Home > Our Offices > Parishes > St. Mary > Lab Testing, Insect, Plant Disease and Weed Identification Instructions for collecting soil samples, plant tissue, water samples for testing. Includes request forms. Is it a Sweet Potato or a Yam? Here is some nutritional information on one of nature's most nutritious root crops. 2010 St. Mary Parish Fair and Livestock Show Rules and forms for the Parish Fair and Livestock Show, scheduled for January 12-23, 2010. November 2009 "Looking Over the Clover" [Image: Image of November 2009 Newsletter] News and Activities for the month of November.  more articles... 2009 St. Mary Parish 4-H Fashion Revue Contest Contest information and contestant information sheet for the 2009 Fashion Revue. 2009 St. Mary 4-H Fun Day and Cookery Contest [Image: Image of Cookery Contest Rules] Description and rules for the St. Mary Parish Cookery Contest -- part of 2009 Fun Day activities. Parish winners qualify to compete at the district level. The district competition will be in March 2010. St. Mary 4-H Clover Buds [Image: image of 4-H kids] Here are the newsletters for St. Mary 4-H's new Clover Bud Club. St. Mary 4-H'ers Celebrate National 4-H Week [Image: image of dance flyer] St. Mary 4-H'ers are celebrating National 4-H Week, which will take place October 4-10, 2009. Super Foods to Include in Your Diet Have you heard about "super foods"? Try to include some of these in your diet. St. Mary 4-H Fashion Board Come join the Fashion Board and have fun while you learn! Board members assist with sewing workshops and the Fashion Review contest held in December. St. Mary Shooting Sports Youth and volunteer applications for the 2009-2010 4-H Shooting Sports Program in St. Mary Parish. Back to School with a Healthy Breakfast [Image: Back to school logo] Good nutrition is very important for optimum learning experiences for youth. Research has shown that children who eat a nutritious breakfast each morning had better standardized test scores, better behavior, and were less hyperactive than children who skipped breakfast. St. Mary 4-H'ers attend 2009 4-H University [Image: image of 4-H'ers at LSU Campus] 4-H'ers from St. Mary attended this year's 4-H University, held on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. St. Mary 4-H'ers attend 2009 Challenge Camp [Image: image of 4-H'ers at Challenge Camp] St. Mary 4-H'ers were part of a group that attended Challenge Camp, held on April 15-17 at the LSU AgCenter's Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center in Pollock. Click for more information...