Morgan County 4-H Newsletter

Colorado State University Extension 4-H programs are available to all without discrimination.

Inside this issue:

News 1

4-H Information 2

4-H Activities 5

Leader/ LAC 6

Livestock 7

Fair Information 9

New Fair Board Livestock 13

Support 4-H 15

Extension News 16

Calendar of Events 17

To Make the Best Better

All 4-H families have a responsibility to read the 4-H newsletter and to understand the infor-mation and deadlines that apply to them.

Need help? Please check with your club leader or contact 4-H Agents at the Extension Office.

NEWS!

Meat Judging

Team

Morgan County 4-H had its first ever meat judging team. The senior team participated at the 2019 Colorado 4-H State Meat Judging Contest on Satur-day, May 4th, Team members included Quinton Draegert, Bryce Kendrick, and Carter Mortensen. Quinton received 5

th

place individual overall. The team was 2

nd place. A big

congratulations to them.

4-H is for the Kids! As fair approaches, we want to give a friendly reminder that the pur-pose of our 4-H projects is for youth to learn by doing. This means the goal is not the perfect end product, but the skills they learn along the way. Remember we are raising blue ribbon kids, not blue ribbon pro-jects!

Reminder Important 2019 Fair Deadlines ALL Livestock Entry Forms, Livestock Record Books, and entry forms for Demonstration Contest, Cake Decorating Contest, Creative Cooks Contest, and Fashion Revue are DUE Wednesday, July 17!

June 2019

DATES TO REMEMBER

Concession Quiz May 1 – June 28 Breeding Poultry & Rabbits Primary Care Begins June 1 Cloverbud Workshop June 4, 4:30-6:00 pm Record Book Workshop June 4, 6:30-8:00 pm Foods & Nutrition Workshop June 11, 1:00-3:00 pm Pen of Market Poultry & Rabbits, ID forms Due June 25, 4:00 pm Record Book Workshop July 10, 6:00– 8:00 pm Fair Entries & Livestock Record Books Due July 17, by 4:00 pm Cloverbud T-shirt Workshop July 18, 4-H Building Fashion Revue Workshop July 23, 1:30 pm Fashion Revue July 29 Interview Judging July 31 Dog Obedience Show August 1 Demonstration Contest August 1 Creative Cooks August 1 Cake Decorating Contest August 5

See inside for more details.

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4-H Information

Interview Judging Day General & Natural Resources, Family Consumer Science and County Projects Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Families are responsible for scheduling the interview(s) in 4-H online, June 1-June 20, 2019. (https://co.4honline.com/Login.aspx?403D4041306268495252646F2B413D) All Family Consumer Science, General and Natural Resources, and County Projects will be inter-view judged and entered at the Multi-purpose Building. This includes Dog Obedience members. Only the exhibitor will be allowed with the judge at the time of the interview; no parents or leaders. Exhibitors unable to be interview judged that day must make prior arrangements and complete an absentee interview form, available at the Extension Office. The form must be filled out and brought in to the Extension Office on or before, Monday, July 29, 2019. Catch-It animal participants have an interview already scheduled on Wednesday, July 31st, in the 4-H Building. Catch-It Dairy participants, only 2nd year, will be interviewed.

Manuals and Records Update If you have not received your manuals for projects, contact your club leader first as they received packets to distribute at club meetings. When you receive manuals/records, don’t set aside until summer. Take time to read the manual NOW and the records to see what you need to do. Most projects require activities to be completed over a period of several months. You want to do more than just the one thing for your exhibit.

Project Exhibit Requirements If you haven’t already started on your fair project exhibit, it’s time to get serious about it. While some project exhibits may not take as long as others, it is important you know what is expected so you’ll be ready for Interview Judging. For complete exhibit requirements go to: http://www.colorado4h.org/project_resources/StateFairExhibitReq.pdf The requirements will also be in the 2019 Morgan County Fair Book, it will be available mid-June. If your project exhibit and record book requires additional activities, you’ll need to have plenty of time to get all completed.

