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Show Wins Scholarship ;-;' I FLINT F. RICHARDS A USU junior, who plans to expand the family's dairy operation after graduation, has won a $1,000 national 4-H animal science scholarship. FLINT F.Richards of Farm-ington, Farm-ington, was one of two winners to receive the scholarship provided pro-vided by Allied Mills, Inc. Winners were announced during the 59th National 4-H Congress in Chicago Nov. 30 -Dec. 4. Winners were selected by the Utah State University Extension Service and awards arranged by National 4-H Council. RICHARDS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron F. Richards, is majoring ma-joring in dairy science. He works part-time at a dairy farm near the university campus during the week, then heads home to help on his parents' farm on weekends. The Davis County youth began be-gan his 4-H dairy project with one Jersey heifer and built up a herd of 27 Jersey animals. During Dur-ing his six years in 4-H . he said he "developed a great love and desire to work with Jersey cattle." "I ALSO developed skills in dairy herdsmanship. fitting and showmanship, buying. f . selling and promoting registered reg-istered stock. I then decided to increase and build upon my training by attending USU." He plans to go into a partnership partner-ship with his parents and expand ex-pand their present 80-cow dairy operation. The veterinary science courses he has taken at USU have already improved the family's herd health program. A computer science class has aided his understanding of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and Dairy Herd Improvement Association cow index sheets, he added. RICHARDS served as president presi-dent of his 4-H group and as junior leader. His major project pro-ject was dairy for which he was named a county and state winner win-ner in fitting and showmanship. showman-ship. His dairy cattle have won a number of awards and one of his heifers took top honors at the Utah State Fair. |