Volunteer friends of Knott County Extension and the Hindman Masonic Lodge dedicated countless hours to build our county a top-notch ham house from the ground up! This ham house will give over two-hundred community members, adults and youth an opportunity to learn how to dry cure a ham.  
    Fifty-six hams were worked up and hung in the ham house.  Sixteen youth participants and eighteen community members/families participated.  Sixteen youth will attend the 2018 KY State Fair to give their ham speeches.  Junior 4-H members will have to outline and describe the ham curing process, while senior 4H members will have to compare and discuss the various ham curing methods from around the world.
     The ham house has brought a great deal of interest from many community members, some of whom had never utilized extension programming before.  We look forward to growing our ham program in the upcoming years.