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Rolling Prairie District Elk County 4-H News Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service April 2016 Rolling Prairie Extension District Howard Office 130 South Pennsylvania Howard, KS 67349-0647 Phone: 620-374-2174 Fax: 620-374-2889 Sedan Office Courthouse Sedan, KS 67361-1326 Phone: 620-725-5890 Fax: 620-725-5892 www.rollingprairie.k-state.edu Rolling Prairie District Staff Richard Fechter District Extension Agent Elk County 4-H & Agriculture Jenny McDaniel District Extension Agent Chautauqua County 4-H & Agriculture Jill Morgan District Extension Agent Family and Consumer Sciences Norma Beougher Office Professional, Howard Doris Bracken Office Professional, Sedan 4-H Calendar of Events For the most up to date list of events, go to the Rolling Prairie/Elk County 4-H website. April 1 K-State Animal Sciences Leadership Academy Applications Due 6 Elk County 4-H Council -- 6:30 p.m. 10-16 National Volunteers Week 10 Teen Leaders -- 4:00 p.m. - Extension Meeting Room 15 Discovery Days Registration Due 17 Livestock Judging Practice -- 5:00 p.m. 19 Food Judges Workshop -- El Dorado 23 Shutterbugs at the Botanica -- Wichita May 2 Project Drop/Add Deadline Enrollment Deadline for Exhibiting at County Fair Horse ID s Due in the Extension Office State Nominations Due for Market Beef (Postmarked) 6 Hog/Sheep/Goat Weigh In and Tag Day--Longton-5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7 Hog/Sheep/Goat Weigh In and Tag Day--Longton-9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 23 4-H Camp Registration and Counselor Applications Due 30 Memorial Day Holiday -- Offices Closed 31 - June 3 Discovery Days -- Manhattan Discovery Days Registration Registration will close on April 15 at midnight for Discovery Days. Currently we have six members from Elk County registered. Go to http://www.kansas4-h.org. Click on conferences and events - Discovery Days. Discovery Days is for members age 13-18 as of January 1. Cost is $215, which includes all meals, lodging, program expenses, insurance, t-shirt and more. Some classes have additional fees to pay for supplies. If you would like to be housed in a suite (2-4 people sharing a bathroom) you can opt in for this; spaces are very limited and it will cost an additional $35. 1

4-H Council The April 4-H Council meeting will be Wednesday, April 6, 6:30 p.m. at the Extension Meeting Room in Howard. All clubs should be represented. At this meeting, a decision will be made about fair awards -- what to give and when they will be awarded. 4-H Night at Wichita Thunder Friday, April 8 All 4-H members will receive a patch included with a ticket discount and the opportunity to meet Superman himself. Contact the Extension Office for more details! National Volunteers Week April 10-16 is National Volunteers Week. A BIG THANK YOU TO THE 4-H VOLUNTEERS in Elk County!! Without you, we could not do many of the things that are done in the Elk County 4-H program. Teen Leaders Teen Leaders will meet on Sunday, April 10, 4:00 p.m. at the Extension Meeting Room in Howard. Please bring a hat or stocking cap to donate to the cancer center if you are able to! Teen Leaders is for any 4-H member that is 13 s and older. Kayla Harrod is the Teen Leader coordinator. Hope to see you there! Foods Judges Training Tuesday, April 19 -- 5:30 p.m. Butler County Community Building, El Dorado This training will cover judging for the Foods & Nutrition project and Food Preservation project. If you are interested in judging, are a Foods leader 2 and/or a 4-H member enrolled in the Foods project, make plans to attend. Registration is required by April 14. Contact the Extension Office for details. Shutterbugs at Botanica April 23 -- Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, 701 Amidon, Wichita This day is a workshop for photography members. Topics include Camera Questions, Props and Costumes, Portraits and Posing, Lighting, Getting Ready for the Fair, Kaleidoscopes, Composition and Photo Scavenger Hunt. In the event of rain or snow, workshops will be held indoors. Registration is not required. All participants will pay regular Botanica gate fee: Adults (13-61) $7; Seniors (62+)/Military $6; Youth (3-12) $5; Children 2 and under free. For any questions, contact Eric Otte at 316-755- 2973 or 316-680-9316. Animal Mortality Insurance Many livestock projects are being purchased now or have been purchased recently. To help protect your investment, Farm Bureau Financial Services has an animal mortality insurance policy that 4-H/FFA members can purchase. Animal mortality insurance is tailored to short-term livestock ownership. You can insure each animal for its cost or value in the event of an unexpected death. For more information, contact the Extension Office. May 2 Deadline May 2 is a very important deadline date. Normally it is May 1, but this that is a Sunday, so these

