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Chowan Clubs Help Observe National 4-H Club Week
How My Demonstration Has
Helped My Project
| By JOHNNY WINBORNE
By giving a demonstration on
wildlife, my project has become
more interesting because while
I am trying to interest other
■people in my project I obtain a
'better understanding of my pro
ject.
In giving my demonstration on
Farm Pond Management, I learn
the many different ways of do
ing the things necessary to man
age the pond properly. Some of
these are:
A. Digging the pond: There
are many kinds of ponds which
can be dug. The kind of pond
used chiefly in Eastern North
Carolina is dug by a dragline.
In other parts of the state many
people who want a pond con
struct a dam and let water col
lect behind it. These ponds us
ually cover eight or more acres.
B. Stocking the pond: It is
recommended that the farm pond
be stocked with bass and blue
gill, although other kinds of fish
may be used.
C. Fertilizing the pond: After
you have dug the pond, and
stocked it with bass or blue
gill it becomes necessary to fer
tilize the pond. The pond needs
fertilizer just as a field crop
needs it. The fish don’t eat the
fertilizer. The fertilizer causes
What 4-H Club Work Has Meant
To Us As Adult Leaders
By MR. AND MRS. CARLTON PERRY
Our 4-H story began a good
while before we became Adult
Leaders. It began 13 years ago
when Carlton joined the Ad
vance Community 4-H Club. He
was shv and reserved, but the
4-H IDEA OF LEARNING BY
DOING gave him self-confidence,
and today he is the president of
the Adult Leaders of Chowan
County. This is a living exam
ple of what 4-H can do.
When we married, we both
became 4-H leaders in the Ad-'
vance Community. As we com
plete our first three years, we
not only feel we are helping,
but that we have been helped.
Every demonstration, report, and
4-H activity teaches us some
thing new and interesting. We,
too, are still “learning by do
ing.”
Advance Community 4-H Club
has contributed many fine citi
zens to the world. There have
been five boys and two girls
who have completed their 4-H
CONGRATULATIONS to MEMBERS
OF CHOWAN COUNTY 4-H CLUBS
I \ for their '
Outstanding Work In
Their Communities
WE ARE PROUD OF EACH 4-H CLUB MEM
BER ...AND PROUD OF YOUR PARENTS
WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED YOUR 4-H WORK.
“Live - Learn - Serve Through 4-H”
Hobbs Implement Co., Inc.
GUY C. HOBBS, Mgr. “Your John Deere Dealer” EDENTON, N. C
micoscopic plants to grow and
they are the color you see on
the pond. Insect larvae and oth
er water plants feed on the mic
roscopic plants. These insect
larvae are what the bluegills
feed upon. The bass in turn eat
the young bluegill. You might
say it is a round-about way to
feed fish but it has been proveq
to be the best. A mineral fer
tilizer is best for your pond
Organic fertilizers such as cot
tonseed meal, blood meal, ma
nure and leaves encourage pond
scum. The Soil Conservation
Service recommends 8-8-4. You
may use 8-8-2, 10-5-5, or 12-12-4.
To fertilize my pond, I used
6-6-12. It is important that the
fertilizer contains as much ni
trogen as phosphorous. An av
erage pond requires from 800 to
1200 pounds of fertilizer each
year.
By listening to other demon
strations, I have learned about
other aspects of wildlife. At
different contests I learned about
bird houses, quail, trapping,
planting food patches for wild
life, snakes and many other
wildlife projects.
When you give a demonstra
tion you meet many interesting
people and experts on your
phase of wildlife.
work since we have been Adult
Leaders, and we are gaining new
members all the time. We are
going to help them all we can
with their projects and record
books, and try to teach them
the 4-H way of becoming bet
ter citizen.
The projects chosen each year
by our 4-H members show their
interest in their community.
They have chopped wood for the
community building, hauled and
leveled dirt for the yard and
are now planning to paint mail
boxes. Each one is a wonder
ful and interesting individual,
and we love every one of them!
We have two small children,
i ages 2 and 3, and we like to
think of them as “miniature
j 4-H'ers.“ We hope that in a
! few years they will become ac
tive in the 4-H Club. In our
opinion, no club offers more
than the spiritual, mental and
physical growth that you can re
ceive in 4-H.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 8, 1961.
My Trip To The National
4-H Gub Congress
By LEON EVANS
On November 26, there was a
certain plane at the Raleigh-,
Durham Airport awaiting 36
4-H’ers who were winners of
the State in each project in 4-H.
I happened to be one of these
fortunate 4-H’ers. I was state
winner in the forestry project.
About 8 o’clock the plane left
for Chicago for the National
4-H Club Congress. We had an
eight course dinner served on
the plane just before we arrived
in Chicago. As we left the
plane, we saw one of the largest
airports in the world. A bus
carried us to the Conrad Hilton
Hotel. Here, we checked in and
were shown to our rooms. The
rooms were very nice. They
had radios and televisions.
There was only one meeting
held on Saturday. It was main
ly a “get-acuainted” party at the
Palmer House Hotel sponsored
by Westinghouse Electric Cor
poration. On Sunday- we had a
very inspiring church service at
the Central Church of Chicago.
