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1 - 37/.1-'Z. 0-I? Name- Age - Club No R.F.D. or Birth Street Address Date OLLTt Office Parent or County Club Leader ,jardian '-ri,e School or ofclub Community Club Office or Grade in Committee School Club Meetings Held Meetings I Attended Date Record Date Record Started Closed CLUB MEMBER'S Vegetable Garden RecorBook UPAPY FEB S. - S v,,' S' 4k t jc'h "S:'' 1 - FEDERAL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE.,. OREGON STATE COLLEGE i CORVALLIS Cooperative Extension work in Agriculture and Home Economics, F. E. Price, director, Oregon State College, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the State Department of Education cooperating, Printed and distributed in furtherance of the Acts of Congress of May S and June 30, Club Series D-17 Oregon 4-H Clubs

2 How to Keep Your Garden Record Your record book is an important part of your 4-H garden project. It will count 25 per cent of your garden exhibit at fairs or in garden contests. Make it complete and accurate. Your protect will not be finished until your complete record book is turned in to the extension agent in charge of 4-H Club work in your county. Attend meetings of your garden club and follow the suggestions made by your club leader. When you start your project: a. Fill in all blanks on the cover page. b. Fill in the land record at bottom of this page. c. Decide where your garden is to be and draw a plan of your garden on page 3. During the spring and summer: a. Fill the blanks under seedbed preparation, page 6. b. Enter the kinds of vegetables (crops), the dates planted, the amounts, and the cost of seed or plants on page 4. c. Keep a record of fertilizers used, sprays, dusts, and poison baits used for control of insects and diseases, and rodent control on page 6. d. When vegetables are used from your garden, keep a record of the bunches, heads, pounds, etc., on the daily harvest record sheet, which is separate from your record book. When you finish your project: a. Be sure that all vegetables grown in your garden are recorded on your daily harvest record sheet. b. Transfer totals for each crop from your daily harvest record sheet to your record book, pages 4 and 5. c. Total all columns showing cost (expenses) and all columns showiri value (receipts). They are all starred. Pages 4, 5, and 6. d. Write the story of your garden club work, page 7. e. Follow the instructions under summary, page 8. f. Give your record book to your 4-H Club Leader. Land Record 1. Size of plot: Length ft.; Width ft. 2. Area sq. ft. (Length times width) 3. Type of soil (Clay, silt-loam, sandy-loam, etc.) 4. What crop was grown on this plot last year? 5. Is there a cover crop planted? What

3 Garden Plan Plan your garden before you plant. Make a plan of your garden on this page. Draw it to a scale if possible. Indicate directions (N, E, S. W). Show the rows of different kinds of vegetables you will plant and the length of each row

4 Planting Record List each crop planted in your garden. Record date planted, amount of seed, or number of plants rr4 crset Se hlr,a, Harvesting Record Use the daily harvest record sheet. When you finish your project, be sure that all vegetables grown in your garden are recorded on your daily harvest record sheet. You will need to estimate amounts of vegetables tiii irs your rirdn Th trncfer testhls for ch cron to the correct columns below. See Examole. Date planted Exampk: Seeds and plants used at home Cuihned, d, or frozen Sold Stored or still in garden - - Crop and variety Amount Cost Amount value Value Amount Value Amount Value r-amount 24 4che $40 10 /c4e $ uc%es $1.40 d Disposal of waste _-- Total $ Transfer this total to summary on page 8.

5 Seedbed Preparation 1. How was your garden ground prepared? What date? Plowed spaded ; disked roto-tilled 2. Value of work, other than your own, for seedbed preparation $ Fertilizer Record Date Cost or value Total $ Insect and Disease Control Record Crop attacked Insect or disease Spray,dust, or bait used Cost Rodent Control Record Total $ Trap or poison used Kind and number of rodents caught Irrigation Record 1. How was your garden irrigated7 2. List dates on which your garden was irrigated. 1st nd rd th th 6th th th th th 6

6 Story of My Garden Club Work Tell in your story how your garden has helped the family food supply and some of your experiences in growing your garden. Tell about preparation of round, weed control, conserving moisture, fertilizers used and why, control of insects and rodents. Mention tours that you made and the visitors that came to see your garden. Pictures and clippings showing and telling about your garden will add value and interest to your record book.. Attach an addiflonal page f needed.

7 Project Summary Date record started Date record closed Total income expenses $ Profit or loss $ Record of My 4-H Activities Number of meetings my club held Number I attended Club office I held Tours or camps I attended Demonstrations I gave Contests I entered ExhibitsI made... Parent's Statement Please tell briefly how 4-H Club work has helped your son or daughter S Parent's Signature Leader's Statement has satisfactorily (Member's Name) completed this prolect. Leader's Signature