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Article: Livestock sale earns more than $50,000 for 4-H'ers
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- September 5, 2008
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More than $50,000 in premium money was donated by 94 individuals
and businesses to youth at the 2008 Shawnee County Fair livestock
auction.
The 4-H and FFA youth from Shawnee County sold 132 beef, sheep,
swine, meat goats and poultry at the auction on July 27 at the
Kansas Expocentre.
Youth use the money to set up college funds and pay off their
production expenses. The donations to the 4-H'ers make it possible
for the youth to buy animals, feed, and supplies to raise an animal
project. The youth learn responsibility, how to care and feed an
animal, and how to work hard toward a goal. The following lists
youth, buyers, and the premium amount the animal sold for:
- Grand Champion Beef of Cole ...