VOL 6. NO. 13 \t' MEMBERS OF THE GRASSLAND FFA Chorus of the Garden Spot High School a; row left to right; Miss Alice Jane Smith, Music Instructor; Clyde Wissler, D; ier, David Weaver, Roy Musser, Earl Esch, John Hutchinson, Larry Weaver, Kenne tin, Richard Kochel. Left to right 2nd row: William Fisher, Gerald Allison, . haker, Leon Weaver, Donald Zimmerman, John Campbell, Richard Martin, Wih: -tin, James Sensenig.' arm Visits To Be Fewet nty Agent Predicts The work of the county agent will become more and Shortly after-the Gar ■e that of a coordinator, County agent M. M. Smith said High School s FFA -sdav night ' - organized last year, seve saay mgm; members of the Grass!.' said the shift to subur- dissimulation of information, chapter expressed an im living by largejiumbers The demonstration method es t maa Chorus. W people will put pressures and the farm visit, long a this gioup as a nucleus, the county agent’s office standard proceedure of the Alice Jane Smith, music use more mass media for extension worker, will have structor, worked with to give way, in part, to the group during club periods I LA I I Use of the press ’ radl0 ’ and The first public Cl iVIGQaI won television-to reach the pub- pearance came during tj . lie. first annual FFA Parent Penn Manor Smith reassured the 300 Son banquet last year. farmers and families at the This year the group a< yre Farmer annual Extension Associa- ed several new members (Turn to page 18) continued their rehersa. ielvin Dombach, Lancast- ' They participated in ' R 6, this week -won ar\ e \kg ■ school’s annual Christ! 1 medal in the project rTOyi 3fTl Ol W QJTK program with FFA mem, contest sponsored by y .. , Wilmer Martin singing a Pennsylvania Associa- rldS V'3n©Ty lo in the program. At pi of Future Farmers of - . ent the group is worl •ica. At jolsnco FFA on a brief program wi. .‘lvin, the son of Mr. - will be presented at the Mrs. Albert Dombach, By: Harold Redcay nual FFA Parent-Son B. one of the top prizes m The activities completed, quet to be he * d ° n April7 ’ state contest With his this school year by the So- This FEA Chorus illustr -ds on a project of nine i anco chapter of'the Future es lhe cooperation that - sows and their litters. Farmers of America include and does exlst , betweefl ie nine gilts in the pro- a turkey shoot, a dance, a Vocational Agriculture last year weaned 72 roller skating party, and the partment and the other and averaged just over sponsoring of an FFA calen- paftments in the high schoo, pigs per litter farrowed dar. Our seed service pro . litter weight for the gram is now in progress.We ki I • , CCA leshire and Landrace - plan to sponsor the sale of #V»3nn6liTl rfM crossbred gilts Spanish onion seedlings in n *l* D - 360 pounds at 56 days, our area in the spring. DUyS lOp DOSI idges in the contest scor- Two members of this * , p, , the record high on feed chapter received the Key- Al w3l© icncy as well as the "stone Farmer Degree and , . , - ~, litter weights. seven members received the Manheim Chapter Fu Ivin, who will gradu- Red Rose Degree. The Lan- Farmers purchased the chan lom Penn Manor High caster County FFA vice - pion boar at the State Yori il in June, plans to en- (Turn to page 12) shire* show and sale la: faming m the Millers- ' Saturday at Kutztown. * area - D * 4- The boar wliich will ''k P Lom Project U£ cd by the members of th CALENDAR | , i n chapter in their Supervise 90 7 „„ „ „ completed tsy Farming Program was bre m pm. - South- __ . and consigned to the sale b ‘ts , 4 ‘ i lub Coca ico FFA Paike Thomas, Beavertowi ffa has sr TVT U completed a corn growing the Ohio invitational sho* • melons S ' W “ VCr Cbmmitl " chair ™"’ leports at the Naljo. elevens. The project demonstrated al Yorkshire Show in low Z® ■ Lancaster area- the economy and value of f‘ t month. - T meets at following fertilizer recom- ... ~ ... .