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2010 Poultry Rules

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Poultry Cover Page
Poultry Rules
Poultry Entry Form

Stark County Quality Assurance RESCHEDULED!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Please note the date change for the upcoming Stark County Quality Assurance Program-
March 10, 2010
Stark County Quality Assurance Program
March 10, 2010
RG Drage School
6:30pm

Please note that Tuesday, March 2, 2010 QA Program has been
RESCHEDULED to Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

Stark County Quality Assurance Program
March 10, 2010
at RG Drage School
at 6:30pm

16th Annual Stark County 4-H Advisory Committee Swiss Steak Dinner

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Plans are underway for the 16th Annual 4-H Advisory Committee Swiss Steak fundraiser dinner.  The dinner will be held on Saturday, April 24th from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at the Nimishillen Grange, Easton Street, Louisville.

Help is needed from all clubs with the following:

  1. Advance ticket sales, tickets are now available. Contact Carol or Nancy to get tickets to sell! Return money, unsold tickets and number of tickets sold by Wednesday, April 21.
  2. Advertising by placing posters in various locations to help advertise the dinner.
  3. Raffle donation/ideas:  gift certificates; theme baskets, any store donated items or homemade items.  Everyone loves the raffle!
  4. To help brown steak 8:00 a.m., April 24.
  5. Set tables.
  6. Pie and cake donations – to be delivered to the grange between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
  7. Workers for the dinner: to serve dinners, dishwashers and kitchen help. Two shifts are available 4:15 to 6:00 p.m. and 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
  8. Clean-up 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Items needed for the dinner:

Amounts needed each year vary!

1 bottle dishwasher liquid
1 gallon vegetable oil
1 box salt
3# coffee
10# sugar
30# flour
1 jar beef bouillon cubes
1 gal vinegar
25 gallon green beans
9 cans 48 oz. of beef broth
2 64-ounce bottles orange drink concentrate
Money donations
Raffle Baskets
Workers
Pies and Cakes

Contact: Nancy Biller 330-875-3437 or Carol Kralik 330-875-8714

Call Nancy or Carol to help with any of the above.
Cash/check donations also welcome!!

Jenna McNeil & NAAF Fundraiser

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

JennaJenna McNeil, a Beech Creek 4-H Member, has been diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. You can help by selling wrist bands (bracelets) in her honor. If you are interested in helping to sell bracelets, please call 330-823-6830. We would also be available to visit your club meeting to present a short video about Alopecia Areata. It could be a great health report!

The Beech Creek 4-H Club will be hosting a square dance at the Stark County Fairgrounds on September 25. All proceeds will go to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF). For more details about Jenna and Alopecia Areata please read the attached flyer.
Jenna McNeil Stark Co 4-H Member Fundraiser for Alopecia Areata Fondation

2010 Stark County Jr. Fair Deadline

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The 2010 Stark County Fair will be here sooner than we know!
ENTRY DEADLINE is July 23, 2010.
Please make sure all entries are in the J. Fair Office by that date!
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!

2010 Stark County Quality Assurance Dates

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Just a reminder that every Stark County Jr. Fair Member taking a market animal or a lactating animal MUST attend a Quality Assurance Program in 2010. Here are the following dates for Stark County:
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at RG Drage
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at RG Drage

2009 Pastured Poultry Roundtable and Tour

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

When:  October 10, 2009.  Registration 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Cost $8.00 for 15 and over, free for ages 14 and younger.

Where: Fisher Auditorium, OARDC/OSU
1680 Madison Ave.
Wooster OH, 44691

Contact:  John Anderson, 330 263 3753. anderson.37@osu.edu
Bill Karcher, Eagle Nest Poultry, 419 562 1993. bkarcher@tririverscc.org


A.M.
8:30-9:00  Registration and Refreshments.  Bill Karcher will discuss quality control and marketing your free range eggs.  Eggs and candlers will be available.

9:00-10:00  Pastured Poultry in the Restaurant Trade.  Parker Bosley , chef, former restaurant owner.

10:00-10:45  Custom Poultry Dressing.  Paul Rissler, Spring Maple Enterprises.

10:45-11:30  Integrating poultry production into your farm or garden operation.
John Anderson, Mike Lilburn, Bill Karcher.

11:45  Tour Begins.  Vans are available if needed, please indicate on the form or by phone or email (to John Anderson) if you would like to take the tour in one of the vans that will be available.

Stops include pastured broilers and turkeys, including several shelter options.

We will end the tour at Tea Hill, where we will see a small mobile processing unit for poultry, plus their State Inspected further processing facilities.  We will have lunch at this stop (Tea Hill will feature some of their poultry products), so bring cash or brown bag lunch.

