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Monday, February 5, 1962 PAGE TWO 4-H Leadership Methods Changed 4-H leadership training pro cedures were changed in 1961.;' Instead of holding a State! Leader Training meeting, area meetings were conducted. These I area meetings were for the sub- j .iect matter lessons. County; livestock club leaders attended; the training meeting at Tecum- j .sell. Dairy club leaders the meet- ; ing in Lincoln and Tractor & j Electrification club leaders the j meeting in Fremont. GET MORE FROM EVERY ACRE with Northrup King's new grMB manure alfalfa mm mm MANB ALFALFA f- '-'..-. K'.fi - L1j it? r .4 vv:Mv&yM M At,-.. . r. ?A'.f OUTSTANDING FAK.MEK AWARD James Meyer of Avoca, rilit, accepts the token of his award. Outstanding Young Farmer of 19(il, pre sented by the Flaltsmouth Junior Chamber of Commerce. Clarence Schniadeke, Cass County Extension Agent, Weeping Water, made the pre sentation at the Jaycees annual awards banquet Jan. 25. Mrs. Meyer is a pleased observer and Bill Hawkins, Jaycee who was banquet emcee, looks on also. (Photo by M. J. Hill Studio). Special Non-Hardy Blend Two Crops in One Year Deep Roots Builds Soil Fertility Increases Yields OSCAR OLSON Crecnwood Phone 789-2543 LEWIS KOUTSKY Elmwood Phone 994-3881 Cherry Pie Contest In County Won by Miss Hendrix July 20 marked the end of a series of practice sessions for five cherry pie bakers in Cass County. On this date the 4-11 Cherry Pie contest 'vas held in the Weeping Water Hih School. Ine Busy Homemakers 4-II club led by Mrs. Henry Vinduska was well represented with three participants, Mary Kay Hendrix. Rheda Boardman and Marilyn Vinduska. Judv Stchlmar.n of the 4-H Helpers Club and Carolyn Finer of the Laughing Lassies 4-H Club were the other two con testants. Jui:e Hutchison, Home Econ omist from OPPD judged the contest. As the pies were judged and discussion followed, the girls revealed the fact that practice contributes to baking success but many other factors make no two pies exactly alike. Miss Hendrix of Plattsmouth was declared the champion pie baker and represented Cass Co. in the District contest held in Bradshaw on July 27. Traveling Plaque Awards To Top Judging Teams The Home Extension Council. Eugene Domingo is their club sponsor traveling plaques which : leader. i are presented to the top judg- Rheda Boardman and Mary ! ing team in foods, clothing and '. Kay Hendrix received the foods home living judging contests plaque and Mary Kay Hendrix ; which are held during the fair, j and Marilyn Vinduska were The plaques were presented at ! awarded the home living pla the annual 4-H Achievement j que. These three girls belong to Party. This year, Mrs. Roy En-j the Busy Homemakers 4-H club eelkemier. vice-chairman of the i of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Henry Vin- Home Extension Council made the presentation. Linda Rehmeicr and Janice Domingo were awarded the Clothing plaque. These girls are members of the Sewinettes 4-H Club in Weeping W?.ter. Mrs. Extension - 1961 Public Speaking Contest '4- was In A Hurry A young man came tearing dovn the ferry .dip, made a trt mer.doi's leap over the water and landed with a ?rash on the deck ot the beat. he got up, and ducted himself utf, one of the deck ham's sa ir.tert.l over ar.d said: "Yuu didn t have to rush buddy, "hij boat is coming in." duska leader. 4-H Stationery was presented by the Home Extension Council to the top judge in each of the beginning judging contests. Susan Gerdes received the sta tionery award in the home liv ing contest and Sheila Baker was the award winner in both food and clothing contests. s-ww P(K k v,rv.V' 'JL"U' """'J fmmmm,,s0m - BfliTo IFfflff mef i 4-H Leaders Training Session Brings Info To County Four Cass County 4-H leaders braved cold weather to attend the Leaders Conference in Lin coln Jan. 27-28. The theme of the conference was, "Your Commun ity is You". Dr. Otto Hoiberg, professor of Sociology at the Uni versity, led the conference dis cussions on the changes taking place in rural and urban com munities. Leaders attending included: Mrs. Leonard Stohlman, Manley; Mrs. Earl Puis, Manley; Ralph Wehrbein, and Mrs. Henry Vin