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( 830)393-7357

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Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disabil-ity, religion, age or national origin. If you have a disability that will limit or exclude you from attending one of our events,

please contact the Extension Office at (830)393-7357 one week in advance so that reasonable arrangements can be made.

The Texas A&M Universit System, U.S. Depar ent of Ag icult re, and the Count Commissioners Cour s of Texas Cooperating.

WCJLS Show Schedule MONDAY, January 8, 2018 -Commercial Heifer

Recordbooks due to Extension Office

SATURDAY, January 13, 2018 -Commercial Heifer Show

9am @ Carr Ranch

MONDAY, January 15, 2018 -Commercial Heifer Sale

10am @ Nixon Livestock Commission

SATURDAY, January 20, 2018 -Horse Show

12pm @ Wilson County Showbarn

SUNDAY, January 21, 2018 -Rabbit Showmanship

1pm@ Extension Annex Classroom

TUESDAY, January 23, 2018 -Baked Foods, Lamb & Goats

@ Wilson County Showbarn

WEDNESDAY, January 24, 2018 -Poultry & Rabbits


THURSDAY, January 25, 2018 -Swine & Ag Mechanics


FRIDAY, January 26, 2018 -Steers & Heifers


SATURDAY, January 27, 2018 -Auction Sale

2pm @ Floresville Event Center

Additional WCJLS Information P a g e 2 J a n u a r ‐ M a r c h 2 0 1 8

Set-Up/Clean-Up Schedule FRIDAY, January 19, 2018– Horse Setup 6pm

SUNDAY, January 21, 2018– Swine Setup 2pm

SUNDAY, January 21, 2018— Baked Food Setup 5pm

MONDAY, January 22, 2018– Steer, Lamb, Goat Setup 6pm

SATURDAY, January 27, 2018– Sale Setup 8am @ Floresville Event Center

SUNDAY, January 28, 2018– Clean up 10am

All exhibitors in the WCJLS must attend and participate in set-up prior to the WCJLS, set-up for the Auction, and or clean-up Sunday after the show. Sign-in and sign-out sheets will be provided. Those exhibitors that are unable to attend may send a representative (parent) to take their place. If an exhibitor or parent is not present, there will be a $50 fee to be withheld from their premium check or added to next year’s entry fee.

We will use the Extracurricular Participation/Eligibility Form this year for the stock shows. The extension office will notify the schools and let them know you are participating under 4-H, but it is your responsibility to use the Form to notify them of exactly what days you will be out.

This form serves two purposes:

1. It allows you to participate in 4-H related activities during the school day as an extracurricular event, and

2. It certifies your academic eligibility whether the activity is during school time or not.

Remember you must be passing all of your classes in order to participate in the upcoming livestock shows. Extra-curricular Participation/Eligibility Forms are attached to the back of this newsletter. If you need any extra you can contact the extension office.

Eligibility Process for Students

For complete schedule and rules, please visit:

http://wilson.agrilife.org/files/2011/08/2017-Show-Rules-Final.pdf.

County 4-H Council & Adult Booster Club

Meetings

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Both meetings are held in the Annex Meeting Rooms. County Council meets at 6:30pm and The Adult Booster Club meets at 7:00pm.

If you would like to have input on the activi-ties of the Adult Boosters, please be sure to attend. The meeting will address the major fundraiser. It is imperative to have a repre-sentative from each club in attendance. The meetings will be limited to one hour.

La Quinta Discount with 4-H

As you travel, be sure to take advantage of the “Texas 4-H Discount” at La Quinta Ho-tels. When booking your stay, just type in

tx4h in the promotion/corporate code box or mention it to the front desk when check-ing out. While you get a discount, the Texas

4-H Foundation also receives support.

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Wilson County 4-H has equipment such as blowers, clippers, and scales available for use! All that is re-quired is a refundable $100 deposit.

The Extension Office is available for project visits. If anyone needs assistance, please contact the office to schedule a date and time.

If your livestock looses a validation tag, please call the office ASAP!

Did you know?

County Council Youth Dance FRIDAY, January 26, 2018 7pm-11pm at the Wilson County Showbarn!

Tickets are $10 at the door.

The Wilson County 4-H Council will be hosting their Annual Stock Show Dance! Come, bring your friends and have a good time!! Drinks and snacks will be available!

Each Club is asked to donate 2 cases of soda or water. An assignment list for each club will be sent out at a later date.

