New Mexico extension news, Volume 20, Number 5

              New Mexico Extension News
PUBLISHED BY THE EXTENSION SERVICE, NEW MEXICO COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
STATE COLLEGE, N. M.,   May 1940
4-H Club Members
Go To Washington
New Mexico to  Be  Represented
By Four Club Members at
National Camp.
After much careful consideration of the records of many outstanding club members, a committee of Extension workers finally decided upon the 4-H club
members, two girls and two
boys, who will represent New
Mexico at the National 4-H club
camp to be held in Washington,
D. C, June 12-19. LilUe Rae
York of Roosevelt County, Helen
Zartman of Bernalillo county,
Vernon HaU of Harding county
and BUly Utton of San Juan
county, because of their outstanding achievements and leadership abUity as shown in their
4-H club work, wtil depart on
June 9 for fee Nation's capital.
The trip to Washington wtil be
made via the Northern route,
through Chicago, and the return
trip wtil be made via the Southern route, through New Orleans
and Houston. This schedule for
travel wtil enable fee delegates
to see a maximum amount Of fee
country through the Middle
West, East and South.
The 4-H tent city, in which
delegates from practicaUy every
State, Alaska and Puerto Rico
are housed, is located in the tidal
basin between fee Washington
Monument, which towers.. 555
feet into the sky, and fee beautiful Potomac river. During
camp, fee mornings wUl be fiUed
with discussion group programs
followed by an assembly at
which time outstanding speakers
appear. The. afternoons are to be
to   tours
plac
! of i
taker
ffito t
with   e
ment and furtht-	
The theme for fee 1940 camp
wtil be "What's Ahead for Rural
'Youth?" and aU group discussions led by dub delegates and
USDA workers wUl center
around this theme.
Probably the most interesting
;part of the program to the dele-
gates will be the tours which
help to acquaint these rural boys
and girls from every State in the
Union with the seat of their National Government. Tours include visits to the Capitol building, White House, Washington
Monument, Lincoln Memorial,
Arlington Cemetery, Smithsonian Institute, Library of Congress, Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, Arts and Industries
Building, Beltsville Farms, U. S.
. Marine Barracks, and a boat trip
along the Potomac to Mt. Ver-
- Records of fee girls and boys
4-H  DELEGATES
War Against Insects
Makes Good Progress
County,   State  and  Federal  Aid
Given Farmers Against Cut
Worms and 'Hoppers.
Reports of the progress in the
war that New Mexico farmers,
with county, State and Federal
help, are waging against damaging insects indicate that control
ire proving their worth,
migratory grasshopper
poison bran mash of-
ipled with an ever alert
completely
who Y
ave won the distinction of
enting New Mexico should
be an inspiration to all 4-H club
members of the State. LUUe Rae
York is a sophomore at the Eastern New Mexico CoUege in Portales. For the past six years LU-
lie Rae has been out in front in
home economics and agricultural
projects arid in leadership activities. Most outstanding in her record is the fact that for the past
two years she has served as local
leader in her community cluib
and the year previous, served as
Helen Zartman, of Albuquerque, has eight years of 4-H club
work to her credit, and is planning on entering New Mexico
State College next year. Helen's
most prized possession is a large
pillow made entirely of 4-H premium ribbons won at county and
State fairs. On this piUow are 29
ribbons from the Bernaltilo
county 4-H fair, 8 from the New
Mexico State Fair,  and several
PERSONNEL
Miss Madge J. Reese, Field
Agent, Home Demonstration and
4-H Club Work, Washington, D.
C, spent April, 27, 28 and 29 in
the State Office. During her
visit here she conferred with
various workers on 4-H club
and home ■ demonstration programs, as well as conducted a
conference with aU supervisors.
Miss Reese's visits are always
enjoyed very much by the State
staff and her assistance wife
many problems highly appreciated.
l IUi]
e she
a 4-H clul
Billie Utton is assistant leader
of the Aztec 4-H club in San
Juan county. Most prominent on
his list of achievements is his
judging record as in 1938 he was
high point individual in the
State livestock- judging contest
and in 1939 was high point individual to the State 'crops judging contest Ever since club
work started in San Juan county, Billie has taken an active part
in serving as a club officer, leader, and vice-president of the
County 4-H Club CouncU.
Vernon HaU, is leader of the
Solano Boys' club in Harding
county and has seven years of
4-H club experience. In 1938
Vernon, was third place winner
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STATE 4-H ENCAMPMENT
The 21st annual State 4-H Club
Encampment will be held on fee
State College campus August
19 - 24. The encampment as
usual, wtil be attended by official
delegates from every county in
the State. In keeping with New
Mexico's celebration of the Cuar-
to Centennial, the theme for the
camp win be "400 years of Agriculture in New 'Mexico." This
will make an interesting topic
for discussion and study and,
wife fee contributions of noted
speakers, should be most worthwhile as something to be carried
back home.
Some of fee special features
of the camp wUl be fee Dress
Revue, Dairy Production Demonstration Contest Dairy Foods
Demonstration Contest Chuck
Wagon Supper and Barn Dance,
Drama Contest and fee official
opening of camp on the night
of August 19, which well be even
more   impressive   than   in   fee
Lse of fee pale western
which has been devas-
at fields in Curry and
i temporary h__
in  operations has resulted from
the pupation of fee insect    Entomologists,   however,   fear   that
late
i fee
a the
moth emerges from fee pupa and
its eggs, further damage to
tat ion may be expected.
ilure of fee poisoning operate liquidate fee cut worm is
ved by entomologists to be
; to t
i fact t
: the \
below fee surface of
fee ground and no poison reaches
him. It is believed that tillage
methods offer fee best possibility
for effective control and land-use
committees  in  the  t
are leading a coi
icerted effort to
secure assistance
in attacking the
from thi
s angle.
Extens
ion Serv
ice records show
liar   cut
. worm   damage
took   pis
ce   in   Quay   County  in
1923, '24
and '25.
The largest in-
1924   and   that
waThea
£esnt°md
that the damage
fee case of late
wheat on
Ught soU.
In con
wife the grass-
hopper
control
ow  that
New   Mexico's
program
is proceeding satisfactor-
Uy.
Of fee 30,000 acres infested this
year wife the migratory 'hoppers,
fee area in DeBaca county is just
about cleaned up. In the Quay
community in Quay county, the
major part of the area has been
treated wife good results and wUl
probablv be cleaned uo in ten
days. The hatch in the Ima community in the same county was
slowed up but work is now being
done there and that area, too,
should be clean by June 1. -    v
The small area of this year's infestation can be attributed to fee
poisoning operations -which have
been carried out over fee past few
years. Last year, egg beds cov-
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