TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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756 4-H Members
To Show Work Done
During Past Year
The 4-H and FFA county fair,
starting Tuesday, will put on dis
play the work of some of the
- approximately 758 4-H club
members in Jackson csunty.
The total membership of about
730 boys and girls represents
120 4-H clubs led by 140 volun
teer community leaders. Proj
ects displayed at the county fair
will be similar to the 1,10 proj
ects successfully completed by
club members during 1956.
970 Armeies Mad
During that period Jackson
county boys and girls made 970
articles in 250 clthing projects.
They prepared 92fl meals and
6,350 individual dishes in about
230 food projects.
Twenty-five girls made 40
knitted articles. Nine girls made
a total of 41 articles to help im
prove their homes in homemak
ing projects.
Four hundred and fifty 4-H
members raised 1,135 animals in
livestock projects, and 732 birds
in poultry projects. Eighty-five
boys and girls completed projj
ects in horticulture, forestry and
entomology.
Agricultural Engineering
The agricultural engineering
field attracted 55 boys and girls
who completed projects in trac
tor maintenance, woodworking
and electricity. In all projects
they were guided and instructed
by local club leaders and par
ents. Twenty-seven of the older
4-H youths assumed leadership
roles within their clubs during
the year.
Club members adopt the 4-H
slogan, "learn by doing," and the
4-H motto, "to make the best
better," in all their club work.
Throughout the year, this work
received recognition at commu
nity events such as achievement
programs, parent nights, PTA
and grange meetings, mother's
teas, and community fairs.
County activity included 4-H
camp, crops and livestock tour,
and county fair. From them
some went to state and inter
state events such as the Oregon
State fair, Cow Palace in San
Francisco, and Pacific Interna
tional at Portland.
Total Inresimeni
When these young business
men and women returned home
to figure up the totals, they
learned they had $121,643.03 In
vested in their 4-H projects. Of
this sum $22,787.23 showed a
"profit or savings for the year's
work higher this year.
Less tangible but more im
portant gains were made in per
sonal improvement and contri
bution to better living in the
member's home, club, commu
nity and county.
These club . members are al
ready looking ahead to a new
and better year. Many 4-H
clubs have started a new series
of meetings and project activi
ties. The county fair is "har
vest time" for the 4-H members.
These young people who were
successful this past year are not
resting on their laurels of past
accomplishments, but are look
ing forward to making "the best
better in 1957."
4-H and
FAIRGROUNDS
August 20-24
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HOGGING IT! These prize pigs were among
those which "hogged" the show at the annual
4-H and FFA county fair two years ago. From
left: Gary Smith, Stan Smith, 4-H Leader
Supervised
Activity of
Supervised farming is an im
portant activity of the Future
Farmers of America.
Future Farmers believe
"learning by doing" is the best
way to learn. Each EJTA mem
ber has some form of home pro
ject so his agricultural educa
tion can be extended to a prac
tical home and farm situation.
These farm projects vary from
an investment of a few dollars
to an investment of several
thousand dollars.
The FFA member receives
class instruction in approved
practices for agriculture enter
prises in his community. This
instruction enables the boy to
choose proper crop varieties, fer
tilizers and soil types for his
crop projects as well as proper
breeds, feeds and management
practices for his livestock pro
jects. .
Various Incentive!
The Future Farmers program
offers various incentives also to
sfimulate interest in supervised
farming. One method is to offer
promotional degrees for achieve
ments in agriculture.
A beginning student in voca
tional agriculture is required to
own some form of agriculture
enterprise before he is given the
"Green Hand" degree.
The second year student must
further demonstrate his profic
iency in supervised farming and
leadership before he receives the
"Chapter Farmer" degree.
Boys holding either the
"Green Hand" "or "Chapter
Farmer" degree must keep ac
curate records on their super
vised farming projects in pro
ject record books. These record
books include pages for agree
ments, budgets, inventories,
F.F.A,
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Farming An Important
Nation's FFA Groups
labor diaries, job p'.anning and
daily expenses and receipts.
Boys demonstrating outstanding
achievements in super vised
farming and agriculture knowl
edge are awarded the "State
Farmer" degree. This degree is
limited to two per cent of the
FFA members in the state.