deadlines talked about below are May 2 this only. Enrollment Deadline and Drop/Add Deadline: This is the last day you can drop or add projects for the so make sure you are in the projects you want. You can do this through 4HOnline or call the Extension Office and we can do it for you. If you are trying to do this in 4HOnline, after May 2 it will not allow you to make any changes. If you are wanting to exhibit at the county fair this, one needs to be enrolled by May 2 as well. So if you have club members or friends that have not completed their enrollment, remind them of this deadline. Once again, if anyone needs help with 4HOnline, please contact me and I will try to help you out. Horse ID s Due in the Extension Office: To exhibit at the 4-H Horse Show, a member must properly identify his or her owned or leased horse project on the 4-H Identification Certificate. For horses that have been identified in previous s, new certificates do not need to be completed. Just bring in your previous certificates for me to sign. Any new horses will need to be properly identified. Market Beef State Nominations: Nominations and paperwork that is postmarked by May 2 will be accepted this. For more information about nominations, refer to the nominations article elsewhere in this newsletter. Hog/Sheep/Goat Weigh In and Tag Day The Longton Fairgrounds will be the site of this s Hog, Lamb and Goat tag and weigh-in. All hogs, lambs and goats must be weighed and tagged in order to be shown and sold at the county fair. This you will have two opportunities to weigh and tag your animals. Animals can be weighed & tagged Friday, May 6 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. or Saturday, May 7 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Members may weigh and tag a maximum of 6 market animals per species. However, you may 3 only show two of each species at the fair. Tags are $3/head. When selecting your hog, lamb or goat, keep in mind the weight and rate of gain requirements that must be met in order to sell at the premium sale. Market hogs must weigh 220-320 pounds and gain a minimum of 1.1 lbs/day. Market lambs must weigh 100-155 pounds and gain a minimum of 0.25 lbs/day. Meat goats must weigh 60-120 pounds and gain a minimum of 0.20 lbs/day. There are 89 or 88 days between spring weigh-in and fair weigh-in. Weight projection charts are available for each species on the Rolling Prairie website at http://www.rollingprairie.kstate.edu/elkcounty4h/livestock/index.html If you are going to be showing at spring shows before May 6 and need animal(s) tagged, let me know and we can get your animal(s) tagged. However, you will still need to bring them to one of the weigh in dates to record an official weight. Livestock Breeding Projects Tagged/Identified in 2016 If you wish to exhibit a breeding animal of any species at the 2016 Elk County Fair, you must be enrolled in the breeding project for that respective species by May 2. In addition, all breeding livestock to be exhibited at the 2016 Elk County Fair will need to be tagged at the regular county tagging. The only exception will be for registered purebred livestock that will not have to have a county tag, if they have proper tattoos and registration papers. In this case, ownership of these animals must be verified by registration papers showing immediate family ownership by May 2 for beef or May 6 for sheep, hog and goats. This will be done by simply bringing registration papers to the Extension Office and we will make a copy of the papers. To clarify, if you have a commercial (nonregistered) breeding animal, bring them to the

