HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-02-01, Page 12PAGE 12--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1979
Glen McNeil, Rid–
Goderich, was elected
president of the Huron
County 4-H Club Leaders'
Association at the annual
meeting,4 ,in- Clinton on
Wednesday. He succeeds
Albert Van Dyken, RR1
Exeter, the past
president of the
association.
The other members of
the '1979 executive are
Barry Miller, RR3
Exeter, the first vice-
president; Beth Cooper,
RR3 Kippen, the second
vice-president and
Maurice Hallahan, RR1
Belgrave, again elected
secretary -treasurer. Mr.
Hallahan has served In
this position for the 27
years the association has
been in existence.
The 1979 directors for
the leaders' association
are Brian Oldfield, RR4
Seaforth, 4-H calf club;
John Clark, RR5
Goderich, Sodbusters
club; Robyn Theedom,
Clinton, 4-H horse club;
Ray Hanna, RR2 Auburn,
4-11 rabbit club; Ross
Eedy, RR1 Dungannon, 4-
H calf club; Mike Rogers,
RR5 Goderich, 4-H sheep
club; Don Dodds, RR1
• 'Seaforth, 4-H swine club;
Neil Vincent of Belgrave,
4-1-I beef calf club; and
Sam Bradshg y,: Clinton,
4-H tractor club.
Len MacGregor, ex-
tension assistant with the
Clinton OMAF office, told
the club leaders that 400
young people are now
taking part in
agricultural clubs in
Huron County. The 33
clubs include calf, swine,
sheep and horse clubs,
plowmen's or sodbusters
groups and a gun safety
club.
In 1978, the average age
of club members was 14.5
years old and most
members spent 3.2 years
involved with 4-H work.
Mr. MacGregor also
reported that 87 percent
of the members com-
pleted a total of 572
projects in 1978.
The 400 club members
included 131 girls and 269
boys across the county.
Following the noon
banquet, Simon,
Hallahan, RR3 Blyth who '
has been a 4-H leader for
38 years, announced he
was retiring due to his
duties on county council.
Mr. Hallahan said the
first club he led was a
swine club in Blyth and
he joked that an elderly
member of the com-
munity criticized him for
unloading the young pigs
behind Blyth's Com-
mercial Hotel.
In his remarks to club
leaders, Don Pullen,
Huron County ag. rep.,
praised Mr. Hallahan's
contribution to 4-H work
and said, "You're going
to have to go for that 40th
year (as a club leader)."
PARLIAMENT
DINNER
Tony McQuail, a
director of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture, invited club
leaders to attend the
federation's annual
members of parliament
dinner to be held in
Clinton on February 10.
Mr. McQuail 'said the
dinner is a chance for the
club leaders' association
to present v briefs or
recommendations to the
local members of
parliament..,
The leaders appointed
Glen McNeil and Maurice
Hallahan to attend the
dinner . as their
representatives.
" Pr o f it ab l e Pork Agricultural Engineer,
Production for 1979" will will round out the af-
be the ,theme of a swine ternoon program. Panel
symposium to be held at members will include
the Howick .Corr nunity .Cliff. Dickle Hyde !Park
Centre on Highway No. 87 Farm Supply; Don
between Gorrie and Henry, Bluevale; Ken
Fordwich on February Keates, Bright; Neil
5.
Advance registration
before February 12 is a
MUST in order to be
assured of a pork dinner
at noon. Registration
may be arranged at a
cost of $5 per person via
the Huron County Pork
Producer Directors or the
Agricultural Office,
Clinton.
The program com-
mences with registration
at 9:30 a.m.
Timely presentations
will include: "Premixes,
Supplements or Complete
Feeds Today Ralston
Purina representative;
"Financing a Swine
Operation for the Young
Farmer and the
Established. Pork
Producer", Brian Little,
Royal . Bank, .Kitchener;
"Farrow to Finish
Operation - Would I dolt
Again?", Ian McAllister,
Zurich; and "Reflections
- Would I Repeat our
Course of Action - Under
Today's Prices and
Conditions?", Charlie
Thomas, 1#russels.
Guest speaker at the
noon pork dinner will be
Jack • Riddell, MPP
Huron -Middlesex.
Remarks will feature
"Consumers and
Producers in a Complex,
Changing Economy".
