Objectives & Materials
Record Books
Related Links
GBFA - Calf and Yearling Project
GBFB - Cow Project
Objectives
& Materials:
- select and
care for a calf
- keep individual animal records
- judge dairy cattle and give oral reasons
- obtain quality milk using proper sanitation and milking practices
- manage and care for, feed, breed, and house a producing cow
- groom and show a producing cow
MNBU6154
-Dig Into Dairy, Dairy 1, Dairy Youth Activity Guide
This guide is the first in the series of three for youth. It can be
used by youth in any grade based on their project skills and expertise. All
activities in the guide have several parts. Each guide includes an achievement
program to encourage youth to learn more about dairy while developing important
life skills. Main topics include: selection and judging, fitting and showing,
feed, milk and milking, and management and records. Illustrated.
MNBU6155
- Mooving Ahead, Dairy 2, Dairy Youth Activity Guide
This guide is the second in a series of three for youth. It may be used
by youth in any grade based on their project skills and expertise. All activities
in the guide have several parts and each guide contains an achievement program
to encourage youth to learn more about dairy cattle while developing important
life skills. Main topics include: selection, showing and ethics, health and
reproduction, management practices and feeding, and milking, marketing and
careers. Illustrated.
MNBU6156
- Leading the Way, Dairy 3, Dairy Youth Activity Guide
This guide is the third in the series of four. It may be used by youth
in any grade based on their project skills and expertise. All activities have
several parts and each guide includes an achievement program to encourage youth
to learn more about dairy cattle while developing important life skills. Main
topics include: selection and management, health and feeding, reproduction
and breeding, and milk, marketing and career. Illustrated.
For leader and
other publications see EM2778
Projects & Publications or to
order publications go to http://pubs.wsu.edu.
Click
here for additional dairy project information from the state
4-H website.
Record
Books:
Whatcom
County Record Book Guidelines
Dairy
Record #C0809 (This record is complete you will not need to fill out pages 8 & 9
in your record book)
Dairy
Certificate #C0234
Breeding
Livestock Record #C0729 (only project GBFB)
Whatcom County 4-H Dairy/Livestock
Agreement/Record (This form is
required for all dairy cattle entry forms. If you are completing
a record book you need only fill out the top part. Due to the
superintendent on the first day of the fair)
When using
any of the above mentioned add sheets you will also be required
to complete
pages 8 & 9 of the Project Journal
in your 4-H Record Book (unless otherwise noted). In this section
you will be recording date, what you did and time spent with
the
project
... feeding,
training, caring, etc.**
Related links: National
Dairy Conference
Cyberspace
Farm
Holstein
Foundation
Northwest
Washington Fair
State
4-H Fair |