spring weigh-ins and we will put a county tag in them. If you have a registered breeding animal and do not want a county tag in them, bring your registration papers to the office by May 2 for beef or May 6 for sheep, hogs or goats to verify ownership. This does not apply to bucket calves, dairy goats or dairy cattle. Spring Shows, Sales, Judging, and Other Contests Many of these events are starting to occur and the Extension Office is receiving information about these. I am including on the Rolling Prairie website a list of these as I receive them. Here is the link to these: http://www.rollingprairie.kstate.edu/elkcounty4h/springshows/index.html For more information about any of these, contact the Extension Office. Some of these have a preregistration deadline, so do not wait until the last minute to inquire about a contest or event. Check back often as the list will be updated as notices are received at the office. State Livestock Nominations Listed below is information about the 2016 State Livestock Nominations: Animals eligible for KJLS or KSF will need an EID ear tag placed in the ear of the animal by an Agent or in the presence of the Agent. This is so all tags can be accounted for. Make arrangements with Richard to tag and nominate animals if you have animals that were not tagged at the county spring dates. The exception to this is purebred breeding females that have registration papers do not have to be nominated. DNA hair samples are required for each nominated animal for ALL species. 4 Ear notch information will be required for swine nominations as well as the DNA sample. Scrapie tag numbers will be required for sheep and goat nominations as well as the DNA sample. Declaration forms, nomination forms are required as well. These must be signed by the parent/legal guardian, and Extension Agent. Nomination deadlines for all species are POSTMARK dates. Certified mail is highly encouraged for sending nominations to KSU. Nomination dates are: May 2 - Market Beef; - Market Hogs, Commercial Gilts, Market Sheep, Commercial Ewes, Commercial Heifers, and ALL meat goats. Nomination cost is.00/animal. All swine exhibitors must submit a valid Youth PQA Plus certification number by. A livestock nomination is NOT AN ENTRY for the Kansas State Fair or Kansas Junior Livestock Show. All forms (except DNA envelopes) and a Kansas Youth Livestock State Nomination Process Rookie Guide are available at: http://www.asi.kstate.edu/students-and-programs/youthprograms/nominated-livestock/ When nominating animals, keep this in mind. This information is from the Kansas 4-H Policy document: Any 4-H exhibit sold at public auction or by private contract is not eligible to be exhibited at the Kansas State Fair or Kansas Junior Livestock Show. Public auction includes: premium sale, ribbon auction, or similar event. If the project is sold, regardless of ownership changes, on the date of the transaction the 4-H member has given up the right to exhibit that specific animal or product in the future. In the case of livestock, market animals sold are ineligible to be shown as breeding animals in the future. Non-livestock exhibits (perishable foods, photographs, etc.) may be reproduced for the Kansas State Fair.

Enclosed in the newsletter is a page of the livestock nominations and entry deadlines chart with all the relevant information for each species. Kansas 4-H Sewing Camp Registration Open. May 31 - June 3. $195. 13-18 old members. http://www.kansas4-h.org/eventsactivities/camping/specialty-camps/clothingcamp/index.html 4-H Camp June 24-27 For members 3 rd grade through 7 th grade complete. $185 + transportation costs (transportation costs not determined until after registrations are due and how many that are going to camp is known.) Registration is due May 23 with a $50 nonrefundable deposit. Counselor applications due May 23. Members that are freshman complete and older are eligible to apply to be a camp counselor. However, priority is given to sophomore complete and older. Counselors lead groups of 8-9 campers. Being a counselor is a great experience and a tremendous challenge. It is also a leadership opportunity that is not often available. As a counselor, your camp fees are paid for. Registration forms and counselor applications are available at the Extension Office or on the Rolling Prairie website at the following link: http://www.rollingprairie.kstate.edu/elkcounty4h/activities/index.html Horse Project and Achievement Levels The Kansas 4-H Horse Standard of Excellence consists of four achievement levels (I, II, III, IV), each of which contains three sections: knowledge, leadership, and horsemanship skill attainment. Once 5 participants successfully pass the required sections, they will receive certification of achievements and be granted the right to advance to the next level. Participants that fail either the written exam, or skill test, can retake the exam at any time. Horse Project members must pass the written and leadership requirements prior to taking the skills test. Members that start the project without completing the skill section can later complete that section. However, they cannot enter a higher level skill section without going back and completing skill sections previously skipped. New for 2016, only Achievement Level 1 will be required by 4-H members ages 9-18 wanting to participate at the District and/or State horse show. This must be done prior to the entry deadlines for the District show. The Southeast Area District Horse Show is July 7 at Parsons. Entry deadline is. If interested in this, contact Richard well in advance to allow you time to get the tests completed. 4-H Campference 4-H Campference is for youth ages 12-14 as of January 1, 2016 and will be held June 24-27 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Participants will experience the feel of a conference, while enjoying the camp activities that Rock Springs has to offer. This a great transitional opportunity, as these tweeners go from being a camper to attending educational conferences. 4-H Campference will feature workshops about opportunities in the 4-H program and how to better interact with others. Registration is now open on the State 4-H website. Space will be limited, so register early. The past two s, Campference was full in April

