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r More farm choices from the choice of more farmers What do you need to do your farm- What do you need to raise your What do you need to keep things ing? Your double-circle Co-op has livestock? Your double-circle Co-op running? Your double-circle Co-op the equipment to make your job has complete up-to-date life cycle has the petroleum products, tires easier. Plus the buildings and bins growing programs for hogs and and batteries to keep your machi- cattle. Programs backed by the to house what you work with and nery, trucks and cars running and right feeds, animal health care what you grow. producing. You can count on products, feeding and watering prompt delivery, too. Right down systems. CO-OP has even estab- to in-the-field emergency service. markets, like our lished livestock What do you need for a better life? program. exclusive "Pig-to-Plate" Your double-circle Co-op has the What do you need to grow your extras as well as the necessities. crops? Your double-circle Co-op Refrigerators, ranges, barbecue is the world's largest supplier of grills, tools, paint-all kinds of fertilizer; ready and willing to meet appliances and home equipment. your schedule. You'll also find a And as with everything CO-OP ready supply of seed, pesticides supplies, quality, value and ser- and herbicides. BEST DEAL IN THE COUNTRY! vice are part of the purchase. FARMLAND //VC1USTIR / ES. //VC. KANSAS OD, nouSSOU. Bat. Kansas 4-H Journal Winning editorial To make the best better Vol. XXII, No. 10 October 1976 By Teri Lee Bortz Haysville Some people are critical and impatient with the youth of Frightening features facilitate America. They call them juvenile fundraising 4 delinquents, irresponsible-a problem. Some praise their magnificent records, their intelligence Ceremony for installation and earnest interest in world affairs. of officers 5 But critical or appreciative, attention must be focused on their potentialities and their needs. Boys make pies 6 The success of the world will depend upon the boys and girls growing up in Foods and nutrition 7 each community today. Youth do not suddenly become responsible citizens at the age of 18. They do not suddenly become 4-H Photography 8,9 delinquents. They grow that way. All people share basic needs which must be met by the individual if he is to enjoy a smooth progression Ideas and news 10,11, 13 through life. Some of these needs are: to experience a satisfactory self- Family Fun Page 15 concept. To experience success in achievement. To become increas- ingly independent. To give and receive affection. To experience adventure. To be accepted by one's peers as well as one's elders. Glenna Wilson Editor 4-H opens doors for youth to satisfy these needs in many differ- William Riley Jr. ...Managing Editor ent ways. I, personally, have gained skills, knowledge, confidence in Kathy Barthel Secretary my abilities and am a much better person because of experiences I Address all correspondence: have had in 4-H. I have been afforded many opportunities the past Kansas 4-H-Journal seven years that I would not have had if I had not been a 4-H member. Umberger Hall. KSU By enrolling in different and in Manhattan. Kansas 66506 projects participating a variety of activities I have developed many interests which may lead to a Phone 913-532-5881 vocation or hobbies. Kansas 4-H Journal is published monthly by Project work is only a part of 4-H. An individual must be a KANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION, INC. member of a club. Members and leaders must work together to have a Merle Eyestone Executive Director successful club. Leaders are our teachers. They do not plan our William Riley Jr. Associate Director program nor dictate what is to be done. Leaders are filled with J. Harold Johnson Field Representative patience, guidance, companionship, inspiration, hope, Trisha Cash Secretary faith, encour- Ann Walker Treasurer agement, and understanding. Adults who have served as local and county leaders while I have been in 4-H, my mother, and grand- BOARD OF TRUSTEES mother have been an inspiration to challenge any defeat I might have Governor Robert Bennett felt. Honorary Chairman Their boundless energies, visions of accomplishment, and ever- Balfour S. Jeffrey. Chrm. Topeka lasting optimism continually remind me that "It can be done." With- Ross Beach. Vice -Chrm. Hays out these cheerful, sincere, resourceful, noble adults the 4-H program John D. Montgomery. Treas. Junction City would fall apart. Glenn M. Busset Manhattan W. Dale Critser Wichita 4-H is a family oriented youth organization offering opportunity Richard Dillon Hutchinson to practice and repractice what is learned in an atmosphere