HomeMy WebLinkAboutFarming '88, 1988-03-30, Page 57FARMING ’88, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988. PAGE 31.
4-H offers many
other activities
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ment programs. Demonstration
nights, conferences, camps, judg
ing and quiz competitions, ex
change trips and regional livestock
shows are other 4-H events that
will fill your calendar. You could
also get to travel to some of the
following events:
•4-H Regional Conferences:
Each summer, 15-year-old 4-H’ers
have the chance to attend these
conferences to see what life is like •
at college or university. Over three
days, 4-H’ers learn a lot about
getting along with others, com
municating, and developing their
own skills. Members meet other
4-H’ers from nearby areas.
•Class “A” Agricultural Fairs:
4-H clubs co-operate with some of
the Class “A” Fairs in the
province, such as the Royal
Agricultural Winter Fair in Toron
to, to put on educational programs.
•Reach for the Top: This compe
tition, similar to the TV shows,
provides an opportunity for teams
toform and members to test the
knowledge they have picked up in
various 4-H projects.
•Provincial 4-H Leadership
Camp: Many senior 4-H members
from all across Ontario gather for a
week twice a year to learn more
about leadership. The atmosphere
andgoodtimesatcamp are long
remembered by those who attend.
•Interprovincial 4-H Exchange
and Open House Canada: 4-H
members from across Canada visit
another province for two weeks to
become familiar with the customs,
lifestyles and 4-H programs in that
province.
•National 4-H Conference:
Eight 4-H’ers selected from each
province meet in Toronto for five
days in mid-November to discuss
current issues and events that
affect youth across Canada and
around the world.
•National 4-H Citizenship Semi
nar: Six 4-H’ers from each pro
vince focus on citizenship issues
for five days in Ottawa in April.
•National 4-H Careers Confer
ence: Two senior 4-H members
from each province meet with a
group of delegates from Manitoba
to explore career opportunities.
•International 4-H Opportuni
ties: (1) The Danforth Leadership
Training Camp in Michigan, spon
sored by Ralston Purina, is a
two-week program dealing with
such things as decision-making,
social awareness, values and
leadership styles. (2) The U.S.A.
National 4-H Conference in Wash
ington permits one senior 4-H
member from each province to join
with 250 U.S. 4-H delegates in
Washington, D.C. each April, to
promote international understand-
ing and to learn about the U.S.
system of government. (3) The
United Kingdom 4-H Exchange,
sponsored by Shell Oil, gives the
opportunity, every two years, for
an outstanding 4-H member from
Ontario to join four fellow-Cana-
dians in a five-week visit to the
United Kingdom.
•SCHOLARSHIPS: There are a
number of scholarships available
for 4-H’ers who go on to college or
university. More information on
these is available from your Rural
Organizational Specialist.
WHAT ARE THE REWARDS OF
4-H?
•Awards: You will receive a
personalized plaque after complet
ing your first project; for each
project completed later you will get
a “project plate” toaddtoyour
plaque.
Special recognition is given to
members who complete six, 12,18
and 24 projects in their 4-H career.
You will receivea4-Hpin, desk-top
pen set, alarm clock and a print by a
Canadian artist at each level
respectively. A special certificate
will be given to 4-H members
enrolled in the program at age 21.
The rewards of 4-H go far
beyond receiving a tangible award.
By “Learning to do by Doing,” 4-H
members become self-confident,
active individuals in their com
munity. 4-H members often also
find themselves in a good position
when looking for a job, and the
friends you make in 4-H can be
friends for life.
It’s up to you to get the most out
of the 4-H program.
For more information about 4-H
clubs in Huron County, call Jane
Mueggeor Nick Geleynse at the
Clinton OMAF office, at 482-3428
or 1-800-265-5170.
PALMER SEEDS
“ALL YOU REALLY NEED IN A SEED STORE”
KING BRAND SEEDS
Helena, Leger, Joly, Micmac barleys, mixed grains,
KG 60, Maple Arrow, Maple Donovan Soybeans.
Forages - Alfalfas, mixtures, clovers.
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Crop specific silage inoculants.
Frozen to you, liquid applied to insure viability.
I I flTi □ CORNFORAGESSOYBEAN5
Excellent yielding and standing corn hybrids.
KG 30 soybeans and forages.
CONTACT:
LEN & CHRIS PALMER
R.R.#5, WINGHAM 357-3385
4-H members in the Dairy Calf Project are among those with the highest profile in competition, as they don
their sparkling white show clothes to exhibit their weU-trained dairy calves at agricultural fairs all across
the county. An added bonus comes when the ribbons are presented by the county’s Dairy Princess, as they
were at the Clinton Spring Fair last year. Some farmers will “rent” a calf to a 4-H’er who can’t keep one of
his own.
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