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FOUR - Special Edition Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Heppner Gazette-Times, Wed., Aug. 10, 1994
Lots of responsibility in raising 4-H market animals
Kathleen Greenup works on showmanship during fair Some
4-H'ers work with their fair animals year round
Oregon 4-H member rai ing
market animal<; for ale have
the s.1me responsibility a com-
mercial producers to deliver a
v. holesome, healthful product
to th consumer, points out
Brad Jeffr~y , Oregon
tate
Univer ity Exten ion 4-11 youth
peciah t.
That' why Jeffrey ,md Don
Han en, OSU Exten ion
veterinarian , have introduced a
nt'' educational program
called "Quality A urance and
Animal Care" that's intended
to help 4-H members and
leader addre genuine con-
cern about food afety and
quality on the pa~t of
co n umer .
The work in Oregon is part
of a national effort s upported
by the
.S. Department of
Agriculture
to
increa e
awarenes of mangemenl prac-
tice that lead to wholesome
meat and dairy products, he
explains.
" Much of the information i
already avaiJable in Oregon 4-H
pro1ect material<; for heep,
beef, swine and
dairv
animals," the
peciali 't
tre · e . "Thi new program
h ighlight management prac-
tice and i ue of attitudes and
respon ibility that are inpurtant
when rai ing market animals
Y11r Les Scnu Tin Center is prnd to npport the
Morrow County Fair & Pro Rodeo
for human consumption."
Divided into six lessons, each
of which takes about a day to
complete, " Quality A s urance
and Animal Care" will be a
voluntary program available to
4-H leaders later thi year, he
notes. The lessons cover animal
handling and safety, feed and
feeding , housing, animal
health and product quality.
"We're trying to get 4-H in-
to the forefront in this area,"
Jeffreys explained "We want
to educate 4-H participants and
\H~ al o want the voung people
tn be able to inform buver
about product quality."
Thi i particularly important
in tate like Oregon where it
i increa ingly difficult to find
U DA-in pected meat packing
plant that will process 4-H
anima l . The 4-H member
need to be able to explain his
or her management practices
th at result in a w h ole ome pro-
duct approaching U DA tan-
dard , he believe .
Each year, Oregon 4-H 'er
sell hundreds of h ead of beei,
lambs and hog to con umer ,
often at auction held in conjuc-
t10n with county fairs . Na-
tionally it is estimated that bet-
ween 800,000 and 900,000 head
of market animal are sold bv
4-H members for human
consump tion .
health program for animab,
comply with medication l.,bels
and to learn about types and
proper admini'itration of in1ec-
table produch.
Development of " Quality
A urance and Animal Care"
wa upported by food safety
initiative fund ad mini tered by
the Exten ion ervice, USDA .
Restaurant
There are lots of parade entries ranging from horseback
riders to antique automobiles, to c lowns. etc.
Lin Jo Gift Shop
Joe & Alice Tatone
owners
100 I.W. Front Street
Lounge
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Still time to get ready and enter parade
TWENTY-ONE
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OSU , Washington State
University and the Ohio S tate
Univer ity cooperated in pro-
ducing the "Quality A surance
and Animal Care" program .
Han en developed the unit
about animal well-being and
product quality through proper
animal health practice<;.
Educators are trying to help
young people develop a sound
Sunday, August 21 at 10:30 a.m.,
Morrow County Fairgrounds
Heppner
Special Ed1t1on Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Heppner Gazette-Times. Wed . Aug 10 1994
You don ' t need a horse to
" hor e around " al the 1994
Morrow
ountv Fair ,rnd
Rodeo Parade. Ju· t wall..., ride
or march vour elf do\\'n to the
pi1rc1de taging c1re,1 near the
Green Feed & eed s tore on
aturday, Aug. 20. The parade
get,; underway at 10 a.m .
Lilli h e:, '" ...
...
L' \
rndc1v,
Aug. 12 and may be 'mailed to
Heppner lornn,· ounty Fai r
and Rodeo Parade ommittee,
P
Bo 1232, Heppner,
R
97 36 or phone 676-5536.
Pc1rade entry categorie<, in -
c I u de :
'-..um111e1uc11
i-10,1t
(busines
pon ored); Com-
mun it v flo,1t (communitv
... ponosored); junior riding
group; e n ior riding group; in-
dividual horse and rider; family
r iding group; comic div,..,1011 ;
court and royalty; ,1nl1\.1ue
,,utos, civic service dub; drill
teams ; band.., and music
(!>chool<,); band.., and mu-,1c
(nther) ; tC,ir theme (thi<, can be
combined
with
another
category entry); c1nd othL'r
(please pecify) .
Thi year ' parade chairman
i.., Bill Karw,Kh.i .
' 'Have a great 1994
Morrow County Fair & Rodeo// ·
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