1971
What was happening in 1971...Extension Director - Gene McBride
Home Economist - Florence Ferden EXTENSION AG Farm Income Crop Production Pro-Ag Meeting Weed/Insect Bulletins to Farmers Application of Farm Chemicals Soil and Tillage Methods Meeting Corn & Soybean Clinic at Grafton Fertilizer Crop Diseases Crop Yields Statewide Beef Referendum - balloting at Extension Office Beef Producers Meeting at Extension Office Banquet - April with 260 in attendance Pork Producers to Pork Producer's Day in Ames (7 from Worth County) Swine Systems Session - January 1971 (Worth and Mitchell Counties) Adequate Swine Facility 1/2 Day Swine Facilities Economics Meeting with Karl Griffith (Area Specialist) Worth County Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) Open House Perry Knapp Farm (modern dairy milking parlor operation) 4-H Youth and Family 50 Year pin for 4-H Leaders: Harold Rustad Junior High Girls - 10 girls - Babysitting Instruction in Manly by Phyllis Magner (Extension Aide) Community Development Northwood Attitude Survey Committee Worth County Fairboard - premium book updated, and set up an open class for steer show Extension Service Paul Henderson - acting Extension Director Family Living Consumer decision regarding use of money Monthly consumer newsletter January 1971 name change from "Extension Transmitter" to "Current" - goes to 7 counties (4300 families, printed commercially now) Radio/TV Buying fruit juice Bread enrichment Shopping for furniture Christmas shopping tips for men Work at home Consumer rights Buying a home (Neil Harl - Extension Specialist on Legal Affairs) Social Psychological "Hello Young Homemakers" Newsletter to 135 families in Worth County "New Horizons" Newsletter to senior citizens (275 receive) 1 Hour packaged programs - check out from Extension Office Craft Workshops for Senior Citizens Series of Workshops: Beginning Knitting, Terranrium, Foil Craft, Yarn Kitten, Stitchery, Wood Carving |