Eligible for Degree
A boy must have completed
two years of vocational agricul
ture before he is eligible for the
state farmer degree. The four
members of the Crater FFA
chapter now hold the state farm
er degree are Clifford Bigham,
Billy Ryan, Ralph Simon and
Bob Eldon.
The Eagle Point FFA chapter
has completed its second year
as an organized chapter and
some of the Eagle Point mem
bers plan to apply for the state
farmer degree this year.
The newest FFA chapter in
Jackson county is the Phoenix
chapter which was started last
year. In two more years Phoenix
will be able to submit state farm
er applicants.
Highest Degree
The highest degree in the Fu
ture Farmers is the "American
Farmer" degree. Only two boys
in Oregon may be awarded this
degree in any one year. Clifford
Bigham of the Crater chapter,
plans to apply for the Ameri
can farmer degree next spring.
Clifford now has a full farming
program in progress.
Various livestock judging con
tests also are held throughout
the state for FFA members. The
Eagle Point chapter placed
second in dairy judging at the
State Fair last fall. All three
Jackson county chapters entered
teams at the Pacific Internation
al Livestock Exposition last
October. The local chapters have
teams in competition at the
Congressman Offers
Free Books on Grass
Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.)
i recently received from the sur
! plus storeroom an allotment of
I the 1948 Agriculture Book en
j titled "Grass," it was reported,
j This book contains many ar
, tides on how farmers, ranchers,
poultrymen, livestock raisers,
i dairymen, and the conservation
; ists can grow and use grasses
: and legumes. It also contains in
formation on grass for lawns,
parks, roadsides, and p 1 a y
grounds. The book is in four parts. City
people as well as farmers find
it useful and informative. The
i Government Printing Office sells
! the book at $2.00 per copy, but
I as long as the supply lasts, the
Congressman will send a copy
free to anyone requesting it.
Send your request to Congress
man Walter Norblad, 1128 House
Office Building, Washington 25,
D.C.
Dairy Farmer Wins
$84,000 on TV Show
I New York W Harold Craig,
' 26, a dairy farmer from Gran
i ville, N.Y., ran his winnings up
to S84.000 Monday night on the
j television quiz show "Twenty-
One."
Craig defeated New York at-
; torney George Munroe, 21-0, to
add $10,500 to his previous win-
nings. He tied John Bair, a Los
i Angeles industrial consultant,
21-21. They will play off the
i deadlock next Monday.
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C. -H. Elmore, Truman Elmore and Charles
Elmore, all of Applegate. Approximately 150
4-H hogs are expected to go on display at
this year's show.
county fair and State fair this
year.
Annual Awards
Awards are presented each
year to the chapter, state and
national level to individual mem
bers for achievements in such
supervised farming activities as
dairy farming, farm mechanics,
farm safety and soil an". water
management.
Each year chapters may enter
contestants in the district better
farming contest. Clifford Big
ham, Central Point, won the
Rogue -Umpqua district contest
this year for the second time.
The boys feel that an active
supervised farming program will
help them to reach their goal
which is the successful farmer of
tomorrow is the future farmer of
today.
W UTILITIES
Medford, Oegon.
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Crater FFA Chapter
Owns, Operates Its
Own 10-Acre Farm
The Crater Future Farmers of
America chapter is unique in
that it owns and operates its
own farm.
A tractor, - plow, disk and
mowing machine are owned by
the chapter for its 10-acre farm
as well as for individual mem
bers to use on their home farms.
Education activities in which
the chapter participates require
raising money from several
sources. Money raising activities
carried on by the Crater chapter
last year included a concession
stand at football games, tractor
custom work, Christmas sales,
soda pope sales from a chapter
owned machine and revenue
from the chapter farm.
Leadership Activities
Leadership activities of the
chapter consist of public speak
ing, parliamentary procedure
and district and state leadership
meetings.
Bob Eldon and Clifford Big
ham attended the national FFA
convention at Kansas City last
October. An annual parent and
son banquet is sponsored by the
chapter each April.
The chapter has received a
master chapter rating for the
last two years. This rating is
awarded by the state FFA as
sociation for activities carried
on by the chapter.
Executive Committee
The organization is governed
by an executive committee of
seven student officers. This
year's officers are president,
David Mack; vice president, Lyle
Bigham; secretary, Bob Lichti
treasurers, George Gilman and
Bill White; reporter, Carl Van
derpool, and sentinel, Allen
Barnes. Agriculture instructors
Ed Griggs and Bill McFarlane
serve as advisors.