of interest John 0. Dunbar Manhattan Ned Fleming Topeka and informality. Mom, Dad. and all the kids, yes, even the pets if Mrs. Olive Garvey Wichita necessary, can become deeply involved. I have grown up in 4-H. The William 1VI. McDonald Kansas City, Mo. first public appearance I made George B. Powers Wichita after my birth was at a baby shower Dolph Simons, Sr. Lawrence given for me by the members and parents of the 4-H club my mother John T. Stewart Wellington was community leader of. For years I had a better Mrs. Charles Streeter Manhattan attendance record Mrs. Dwane Wallace Wichita than many of the club members, going to meetings, tours, practices, *Sen. Frank Carlson Concordia contests, . in a basket, then in the stroller, on the hand of my *Harry Darby Kansas City mother, and finally on my own two feet. *Harold E. Jones Manhattan is *J. J. Moxley Council Grove 4-H helping young people to become more effective citizens in *Roger E. Regnier Manhattan a democratic society. The objectives of a democratic society are to *E. B. Shawver Wichita develop *Advisory Member individual responsibility, rewarding human relationships, civic responsibilities, and economic responsibility. Second Class Postage Paid at Manhattan, Kansas on 14) and additional mailing offices. Return Form 3579 to (Continued page Kansas 4-H Journal, Manhattan, Kansas 66506. Advertising rates and circulation data on request. Group subscriptions $2.00 per year. Individual About the cover photo. The photographer is Julie subscription $2.50 per year. A lithograph of the bridge at Rock Swanson, a 4-H member from Kan- Use of the 4-H name and symbol approved by the Springs Ranch was selected by sas City. Another of Julie's pic- secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Randy Tosh and Kristi January 23, 1951, under the provisions of the laws Nelson, two tures, one of her little sister, ap- as reenacted by Sec. 707 of the Act of June 25. 1948 members of the State 4-H Youth peared on the March cover this Public Law No. 772 80th Congress (10 USC 797). Advisory Committee, for the cover year. OCTOBER 1976 3 Winner in Category 3, Idea exchange Helping ecology work By Jenny Neil Hays Frightening features The 1975-76 club project for the Gemini Juniors of Ellis County was "Ecology - Helping it Work." facilitate fundraising Two special events helped club members and their families under- By Julie Swanson it gets more plaudits from the com- Kansas City stand and appreciate the balance of munity. nature. At a family potluck supper, One feature that seems to appeal Wyandotte County's Haunted a fascinating slide program and lec- and their children is that Stable held the week before Hal- to parents ture was presented on the ecologic loween at the fairgrounds has been the spooks and goblins are actually themselves. systems in the Grand Canyon by a dramatically successful. Besides 4-H members, children who had an really frigh- club family taken completing our $7,500 fund drive, So instead of being float Colorado pleas- eight-day trip on the the county's 20 plus clubs work to- tened, the visitors are just River through the Canyon. gether and have more than just the antly scared. (See picture below.) Later the same week, club stay in the fair to look forward to. This year the receipts will gathered at the farm of mem- families October is filled with activity get- county and the hard-working some of the members for an all- ting ready for crowds of more than bers and leaders will benefit directly night camp-out. Nature hikes, na- funds go into a 10,000 people who seem to love to from them as the ture scavenger hunts (including lit- be scared to death. This is the third building fund for a 4-H building for ter pick-up), and use of natural season for the stable and every year gatherings. items like leaves, twigs, stones and dry flowers in arts and crafts pro- jects helped members appreciate the ecology and beauty of the farm. A highlight of the pre-supper ac- tivities was creating handbuilt pot- tery articles from Kansas clay which had been purchased at an arts and crafts supply store. Using items from the natural setting, members added interesting textures to the wet clay. Later the clay objects were fired and glazed, thus helping complete Arts and Crafts projects for many members - and providing permanent souvenirs of the nature-appreciation and camp-out experience. A hand-dug fire pit lined with stones from the creek bed and fueled with dry branches from the woods provided the gathering place Old-fashioned box supper enclosed in a plastic fence on the for a potluck supper and, at the end lid. of the evening, a marshmallow One of the fathers auctioned off roast.

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