Tag: 4-H Club
Chatsworth Fall Fair ‘keepin’ it rural’ Saturday in Williamsford
Just driving to the 162th Chatsworth Fall Fair at Williamsford arena Saturday was a celebration of rural living. The fall colours were coming on strong and the late summer smells with car windows down seemed an antidote to news cycles filled with violence and chaos. A light sprinkling of rain made way for sunshine in […]
Dairy club learns about calving, calf care touring farm near Mildmay
South Bruce’s dairy club held its second meeting on May 20 at Character Holsteins in Deemerton, near Mildmay. Character Holsteins is a dairy farm that specializes in producing elite genetics for the Semex breeding company. The meeting started in the calving barn, where Greg Dietrich, co-owner of Character Holsteins, gave the club some background on […]
Farm Display Club shows off their designs at Zurich Toy Show
Huron County 4-H’s first Farm Display Club was a hit. Since mid-January, a group of 15 young carpet farmers met biweekly to design and create a two-foot by three-foot farm on a Styropor base. The boys and girls build houses, barns, sheds, silos and much more with lots of recycled materials like shoe boxes, chip […]