Market Beef Weigh In and Tag Results Species EID # 4-H # Last Name First Name Club Beginning Weight Mkt Beef 840003134644844 91241 Black Family FHB 722 Mkt Beef 840003134644846 91243 Black Family FHB 822 Mkt Beef 840003134644847 91244 Mills T.J. MSS 1066 Mkt Beef 840003134644849 91246 Mills T.J. MSS 754 Mkt Beef 840003134644850 91247 Young Family FHB 940 Mkt Beef 840003134644851 91248 Young Family FHB 964 Mkt Beef 840003134644852 91249 Wiseman Family FHB 836 Mkt Beef 840003134644853 91250 Wiseman Family FHB 920 Mkt Beef 840003134644854 91251 Rierson Hunter GJ 782 Mkt Beef 840003134644855 91252 Hilton Family MSS 984 Mkt Beef 840003134644856 91253 Hilton Family MSS 992 Mkt Beef 840003134644857 91254 Hilton Family MSS 990 Mkt Beef 840003134644858 91255 Whetstone Tim FHB 1046 Mkt Beef 840003134644859 91256 Whetstone Tim FHB 874 Mkt Beef 840003134644860 91257 Whetstone Tim FHB 900 Mkt Beef 840003134644861 91258 Whetstone Tim FHB 840 Mkt Beef 840003134644862 91259 Walker Family MSS 924 Mkt Beef 840003134644863 91260 Walker Family MSS 864 Mkt Beef 93817 Walker Family MSS 872 Mkt Beef 93818 Walker Family MSS 996 Mkt Beef 93819 Walker Family MSS 860 Mkt Beef 93820 Walker Family MSS 938 Mkt Beef 22 903.91 Breeding Beef Heifers Species EID # 4-H # Last Name First Name Club Breeding Beef 840003134644845 91242 Hogan Ethan MSS Breeding Beef 840003134644848 91245 Mills T.J. MSS Breeding Beef 93821 Montgomery Dustin MSS Breeding Beef 93822 Mills T.J. MSS Breeding Beef 93823 Mills T.J. MSS Breeding Beef 93824 Mills T.J. MSS Breeding Beef Registered Heifer Fechter Peyton FHB Breeding Beef Registered Heifer Fechter Wyatt FHB

2016 Youth Livestock Nomination and Entry Deadlines Kansas State Fair (KSF) and Kansas Junior Livestock Show (KJLS) AGE REQUIREMENTS: Kansas State Fair: Only Kansas 4-H members who were 9 s of age but not yet 19 s of age before January 1 of the current are eligible to compete in this division. KJLS: All Kansas 4-H members that have reached the age of 7 before January 1 st of the show will be eligible to participate at the Kansas Junior Livestock Show. Entry Market Steers Market Heifers** Commercial (Crossbred) Heifers Registered Breeding Heifers Market Lambs Commercial Ewes (Wether Dams) Registered Breeding Ewes KSF Market Hogs/ KJLS Barrows*** Purebred/Pedigreed Breeding Gilts Commercial Breeding Gilts All Meat Goats**** Required Materials for Nomination Declaration form*, Market Beef Nomination Form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, & postmarked by May 2. Declaration form*, Market Beef Nomination Form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, & postmarked by May 2. Declaration form*, Commercial Heifer Nomination Form*, Permanent Tattoo, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, & postmarked by. Cost to Nominate Nomination Declaration* Nomination Deadline May 2 Show Entry Deadline Registration Papers Required for breed classes. May 2 No. Declaration form*, Market Lamb/Commercial Ewe Nomination form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, scrapie tag #, & postmarked by. Declaration form*, Market Lamb/Commercial Ewe Nomination form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, scrapie tag #, & postmarked by. No. Declaration form*, Swine Nomination form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, Youth PQA+ Certification, ear notches, & postmarked by. No. Declaration form*, Swine Nomination form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, Youth PQA+ Certification, ear notches, postmarked by. Declaration form*, Meat Goat Nomination form*, sealed DNA Hair Sample envelope*, EID tagged, scrapie tag #, & postmarked by. KSF July 15 In exhibitor s name by. In exhibitor s name by July 1. In exhibitor s name by. In exhibitor s name by. * The Nomination Declaration form and specie nomination forms are available at www.youthlivestock.ksu.edu. Declaration Forms are due at the time of nomination. Official tags for all species, and official DNA Hair Sample Envelopes are available from KSRE Distribution. ** There is no market heifer show at KJLS. *** For pedigreed market barrows, ear notches on registration papers must match the pig s ear notches to be able to show. **** No commercial doe show at KSF; all meat goats must be nominated (no registered doe show for KSF or KJLS). *****Health papers are only required for KSF, for all species. There is a one-time/ $20.00 fee if a nomination has to be returned. February 2016

Rolling Prairie Extension District Elk County 4-H News K State Research and Extension is committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical, vision or hearing disability, or a dietary restriction please contact the Howard Office. K State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Rolling Prairie Extension District #8, Chautauqua and Elk Counties 130 South Pennsylvania P.O. Box 647 Howard, KS 67349 0647