In the 1940s there was a shortage of milk and quality dairy cattle in Hancock County, Maine. To remedy this, Maine's first county-wide 4-H club was born. This film was made to document this groundbreaking first year. The children show off their progress and their calves in visits to each of their homes. Their efforts are rewarded at the 1946 Blue Hill Fair and at their end-of-the-year banquet at the Trenton Lobster Pound.
Starring:
Dr. Edward Sadler, County Veterinarian, Lloyd Frazier, Farmer and President of Eastern Maine Guernsey Breeder’s Association Shirley Sweet of Hulls Cove, Leland Lord of North Penobscot, Dewey Smith of Lamoine, Byron & Elsie Colby of Bucksport, Ralph Corbett, University of Maine Extension Service, Walter “Bud” and Barbara Sargent, First president and Vice president of the Hancock County 4-H Dairy Club. Elmer Lord of North Penobscot, the Paine family of Trenton, Ted Lovely of North Ellsworth, Joanne & Ellis Fogg, Louis & Clint Sadler of Ellsworth, George Leach of North Penobscot, Ruth Salisbury of Bar Harbor, Ashley Coombs of Bucksport and the Clover 4-H Club of Duck Cove, Howard Brown of Ellsworth Falls, James & Philip Edgerly of Ellsworth Falls, June Potter of Bucksport, Leon Liscomb of Salisbury Cove, Carl and Wayne Smith of Lamoine, Marian Russell of North Penobscot, Irving Gray of Hulls Cove, Lucille, Mary and Ethel Hardison of Waltham, Harvey Norwood of Northeast Harbor, John Keep Jr. of Salisbury Cove and the various adorable Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey calves that made this film possible. The original film was presented by the US Extension Service, Extension Service, University of Maine and Hancock County Farm Bureau. The preservation and transfer of this film was made possible by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
44 minutes, color & sound
(From the Hancock County Extension Collection)
Starring:
Dr. Edward Sadler, County Veterinarian, Lloyd Frazier, Farmer and President of Eastern Maine Guernsey Breeder’s Association Shirley Sweet of Hulls Cove, Leland Lord of North Penobscot, Dewey Smith of Lamoine, Byron & Elsie Colby of Bucksport, Ralph Corbett, University of Maine Extension Service, Walter “Bud” and Barbara Sargent, First president and Vice president of the Hancock County 4-H Dairy Club. Elmer Lord of North Penobscot, the Paine family of Trenton, Ted Lovely of North Ellsworth, Joanne & Ellis Fogg, Louis & Clint Sadler of Ellsworth, George Leach of North Penobscot, Ruth Salisbury of Bar Harbor, Ashley Coombs of Bucksport and the Clover 4-H Club of Duck Cove, Howard Brown of Ellsworth Falls, James & Philip Edgerly of Ellsworth Falls, June Potter of Bucksport, Leon Liscomb of Salisbury Cove, Carl and Wayne Smith of Lamoine, Marian Russell of North Penobscot, Irving Gray of Hulls Cove, Lucille, Mary and Ethel Hardison of Waltham, Harvey Norwood of Northeast Harbor, John Keep Jr. of Salisbury Cove and the various adorable Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey calves that made this film possible. The original film was presented by the US Extension Service, Extension Service, University of Maine and Hancock County Farm Bureau. The preservation and transfer of this film was made possible by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
44 minutes, color & sound
(From the Hancock County Extension Collection)