Manual or Record Book? There is often confusion about whether a member turns in their Manual or their Record Book. All projects require a record book but not all require the use of the manual; the manual, in most cases, serves as a learning guide for the completion of the project. If your project requires the manual for completion, that will be indicatied in the project exhibit requirements. Record books (E-records) are available online for Animal record books at https://morgan.extension.colostate.edu/4-h/records/, General and Natural and Family Consumer Science record book at http://co4h.colostate.edu/program-areas/projects/e-records-general/. Some Record Books require pieces from the manual and this information can be found looking at the exhibit scoresheets at http://co4h.colostate.edu/program-areas/state-fair-information/score-sheets/ For Shooting Sports, if you find discrepancies on rules between the manuals and the Morgan County or Colorado 4-H rule books, the rule books take precedence. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Aimee at 970-542-3542.

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4-H Information Project Letters Coming Soon All youth in General and Family and Consumer projects should be receiving information with de-tails on preparing exhibits, doing record books, and it will include score sheets as well as other re-sources to help be successful in this year’s 4-H program. Watch for the information and be sure to read it completely.

Record Book Workshops With Fair right around the corner, now is the time to start working on your record books! We know that they can be challenging at times, and this year will be offering two separate workshops for 4-H youth to bring in their record books and get help from agents or others, in completing their record books. These workshops are open to any 4-H member regardless of their project, and will be held at the Extension Office on: June 4 – 6:30-8:00 p.m. and July 10 – 6:00-8:00 p.m. Please contact Aimee with any questions at 970-542-3542.

Cake Decorating Boards One exhibit requirement for Cake Decorating is the board for the cake MUST be a solid, sturdy board which is cut in the same shape as the cake. A typical cardboard cake board is not stur-dy enough for fair exhibits and it can be difficult to get recycled cardboard which is thick enough. We recommend using 1/4 inch thick solid Masonite board. These can be obtained at a hardware store or lumber yard.

Display Boards and Record Covers The Extension Office has display boards (show boards) available for $5.50 each and green 4-H record book covers available for $3.50 each.

Are You Ready for Fair?! As a new member, or even a seasoned member, there are a lot of steps to be sure you are ready for fair! For a checklist to make sure you have everything done, visit: https://morgan.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/05/Are-you-ready-for-Fair.pdf.

2019 County Fair Dates Official fair dates are August 2-8, 2019, BUT pre-fair activities will begin earlier in July including Interview Judging which is Wednesday, July 31st. See the schedule on page 11.

2019 Concession Stand The concession schedule was emailed to all 4-H Club leaders. The schedule is based on the num-ber of members(8-18 yrs old) in your club and projects enrolled (to try to avoid conflicts with live-stock exhibit times). Because of changes in number of members in a club as well as changes in when the Concession Stands will be open in 2019, there will be some adjustment of hours working and day.

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Signing up for Shooting Sports Members interested in Shooting Sports must enroll in each discipline that they are planning to shoot in addition to the discipline they are completing their 4-H project in. This helps with record keeping, safety tracking, and ensuring that all members are enrolled correctly for their different projects. In Morgan County in 2019, youth must have a Hunter Safety Card PRIOR to shooting at County Fair. There will also be a $10 fee for every youth enrolled in shooting sports. New for 2019, all youth must attend a mandatory safety training prior to their first practice. Contact Aimee, 542-3542, if you have not attended a training.

