An Iowa Tractor Boy's 4-H Career

This is picture from the 4-H Club Record book of the originator of this Blog. It was my first year in 4-H. My sibling Brother and I joined when I was eleven, but I turned 12 that first year. This Duroc Sow delivered nine pigs, of which seven lived.
This is a picture of my Second Year Project. A steer named "Ike." You can quickly determine who was President of the United States of America. This picture was taken in January of 1953. I recall winning a "Red" Ribbon when I showed "Ike" at the Clayton County Fair in August of 1953. My Brother had a Beef Heifer for his project. She was named Mamie
My Third Year in 4-H was devoted to production of Market Sheet. I had four Suffolk ewes which produced lambs which I entered as a Market Pen of Sheet at the Clayton County Fair. This picture was taken on January 1, 1954
This picture was taken in January 1955. You see the same four ewes, but somewhere in the picture is the Ram. Also note the 1949 Packard Clipper in the background. As you can quickly ascertain the "Iowa Tractor Boy," often took his project pictures in January.
In 1956 the 4-H Club project was a Registered Jersey Heifer. This picture was taken on Tour Day, June 6, 1956. We all had to keep record books of our Projects and place pictures in them, along with recording the feed that the project consummed and also the cost of this feed. Every year the Jefferson Go-Hawks 4-H Club held a Tour in June to visit fellow club members and to see their projects. We always had a picnic afterward at the Ceres Picnic Pavilion in U. S. Highway 52 very near our Home in Jefferson Township.