We plan to be back at the OARDC in Wooster around 3:00p.m.

Detailed maps of the tour route will be provided for those that would like to drive on their own.

Please contact John Anderson at anderson.37@osu.edu or 330 263 3753 to make reservations and indicate if you would like to ride in one of the vans that we are providing.

Payment for the Roundtable and Tour is at the registration desk on Saturday morning.

See you on October 10th!

Poultry Showmanship Results

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Champion of Champions

  • Diana Bevington - County Line

Reserve Champion of Champions

  • Madison Weber – Hollow Valley Herdsmen

First Year

  • Grand Champion – Adriana Grimm – Hollow Valley Herdsmen
  • Reserve Champion – Isabel Mack – Mudlake Beavers
  • 3rd – Abbie Greer – 4H Farm Hands
  • 4th – Morgan Stocker – Mudlake Beavers
  • 5th – Jarrod Moran – Nimishillen Farmhands

Juniors

  • Grand Champion – Mackenzie Weber – Hollow Valley Herdsmen
  • Reserve Champion Showmanship – Erin Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
  • 3rd – Jaryd Creager -  Mudlake Beavers
  • 4th – Hannah Fisher – Beech Creek
  • 5th – Diane Yoder – Tow Path Trail

Intermediate

  • Grand Champion – Madison Weber –Hollow Valley Herdsmen
  • Reserve Champion Showmanship – Elizabeth Duerr – Washington Twp. Variety
  • 3rd – Caroline Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
  • 4th – Audrey Leahy – Clover Valley Variety
  • 5th – Clay Poynter – Country Barbwirers

Senior

  • Grand Champion – Diana Bevington – County Line
  • Reserve Champion Showmanship – Kristyn VanVoorhis –East Canton 4H Club
  • 3rd – Ellen Mulligan – Washington Twp. Variety
  • 4th – Amie Hintz – Tow Path Trail
  • 5th – Andy Baltzly – Green Valley

Poultry Show Results

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Congratualtions to everyone!
Broilers
  • Grand Champion – Amber Shoemaker – Louisville Livestock Leaders
  • Reserve Champion – Isaac Stanley – Washington Twp. Variety
  • 3rd – Gregory Margida  – Pygmy Spirit 4-H
  • 4th – Tyler George – Washington Twp. Variety
  • 5th – Dana Ward – Tusci Barnyard High Steppers
  • 6th – Anthony Duerr – Washington Twp. Variety
  • 7th – Aaron Stanely – Washington Twp.Variety
  • 8th – Carter Evans – Country Barbwirers
  • 9th – Jaryd Creager – Mudlake Beavers
  • 10th – Madison Weber – Hollow Valley Herdsmen

Turkey

  • Grand Champion – Rebecca Faverty – Beech Creek
  • Reserve Champion – Krystin VanVoorhis – East Canton 4-H Club
  • 3rd – Amber Shoemaker – Louisville Livestock Leaders
  • 4th – Samantha Givens – Clover Valley Variety
  • 5th – Jacob Campbell – Mudlake Beavers

Fancy

  • Grand Champion – Clay Poynter – Country Barbwirers
  • Reserve Champion – Beverly Shields –
  • 3rd – Amie Hintz – Tow Path Trail
  • 4th – Kristyn VanVoorhis – East Canton 4H Club
  • 5th – Ellen Mulligan – Washington Twp. Variety

Pullets

  • Grand  Champion -  Brian Poynter – Country Barbwirers
  • Reserve Champion – Isaac Stanley – Washington Twp. Variety
  • 3rd – Kristyn VanVoorhis – East Canton Variety 4H
  • 4th – Alexis Boyle – Southern Connection
  • 5th – Clay Poynter – Country Barbwirers

Egglayer

  • Grand Champion –   Audrey Leahy – Clover Valley Variety
  • Reserve Champion – Caroline Thompson – Clover Valley Variety
  • 3rd – Kristyn VanVoorhis – East canton Variety 4H
  • 4th – Diane Yoder – Tow Path Trail
  • 5th – Erin Thompson – Clover Valley Variety

Fancy II

  • George Heitger – Twitchers
  • Anthony Heitger – Krazy Kritters

Ohio State Fair Results

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Livestock skillathon results can be found at:

http://4hansci.osu.edu/

Ohio State Fair Junior Livestock results can be found at:

http://ohiostatefair.com/osf/osf4_4.php –   press room

>Winners Releases > junior shows by species

Sponsors for awards from the 2009 Ohio State Fair

Skillathons are posted on the 4-H Animal Sciences website.

Please encourage your 4-H members to send thank you notes

to our sponsors!

http://4hansci.osu.edu/skillathon/skillathon.php