MORGAN COUNTY SHOOTING SPORTS COUNTY FAIR ELIGIBILITY 1. All participants must be 4–H members currently enrolled in the 4–H Shooting Sports Project. 2. Juniors: 8—13 years old as of 12/31/18 Seniors: 14—18 years old as of 12/31/18 3. Appropriate safety equipment is the shooter’s responsibility. 4. All youth MUST complete record books and participate in interview judging and must receive at least a Red Ribbon on their interview project for scores to count for participation at Colorado State Fair. 5. All youth must have a Hunter’s Safety Card to shoot at the County Fair Shoot. You must have participated in at least three (3) County *Certified shoots in each of the divisions entered to compete at the County Fair. For safety reasons, a shotgun shooter must shoot at least three (3) practices in each class they want to compete in. *Certified shoots are shoots shot in front of the contest superintendent or assistant superintendent of the discipline. *For emergency situations, the superintendent and shooting sports committee will take it under consideration for county only results. Youth not participating in county shoots will not be eligible for State Fair Shoot. *Guidelines for Classes and equipment will be same as the current rulebook. You may view the Colorado Shooting Sports Rule Book at: http://co4h.colostate.edu/program-areas/shooting-sports/. Click on rulebook, forms, and notices.

4-H Information

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Cloverbuds Workshop June 4th, 4:30-6:00 pm For All Cloverbuds (5-7 year olds) enrolled in 4-H and one guest (friend or family member) Cost per person: $5.00 with RSVP by Friday, May 31st, $10.00 at the Door Register: Call 542-3540

4-H Exchange Program Planned for Summer 4-H members will travel to Michigan from June 21-28, 2019. Logan and Morgan County 4-H members participating are, Olivia Clise, Devin Gerken, Nathan Gerken, Nicole Kramer, Tim Rhode, Thomas Rutherford, and Hank Shaver. This will complete the two-year 4-H exchange program. Washtenaw County 4-H members stayed with Logan and Morgan Counties in the summer of 2018.

Dog Project Trainings

Attention Dog Project Members! Classes will be on Monday evenings at the Morgan County Fair Grounds-Indoor Arena, 6:30 pm. A schedule of the dog training classes is listed below. Practice Dates June 3 & 17 July TBD Fair Show-August 1

2019 COLORADO 4-H FOUNDATION TRUCK RAFFLE Local Ford Dealers have made another generous donation to the Colorado 4-H program of a 2019 Ford F-150, 4x4 super crew pickup truck, raffle tickets will be sold by State 4-H Foundation board members, Extension Staff, 4-H Members and Leaders. The 4-H Foundation raffle returns $2.50 to the 4-H club for every $5 ticket sold. Great club fundraiser!! Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Tickets will be available at the Extension Office. https://co4hfoundation.extension.colostate.edu/fundraising/truck-raffle/

4-H Activities

Meetings

Leaders Advisory Committee Monday, June 17, 2019, 5:30 pm, Ext Office

4-H Council Monday, June 17, 2019, 6:45 pm, Ext Office

4-H Exchange Sunday, June 9, 2019, 5:00 pm, Ext Office

County Council Corner Submitted by County Council Reporter Raelynn Carlock

The May meeting was held at the Extension Office on Monday, May 21, at 6:45 p.m. During this

meeting we discussed the 2019 Fair Dance, hearing from the dance committee, heard club reports,

and discussed Investigate 4-H Night.

The dance committee presented ideas for themes for the dance including futuristic, space, western,

and decade. They are also going to let dance attendees vote on the last song to be played again

this year.

The next County Council meeting will be held on June 17, 2019 at 6:45 p.m. at the Extension Of-

fice. During this meeting we will finalize plans for the fair dance. If you have any questions about the

Morgan County 4-H Council please contact Aimee at 970-542-3542.

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4-H Club Chartering Chartering for the 2019-2020 Calendar Year is coming up! Here is a list of all of the chartering documents your club will need. Have your officers and members get involved in completing the documents! Bylaws-Most Recent Version Financial Report-July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 Bank Statement-Copy of the statement showing the balance as of June 30, 2019 Annual Review-July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 Group Assets-Any physical items your club owns valued over $50 Budget-Estimated Budget for 2019-2020 calendar year Annual Plan-Club plan for 2019-2020 calendar year Affirmative Action-Report on July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 CHARTERING DOCUMENTS WILL BE DUE TO THE MORGAN COUNTY OFFICE BY AU-GUST 20, 2019.