All Livestock must be in place by noon March 2, 2017. Animals will be received and sifter on the following dates and times:

THURSDAY, March 1, 2018– Arrival Times

Steers, Heifers, Lambs & Goats 9:00-10:00am

Swine 10:00-12:00pm

Rabbits 4:00-4:45pm

THURSDAY, March 1, 2018– Weigh and Sift will begin at 2pm in the order posted below. Weigh in will end for each breed after a 5 minute last call is given.

Steers 2:00pm

Lambs Following completion of Steers

Goats Following completion of Lambs

Swine Following completion of Goats

Rabbits 4:00-4:45pm

Turkeys March 2 6:30-7:30am

Exhibits will be judged in the following order: THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 Rabbits 5:00pm Fryer Rabbits Immediately following Rabbits Breeding Rabbits Immediately following Fryers

FRIDAY, March 2, 2018 Turkeys 8:00am Broilers Immediately following Turkeys Lambs 10:00am Breeding Ewes Immediately following Lambs Goats Immediately following Breeding Ewes Breeding Nannies Immediately following Goats Steers 2:00pm Breeding Cattle Immediately following Steers Breeding Swine 6:00pm Market Swine Immediately following Breeding Swine

SATURDAY, March 3, 2018 Auction Sale 12:00pm

For more detailed infor ation, please refer to the La Ver ia Junior Livestock and Poult Show 2016 Rules located on our website:

wilson.ag ilife.org

LVJLS Information

Bryan Davis

County Extension Agent

Ag & Natural Resources

Nicole Demmer


Family & Consumer Sciences

Kailey Hunt


4-H & Youth Development

Are you missing out?? Did you know that important information is sent out to the email on file through 4-H Connect? Please verify that this email is correct so that we can keep all our families up to date!

Poultry Pick-Ups

SALE BROILERS: Friday, January 12, 2018– Annex Classrooms

LVJLS BROILERS: Friday, January 19, 2018– LV High School

HLSR & AUSTIN BROILERS: Friday, January 26, 2018– Annex Classrooms

Ordering chicks does not constitute entry to stock shows; entries must have been completed during major show sign-up.

SATURDAY, April 7, 2018

Wilson County Show Barn

All tickets will be distributed at each club’s January meeting. Tickets and money will be

due March 28 at the Adult Booster Meeting. If you need extra tickets please contact the Extension Office!

Adult Booster Club Gala

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Horse Project Carla Cheatham, Bluebonnet Co-Manager, has volunteered to host monthly equine activities for us in prepa-ration for the Wilson County Horse Show. You may bring your horses to her facility to ride and prepare for the show in January! If you are interested, please contact Carla @ [email protected]

La Vernia Rabbit Validation

La Vernia Rabbit Validation will be January 28, 2018 from 12-2pm at the LV Chamber of Commerce. If you are showing rabbits in The La Vernia Junior Livestock Show, your rabbits must be validated on this day! Entry forms and payment for your entry will also be accepted on this day. If you have any questions regarding the La Vernia Rabbit Show, please contact the rabbit superintendent, Steven Swygard at (210)884-7875.

Projects Page

Dog Project Those of you interested in the Texas 4-H Dog Show need to have your dog validated by January 10th. Vali-dation is done through 4-H Connect on your profile. When you log-in and select your profile from your fam-ily list, you will see a title at the top that says Animals/Livestock. When you click on this, you will select Dog from the list and follow the instructions to fill out the information and upload the photos. The 2018 Texas 4-H Dog Show will be held in Belton July 13-15, 2018. Please visit http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/dog-care-

training/ for more information. For more information on the dog project, please contact the extension office.

2019 Turkey Orders

The deadline for ordering turkeys for all shows (Wilson County, San Antonio, Houston, Austin and La Vernia) will be Tuesday May 1st. The approximate cost per poult will be $4.25 (price is based on 2018 turkeys and is subject to change) with maximum order of 75 poults per family. Our total order must be in increments of 25, so you may be asked to purchase more poults in or-der to meet this requirement. Ordering and paying for poults does not enter an exhibitor into the show. Entries must be done during Stock Show Sign-Up in November.

State Fair Swine, Lamb, Goat Validation Tag Orders If you wish to show a hog, goat or lamb at the State Fair you must purchase and pay for validation tags. The deadline for tag

orders will be Thursday, April 5th. The cost will be $17 per tag ($35 per late tag). Watch your next newsletter for dates of vali-dation.

Steer Tag Orders

The deadline for steer tag orders is Tuesday, April 10th. Cost per tag will be $17 (late tags $35). All steer exhibitors planning to show at Wilson County, La Vernia, and/or any of the Major shows will need to have their steers validated.

