Reports From 4-H'ers Across North Carolina, 1938

From the January, 1938, issue of Carolina Co-operator

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.