Peach Sales Watch for Palisade peach sale information in the updates, Family Fair packets, and July/August 4-H Newsletter.

CONCESSION STAND FOOD SAFETY !!! Morgan County Leaders' Advisory (LAC) recommends all 4-H leaders/parents/

adults who help with or supervise 4-H members in the Fair Concession Stand to complete a 2 hour Hands-On Food Safety Training before working in the 4-H Concession Stand during the fair.

After completing the Hands-On Food Safety Training one time, LAC also re-quires each year 4-H leaders/parents/adults must complete a refresher quiz (open booklet) before working in the concession stands the current year. We have a list of all who have attended trainings in past years so if you need to check your status, contact Amy.

Clubs must also give names of adults who will be helping in the Concession Stand for 2019 who have previously completed the Hands-On Food Safety Training. These individuals will need to complete the Food Safety Refresher Quiz during the month of June.

Refresher Quiz will be available by picking up a booklet and quiz beginning Friday, May 3 from the Extension Center. Complete and return quiz (open booklet) by Friday, June 28.

Thanks from Leaders’ Advisory Committee for making sure that 4-H serves safe food during the fair.

4-H Leaders/Morgan County 4-H LAC

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Livestock Premises ID Premises identification will provide quick and accurate traceability of livestock and locations in the event of an animal health concern, which will help maintain the health of all Colorado livestock. For this program, a premises is defined as a location or site where live-stock are born, handled, housed, managed, marketed, processed, or exhibited. Premises ID is managed by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. For the 2018 – 2019 project year, 4-H members with livestock projects (beef, dairy, goat, horse, sheep, swine, poultry, and rabbit) are strongly encouraged to obtain a Premises ID. It is required to exhibit at the Morgan County Fair and Colorado State Fair. It is also required for other livestock shows. If you don’t already have a Premises ID, you can obtain one by calling Marlin 542-3543 or go online to Colorado Location Identification (LID) Registration Form at http://col.st/tzSZP. If you have applied for one at your current address, you do not need to reapply. This ID is assigned to the ad-dress not the tenant.

Animal Care and Housing Form All 4-H members with animal projects will be required to have a completed, signed and approved animal Care and Housing Form for Colorado 4-H Livestock Projects form on file at the Extension Office. This form will be provided in two ways:

1. 4-H online for those that have their animals at their place of residence and 2. on our 4-H Website http://morgan.extension.colostate.edu for those that have their ani-mals some place other than their residence.

If your animal project is housed at your place of residence you filled out this form while filling out your paperwork during the enrollment process online. If your animal project is not housed at your place of residence then you will need to go to our 4-H Website, print the Animal Care and Housing form and fill out both sides of that form. This gives us additional information about your specific situation and helps with the approval process. Please give us detailed information or we will send them back for you to adjust your comments. Talk to your club leader, or contact Marlin at 542-3543 if you have any questions.

Catch-It Chicken Distribution Chicks will be distributed tentatively, Thursday, June 13th, at the Extension Office at 9:00 am. Information will be sent out upon date confirmation. Please call that morning to verify the chicks were shipped. Participants, who feel they cannot fulfill their commit-ment, please notify Marlin immediately.

2019 Lamb & Goat Weigh In 142 Goats tagged and 86 participants 120 Lambs tagged and 57 participants

2019 Swine ID 181 Swine ID’d and 79 participants

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Livestock

Organized 4-H Horse Practice 2019 Indoor and outdoor arena when weather permits. June 6, 13, 20, 27 July 11, 18 4-H Horse Show Saturday, July 13, 2019. Fair Western & English Show July 27th Fair Gymkhana July 28th Fair Ranch Horse August 2nd

Horse Level Testing Horse Members that need to take written level tests must contact Marlin by July 5

th

to schedule an appointment. Members must pass written test before taking the riding test.

