C26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14,1981
News
4-H
ThomasviUe club
looks
THOMASVILLE - Leaders of
the ThomasviUe 4-H club explained
the projects they teach and the
requirements for completing them
at the recent meeting of tne club
Project explanations were given
on rifle and handyman by Roy
Thompson, photography, Emihe
Welsh, dairy foods, candlemaking
and sewing, Nancy Eisenhart,
Stamp club, Dave Haskins; hor
ticulture, wildlife and forestry,
Carol Haskins, crocheting, Jean
Roth, ceramics, Helen Horn,
Micro-mini tractor club, Lanny
Zeigler, and cake decorating,
cooking for beginners, Jolene
Smallwood
Reports given at the meeting
were National 4-H Congress by
Carol Haskins; Farm Show, Mike
Welsh, roller skating party, Diane
Lang, officers training, Susan
Eisenhart and County Council,
Beverly Eisenhart
Several members of the club will
be participating in the “Spring
Fling,” a five-county 4-H activity
Super steers meet
FLEMINGTON - The Hun
terdon County Super Steers 4-H
Club met recently at the Kenney
residence in Long Valley. Officers
for the new year are President,
Jake Matyas, Vice-President,
Glen Mayer, Treasurer, Kun
Shepherd; Recording Secretary,
Lisa Trimmer, Corresponding
Secretary, Robert Mehlman,
Historian, Jeff Mayer & Inner club
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Plus retail Insecticides and Herbicides.
Call Us For All Your Chemical Needs.
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RD 1, Box 716, New Holland, PA 17557 Phone: 717-354-5848
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world
ahead
being held at the York County 4-H
Center, near Bair on February 21
from 9 to 9 which includes
workshops and a dance
Serving on the club exhibit
committee are Mike Welsh, Mike
Parr, Neil and Shane Seiden
stncker, Diane and Angie Lang,
Bndgette Boyer and Tim
Jowanowitch
Members serving on the com
munity service committee are
Mike Parr, Neil and Shane
Seidensincker, Bndgette Boyer,
Grace Brodbeck, Angie and Diane
Lang, Steve, Susan and Nancy
Eisenhart, Robert and Jon
Haskins, Julie Kline, Courtney and
Allison Cable, Doreen and Darren
Smallwood, Debbie Leibhart,
Shelly, Stephanie, and Patty
Lehigh, Eric Cable, Jon Bentzel,
Tun and Trim Jowanowitch and
Mike Welsh
The next meetmg of the club will
be held at the county 4-H Skating
Party on February 24 at Delco
Plaza
activities, Ken Blemmgs
Delegates to the Hunterdon
County 4-H Beef Council are Ken
Blemmgs and Chris Mayer
Jennifer Blemmgs and Meghan
Kenney are the alternates A talk
on Winter Weekend Camp,
scheduled for Feb 13-15 was given
by Ken Blemmgs Each older
member was encouraged to at
tend
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volunteers can help pull feathers,
draw birds and get em oven
ready
Marketing is the real challenge if
you do not have one established,
because only a few people know
what a capon is People successful
with capons spend one hour per
day on marketing 4-H members
must knock on doors and use the
telephone to tell buyers how len
der, flavorful, and juicy capon is
PENN STATE It takes a tough,
kid to raise a tender capon
(borrowed from Frank Perdue of
Salisbury, MD- No kidding, the 4-H
capon project is one of our most
comprehensive projects and work
intensive also A ten year old can
earn 2 to 6 dollars an hour for their
efforts with the project This in
cludes time spent by parents
helping dress birds
Capon production involves daily
care and feeding of the birds while
being alert for predator control,
parasite damage or other health
problems with the birds Many
youngsters find it best to feed some
oats with the growing mash the
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Each year 30,000 4-H capons are
sold for 350,000 dollars during the
fall season Two ton of these go at
auction for $3/lb or $12,000
The work is great but so is the
reward If you sell all the birds you
start as Grade A dressed, oven
ready capons for $1.40 a pound and
if you do well with the production,
processing and marketing, by the
tune the birds reach 20 weeks of
age or before, each capon sold
should bring several dollars return
to labor and management Range
in net to labor and management in
1979 was 0 to $7 per bird
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