New Mexico extension news, Volume 24, Number 8

              New Mexico Extension News
PUBLISHED BY THE EXTENSION SERVICE, NEW MEXICO COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
STATE COLLEGE, N. M-,
4-H Club Members
Enjoy County Camps
Club Members of Five  Counties
Have From Three to Five Day
Summer Outing
: During July and August was
camp time for the 4-H clubs of
San Juan, Grant, Colfax, Harding
and Quay counties.
San Juan County club members
held their encampment July 13
to 17 at the VaUecita Dam in the
Pine River Valley, which is east
of Durango, Colo. Nine clubs
from the county were represented
with a total of 150 members. The
Bloomfield boys' club had the
most members so, by cooperating,
carried the election of camp officers by four of the five offices
to be ftiled.
At this camp each club was responsible for its own transportation, food, tents and bedding. The
ried on, such as horse shoes, base-
baU, voUey baU, and other games.
On the afternoon of the second
day, the girls met for a session on
the judging of canning and sewing, while the boys met to discuss
Uvestock judging.
A five-day camp was held in
Grant County for the 4-H girls.
Taking advantage of this outing
held at an old CCC camp near
Glenwood were E>0 Uvely girls.
Among their numerous activities
were stunt night, an aU-day picnic and hike at the Cat Walk,
dancing,  volley ball, horse shoes,
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newspaper,
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be mimeographed and mailed Out
later.
Club members of three counties held their camps at the beautiful 4-H camp in the Cimarron
Canyon. Colfax County came
first, with 125 members taking
part in the three-day camp.
Camp officers were elected from
the various clubs. The first evening was spent in viewing movies
brought from the State Extension
office. Stunts and songs ftiled
the second evening. Court was
held on the last day. at which
time two boys, Roy Kuykendall
and Leroy Hoffarth were sentenced to be ducked in the stream.
It took the combined efforts of
the entire camp to accomplish
this, however. Hiking, games and
flag raising and lowering ceremonies also had their place at
this camp.
Club members from Harding
County, 40 girls and 6 boys, took
advantage of the facUities of the
csmn site for three days. Since
there was no cook, the work of
meal getting was divided up
among the girls and each group
prepared one meal. Movies were
shown the first night and stunts,
sones, and dancing filled the program on the second night. On
the last day a hike was conducted to an old abandoned gold mine
about three mties up the canyon
Quay County club members
moved into the Cimarron Canyon
4-H camp for four days on August 2, and 100 "supercharged"
boys and girls kept the canyon
ringing with their cheers and
shouts at the baseball games and
the lively music from the phonograph could be heard nearly any
time of the day or night. Four
activities, flag raising and lowering, hiking, baseball and dancing
highlighted every
No two camps were alike, yet
each had its baseball and volley
ball games, stunts, water fights,
courts, hikes, and many more activities. It is hoped to have more
camps next year, with more
members attending camps and
better camps than ever be-
the p
mal   :
and
early part
the morning discouraged many
boys and girls, yet over 100 were
present. A free swim at the
Tingley beach occupied the morning. Lunches, brought by each
club, were eaten at Tingley Park,
folowing which, everyone joined
in supervised games. Mr. Currin
of Sears, Roebuck & Co., then presented awards to winners in the
garden club contest.
great extent, the reduction in sheep numbers.
The most prominent bright spot
of the recent Ram Sale was in the
spirited bidding on outstanding
pens of rams and exceptionaUy
good individuals. Poor quaUty
entries and lots that did not have
the bloom and finish, were sold at
a low figure; a number of good
quality rams, however, sold at a
The top ram of the sale was a
two-year-old Rambouillet stud
ram, consigned by Wynn S. Hansen of Collinston, Utah. This ram
sold for $400 and was purchased
by T. J. Hudspeth of Ashfork,
Arizona. Mr. Hudspeth purchased the highest priced ram in the
1943 sale at $725; this ram was
also consigned by Mr. Hansen.
The ram selling at the .second
highest price was a yearling Ram-
bouiUet stud ram, consigned by
John K. Madsen Co.. Mt. Pleasant,
Utah, and was purchased by Arthur Farnsworth & Son of Roswell, New Mexico for $375.
7TH ANNUAL RAM SALE
Reduction in the number of
sheep being raised by New Mexico  sheep  growers influenced,  to
enth Annual Ram Sale which was
held at Albuquerque, August 12.
The sheep population within the
State has been showing a gradual
decline for the past year to eighteen months. Probably a large
percentage of the reduction in
sheep numbers has occurred in the
northern counties. Most of the
sheep produced in these counties
are run under herd. Many of the
ranchers have experienced difficulty in securing herders  during
Many people feel that widespread hunger, and in some cases
starvation, in this war-torn world
assure agriculture of a larger volume of exports for years to come
Some  feel that there is a great
opport
nity i
foreign trade. The prospects for
such an expansion arise out of
the practical fact that people in
different countries produce different goods cheaper than people
elsewhere can produce them. The
prospects for foreign trade should
be considered with other postwar
plans, because foreign trade will
no doubt play an important part
in the agricultural situation at
that time.
One of the errors many of us
make in our thinking about foreign trade is to mistake need for
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Regional Conference
Aug. 7-12 In Wyoming
Directors and Supervisors of i
Western Region Meet to
Consider Problems
The Western States Region Extension Directors' and Supervisors'
conference was held at Laramie,
Wyoming, August 7-12, 1944. The
Directors' administrative conference was held the first two days
and " the Supervisors' conference
during the last four. The theme
of the' Supervisors' conference was
"Supervision, as it relates to increased efficiency now and post-
Those in attendance from New .
Mexico included H. L. Htidwein,
Assistant Director; Mrs. Helen D.
Crandall, State Home( Agent; E
E. Anderson, Dairy and Poultry
SpeciaUst; Miss Rosemary Gtibert,
Acting State 4-H Club Specialist;
A. E. Triviz, State Supervisor,
Emergency Farm Labor. Directors of Extension, county agent
supervisors, state home agents and
4-H club speciaUsts from other
states in the Western Region were
also in attendance. In addition,
several representatives of the Federal Extension Service, including
the Federal Director, took part
the c
! MUler
Minnesota   and   Saunders
Louisiana attended the conference
spective regions.
The    Supervisors'    Conference
carried o
and groups.
was divided
composed of
during the last three days of the
supervisory conference. One of
dealt  \ ""
and  by   ,
The entin
Directors of Extensii
visors    of   county   ;
f the
"Sound public
istration as applied to Extension
county organizations, relationships, and finances." The third
committee discussed "The job of
the county agent," and the fourth
"The Extension program today
and post-war." Each cornmittee
made a report to the general ses-
better-
nitting
and   suggestions
ment of Extension worjK along xne
various lines of work covered by
/When the representatives were
not meeting in committees, they
were meeting in groups divided
as to types of supervision, namely: Directors, county agent super-
and 4-H club leaders.
The results of the conference
wtil be told in the field as many
of the worthwhUe suggestions and
recommendations are put into actual practice. From a supervisory
standpoint, the results should be
a more sound Extension program,
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