duska, Piattsmouth. These leaders presented a panel discussion back in Cass County at the County leaders conference. H for a Bigger-Tomorrow." the title of the winning speech piven by Ruth Miller of Nehawka when she competed In the Co. Public Speaking Contest. held un May U. Seven contestants in senior division, all girls; were awarded the following ribbons; Ruth Miller - Purple, Velda Nickels -Purple, M a ri 1 y n Vinduska -Blue. Judith Stohlmann - Blue, Bonita Johnson - Blue. Sandra Turner - Red. Carolyn Finer -Red. The two participants in Jun ior divioion were Bill Spangler and Hazel Miller. Bill received a biue ribbon and Hazel was awarded a red ribbon. Truman Lytle, speech instruc tor at the Weeping Water High School was the County contest judge. The two purple ribbon win ners of the senior division con test, Ruth Miller and Velda Nic kels were awarded Club Week trips, by the Cass Co 4-H Coun cil. Ruth Miller represented Cass County at the District Public Speaking contest. This second level of competition was held in conjunction with the 4-H Jr. Leader Conference at Fairhury on May 27 Avoca 4-H'ers Get Sears Pigs May 19, the 8th link was add ed to the Cass County 4-H Sears Swine program - 8 boys in the Avoca community were present ed with a purebred weanling i area Leaders jeeogeiQzed Thirty-three of Cass Co. 4-H Club leaders were recognized for anniversary awards. Mrs. Clarence Norris received Two corn diseases had an ap- tor which caused the increase . the diamond clover leaf pin in preciable effect on corn yields 'of the disease. The diseases in Cass County in 1961. Leaf! thrives and spreads in periods blight which was found in some; of high humidity. Corn Diseases Take Heavy Toll fields in I960 was found wide spread in 1961. Hybrids most susceptible to the disease were affected very adversely. Other hybrids to a lesser degree. The average yields cf corn was reduced significant ly. Weather conditions is a fac- Crop Variety Recommendations Changed for '62 LINCOLN Changes in crop variety recommendations in Ne braska for 1962 were announced by the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture at Crop Improvement Days Jan. 29. J. C. Swinbank, Extension ag ronomist at the University, said that "the changes in recommen dations were made after re searchers at the five Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Sta tions met with other Ag College crop specialists to review crop varieties available to Nebraska farmers." Here is a summary of the prin cipal changes in crop variety recommendations : OATS Nehawka added to early listing for northeast dis trict. GRAIN SORGHUM SD 441 added to the north central and western areas and for late plant ing in the southwestern area; SD 451 added to the north central and western areas and for late planting in the southwestern Norghum, removed from Stalk rot Ls the other disease which has taken its toll. The disease which causes reduction in yield also causes stalk break age which made it difficult to harvest the corn that was pro duced. The early snow in Nov ember which slowed coin harvest caused a large net loss of corn which was left in the field. yorkshire gilt. The gilt will the foundation for a 4-H Swine project. Robert Crownover, of Avoca is the leader of the Pine Ridge club in which the 8 boys are en rolled. Members receiving the pigs are Larry Bond, Ralph Wiles, Larry Ludwig, Leon, Mic hael and Lynn Bose and Danny and Randall Crownover. Mike and Larry Baier are also enroll ed in the Pine Ridge club with swine projects. This 4-H Swine program was started in 1954. Co-sponsored by the Sears Foundation and the Extension Service. During the 8 years of the pro gram 60 boys and girls have been assisted in getting a start in the "hog business." When You Think Of... VETERINARY HEEDS & SUPPLIES ANIMAL REMEDIES ANTIBIOTICS POULTRY REMEDIES The Place To Go . . . For Brands You Know Guod Suggestion Salesman I've been trying for a week to see you. When may I have an appointment? Manager Make a date with 1 my secretary. Salesman Oh, I did, sir and we had a wonderful time but I still want to see you. Businessman A patient v as to .1 by his doc tor that an intricate and costly operation was mandatory. "You