The FFA chapter at Crater
High school was organized by
Leonard Kunzman six years ago
Kunzman is now in adult agri
culture education work with the
state office in Salem. -
The first covered wagon to
leave Massachusetts for the
Northwest Territorry started
from Hamilton in December,
1787.
brings you
carefree
homemaking
SEE OUR DISPLAY AT
1ST ANNUAL KIWANIS
Town & Country
HOLIDAY!
Thursday thru Sunday
August 22-23-24-25
at the
Medford Armory
COMPANY
Phone SP 2-5284
FFA Shop Exhibits
Among New Features
A new feature at this year's
4-H and FFA Jackson county
fair will be the FFA farm shop
exhibits from all three FFA
chapters Crater, Eagle Point
and Phoenix.
Previously, Crater had the
only shop facilities in which
such an exhibit could be pre
pared, it was explained.
These exhibits consist of new
farm equipment built by the
boys under the supervision of
their advisors at the respective
school shops during the past
school year.
The repairing and construc
tion of farm equipment is one of
the many phases of instruction
which the boys receive during
their academic school year.
Various gifts, gift certificates
and a felt banner are being pre
sented for shop division winners
by Medford and Phoenix busi
ness houses.
These include stock trailer,
$10 gift certificate from Indus
trial Air; implement trailer, $10
gift certificate from Moore Steel
company; utility trailer, $10 gift
certificate from Hubbard Broth
ers; large metal construction,
$10 gift certificate from Moore
Steel; large wooden construe
ion, $10 gift certificate from
Nortons Lumber company; me
dium and small metal construc
tion, $5 gift certificate from In
PRODUCER'S LEAGUE
Urges YOU To Attend The
4-H
For -
The Milk Producers' League of Jackson County once again is proud to sponsor
the annual fall fair . . . the setting in which our 4-H Clubs and F.F.A. stage a
shov with the products of their year's efforts. These boys and girls deserve
and need all the encouragement and support they can get ... for there are
no greater methods by which personal effort and good citizenship can be
instilled than through the avenues of self expression and accomplishment.
Attend AI5 Five
dustrial Air; medium and small
wood construction, $5 gift cer
tificate from Hubbard Brothers.
Used Toward Purchases
The gift certificates may be
used by the winners toward pur
chase of material and equip
ment to develop their home farm
shop programs.
An additional award a large
felt banner will be presented
by Moore Steel to the chapter
with the best chapter shop ex
hibit. A soldering iron will be pre
sented to the FFA boy who has
the outstanding shop exhibit
from American Steel and Sup
ply of Medford.
Farmer Has Too Much
Water During Drought
Plainville, Conn. IIP While
most of the state withered in a
three - month drought, farmer
Frank Hartford complained of
too much water. He reported
that beavers dammed a brook,
converting a pasture into a
swamp.
He said, 'Every day I pull the
dam apart and every night the
beavers rebuild it. I need help!
The - first summer school in
the United States was held at
Mount Union College in Alli
ance, Ohio, in 1870.
The Jackson County
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AUGUST 2Q-2T-22-23-24
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Jackson County
Morning - Afternoon - Evening
Pigeon Races Set
At State Fair
Salem A daily race for
homer pigeons entered at the
Oregon State Fair will be one
of the features at the poultry,
rebbit and pigeon show, Super
intendent Ken Jennings has an
nounced. Homer phjeon fanciers from
Medford, Corvallis, Engene,
Forest Grove, Portland and Ore
gon City are cooperating. Each
afternoon, pigeons will be re
leased and their home arrival
timed. Announcement of the
winners will be made daily.
This is a new feature at the
fair and it is expected to at
tract considerable interest from
both pigeon owners and the
public. The pigeons will be re
leased outside the poultry build
ing. This year there will be a split
show in the poultry department
with poultry being shown the
first four days and pigeons and
rr.bbits the last four days. Poult
ry entries close Aug. 19 and
birds must be in the show room
not later than Thursday, Aug.
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Another new feature of the
1957 fair is greater emphasis
on game birds. A number of
classes have been added to this
division and this is the first
time in the west there has been
game bird competition at a
state fair.
Don't Miss the
MEDFORD KIWANIS
CLUB TOWN &
COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Aug. 22-23-24-25
Medford Armory
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