A panel discussion
about "Current F, ds and
Myths in Pork Produc-
tion", chaired by Ron
Fleming, Huron County
Hemingway, Brussels;
and Richard Smelski,
Swine Specialist,
O.M.A.F., Stratford.
Panel will examine
trial and error on the
farm! Will it . Work?
Negative and Positive
results Along the Road to
Seeking the Recipe for
Successful Pork
Production; and the Joys
of Innovation.
Individual questions
and discussion will be
enc-o-uraged. Pork
production information
leaflets will be available
to all participants.
Couples are encouraged
to attend,
The club leaders
decided to continue to put
on their annual show at
the Bluewater Centre for
the Developmentally
Handicapped.
Bob Hearn, one of the
leaders, said he felt 4-H
members gained even
more from the ex-
perience than the centre,
residents. Glen McNeil
said the day's program at
the centre offered the 4-H
members a,n excellent
opportunity to exhibit
their produce and
displays before com-
peting at the fairs and
Achievement Days.
A committee of club
directors will be
established to plan the
activities.
The farmstead and
home improvement
committee of. . the
International Plowing
Match donated $150 left
from their campaign to
the 4-H fund. This money
will be used to fund prizes
in the 4-H gate sign
competition across the
county.
BRUCELLOSIS
Leaders also discussed
the brucellosis testing
regulations for animals
being shown at the fall
fairs,
In the past, members
have been encouraged to
vaccinate their calves or
to present certificates
showing the animals have
been tested for
brucellosis before they
are allowed to show the
animals.
Glen McNeil- said the
leaders association
should encourage 4-H
members to test all their
calves before going to
shows.
Calves are usually
vaccinated for
brucellosis between three
and four months of age.
Len MacGregor
reported there was a
large amount of lumber
left over from the 4-H
display at last fall's
International Plowing
Match. The leaders
appointed acommittee
made up of Albert Van
Dyken, Ray Hanna, 'Bob
Hern, Ray Rasenburg
and youth members, who
will be appointed later, to
investigate the possibility
of building a permanent
display to be used on
floats and for fairs and
Achievement Days.
UNIFORM TESTING
Ron Shelley, leader of
the Howick Swine Club,'
reported the Howick and
Brussels groups would
like to comeup with a
uniform course of study
and exams. In the past,
the two clubs have
studied different
material.
Len MacGregor
reported there will be an
exchange with 4-H'ers in
MacOupin County of
southwestern Illinois
over the next two years.
. The Illinois members will
visit Huron County next
summer and the local 4-11
members will travel to
Illinois in 1980.
MacGregor has also
contacted 4-H leaders in
Blackford County,
Indiana about setting up
a two-way exchange
program for next sum-
mer.
Leaders also voted to
buy Canadian made 4-H
T-shirts frdm a Stratford
businessman. The shirts
will be ordered in .white
with the 4-H crest for
show attire and in green,
for casual wear. A
committee was iso
asked to investig
purchasing sweat shirts
and jackets for the 4-1-1
leaders.
--Leaders plan to ap-
proach the Bluewater
Regional Newspaper
Network about having a
trophy donated to be
awarded annually to the
4-H member who writes
the best press releases
about club activities. A
press release competition
among members will be
held this year.
Showmanship clinics
will be held in the coming
year for dairy and beef
calf club members and in .
,showing horses. The
leaders will be bringing
in professionals to. direct
the clinics.
Also, leaders ten-
tatively set the date for
the 4-H Awards Night for
1979 to be held either
November 2 or Nov. 16. In
the past, the night has
conflicted with the
commencement exer-
cises
for Wingham
District High School.
This year, the leaders
hope to avoid having the
awards night on the same
date as graduation. °
news farm news
Fred Dutot, R. 2, Clinton, right, took first place in
the 10,000 stock and 12,000 stock classes at the
Western Ontario Tractor Pullers' Association
award dinner on Saturday night in the Lucknow
District Community Centre. He is shown with the
winners from the 10.000 stock class, from the left,
Lenard Kerr, R. 3 Auburn, sixth; Deanna Reavie,
Lucknow, who received the fourth place trophy for
her husband, Stu; Doug Whalls, R. 3, Sheddon,
second, who also received the third place trophy for
his father, Wayne. Absent was Ken Ellis who placed
fifth. (Photo by Sharon Dietz)
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