SHEEP AND GOAT MEMBERS

To be eligible to show at the Morgan County Fair and Colorado State Fair all Breeding Sheep AND Breeding Goats, Market Ewe Lambs and Market Goat Doelings,

must comply with the Federal Scrapie Eradication Pro-gram. The rule states that you must have a scrapie

ear tag or 840 County tag in each animal that is issued by the USDA that corresponds back to the breeder

(owner) of the animal.

For more information, contact Marlin.

MARKET RABBIT &

MARKET POULTRY

ID FORMS DUE

DUE JUNE 25, 2019 4:00 P.M.

ALL 4-H AND FFA MEMBERS WHO

WILL BE EXHIBITING MEAT RABBITS

OR MEAT BIRDS MUST SUBMIT AN IDEN-

TIFICATION FORM TO THE EXTENSION

OFFICE.

ID’S are not needed for Catch-It

Chickens.

HORSE SHOW TIE BREAKER TEST SATURDAY JULY 27th 8:00 a.m. FAIR GROUNDS, 4-H BUILDING The County Fair Horse Show will use a written test to determine placing if a tie occurs. The highest test score on the written test is the first tie breaker; second tie breaker will be show-manship. Only one test will be given. Project members are encouraged to take this test but it is NOT mandatory. Must be on time, no late entry or testing will be allowed.

AK-SAR-BEN Entry Deadlines Ak-Sar-Ben is a 4-H Only Show for members 9-19 years old (as of January 1, 2019). Member must order DNA packets from Aksarben directly. DNA nomination envelopes are NOT available at any ID Days or at the Ex-tension Office. All DNA Nominations are due by July 1st for all species. For detailed information about ordering DNA packets, please visit: https://www.aksarbenstockshow.com/p/events/403

Massey Lamb and Goat Camp Lambs-June 17-18, 2019 and/or Goats-June 19-20, 2019 Applications and registrations are done at: http://www.masseyshowlambcamp.com/registration.html This “hands-on” two day event with J.B. Massey will be held at the Morgan County Fair Grounds. Information covered: Feeding and Nutrition, Showmanship, Fitting and Clipping. Space is limited, so register online today.

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Fair Information MARK THESE FAIR DATES Here are the tentative dates events related to the General and Family and Consumer Projects.

Fashion Revue - Monday, July 29th Judging 1-4 pm Public Revue at 6 pm

Creative Cooks – Thursday, August 1st at 3 pm Cake Decorating Contest – Monday, August 5th

*New this year– premiums offered to participants!*

PLAN NOW - Demonstration Contest, Creative Cooks, & Cake Decorating Contest

The 2019 4-H Demonstration Contest and Creative Cooks Contest will be Thursday afternoon, August 1, 2019. This will be held following the 4-H Dog Show starting mid-afternoon. We will open the Event Center following Creative Cooks awards so families can see results from Interview Judging on August 1st. Entries are due to the Extension Office on Wednesday, July 17th. If your club would like a presentation on any of the above listed contests for a club meeting, Call for details and to set a date: Aimee (542-3542).

The 2019 Cake Decorating Contest will be held on Monday, August 5th at 1:00

p.m. in the 4-H Building. Entries will be due on Wednesday, July 17th. Open to all 4-H mem-bers. Class Champions will be eligible for State Fair. Additional information will be available on our website.

Foods and Nutrition Workshop – June 11 Extension Meeting Room; 1-3 pm; RSVP by June 7 to Amy (542-3545). Cost: $5.00 includes all Supplies 4-H Members Enrolled in Foods and Nutrition Projects, 4-H Members Who Want To Learn Food Preparation Skills, and Non 4-Hers Who Want To Learn About 4-H Projects.

Measuring Basics

Food Safety Basics

Reading a Recipe

Nutrition Basics Make sure you know what skills are required for your unit.

Cloverbud Fair Opportunities All the details haven’t been worked out, but Cloverbud members can plan on participating in these activi-ties connected with Morgan County Fair. T-Shirt Workshop Thursday, July 18th, 1:30 - 3 pm Cloverbuds will decorate a t-shirt and do other fun activities. They can show others what they made by being in the 4-H Fashion Revue on Monday, July 29. There will be a small registration fee to cover sup-plies.

