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Poultry Club Members
Expected To Top Record
Virginia 4-H poultry club members in 1950 are expected to top their last year’s record of raising over 200,000 chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese, says Denver Bragg, 4-H club specialist at VPI.
Bragg reports that last year’s poultry club enrollment—a record 4,790—-also is expected to be exceeded.
Nation-wide,. 4-H’ers last, year raised 8,000,000 birds. The enrollment figure stood at 150,000.
Bragg explains that members are encouraged to carry out tile six main objectives of the program, which are: Learn the place _of poaltry in farm economy ; Ic'"quire skill in poultry raising; apk predate the nutritive value of \ eggs; learn to grade and market
poultry products; and study scientific developments and apply.
3le knowledge to home flock pro^ uction.
The 4-H’ers keep records on production and on general achievements in other phases of club .work. At the end of the year, these records are judged for special honors. Five sterling silver medals will be presented to winners in each county; a trip to National 4-H Club Congress goes to the state winners; and college scholarships of 8390 each to the 19 national winners.
Poultry project 4-H’ers in Rappahannock are:
Lynn Atkins, Flint Hill; John S. Browning, Jr., Flint Hill; Randolph Settle, Amissville; Dick Atkins, Sperryville; John Turner, Washington; Glenn Updike, Washington ; Nelson Atkins, Jr., Flint Hill; and James Pullen, Flint Hill.
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