A guide for 4-H food preservation club leaders that includes tips on organizing content for club meetings, teaching techniques, food preservation experiments and standards for evaluating preserved food products, and a short history of food preservation.
This 4-H member manual begins with a short history of the American Western cowboy, and includes descriptions of and brief instructions for maneuvers a well-trained ranch horse can do; working, caring for, and branding or tagging cattle; and practical roping for ranch work.
A 4-H horse contest guide for a ranch horse competition. Contains descriptions of six classes: Ranch Horse Showmanship, Working Ranch Horse, Ranch Horse Trail, Cow Working, Roping, and Identification and Skills test. It also includes sample patterns and/or score sheets for most classes listed above.
This is an introductory 4-H publication designed to help new members, parents, and volunteers understand basic information about Oregon 4-H, including the program’s mission, educational philosophy, and history.
Published July 2000. Revised February 2011. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
What are Group-determined Projects?
A group-determined project is one that allows an adult or teen volunteer and group of youth to select, plan, develop, and evaluate their own project.
The project:
• May take a different direction or expand upon an existing project
• May be one not currently available...
Published July 2002. Reprinted February 2010. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
This guide helps youth learn the sport of hunting with dogs. It provides “learn by doing” activities that teach basic sporting dog training methods, including basic obedience, training for the field, and training in the field. It also includes an overview of sporting dog training equipment.
This publication describes opportunities and resources available to 4-H members. Includes information on club, county, state, regional, national, and international opportunities.
This publication describes opportunities and resources available to 4-H adult volunteers. Includes information on county, state, regional, national, and international opportunities.
This publication helps parents and 4-H volunteers think about ways to organize a 4-H club. Includes basic guidelines as well as ideas for holding meetings and recruiting members and volunteers.
Obedience and showmanship contests provide an opportunity for youth to demonstrate how well they have trained their dog and how the youth and dog work as a team.
The 4-H Shooting Sports Advancement Guide is designed to accommodate youth participating in one or more of the shooting sports disciplines supported by the state 4-H program. The guide consists of a series of steps that allows 4-H members to set goals and learn at their own speed.
This is a basic resource for 4-H members doing a horse project in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Book sections cover horse breeds, psychology, and how to choose a horse; the horse's health, care, and management; raising a foal and basic colt training; tack and equipment, both general and specific to...
Curriculum introduces adults and youth to the science and function of wetlands, streams and oceans, and how human activities affect climate and environmental function and health.
This guide is intended for use by Oregon 4-H members enrolled in the clothing project. It consists of a series of steps that allows 4-H members to set personal goals and learn at their own speed.