4-H’ers Go to College
In a census made among the 4-H club members of Johnston
County, it was found that 53.5 per cent of all members graduating from high
school have entered college. This is compared with only 20 per cent of other
high school graduates in the county who seek higher education.
The reason for this higher percentage of college students
among 4-H members is due, in part, to the various club contests in which
college scholarship are awarded winners, and to the desire for higher education
awakened by such club work.
Purebred Jerseys Pay
Off in Wake Forest
At least one 4-H club boy in Wake County has learned that
there’s money in purebred Jerseys. This young man is E.G. Macon Jr. of Wake
Forest, who began his 4-H calf club work in 1931 with two registered Jersey
calves that cost him $42. Since that date $420 worth of registered cattle have
been sold from these calves, and young Macon still has two calves left.
Catawba 4-H’er Has
Profitable Flock
After paying all expenses of feed, cost of baby chicks and
breeding stock, Lee F. Beatty, a member of Sherrill’s Ford 4-H Club in Catawba
County has a flock of 140 pullets, 30 hens, and 13 roosters, valued at $201.69
as his profit for the year, according to Assistant County Agent G.R. McColl.
The flock was started with 50 Barred Rock hens and 5 roosters. Later, young
Beatty bought 300 baby chicks of the same variety. His record books show that
his total costs amounted to $122. These expenses were met by the sale of
broilers, eggs, and old hens.
Sampson County
Lloyd Peterson, Craven Earl Lee, T.B. Jackson Jr., and Percy
Thornton, 4-H members of Sampson County, made the best records in swine, corn,
cotton, and tobacco, respectively, this year.
Mecklenburg County
Victor Shaw Jr. and Eugene Berryhill, 4-H boys of Meckenburg
County, won first prize and gold medals in the Kraft-Phenix dairy management
demonstration.
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