Raines Ranch Nubians & Boers
CAE Negitive Nubian and Boer goats in SW Nebraska
The Four-Leaf Clover
The 4-H clover emblem is a symbol of growth for millions of 4-H members and 4-H alumni in the U.S.A. The emblem has become a familiar symbol to Americans for nearly three quarters of a century. The clover stands for good luck and achievement.
During the early 1900's, what is now 4-H was given various names--boys' and girls' clubs, agricultural clubs, home economics clubs, corn clubs, tomato clubs, cotton clubs, canning clubs, etc.
The first emblem design used for boys' and girls' clubs was a three-leaf clover, introduced in 1907 by O.H. Benson an Iowa school superintendent. The emblem was being used at that time on placards, posters, badges, canning labels, etc. In 1909, this emblem was used on pins and the three H's stood for Head, Heart and Hands.
Around 1908, Benson and others began using a four-leaf clover design. Benson said that the H's should stand for "head, heart, hands, and hustle . . . head trained to think, plan and reason; heart trained to be true, kind and sympathetic; hands trained to be useful, helpful and skillful; and the hustle to render easy service, to develop health and vitality . . . "
The 4-H Pledge
"I pledge
My head to clearer thinking,
(with right hand lightly touching forehead with fingers)
My heart to greater loyalty,
(with right hand placed on chest like saying the pledge of allegiance)
My hands to larger service,
and (with both hands waist high, palms up like a book)
My health to better living
for my (with both hands along sides of body naturally)
club, my community, my country, and my world."
Whether we're showing open class....or 4-H with our club The Bunker HillBillies.......chickens.........rabbits........or goats and sheep......... we LOVE The CHEYENNE COUNTY FAIR!!
market lamb in showmanship)
(Brody with his bottle baby Dora)
(Kassidy with her bottle baby Dandelion)
Rose in the 4-H Dairy goat show)
(Brody and Kass showing their open class pullets in the chicken show)
Yep, 2006 county fair has now come and gone, and as usual....we had a blast! :0) Heres a few pics of the kids and their animals at show...
Both Brody & Kass got PURPLE ribbons on their open class dairy goat kids. (Brody showed Cristina and Kass showed Prairie Rose)
Miranda & Bailey got BLUE ribbons on their market lambs (and swear they never wanna do lambs again because "they arent as fun as the goats!")
Miranda & Bailey both got PURPLE ribbons on their 4-H dairy does also! (Miranda showed Milano and Bailey showed Strawberry Wine)
Miranda also got a PURPLE on her pen of 3 meat rabbits, which she later auctioned at the annual 4-H auction at fair.
We did also show chickens, open class and 4-H , but my cameria batteries died!!! Cruddy timing, huh?!
Check us out next year for more fair pictures!
