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Show Report of 4-H Clubs Shows Increase In Year's Activities Four-H club work was organized '.n 16 counties of Utah during 1932 with an enrollment of 5372 boys and girls, according to D. P Murray, state club leader of the Utah State Agricultural college extension ex-tension service. Of the number enrolled 4,481 completed their projects to make an average of 83.2 par cent completion. com-pletion. This record is largely due to the well-defined plans of work drawn up for the clubs to follow and the efficiency of 917 volunteer leaders who sponsored the work in the various communities of the state. Since 1923, when there were 673 club members until this year, enrollment en-rollment in 4-H work has increased increas-ed by 4,699. During the past year the club girls prepared 50,762 dishes of food and 14,127 meals; canned 21.245 quarts of fruit; made 17,626 articles of clothing and remodeled 4,365 articles. Budgets Bud-gets were kept by 2085 girls and 1521 books were read. Club boys owned 327 purebred and 157 high grade dairy animals; 700 purebred and 126 grade sheep; 105 beef animals; 113 hogs and 1340 turkeys. In addition, both boys and girls were enrolled in forestry and crop clubs. A health project was conducted in 24 counties coun-ties as part of the regular 4-H program. County and state contests con-tests were conducted as a means of calling attention to the value of adequate food, clothing, rest, recreation and sanitation. |