The Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H Club had a meeting Feb. 5 in the school building at Geauga Country Fairgrounds...
Geauga Beef and Swine
The Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H Club had a meeting Feb. 5 in the school building at Geauga Country Fairgrounds. There were 31 members present. Members presented reports about swine hair care, swine byproducts, vaccines/injections and getting beef ready for show. Some members have started taking care of beef project; pigs and lambs will soon be picked out.
The health and safety topic was about preventing house fires in winter. The energy topic was about atoms and electricity.
Four-H week is in early March; members will display information at G.A.R. Horizons on March 4. They did an activity with calendars on tracking the days until they weigh into Geauga County Fair so the youth can keep them in the barn to also write their projects weights on it and changes in feed. The next meeting is March 5.
(Submitted by Kaiden Wolcott, 12, news reporter)
Swinging Hams
Swinging Hams 4-H Club’s first meeting of the year was held on Feb. 7. The club welcomed new members and talked about what projects everyone was doing. New poultry members will have to attend a poultry clinic. Addison Burnett presented a market hog housing supply project.
Next meeting is March 7 at 7 p.m. Anyone interested in joining may contact Joleigh Burnett at 440-785-2666. (Submitted by Thomas Skytta, news reporter)
