AREA LIVESTOCK JUDGING CLINIC
The Area Livestock Judging Clinic will be held on Monday, June 4 at the fair grounds in Orleans. Ribbons will be awarded and trophies will be presented to the top junior and top senior overall judge. There will be individual placings only – no team awards. A tentative schedule is:
9:00 - 9:25 Registration
9:30 a.m. Type Demonstration by Matt Ellicott
Judging
Break for Lunch
Oral Reasons (Senior Division)
Mini Clinic (Junior Division)
Award Presentations
HARLAN COUNTY 4-H SPEECH CONTEST
On March 26 nine 4-H’ers entered the Harlan County Speech Contest. Congratulations to each of them for doing such a great job! They truly are making the best better!
MAY 1st IS A VERY IMPORTANT DATE:
All 4-H enrollment forms are due on May 1. Please have your enrollment sheet in by this date. It is very important that we know who is going to be in what project so we can plan for this year’s fair and pre-fair events.
FAIR BOOK CHANGES:
1. There will no longer be a “Discover You, Discover Me” Division
2. There is a new category in Posters -- Exploring Careers with 4-H, which replaces Discover 4-H, Discover You.
3. The Computer Mysteries project will have all new classes.
NEW AND EXCITING CAMPS OFFERED
Be a part of the new and exciting 4-H Camp program for 2007. The State 4-H Camp brochure that lists all the 4-H camps that are being offered in 2007 can be viewed on line at 4h@unl.edu. County Camp will be held June 5-7 at the South Central 4-H Camp near Alma. Check out the county camp flyer in this news letter. You won’t want to miss this camp, if county camp conflicts with your ball games, contact the office. We will try to work it out. The Farm Bureau Women are offering a $20.00 scholarship per Harlan County 4-H’er to any of the 4-H camps.
CHILD CARE PROVIDER IN-SERVICE
A three-hour child care provider in-service “Your #1 Priority: Keeping Children Healthy and Safe” will be held on May 14 at the Courthouse meeting room in Alma. The evening will begin with a supper at 6:00, and topics on safety and good health will follow. Please call the Extension office for reservations.
PHOTOGRAPHY THEMES FOR 2007
Four-H photography themes are: Unit II –“What I want to be when I grow up” and Unit III – “To Infinity and Beyond” or “It’s not your Grandfather’s Ag”
VOLUNTEER PROFILES
It is confirmed that all 4-H leaders in the West Central District, which includes Harlan County, need to complete Volunteer Profiles. Please be watching your mail for more information and the required forms.
LIVESTOCK CHANGES, REMINDERS AND NOTES FOR 2007 . . . . .
LAMB TAGGING
The state policy "says" that you may tag the lambs yourself before our tagging day, BUT the lambs must be seen by Lynette or Tony - WITH THE TAGS IN THEIR EARS- by June 15.
AGAIN FOR 2007
The weight range for market swine and market sheep will stay the same for the 2007 Harlan County Junior Fair:
Market pigs - weight range of 230-290 pounds.
Market lambs - Minimum weight of 110 pounds.
Please note that lambs and pigs weighing less than their species’ minimum weight will be allowed to be exhibited, and to collect the sale premium. However, these animals must go back home after the fair. (They will not actually sell.) Pigs weighing under 230 pounds or over 290 pounds will not be considered for any championships in the market swine show.
SWINE EAR TAGS
All pigs exhibited at the county fair
will be ear tagged. Tags are available at the Extension office. NOTE: Any and all pigs that might be exhibited at the Nebraska State Fair or the AK-SAR-BEN Livestock Exposition, need to be ear NOTCHED, and identified correctly and completely (marked notches AND ear notched numbers reported on the I.D. sheets).
2007 LIVESTOCK JUDGES FOR COUNTY FAIR
Horse – Bruce Treffer, Cozad
Small Animals – Sue Nielsen, Minden
Sheep – Tyler Bobinmyer, Culbertson
Beef – Matt Ellicott, Gem, KS
Swine - Jason Hirschfeld, York
QUALITY ASSURANCE TRAINING:
Remember that all members taking livestock projects must have Animal Quality Assurance verification. A county-wide training will be held on May 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the courthouse meeting room. Testing for those 4-H’ers 12 years and older can either be done by appointment or on May 22.
DISTRICT & STATE HORSE SHOW
Level II certification is required for district 4-H Horse events. Events held only at the state 4-H Horse Show, such as Trail Class, require Level III certification. Four-H’ers who need to pass Level II for districts (or Level III and IV for certain state events), must pass these tests before May 8.
AK-SAR-BEN HORSE SHOW
There will be no qualifying required to enter the AK-SAR-BEN Horse Show in 2007. More information can be found at http://www.aksarben.org/4-H/index.htm or you can call the office at 928-2119.
COUNTY LIVESTOCK QUIZ BOWL
The county quiz bowl contest will be held at the Ag Center on May 30. Leaders, please pre-register your teams by May 22!
PREMIER ANIMAL SCIENCE EVENTS
PASE will be held June 24-26. Competition will include the State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, 4-H Livestock
Quiz Bowl and other contests.
THIRD GRADE POSTER CONTEST:
The Homemaker Clubs sponsored a poster contest for the third graders in Alma, Orleans and Oxford. Forty-three students entered posters in this contest.
MAY EXHIBIT THIRD MARKET
Four-H’ers are reminded that the Harlan
County Fair Board is now allowing three market beef to be exhibited at the county fair. However, the limit remains at two market beef that may be sold in the sale.
UPCOMING EVENTS
(For more information about any of the events listed below, please contact the Extension office at 928-2119.)
April 21 – 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, South of Broken Bow
April 27- Arbor Day Holiday - Courthouse Closed
April 28 – 4-H Regional Speech Contest, West Central Region
April 28 – Webster Co. Beef Progress Show, Bladen
May 1 – 4-H Enrollment Deadline, Enrollment forms are due.
May 4, 5, & 6 – Quilters Spring Fling, Curtis, Pre-register by April 23
May 6 – Saline County Beef Classic, Crete
May 8 – All Horse I.D. sheets are due
May 8 – All Dist & State Horse Show entries are due
May 14 - Child Care Provider In-service, Courthouse, Alma, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
May 22 – Animal Quality Assurance Training, Courthouse, Alma, 7:00 p.m.
May 30 – Quiz Bowl, Ag Center, 7:00 p.m.
May 30 – 4-H Horse Judging Contest, Ericson
June 4 – Area Livestock Judging Clinic, Orleans
June 5 – 7 County 4-H Camp, South Central 4-H Camp
June 7 – District Animal Science Youth Field Days, North Platte, 9:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Sincerely,
Tony Anderson
Extension Educator
Lynette Brown
Extension Assistant