< ‘ Brubaker shop, mendations determined from 3 1 ® 6 { 2 ,° d bo< ; ,tz , a soil test Snader said. The be hoased by ? ar t °! ‘ County 4-H value of atrizine for weed Hess, a sophomore student i Council meets at control was demonstrated vocational agriculture t -bon Credit, Rose- with good results. Manheim Central hig 22 *° 7 ad - Lancaster. Two varieties, Penna. -820 7.30 p.nx - 4-H El- and Penna 840 Hybrids we- ess » Manheim R. ■“>„ meet, in tha “ pSI Witt S Pen Ta. „ ‘»° , pur * re building on the 820 giving better results in Y< ?s l;sbl '® bre f gUts fo h ister most respects. self at the sale ~ :hibits of the com won The boar will be rotate d two second on a schedule set up by th FFA chapter. lUed on Page 13) AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18, 1961 New Holland FF Has Boys Cho * «■ Control More Processes Farmers Urged By Co-op The farmer of the future will be producing a given crop of a given quantity, of a given quality, at a given time under contract and selling through a source type of distribution, farmers were told this week. George G. Connor, execu- „ , r „ TT , tive vice president and gen- Pequea Valley High eral manager of the Penn- School Thursday, said he sylvama Farm Bureau Co- looks for more integration operative Association, speak- m f arn ung picture in ing at the annual meeting of fnf ure the coimty association in Water Runoff Is Problem of County SCD It is not lack of water but supplies and services thru lack of proper use of the farmer cooperatives and water that is the problem, (Turn to page 11) John Kitch, service forester, said this week at the regular i i « . rr A meeting of the Lancaster AASHM © IITI rrA County Soil Conservation _ . .. • District. Public Speakers Kitch pointed out that the n I C L. * j. city of Baltimore has only K.6V©3l OUD|©CTS 47 6 square miles of water _ shed, an area about as large Harold Myers, Reporter as the one feeding the 13 Conestoga, to supply water Time at Manheim FFA. to 1,400,000 customers. Each Member of the Man /Turn to naae heim Central FT A is pres ently engaged in writmg a Varied Program Is Reported By Lampeter FFA By: James Shertzer Our FFA chapter has a varied amount of activities throughout the year. At Each officer in the chapter present we are getting ready prepared the following sum for our assembly program, mary of his speech: during R ichard Hosier, president: l Ster The title of my speech is give the students a better irarmpr'<f conception of FFA and its J!arrae ” T Challenge . &SJST* the assem ' £ During the months of Jan- Tue challenge is a series uary and February we con- of Problems which the farm duct our annual seed service er must overcome and at the for the farmers in our com- same time make a living, mumty. , Such problems are the im- In March, the members ballance of production, ex with special talents partici- pansion of the domestic mar pate in the annual county ket, and expansion of pro athletic program In March duction to meet the foreign also we will hold our annual demand. Father and Son banquet. April is the month of our Scrap Drive. We take trucks to the farmers in the town ships and ask for donations of their scrap metal, bale twine and paper. Our chap (Tum to Page 7) Unique Program At Penn Manor Is Discussed By: Dave Siegrist, Reporter A new program of work has been put into effect in. the Manor FFA 'Chapter. The Penn Manor school board assumes responsibility for all expenses of a club, activity or sport; however, any money earned by the FFA or any other club, ac tivity must be turned over to the school board. So far as we know, this is the only school in the coun ty with such a program. Op inions on the program are (Turn to page 7) $2 Per Year He pointed out that not one producer-retailer sells milk in the Harrisburg area at present. He contrasted this with the possibility of total integration of the poul try industry in Lancaster county. He said a poultry man can purchase all v his speech to be delivered from memory to his classmates. This single area of instruc tion is a part of the total vo cational agriculture program at Manheun. The primary objective is to enable the student to acquire some abil ity in leadership and gain self confidence. Dave Graybill, vice presi dent: My speech, One Step From Destruction, points out the destrutcivc processes and forces of erosion. I point out that erosion is ruining the soils of Pennsyl {Turn to page 11) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days are expect ed to average three to live degrees above the normal range of 25 at night to 42 in the afternoon. Mild tem peratures are expected ov er the week end, cooler Monday and mild again Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation may total between 0.1 and 0.4 inch es water equivalent, fall ing as snow or rain Satur. day and Sunday and pos sibly again towards the end of the period.
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