Club Service Project

4-H Lock In

Re-enrollment Reminder

Animal Science Round-

Up 2015

Cattlemen Scholarship

Cattlemen Beef Award

Lambing Time Workshop

for Sheep Producers

WHAT’S INSIDE: It’s Lock In time!!!! That’s right the time has

come for you to be signing up to participate in our an-

nual 4-H Lock In. The Lock In will be held at the YMCA

in Algona on February 28– March 1. The County Coun-

cil have several fun games and activities planned and

of course there will be pizza and pop provided fol-

lowed by dessert. If you are interested in attending

the 4-H Lock In please register by February 20. Send

your registration to the extension office along with

your $20 registration fee. The registration form can be

found in the office or on the county extension web-

site. I look forward to an exciting night!!

Katie Holmes

County Youth Educator

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THE EXTENSION MENTION

February 2015

Kossuth County Extension

1121 B Hwy 18 E

Algona, IA 50511

515-295-2469

Service Project in a Stitch

4-H Lock In Feb. 28– Mar. 1

Re-enrollment

4-H Lock In!!!

Don’t Forget!

Do you have trouble coming up with a simple but

meaningful service project for your club? Service Pro-

ject in a Stitch is a very easy service project for you club to take part in.

All you need to provide are the kids and the sewing machines and you can

help this young 4-H’er reach her goal of making and donating 1000+ pil-

lowcases to ConKerr Cancer that are given to seriously ill children in Io-

wa. If you have any questions or are interested in this project please con-

tact Katie at the extension office.

Please don’t forget to get onto your 4-hOnline ac-

count and re-enroll for the new 4-H year if you have-

n’t done so yet. You must be re-enrolled before beef

weigh-in if you are weighing a calf in! All re-

enrollments must be done online. If you have ques-

tions please call the Extension office to set up a time

to meet with Katie, who will help you register.

Sign up to attend our annual 4-H lock in!! This will be a

fun filled night with lots of games and activities for

everyone to take part in. Also included will be pizza

and pop for the evening. Please have your registration

turned into the office by Feb. 20

Animal Science Round-Up 2015 June 30– July 2

2015 Kossuth County Cattlemen Scholarship

This year State 4-H Conference will be a little different. Only 20

applicants will be selected to attned the 5 species tracks: Beef,

Dairy Cattle, Horse, Sheep, and Swine. Applications will be due

online by March 1 and those selected will be notified around

April 1. Those not selected can still attend the regular State 4-H

Youth Conference. For more information on this please go to:

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/animalscienceroundup

The Kossuth County Cattlemen are offering a $500 scholarship to a

student that reside in the county. If they live outside of the county they

must be actively involved in 4-H/FFA in the county. Also the applicant

must be going into an agriculture field of study at college. The scholar-

ship winner will be announced at the cattlemen banquet Saturday,

March. 21 at KC Hall. The application can be found at the extension

office or on the extension website and must be postmarked no later

than March. 11 to JD Morris 115 S McCoy St. Algona, IA 50511.

Animal Science Round-Up 2015

2015 Kossuth County Cattlemen Beef Award

The Kossuth County Cattlemen offer a 4-H Beef Award at their annual

banquet, winners will receive a $100 check. Applicants must be a Kos-

suth county resident all though members who live just outside the

county will also be considered. They are looking for senior members

who have excelled in beef production. You may be involved in any

form: raising, showing, feed production, records, or presentations.

Owning your animals is not required. Applications can be found at the

extension office or on the county website and must be postmarked no

later than March. 11. Please send applications to JD Morris 115 S

McCoy St. Algona, IA 50511.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Out-reach invites sheep producers to attend a Lambing Time Workshop at the Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, 2516 Mortensen Road in Ames, March 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Discussion leaders include Dan Morrical, sheep special-ist, Joe Sellers, livestock specialist and Ben Stokes, ISU sheep teaching farm manager. The half-day program will focus on Improving Lamb Survival with Morrical, sheep specialist for ISU Extension and Outreach. “Lamb losses from birth to weaning range from 10 to 25 percent. In this session we will identify the main causes of death loss and provide manage-ment ideas to correct those causes,” says Morrical. Lamb loss can be due to starvation, hy-pothermia, dystocia, stillbirths, digestive disorders, scours, pneumonia and lastly trauma. “Baby lamb survival is key to sheep production profits. A goal of flock operations is to get lambs off to a good start,” said Sellers, livestock specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. with the program starting at 10 a.m. After 11 a.m., attendees will travel to ISU Sheep Teaching Farm, on South State Ave. in Ames, for a tour of the Iowa State lambing barn and for sessions on: condition scoring ewes, assessing lamb health, temping and tubing and lamb processing. Participants should come dressed for the weather. Class size is limited to 40 participants. To pre-register by March 4, contact Dan Morrical at 515-294-2904,morrical@iastate.edu or Joe Sellers at 641-203-1270, sellers@iastate.edu. Sponsors for the Lambing Time Workshop are ISU Extension and Outreach, Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board, and Premier 1 Supplies, Ltd.

Lambing Time Workshop for Sheep

Producers Offered March 7

Discover lambing tips for sheep production

Kossuth County Extension Calendar

WHO WE ARE 4-H, YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS

Bryan Whaley

bwhaley@iastate.edu

Regional Extension Education Director

Faye Schluter

fays@iastate.edu

Kossuth Extension Education Director

Katie Holmes

kmholmes@iastate.edu

Youth Outreach Educator

Popular Links:

Kossuth County Extension

www.extension.iastate.edu/kossuth/

Iowa 4-H Program

www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/

4-H Online

www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/

page/4honline-information-families-

and-leaders

Spend Smart Eat Smart

www.extension.iastate.edu/

foodsavings/

Feb. 16 4-H Leader Training 7:00 PM—9:00 PM

Feb. 18 Seed Treatment

Feb. 19 North Iowa Ag Summit @ Emmetsburg 8 AM—4:30 PM

Feb. 21 Clover Kids-Algona Meeting 9:-00 AM - 10:00 AM

Feb. 24 Confinement Manure Applicator Training 8:30 AM

Feb. 25 Commercial Manure Applicator Training 8:30 AM

Feb. 28 4-H Lock In

Mar. 1 Animal Science Round-up Applications Due online

Mar. 4 Ornamental and Turf Grass Applicator Training 9:00 AM

Mar. 10 Commercial Manure Applicator Training 8:30 AM

Mar. 11 Kossuth Co. Cattlemen Scholarship/Award Apps Due

Mar. 19 FSQA Training 6:30 PM @ Extension Office

Kossuth County Extension Office

1121-B Hwy 18 E

Algona IA 50511

Return Service Requested

Happy Birthday to the

following 4-Her’s who will

be celebrating during the

month of February!

Hunter Thilges 1

Hunter Meinders 2

Marcus Wykoff 2

Collin Casey 3

Levin Aanson 4

Olivia Guerdet 10

Emily Connick 14

Riley Rosenmeyer 18

Aric Laubenthal 19

Cole Denker 19

Melissa Burt 19

Kennedy Halsrud 20

Cameron Crosser 27

Isabel Casey 27

Rachel Arndorfer 27