep the lamb square on its feet. Be careful not to cut too deeply.
Washing and Fluffing
Clean the fleece with warm water and a detergent Use a woolen cloth and plenty of “elbow grease.” The first washing should be done about a month before the show. After washing keep the lamb in a clean, well-
bedded pen.
Next, you will pull the fibers | of the fleece apart with a curry comb. Then, fluff the fibers with cards (large cards for the body, small cards for the head
and legs).
Here’s How To Card Slap the card down on the wool. When pulling away from the fleece, twist the card to pull the fibers forward. Do a complete job of carding before you trim. As show time draws nearer, use the cards less and less to avoid making the fleece too
loose.
You'll be proud of your lamb when he’s ready for the show ring, if you’ll take the time and patience necessary to do a good job. Good “show ring” grooming requires a daily wiping with a damp cloth, fluffing out fibers with cards and trimming with the shears for two weeks before the show. It means a lot of work, but it could also mean walking off with a Grand Championship.
Its 4-H FAIR TIME!
We salute the Putnam County 4-H Clubs and farmers for their contribution to the County Fair. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ol CL0VERDALE "OVER A HALF-CENTURY OF DEPENDABLE BANKING"
Keeping accurate records on your vegetable garden will help in planning your plantings more wisely next year, say Purdue University extension horticulturists.
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