On Sunday night a minister de
livered the message at the Chi
cago Sunday Evening Club.
On Monday, the delegates
took an all-day tour of Chicago.;
We visited the large Internation-'
al Harvester plant, Oak Park
High School, Museum of Sci
ence and Industry and many
other places.
We were entertained by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra an
Monday night. Tuesday began
by having a tasty breakfast ser
ved by the Sears Roebuck Foun
dation. We then went to the
Studebaker Theatre for the Na
tional 4-H Dress Revue. The
boys attended a special lunch
eon for the bovs and the girls
went to the hotel. After lunch.
Chowan 4-H Corn Contest
By RICHARD WHITE
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Each year the Lions Club
sponsors a 4-H Club corn ban
quet and gives prizes for the top
yields in three different groups.
The boys select a plot of
ground to plant. We give this
land special attention to get the
largest yield possible. Some of
the boys planted six to eight
inches apart and fertilize two or
three times.
In the fall the Assistant Coun
ty Agent or County Agent
check our yields. After we turn
in our record books, the agents
grade them and determine the
the boys went to the Museum
of Natural History. After tour-,
ing the museum, the boys had
to walk back to 'the hotel in
the snow.
A Friendship Party was given
by Coates and Clark, Incorporat- j
ed, on Tuesday night. On Wed-i
nesday morning, I didn’t have:
any meetings to attend, so a 1
friend and I went to see the
Chicago Bears practice football.
We were invited by one of the
players, Bill George. We return
ed to the hotel for lunch given
by the Ford Foundation. We
then went to the International
Amphitheater to see a rodeo
and horse show. We had a box
supper. We saw the many head
of livestock exhibited at the
show. We were in a great pa-1
rade before we left the amphi-1
theatre.
On Thursday morning, I at-!
tended a breakfast for the for-’
estry delegates. We were guests
of the American Forestry Pro
ducts Industry. The General
Motors Corporation served us a j
great meal for lunch on Thurs-(
day. They gave each delegate, 1
a model of one of their products.
We attended the Annual 4-H
Banquet on Thursday night at
the Grand Ballroom. The. top
boy and girl in the National
achievement was named at this 1
banquet. A farewell party was
given after the banquet until
twelve o’clock. Then the states
gave their own farewell parties
after then. I attended several
of them. I caught up on part
of my sleep on the plane on the
way home Friday morning, but
I missed my breakfast. Nation
lal 4-H Club Congress is truly
the most inspiring event I have
i ever attended.
winner. The winner does not
always have the largest yield.
It is determined by the quality
of the record book and the yield.
The boys are divided into three
groups according to age. The
winner in each group receives
five dollars.
TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED
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We are proud of you ... and the
fine work you are doing in Cho
wan County.
A 4-H BOOSTER
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My 4-H Peanut Project
By LEWIS EVANS
In 1956, I had my first pea
nut project. Since then I have j
had one acre of peanuts each
year. I have learned many im
portant and interesting things
about peanuts through my pea
nut project. Sometimes, like
when it came to chopping my
peanuts, it didn’t seem a good
project
I soon learned that chopping
my peanuts and keeping the
grass and weeds out was one
step in helping my peanuts have
a better chance of making a
higher yield and a better suali
ty product. In 1956 I grew 2,-
365 pounds of peanuts—a feat
which I was very proud of even
though I didn’t get an honor
able mention.
In my 1957 peanut project I
grew 2,943 pounds of peanuts on
my acre. I was placed second
in the contest with a total of
94 points out of 100 possible
points. I was presented a check
for five dollars. In my 1958
project I grew 2,520 pounds of
peanuts on my acre; this was a
little low. In my 1959 project
I grew 2,770 pounds and came
in second place and received a
five dollar check.
In my 1960 project I grew 2,-
440 pounds of peanuts but my
record book brought me up to
first place county winner. I got
a gold trophy of which I am
very proud.
Giving does not impoverish us
in the service of our Maker,
neither does withholding enrich
us. —Mary Baker Eddy. |
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This Is National 4-H Week
We are proud of you •.. and proud of
your parents who have encouraged
your 4-H Club work.
TO ALL “4-H FAMILIES” IN THE
ALBEMARLE COMMUNITIES...
OUR SINCERE
' CONGRATULATIONS
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My Experience With The 4-H
Swine Project 1
By LESTER R. COPELAND 1
I have been a 4-H member 1
for three years. During this |
time, I have learned many things
■through 4-H work. The first
year I was a member of the 4-H
Club I chose raising a pig for
my project. My dad gave me
a pig from his purebred Po
land China stock. I tried to
take good care of the pig and
follow the advice given by the
4-H County Agent.
When the pig was grown she
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found eight baby pigs. I fixed
a pasture for them and they
grew to be healthy hogs. I en
tered two of them in the Coun
ty Fat Stock Show. I was very
surprised to win the Grand
Champion and Reserve Grand
Champion. This was the first
show I had been in and I was
very glad to show my pigs. I
think it is a real privilege to be
in the 4-H Club. I enjoy taking
care of my hogs.
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