Reminders

A couple of reminders from Big Jim:

Barnstable County Fair application deadline is this Tuesday, July 1 for those interested in going.  I believe it is a dehorned only fair, but you can call and double check if it affects you.  All rules and application are on their webiste - just google barnstable county fair.  The Dairy Show is Mon July 21 at 4 pm.  It is pull in/pull out so just the one day. 

Also this Friday, June 27, we are at the Marshfield Fair Farmers Market.  Acorn Canning is setting us up with baked goods, and a puppet show is involved - as well as animals of course.  We need all hands on deck to set up at 1 pm.  

Also - as an aside - the horse you may have seen on the news (Coco) stuck in the bog in Duxbury was ours - and happy to say with the help of all the rescue workers (including our friend Jeff Chandler) she is bratty as ever today!!

Maryellen

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Meeting Tomorrow

Just a reminder we have our barn meeting at O'Neil Farm tomorrow 9-10:30.  Mr. O'Neil has a couple of things he would like to get done, so hoping everyone can show up to help.

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Fwd: MA Dairy State Show

Good morning:

The MA 4-H Dairy Show is August 1-3, 2014 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield, MA. The official entry book is on the MA 4-H website at https://mass4h.org/programs/beef-and-dairy  .  This year the Grilled Cheese Contest is being held as part of the New England 4-H Dairy Show. We can select up to two teams to represent our state. We will follow the same rules as the contest at the Big E. The rules are located in the New England 4-H Dairy Show packet at: http://www.thebige.com/fair/agriculture/documents/14ag4hdairypacket.pdf  You should read over the New England 4-H Dairy Show packet since there are some new rules in place.

Make sure to pass along to your 4-H members to send in their entries early since no late entries will be accepted

Please contact me with any questions that you may have.

Thank you.

Carrie Chickering-Sears
Director of Community Education in Animal Agriculture
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone 413-549-3257      Fax 413-577-0760

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Scholarship Opportunity

Good morning:

 

The Chester Goodfield Scholarship is available for students enrolled in college and have completed one year of study (preference) or even deserving high school seniors may apply . The requirement is that the student is enrolled in an agricultural major, agri-business, forestry, or the environmental/biological sciences. Selection is based on academic standing and leadership qualities. The scholarship deadline is July 1, 2014. To obtain the application, email Robert Bottomley at bottomley1@comcast.net

 

Please pass the word since this is a great scholarship for youth in the agricultural/environmental field to apply for.

 

Carrie

 

Carrie Chickering-Sears

Director of Community Education in Animal Agriculture

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA 01002

Phone 413-549-3257      Fax 413-577-0760

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