Creative Cooks Thursday, August 1st Event Center, Brush Fairgrounds Cloverbuds will fix their favorite no-bake/no-cook snack and participate in 4-H Creative Cooks. This is a fun way to share your favorite snack and learn more about other 4-H activities.

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Fair Information

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2019 Morgan County Fair PRE-FAIR SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 14 Shotgun Contest, High Plains Trap Club Wednesday, July 17 Entry forms for Cake Decorating, Creative Cooks, Demonstration,

and Fashion Revue Contests due to Extension Office. *All animal record books (except dogs and cats) due to Ext Office Saturday, July 20 .22 (All Four Divisions) Contest, Morgan County Gun Club

Muzzleloading Contest, Morgan County Gun Club Sunday, July 21 Archery Contest Morgan County Fairgrounds, Outdoor Arena Air Rifle and Air Pistol Contests Morgan County Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building

Skeet and Five Stand Shoots, Washington County Gun Range, Akron Tuesday, July 23 Shooting Sports Banquet – 6 p.m. Monday, July 29 Fashion Revue Judging 1 to 4 p.m. Public Revue - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 Interview Judging ALL 4-H General and Family & Consumer projects Dog Obedience Records with Interview All Catch-It-Animal Interviews (except 1st year dairy) Thursday, August 1 Dog Obedience Show 8:30 am Creative Cooks Contest Judging Approximately 3 - 5:30 Awards and Tasting Approximately 5:30 p.m.

Demonstration Contest Following Creative Cooks -Approximately 6 p.m. Enjoy the afternoon at the fair, sample the Creative Cooks’ entries, watch the Demonstration Contest, and see the results of Interview Judging.

Morgan County Fair

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Fair Board Sponsored Activities BUCKERS UNLIMITED LLC BULL RIDING Saturday, August 3, 2019, Outdoor Arena, 9:00 am, Morning event is Free, Tickets for 5:00 pm evening event available at gate.

CHURCH SERVICE Sunday, August 4, 2019, 7:00 p.m. 4-H Building.

FREE BREAKFAST Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Outside the In-door Arena

OPEN CLASS BOTTLE CALF, LAMB, KID SHOW Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 3:00 p.m., Indoor Are-na (Arrival 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m./Departure after the show) NO pre-registrations required. Participants un-der 8 years old. All animals must be tame. Ani-mals must be born after January 1, 2019. This is not a sanctioned 4-H or FFA event.

PEDAL TRACTOR PULL CONTEST Wednesday, August 7, 2019, Starting: 3:00 p.m., Multi-Purpose Building, NO pre-registration re-quired.

CRICKET RACES Wednesday, August 7, 2019, Starting: 2:00 p.m., Multi-Purpose Building Cricketers (exhibitors) will be allowed to race one or two crickets. If a cricketer chooses to race two, they must be raced as a single entry. Classes: Peewee Cricketers, ages 7 & un-der; Junior Cricketers, ages 8-10; Senior Cricketers, ages 11-13.

STEAK FRY Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Indoor Arena-Tickets $5.00, Come and en-joy the steak fry and visit with family and friends.

CONCERT Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Out-

door Arena, Southern Fryed Band.

Sponsored by City of Brush!, City of Fort Morgan, and Morgan County Fair Board.

WILD WEST CARNIVAL WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 7, 2019 8:00 – 9:30 PM 4-H BUILDING At last year’s fair over 97 kids and their families enjoyed the Wild West Carnival. At your June meeting ask for member and adult volunteers to provide “MAN-POWER” to run the many games at the carnival. If you volunteer to help with the carnival, your club will receive a cash rebate for participating. REMEMBER all games are provided! Questions call Annette Lebsock 542-3136 or 380-0777.

