New Mexico extension news, Volume 24, Number 11

              New Mexico Extension News
PUBLISHED BY THE EXTENSION SERVICE, NEW MEXICO COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
STATE COLLEGE, N. M., NOVEMBER, 1944
4-H Boys and Girls
Win State Contests
58 Winners From All Over State
Awarded  Trips,   War  Bonds,
And Scholarship
Although the number of members enrolled in 4-H work in 1944
may have decreased from that of
1943, the quaUty of the work performed has shown steady improvement and the interest of the members has never flagged. Proof of
this is shown in the following roll
of 58 boys and girls who have the
honor of being winners in State
contests. This does not take into
consideration the many winners of
-county contests in every one of
the 31 counties in the State.
In the contest sponsored by the
Santa Fe Railroad, CUfford Eakes
of Bernalillo Co., Ernest Pompeo
of Colfax Co. and Bobby Barley
of Eddy Co. were adjudged winners. AU three are awarded a trip
to the National 4-H Club Contest which will be held at Chicago early  in December.
In the Victory Garden contest,
sponsored by Sears Roebuck
Foundation, June Pirtle of Chaves
Co. was sweepstake winner. Winners in the blue award group
were Myrtle. Cannon, BernaUUo
Co.; Ben Boykin, Dona Ana Co.!
Arsenio Sanchez, Guadalupe Co.;
O. C. Loveless, Torrance Co. The
sweepstake winner wtil have the
honor of competing in the Sectional Contest; group winners wtil
receive a $25 war bond each.
In the Soil Conservation contest, sponsored by Firestone Tife
& Rubber Co., Howard Calkins,
BernaUUo Co., was sweepstake
winner and will compete in the
Sectional Contest. Winners in the
blue award group, Robert DeBaca,
Guadalupe Co.; Jack Duncan, Socorro Co.; Udell Henson, Quay
Co., and Bobby Baird, Union Co.,
wiU receive $50 war bonds.
In the Farm Safety contest, the
Mennen Co., Newark, N. J., sponsor, Emma Lee ElUs of Union Co.
was sweepstake winner and wtil
compete in the sectional contest.
Blue award winners Pauline
Jones, Curry Co., Dofman Claude
Brookey, DeBaca Co., and Ru-
maldo Chaves, Socorro Co., will
receive $25 war bonds.
In the Meat Animal contest
sponsored by Thos. E. Wilson of
Chicago, Morris Roberson of Eddy Co. was State winner and wiU
receive a gold watch.
In the Rural Electrification contest Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg.
Co., sponsor, Lloyd CockeriU of
• Roosevelt Co. was winner and was
awarded a trip to the National
Club Congress.
The LeadershiD contest sponsored by H. A. Moses, Edward F.
Wilson and the National Committee on Boys' & Girls' Club Work,
was won by Audrey Mae Moore of
Curry County.
Fred Sparks of Roosevelt Co.
was winner of the Home Grounds
Morris Roberson
Beautification   contest,   sponsored
by   Mrs.   Charles   Walgreen,   and
Glyn Starling was winner of the
Girls' Record contest, sponsored
by Montgomery Ward & Co., and
will attend the National 4-H Club
Congres.
In the Food for Victory contest, sponsored by the International Harvester Co., U. V. Henson
of Quay Co., sweepstakes winner,
was awarded a trip to the National Club Congress. Winners in
the blue award group, Louisa
Krogh, Bernalillo Co., Lola Al-
yene Waldrop, Curry Co., Harry
Brown, DeBaca Co., Shelton D.
Schneider, Lincoln Co., Thelma
Dawson, Sierra Co., and Betty
Lou Anglin, Union Co., wUl each
receive  a  $25 war bond.
In the Dairy Production contest, Kraft Cheese Co., sponsor,
Leonard Lee of Bernalillo Co. was
sweepstakes winner and will compete in the sectional contest. Blue
award group members, Raymond
Grandi, Eddy Co., and Earl Walker, Roosevelt Co., will each receive a $25 war bond.
In the Dairy Foods Demons
Of Eddy Co. is the state winner in the National Meat Animal
Cannon of BernaUUo Co. and
Jeanette YarneU of Chaves Co.
were adjudged winners.