needn't worry about the cost," soothed the doctor. "Just pay me $200 down and $50 a month for the next three years." "Sounds like buying a car," commented the patient. "You're right," the doctor as sured him. "I am." be! entire state; RS 590, removed from entire state; RS 661, re moved from entire state; Reli ance, removed from southwest ern area. SAFFLOWER Gila and U.S. 10 in western area. CORN Iowa 4542, added for j the northwestern half of the i state under dryland conditions ; and in the Panhandle under irri gation; Nebraska 507, added for the southwestern two-thirds of the State. Swinbank pointed out that "good yields of millet in 1961 are expected to stimulate further in terest in the crop this year. Growers have long expressed the need for sources of good seed. Certified seed of Turghai, one of the better proso types, is now available from the University of Nebraska Foundation Seed Divi sion. "Certified seed of the forage variety, German R, was pro duced by several farmers in 1961," Swinbank added. "Ne braska millet growers should be urged to utilize these improved seed stocks and further increase the supply of good seed in the State." Quick and Easy Meals The October lesson for Home Extension clubs was Quick and Easy Meals. The bulletin plus a supplement of recipes, meal makers to keep on hand and time management ideas provid ed much information for the leaders. Recipes prepared and served at the demonstration were raspberry dessert, cream cheese pie, shepard's pie, chick en biscuit cups and biscuit turnover. Basically the lesson was di rected toward the use of con venience foods as time and energy savers for the busy homemaker. Leaders contribut ed many creative ideas for dressing-up these package mix es to make them more flavorful and eye appealing. Seventy-seven leaders from 39 Home Extension clubs received material for this lesson. recognition of 20 years of 4-H Club leadership. Clarence Wills received a Gold pin for 10 years service to 4-H. Five-year, Silver clover leaf pin recipients were: Mrs. Clar ence Schniadeke, Herbert Ileil. Walter Raxton, Mrs. Harlan Kunz. Mrs. Eugene Lewis. Mrs. Victor Miller. Mrs. Frank Nic kels. Mrs. leter Slander, Mrs. Richard Streeter, Mrs. Henry Vinduska and Mrs. Glenn Dim mitt. Twenty leaders received two year plaques. They are: Frank Bierl, Mrs. Leighton Ballingcr, Mrs. Francis Fischer. Mrs. li vin Hauschild. Mrs. Richard Hawk. Mrs. Wayne Hendrix, Mrs. Robert Lambert. Mrs. Ric hard Livingston, Joe Lochman, Glenn Miller, Myrl Miller, Mrs. Morris Muenchau. Robert Nic kels, Mrs. Ralph Payton, How ard Philpot, Lyle Sparks, Mrs Leonard Stohlmann, Mrs. Ted Stratum. Mrs. Ralph Welte. and Harold Zierott. The awards were made at the Annual Extension Banauet. 24 Crops Projects By 13 Participants The 1961 Cass County 4-H Crops project work included 13 boys. Contributions made $95 avail able for awards. There were 24 projects in 1961, carried by the 13 boys. Their projects were inspected on a tour held last August and the record books were evaluated by the tour committee. "I'm sure each club member learned a lot about crop produc tion and feel it was a worthwhile effort," a committee spokesman said. The monies were distributed as follows : 23 ribbons . $ 2 5 soil tests $2 10 Weed Identification prize 1 1 Purple project award 5 7 Blue project awards 35 12 red project awards 36 3 white project awards 6 total $95 Willing Workers Eight young homemakers from the Avoca area organized an Extension Club on April 8. Mrs. Robert Kirch hoff w as elected president of the group for 1961. Mrs. Tom Fletcher was chosen vice-president and Mrs. Loren Haveman secretary. Mrs. James Jensen acted as publicity chairman for the year. Other members of this new club were: Mrs. Gaylord Bose, Mrs. Harold Emke, Mrs. Stanley Emshoff and Mrs. James Meyer. Club activities for the year in cluded a tour of the Thunder bird Shirt Factory, Mortenhouse Kitchens, the Coca Cola plant and the Brick and Tile Co. all in Nebraska City. The demon stration on Outdoor Cookery became a family affair in July. Gift wrapping, Food preserva tion and Skillet Meals were special lessons for these new homemakers. 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