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Identification and Weigh-In Dates 2019

COUNTY FAIR DATES AUGUST 2 - 8, 2019

FUTURE FAIR DATES: July 31 – August 6, 2020

RULE CHANGES MARKET GOAT minimum weight 50 pounds. 50-120 lbs. to be eligible for sale. MARKET POULTRY - pen of 3 Chickens - Fryers 9 to under 18 lbs.; Broilers 18-30 lbs.; pen of 2 Ducks - 12-18 lbs.; pen of 2 Geese - 14-28 lbs.; Single Turkey, Tom 20-43 lbs., Hen 13-30 lbs. Grand Champion will be eligible for sale. ANY MARKET ANIMAL or POULTRY cannot weigh if they have excessive mud, manure, foreign material or water on their body. FAIR SCHEDULE CHANGES HORSE County Fair Gymkhana to start at 10:00 am on Sunday, July 28, 2019. GOAT Showmanship to start at 11:00 am, August 3, 2019. SHEEP No stalling of lambs until 5:30 pm, if pen is occupied by goats, August 3, 2019. 2020 RULE CHANGE MARKET GOAT minimum weight 60 pounds. 60-120 lbs. to be eligible for sale.

New Fair Board Livestock Rules

Species Primary Care Begins Weigh-In I.D.'s

Beef March 2 March 2

Horse May 1 May 1

Breeding Animals (Sheep, Goats) May 1

Dairy (Cattle) May 1 May 1

Breeding Beef May 1 May 1

Sheep/Goats (Market) May 4 May 4

Swine (Market) May 6 May 6

Rabbits & Poultry (Breeding) June 1

Pen of Meat Rabbits June 25 June 25

Pen of Meat Poultry June 25 June 25

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2019 Livestock Fair Schedule

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Support Morgan County 4-H

Morgan County 4-H Foundation 4th of July Rodeo Concessions Please support the Morgan County 4-H Foundation and the 4-H members in the county by attending the annual Brush Rodeo, July 2nd-4th, and enjoying food from the concession stand. The funds enable us to give scholarships and fund the other 4-H activities we have been supporting.

Morgan County 4-H Foundation provides essen-

tial funding for 4-H programs throughout Colorado. Individu-als, corporations, and the 4-H Foundation are all partners in supporting the youth who take part in various 4-H activities throughout the state. Today there are 17 4-H Clubs in Morgan County and over 400 youth involved. Additional-ly, there are over 600 youth participating yearly in School Enrichment and After School programs making 4-H the larg-est youth organization in Mor-gan County.

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Exhibiting at Colorado State Fair Did you know anyone can exhibit in the Creative Arts Division of the Colorado State Fair? Entries DO NOT have to be shown at the County Fair before going to State Fair. Extension will collect entries at the Extension Office Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 19, so exhibits can be taken to Pueblo be-fore August 1. They will be returned to Morgan County by Septem-ber 4. There are specific instructions for how entries need to be packaged and entry forms completed, so please contact the Extension Center for details before bringing your exhibits to the office. Creative Arts includes all types of needle arts, clothing, quilting, porcelain art, arts and crafts such as ceramics, jewelry, tole/decorative painting, scrapbooking, dolls, and all categories of food preservation. (The only thing we do not take to State Fair is baked foods.) There are special classes for senior citizens (over 65) as well as youth, so 4-H members may want to enter some extra items they have made during the year as they practiced on project ex-hibits. State Fair classes can be found at www.coloradostatefair.com or at the Extension Office after June 1.

AmeriCorps Members Active

Morgan County Extension’s 2018-2019 AmeriCorps members Shelly Columbia and McKenna VonFeldt will be providing STEM program-ming in Brush and Fort Morgan throughout the summer. Watch the Morgan County AmeriCorps with Shelly Columbia Facebook page for drop in class opportunities.

Calling All Volunteers With 2019 Morgan County Fair just around the corner, we're always looking for volunteers. There are lots of opportunities to share your time and have a commitment to help make the fair a success. We are especially looking for additional volunteers to help with the Open Class Divi-sions on August 3

rd - 5

th, but can also use volunteers for other times during the fair. If you, or

someone you know would be interested, call the Extension Center at 542-3540.

