Poultry Banding and Blood Testing

Attention Clinton County Poultry Kids: 

Don't forget to get your poultry blood tested and banded either today or tomorrow at the fairgrounds.  The Bechdel's are there and ready to get you registered.

Public Speaking Contest Results

Congratulations Public Speaking Winners!

1st Place Senior Speech- Madison Weaver
1st Place Senior Presentation- Destiny Stover
1st Place Junior Presentation- Olivia Benna
2nd Place Junior Presentation- Morgan Kerstetter
3rd Place Junior Presentation- Kayla Kimble

Beef Clinic

A beef clinic will be held at Wade Vonada’s house on July 7, 2012 at 2pm.  Anyone interested in going should rsvp to Wade at 263-0094 so he has enough food.

Public Speaking Contest Reminder

The Clinton County 4-H Public Speaking Contest will be held next Thursday, June 28th at 6pm in the Learning Center.  This is a great opportunity for all 4-H members and I would encourage you all to attend in support.  Those who are speaking should either email me or call the extension office to let us know whether you are giving a speech or presentation, the title and your age no later than 5pm on Monday, June 25^th.  Everyone planning to attend should register on e-data.  An ice cream social will follow the contest!  You can visit http://extension.psu.edu/clinton/programs/4-h/members/2012-public-speaking-contest/view for complete details. 

Clinton County 4-H Members Practice Quality Animal Management

            Good production practices are essential in any Agricultural endeavor.  Farmers across the nation depend on producing quality animals and crops in order to have a successful farm and business.  This is also the philosophy Penn State Cooperative Extension instills in Pennsylvania 4-H members with Animal Science projects.  

            All 4-H members with any type of Animal Science project are required to take a Quality Animal Management class.  The class focuses on a set of Good Production Practices that has been selected by Penn State Extension Staff.  Each year, the program will focus on three of these Good Production Practices so that nine practices will be addressed by the end of a three year period.  As a result, 4-H members gain life skills that will enable them to produce quality food and companions for consumers.

            This year, members are learning very important skills for ensuring safe quality products.  They are learning the importance of animal identification, tracking, record keeping, and how to properly label and store animal health products and medicated feed.  Above all, members are learning that the welfare of their animals and their consumers should always take first priority. 

            This spring, trained 4-H volunteers have been teaching 4-H members about quality animal management.  By the end of June, all 4-H members exhibiting animals at the 4-H Round Up at the Clinton County Fair will be trained in this area.  When you see all the 4-H livestock and horse projects at the Clinton County Fair, you can rest assured that they have been raised using good production practices.  You can also feel confident that these animals should yield the best products a consumer could ask for! 

Final Opportunities for Quality Animal Management

I apologize for the short notice, but below are two Quality Animal Management Trainings being held in Lycoming County.  If you have not yet attended a training and are doing any type of Animal Science project, you may want to try to make it to one of these.  The deadline for completion of these trainings is June 30, 2012.  Those who do not complete them will not be permitted to exhibit at Round Up

Horse- TONIGHT- June 13^th at 5:30- Williamsport Riding Club

Livestock- Monday, June 18^th- Lycoming County Extension Office- Contact them for a time.

100 Healthy Tips

In honor of the PA 4-H Centennial, check out 100 ways you can be more healthy on this 100 Healthy Tips sheet found at http://extension.psu.edu/clinton/programs/4-h/members/100-healthy-tips/view.

June 2012 Newsletter

The June 2012 4-H Clover Patch Newsletter is now available at http://extension.psu.edu/clinton/programs/4-h/members/newsletters/june-2012/view.

2012 Keystone Competitive Trail Ride

Attention Horse Members and Leaders: The 2012 Keystone Ride Competitive Trail Ride infomation is available for viewing at http://extension.psu.edu/clinton/programs/4-h/members/horses