Purdue University
Cooperative Extension Service
Lafayette, Indiana
Mimeo 4-H-259
March 1963
4-H/FFA PICKLE CLUB PROJECT
(Fulton - LaPorte - Marshall - St. Joseph Counties)
Prepared by the 4-H/FFA and Horticulture
Departments of Purdue University.

Purpose; To bring interest in the grow-
ing of high quality pickles for commer-
cial purposes through a 4-H and FFA pickle
project. The 1963 project will be offered
to 4-H boys and girls and FFA boys in
Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall and St. Joseph
Counties.

Cooperators:	The H. J. Heinz Co., the
Purdue 4-H and Horticulture Departments,
and the Extension agents and vocational
agriculture teachers in Fulton, LaPorte,
Marshall and St. Joseph Counties.

Responsibilities; The 4-H/FFA Project
will be carried on through the regular
4-H Club and FFA Departments of Purdue
University, the county Extension agents,
vocational agriculture teachers and the
H. J. Heinz Co. The pickles will be delivered to the re-
ceiving stations at Walkerton, Plymouth
or Argos.

Awards:	The four highest scoring boys or girls will receive IJVGA trips (bus
fare and hotel) to the National Junior
Vegetable Growers Convention at Pitts-
burgh, Penn., December 8-13, 1963. These
will be given to the highest scoring boys
or girls in the area.
The four state winners will be selected
by the 4-H Club and FFA Departments coop-
erating with the Department of Horticulture, Purdue University. The state winners
must be at least 14 years of age in 1963.
Rules
1.	Members of this club will follow the
pickle growing practices as outlined by
the pickle companies and the Cooperative
Extension Service of Purdue University.
2.	A club member must grow at least one-
half acre of pickles and must sign a con-
tract as a grower with the H. J. Heinz Co.
This acreage must be in a separate plot
or if part of a larger field and not
separated, the average yield or gross re-
turns per acre of the whole field will be
that reported for the club acreage yield.
3.	The county Extension agents or their
representatives shall select the champion,
reserve champion, and third highest scor-
ing contestant in each of the four coun-
ties.
The gross income, or yield per acre, will
count 80% and the members 4-H achievement
records will count 20% of the score.
4. Regular Purdue 4-H crop club records
will be kept.
5. The county Extension agent will send
his three high pickle club records to
Roscoe Fraser, 4-H Club Department, Purdue
University by October 1.
Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics
State of Indiana, Purdue University
and the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating,
H. G. Diesslin, Director, Lafayette, Indiana.
Issued in furtherance of the Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914.