Food Preservation Do you want to learn how to safely can, dry or freeze your garden’s bounty? Colorado State University Extension invites you to enroll in Preserve@Home, an online 6-week food preservation class to teach individuals how to safely preserve a variety of foods.

Preserve@Home offers an individual no matter where they live in Colorado to learn

via the online Lessons, weekly Chats, Lesson tests, and enough pdf document files to fill up a 3-ring binder! To register, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preservehome-online-junejuly-2019-registration-61442333674

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Morgan County

CSU Extension

PO BOX 517

914 E Railroad Ave

Fort Morgan, CO 8070

Phone: (970) 542-3540

Fax: (970) 542-3541

E-Mail:

coopext_morgan@mail.colostate.edu

Web Page:

www.morgan.extension.colostate.edu/

Hours: Monday thru Friday

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. May be closed for lunch from 11:30-12:30.

Calendar of Events

JUNE 1 - Breeding Rabbit and Poultry, Primary Care Begins 2-4 - Colorado Dairy Youth Extravaganza, Island Grove Park, Greeley 4 - Cloverbud Workshop, 4:30 - 6:00 pm, Extension Office 4 - Record Book Workshop, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Extension Office 9 - 4-H Exchange Final Meeting, 5:00 pm, Extension Office 11 - Foods and Nutrition Workshop, 1:00-3:00 pm, Extension Office 17 - Leaders Advisory Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm, Ext Office 17 - 4-H Council Meeting, 6:45 pm, Extension Office 17-18 - Massey Lamb Camp, MCFG 18-20 - State 4-H Conference, Fort Collins 19-20 - Massey Goat Camp, MCFG 21-28 - 4-H Exchange Travel to Michigan 22-29 - Citizenship . . . Washington Focus 25 - Meat pen of Rabbits and Poultry ID’s Due, 4 pm, Ext Office

JULY 1 - 4-H Family Fair Packets Available 2-4 - Morgan County 4-H Foundation Concession Booth at Brush Rodeo 4 - INDEPENDENCE DAY, EXTENSION OFFICE CLOSED 11 - Record Book Workshop, 6:00-8:00, Extension Office 14 - Morgan County Fair Shotgun Shoot, High Plains Trap Club 17 - Livestock Record Books and Entry Forms DUE, Extension Office 18 - Cloverbud T-shirt Workshop, MC Fair Grounds-4-H Building 20 - Morgan County Fair .22 and Muzzleloading Shoots, MC Gun Club 21 - Morgan County Fair Air Pistol, Air Rifle and Archery Shoots, MCFG 21– Morgan County Fair Skeet and Five Stand Shoots, Akron 23 - Fashion Revue Workshop, 1:30 pm, First Christian Church, FM 23 - Shooting Sports Potluck, 6:00 pm, MCFG Event Center 29 - Fashion Revue, Judging - 1 pm, Public Revue 6:00 pm, FCC

31 - Interview Judging, MC Fair Grounds, Multi-Purpose Building

AUGUST 2-8 - 2019 MORGAN COUNTY FAIR 2-9 - EXTENSION OFFICE CLOSED 3-4 - Open Class Horticulture 5 - Open Class Home Economics 6 - Catch-It Contests for 2019 7 - Wild West Carnival 8 - Jr Livestock Sale

12 - 4-H Exhibits for State Fair DUE to Extension Office 16 - Livestock Sale Buyer information available 20 - Premiums Available

Extension Staff:

Amy Kelley-Morgan County

Director/4-H and Youth Agent

Jamie Dixon-Administrative

Technician

Marlin Eisenach-Livestock

Agent

Aimee Kanode-4-H and Youth/

Horticulture Agent

Wilma Trujillo-Area Agronomist/

Cropping Systems Agent

Morgan County Fair Grounds

(MCFG)

750 Ellsworth

Brush, CO 80723