Wordless Wednesday

Create A Cow 2012

Did you know, that it takes 3000 cow hides to provide 

all the footballs, for one season of the NFL?  NO Bull !

Well, if you had been a third grader this week in Butte County, 

you would have learned this earth move information and more.

Each year the Butte County Cattlewomen    

sponsor the "Create A Cow" contest during Farm City Week,

held at the College of Agriculture in Chico.

Third grade teachers are given lesson plans, (that meet the school 

curriculum), about beef by-products.  The class designs how they 

want their cow to look and what information

 go's on it, that they have learned.

It's a lot of fun seeing what the kids have come up with.

"This is one Cool Cow'

The classes can also choose to do a poster.

The cows and the posters are then brought to the 

Chico State Farm for Kids Day at the Farm.

The three hundred students and their teachers, participate

 at stations learning about our local  agriculture.

To learn more about Farm City Week or 

for classroom materials go to California Beef Council

Butte County Cattlewomen, "Cow Belle of the Year."

Today the Butte County Cattlewomen honored Andree Earley as 

"Cow Bell of the Year"

Andree grew up with a small cow-calf operation.  She showed 

cattle throughout the western United States very successfully and was 

one of the top youth showmen in California for many years.

Since that time, Andree along with her husband Sean and their two boys,

have developed a commercial beef herd along with a small group of 

registered Red Angus.  Andree is very active in the beef community, participating

 in many Cattlewomen and Cattlemen events in the State and the region.

In addition to family and ranch life, Andree has been the driving forces 

building one of the premier FFA chapters in the north state, at Las Plumas

in Oroville, where she has taught for six years.

For the Butte County Cattlewoman, Andree has revitalized the Beef

Ambassador program.  Seeing that her FFA students compete in both the 

junior and senior divisions.

Her commitment to young people is remarkable, and the Butte County 

Cattlewoman are proud to recognize her as member of the year.