District Photography Contest Regular registration for the District Photography Contest will be held on 4-H Connect January 22-February 1. Cost will be $5 per person. Late registration will be February 2-5. Cost for late registration will be $30. Each 4-H member may enter up to 3 photos. A 4-Her cannot enter all three photographs in the same category. For more information: https://d104-h.tamu.edu/files/2010/11/2017-2018-District-10-Photography-Letter.pdf

Major Show Scoop

HILL COUNTRY DISTRICT

JANUARY 21- JANUARY 27

FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW & RODEO

JANUARY 12- FEBRUARY 3

SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW & RODEO

FEBRUARY 2- FEBRUARY 18

SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION

FEBRUARY 8- FEBRUARY 25

HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW & RODEO

FEBRUARY 27- MARCH 18

RODEO AUSTIN

MARCH 10- MARCH 24

Each 4-H member will need an Eligibility Form for each show in which they participate.

A 4-H member can combine multiple stock shows on one Eligi-bility Form as long as the shows are within 30 days of each oth-er.

You will be sent an email from the office when passes are ready to be picked up.

Tour Guides at San Antonio Stock Show Needed

We are looking for 4-Hers in the 8-12 grades to be tour guides for the SALE Stock Show! School Tour date TBA. This is a great opportunity to get state-wide leadership for your record book or college application! Please call the office to RSVP today!

Texas 4-H Opportunity Scholarships Due January 11th

Seniors! The Texas 4-H Opportunity Scholarships are due to the Extension Office January 11th by 5pm. Reminder, you do not need to have completed a record book to apply for this scholarship, although it is encouraged!

Outstanding 4-H Youth & Adult Leader Award Nominations

Nominations for Outstanding youth & Adult Leader are due

to the Extension office by April 28th!

To qualify for outstanding youth: must be a senior in high school, and completed 4 years of a Senior Record book.

To qualify for outstanding adult leader: adult must reside in Wilson County, and must be nominated by one or a group of 4-H members.

Please refer to your 4-H Handbook or call the office for more information!

FCS Corner San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo

Food Challenge- Feb 8, 2018 9am @ SALE Auction Barn

Please go to http://www.sarodeo.com/livestock/food-challenge for more information.

Consumer Decision Making– Feb 17, 2018 9am @ SALE Cattle Barn

Please go to https://www.sarodeo.com/livestock/junior-judging-contests for rules and location updates.

District 10 4-H Clothing and Textile Contests

Friday, April 20, 2018

8:30am– Duds to Dazzle

9am– Storyboard

12:45pm Fashion Show

Clothing and Textile Workshop

January 6, 2018 @ 9am in the Extension Classrooms

If you would like to join a Duds to Dazzle team or learn more about Fashion Show, Storyboard, and Trashion Show, please plan to come to the workshop. Please bring a blanket and/or teddy bear to be donated to the Chil-drens Alliance of South Texas.

January 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Office Closed

2 3

County Council &

Adult Boost-er Meeting

4 5 6

Clothing Workshop

Trash Can Decorating

7

Rabbit Vali-dation

8 9 10 11

Scholarship Apps Due

12

SALE Broil-ers Arrive

13

Commercial Heifer Show

14

Rabbit Show-manship

Clinic

15

Commercial Heifer Sale

16 17 18 19

La Vernia Broilers Ar-

rive

20

Horse Show

21

Rabbit Show-manship

22 23

WCJLS

24 25 26

HLSR Broil-ers Arrive

Youth Dance

27

28

LV Rabbit Validation

29 30 31

February 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19

Office Closed

20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

LVJLS

2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

Daylight Savings

12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28

Council & Boosters

29 30

Office Closed

31

March 20 18

April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

State Fair Tag Orders Due

6 7

Booster Club Gala

8

Rabies Clinic

9 10

Steer Tag Orders Due

11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19

District 10 Spring Roundup

20

Council Officer Apps Due

21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30

May 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Turkey Orders Due

State Round-up Registra-tion Begins

2

Council & Booster

Meeting

3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17

State Round-up Registra-

tion Ends

18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28

Office Closed

29 30 31

April 19-21, 2018

Fredricksburg, TX

Contests Include:

Range & Pasture ID Soil Judging Range Evaluation Wool Judging Mohair Judging Fashion Show Fashion Storyboards Duds to Dazzle Livestock Judging Smallbore Rifle Contest (Floresville, TX) Leaders 4 Life Share-The-Fun

Round-Up Guide Coming Soon!

http://d104-h.tamu.edu/district-10-spring-round-up/

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