In the Dress Revue, American
Viscose Co., sponsor, Catherine
Dunlap of Lea Co. was sweepstakes winner and wtil attend the
National Club Congress. June
Pirtle of Chaves Co., Miekye Snyder, Curry Co., Mary Ida Prevost,
Grant Co., Bobbie Alford, Roosevelt Co., Edrice Hixson, San Juan
Co., Thelma Dawson, Sierra Co.,
and Vila EUis, Union Co., were
blue award winners.
Kenneth Rutledge and Bobbie
Jackson of San Juan Co. placed
first in the Livestock Loss Prevention contest, N. M. Cattle
Assn., sponsor, and each
N. M. C. I. A. Holds
16th Annual Meeting
Two-day  Session  Brings  Reports
on Different Crops and Plans
for Coming Year
The 16th annual meeting of the
New Mexico Crop Improvement
Association was held at State College Oct. 30-31, 1944, with members of the association and of the
Experiment Station staff and Extension Service present. W. L.
Haas, of Deming, President of the
The meeting opened.at 9:00 a.
lege.
The annual report on, the activities of the Association, was presented by J. T. StovaU, Acting
Secretary. This report showed
that a total of 7,189 acres of cotton had passed inspection and was
eUgible for registration or certification; also, 3,544 acres of other
crops had passed inspection, making a total of 10,733 acres of registered and certified field crops
which had been inspected and
passed for the 1944 harvest.
John L. Carter, Jr., of the Experiment Station, in charge of the
Clayton, Clovis, and other experimental branch stations in the
northeastern portion of the State,
discussed grain sorghums and the
part they will play in the postwar program for New Mexico.
Carter stated th
vill r
1  $25  %
Kraft
Chee
Co.,
sponsor. Doris Runion, Quay Co.
Dawn Moberly, Curry Co., and
Betty Cook, also of Curry Co., will
each receive a $50 war bond.
In the Clothing Achievement
contest, The Spool Cotton Co.,
sponsor, Bertha Burnsides, BernaUUo Co., was winner and wtil attend the National Club Congress.
In the Canning contest, Kerr
Glass Mfg. Co., sponsor. Nancy
Fay Oliver, Bernatillo Co., was
adjudged winner and wiU attend
the National Club Congress.
In the Achievement contest, the
President of the U. S. and the
National Committee on Boys' &
Girls' Club Work, sponsors,  Ivan
Loren Leigh/ton and Bobby Baird
of Union Co. placed second and
wiU receive war stamps.
Frances McGee of San Juan Co.
placed first in the Fruit and Vegetable Standardization contest,
Fruit & Vegetable Standardization
Service, sponsor, and wtil receive
a $50 scholarship. Colleen Pirtle
of Chaves Co. placed second.
The Secretary's Book contest
was won by Jeane Williams of
Curry Co., Nelda Stacey of San
Juan Co., and OraUa Ortega of
Socorro Co. The award is a tro-
WASHINGTON
Miss Frances Faulconer of Washington, D. C, Special assistant in
the office of Director M. L. Wilson, was a visitor to New Mexico in October. The purpose of
her visit was to obtain first hand
information   regarding   home   in-
ghui
e groi
t of
the State but that they a
important feed. In post-war
planning, it was the opinion of
Sir: Carter that grain sorghums
should be given serious consideration, especiaUy when the acreage
of v
cash  crops,  is  seriously  reduced.
By   substituting   grain   sorghums
for  these  crops,  it  will be very
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State CoUege conferring with
Veda Strong, Home Management
Specialist and other members of
the Extension Service and Home
Economics department of the State
College. Two days in Santa Fe
and Santa Fe county with Mrs.
Fabiola Gilbert, Co. Ext. Agent
gave her an insight into much of
lade   i
r to t
Her visit also included the Indian schools at Window Rock and
Ft. Wingate to get information on
handicraft being done by the In-
Miss Reba Adams, who was recently appointed Extension Specialist in Home Industries with
the Federal Extension Service to
succeed Mrs. Leonore B. Fuller
who retired October I, is in
charge of the Home Industries
program.