4-H poultiy project offers teens
ehanee to earn money
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Most
U.S. teen-agers work at part-time
jobs these days because they like
the independent feeling thejrget
from earning their own money. But
those living in rural areas
whether farm or non-farm
residents should investigate-the
opportunity to be their own boss,
and earn money, too.
One way to do this is by enrolling
m a 4-H poultry project.
Charles J. Wabeck, Extension
poultry products specialist for the
University of Maryland, reports
that the 4-H poultry program offers
a worthwhile learning experience.
Dr. Wabeck notes that there are a
number of projects from which to
choose, and most can be handled in
a relatively small amount of space.
The 4-H broiler project began in
March. Participants may enroll in
either the small flock or com
mercial phase.
In the small flock program, each
person rears from 25 to 100 birds
carrying them from baby chicks to
market weight at seven weeks of
age. Only a limited amount of
space is needed, and the cost of
rearing each broiler averages
about $l.
Records are kept. At the end of
the project, the record book is
judged. Selected dressed birds
may also compete for prizes at a
district 4-H broiler show.
Young living on com
mercial broiler farms may enroll
in the commercial 4-H broiler
project. Each participant assists
with rearing of a large commercial
flock, learns about the commercial
broiler industry, and submits a
commercial flock record book.
Individual dressed birds may also
be entered for judging in a county
or district 4-H broiler show.
Interested in rearing meat birds
for the holiday season? The 4-H
capon and turkey meat projects
offer an excellent opportunity to
rear birds that can be sold on the
Do your own
NEWARK, DE -
“Much of the information
available on farm
financial management is
either too simple to be of
much use, or far too
complex for anyone but
an accountant to un
derstand,” says
University of Delaware
extension economist
Gerald Vaughn. “But I
think we’ve found a
financial tool for farmers
that’s just right. It’s the
best I’ve seen.”
The tool Vaughn’s
talking about is called a
Farm Financial
Profile” a 34-page do
it-yourself aid which can
help farm operators
understand their farm
businesses more fully.
The document was
adapted to Delaware
conditions from a
publication under the
sume title prepared by
extension agricultural
economists at the
University of Georgia.
The “Farm Financial
Profile” is intended to be
self-teaching and can be
completed in only a few
hays. “With it,” says
Jaughn, “farmers can
determine their economic
status and its trend over
tune. They can project
"•eir expected income
and outflow of cash from
®eir current operation
and evaluate alternatives
which may improve their
economic situation,
“ley’ll have a more
realistic view of their
current financial status'.
fresh market at holiday time.
There is nothing more appealing
than a fresh capon or turkey on the
table for Thanksgiving or
Christmas dinner.
Producing fresh eggs for home
use, or for sale to friends and
relatives, is a direct benefit of the
year-round 4-H egg project. It can
also be a bonus from the 4-H
purebred poultry program.
Female chicks may be pur
chased in the spring from a
reliable hatchery. By fall, with
proper management, the birds will
be producing eggs. Started pullets
at 20 weeks of age can be pur
chased on a limited basis for
persons who may not wish to rear
the chicks themselves.
In the 4-H purebred poultry
project, participants can purchase
chicks of many shapes and sizes.
Surplus birds may be sold for
meat, and the remainder utilized
as a show flock for competition at
county and state fairs. Hens in the
show flock also provide a reliable
source of fresh eggs on a year
round basis.
If you have limited space, keep
in mind that a 10 x 10-foot area will
house up to 50 bantam chickens or
25 large birds. The “Maryland 4-H
Purebred Poultry Project”
manual, published just last year,
gives detailed instructions on
housing and management.
For those who like the unusual,
specialty birds can provide an
interesting 4-H project. Rearing
pheasants, quail, ducks, geese or
peafowl can be both profitable and
educational.
Want more information? Check
with 4-H agents representing the
University of Maryland’s
Cooperative Extension Service in
every Maryland county and in
Baltimore. They can provide free
literature and project books as
well as sources of stock for 4-H
poultry projects.
farm profile
And they’ll be in a better Copies of the Delaware
position to work with ‘‘Farm Financial
their .lender when Profile” are available
borrowed capital is from county extension
necessary to keep the offices in Newark (451-
farming operation going 2506), Dover (736-1448)
and to make needed and Georgetown (856-
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