Vol. 11, No. 21
SOLANCO VO-AG instructor Jack Owens
gives Clement B. Mcßeam of Alberttown,
Jamaica, a demonstration of his classroom
technique used in teaching the Future Far
mers in the Quarryville school. Mcßeam is
principal of an elementary school'in Al
berttown. Vocational agriculture - is’ not
Solanco Vo-ag Department Host
To Visiting Edncator Prom Jamaica
A Jamacian element ary school
principal is-visiting the vocational
agriculture department of th«
Solanco High School this week.
He is Clemen B Mcßeam of
Alberttown, Jamaica.
Mcßeam said that although
there is a vocational agriculture
program in the public schools of
Jamaica now, it is hot similar in
many respects to the one in the
United States The chief differ
ence is that vocational subjects
are taught in the elementary
schools rather than in the scond
ary schools.
Irrthe high school, he said such
subjects as botany, chemistry and
other technical subjects are
taught.
For the student* interested in do
ing advanced work in the agricul
tural sciences, couises one th
college level are offered at vari
ous college and universities in the
the West Indies.
Mcßeam described Albcrttown
as in a general farming district of
Jamaica. The nrincipal crops are
sugar-cane, bananas, yams, coffee,
coconuts and citrus fruits
He described the yam as the
basic crop of the area.
“It is not at all similar to the
sweet potato, as most Americans
seem to think,” he said. “I would
describe it as more similar to the
Irish potato, although it is not so
grades. While in the United States, Mc-
Beam is studying vocational instruction
"from both the classroom and administra
tive levels. (LF Photo)
watery as the Irish potato
‘‘Some yams grow as large as a
nan, that is to say a hundred
veight or more. However, these
re grown more for show purpose
han as an economic ciop They
t" hard to harvest,” he ex
plained’.
±Se»iuos the Angus, Hereford,
ersey and Holstein cattle, Jama
cans have developed three
creeds of cattle 'suited to the
ilimate. They are the' Jamaica
Hope, Jamaica Red and Jamaica
Black. ' a
The Black are very similar to
.he Angus, Mcßeam said.
As far as livestock is concern
ed, the horse is still holding his
own in the Island, Mcßeam said.
“Horse racing is our national
sport. Therefore, we still have
many people raising fineTiorses,”
he said.
Another important crop pro
duced in the Wfest Indies, accord
ing to Mcßeam, is lumber. Maha
gony, Mohoe, and Broadleaf
Cedar are harvested to be used
,n making fine furniture
I The International Cooperation
' Administration is sponsoring
his’tnp here to study vocational
aencultuial training from both
the classroom and the admimstra
tsive level.
j The vocational agriculture in
structor at Solanco is Jack Owens.
quarryville (Lancaster county) Fa., Friday, March 29, 1957
taught in the secondary schools in that
country, although it is taught in the lower
4-H Tractor Club
Members To Be
Feted Tonight
County 4-H Tractor Club mem
bers will be honored at a banquet
ly the Lancaster County Farm
Equipment Dealers at S.rasburg
Fire Hall tonight.
All dealers m the county have
been invited to attend.
The state sales tax director
will be speaker at the dinner. He
will explain some of the appli
cations of the state sales and, use
in the fields of agriculture
and agricultural implements.
Entertainment will be provid
ed by the 4-H Club members. A
turkey dinner will be served by
'Fire Company Auxi
liary
ASC Announces
Deadline Near
For Soil Bank
Lancaster County farmers who
desire to participate in the con
servation program of the Soil
Bank have only about two weeks
to make application, warns the
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation office.
The conservation reserve is
the long term program to get
crop land out of production. Con
tracts are made for three, five
and ten years.
The rate is $l2 an acre. The
acreage that can be put in the
conservation reserve is the aver
age that was planted to soil de
pleting .crops on 1955 andl9s6.
April 15 is the deadline.
Pemi State Dairyman Awarded
$l,OOO Borden Prize for Research
Stuart Patton, associate pro
fessor of dairy science at the
Pennsylvania State University,
will receive the $l,OOO Borden
Award this year for achievement
in the chemistry of milk. Dr. Pat-
Poultry Assn.
Plans Joining
City C. of C.
The Lancaster County Poultry
Assn, has made application for
membership in the Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce. The ac
tion was taken at a meeting of
the association Monday night at
the Center.
Another project to be started
by the association is the organiza
tion of an auxiliary.
No specific action was taken
at the meeting, but association,
president Dr. E. I. Robertson
said that he believed that such
an organization would be of val
ue- to the organization.
Standard rWs for groups de
siring to use the new Center for
meetings _wete established by the
directors. They are sls for
groups of 50 persons or fewer,
$2O for 50 to 100 people and $25
for groups of more than 100 peo
ple.
Youth groups/'such as 4-H or
Future Farmers will not be
charged.
Preliminary plans for County
participation in Broiler bar-be
que week, starting May 4 were
discussed. The Poultry Associa
tion’s own annual bar-be-que will
be held June 15.
li TAKJES A~LOT of. urging and a lot of concentration; to
make a successful livestock sale. It’s obvious that there was
plenty of both at the Warwick Shorthorn Dispersal Sale
Tuesday at the Keystone Sales Barn in Mt. Joy. (LF Photo)
See story on page 12.
$2 Per Year
on will receive the award April 8
during the 131st national meeting
of the American Chemical Society
in Miami, Florida.
Dr. Patton wins the award for
his research accomplishments in
the study of hat-induced flavors
in milk, the manufacture of but
ter oil,, and color changes in
evaporated milk. He has recently
expanded his research to cover
milk and milk' products He is
the effect of atomic radiation on
the author or co-author of 60
technical papers.
The Borden Award is granted
each year to one outstanding
scientist in the United States ; *nd
Canada. Including a gold medal,
the award is sponsored by -the
Borden Company Foundation Inc.
of New York to “recognize ‘and
entourage outstanding research
achievements in the chemistry of
milk.”
Dr. Patton will present his
award address; “Oragamc Chemi
cal Effects of Heat on Milk” be
fore the agricultural and food
chmeistry section of the Ameri
can Chemical Society April 8 at
the Miami event.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Dairy Science Assn., the Am
erican Chemical Society, and' the
fraternities of Phi Kappa Phi,
Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Lambda
Upsilon and Sigma Xi.
He has served on the staff of
the dairy science department at
Penn State since 1948. He { has
conducted several projects under
the Quartermaster Pood and‘Con
tainer Institute reseaich program
of the U. S. Army.. ,
This -marks the second time
that Penn State dairy scientists
have received*the Borden chemis
try award. Previous winner was
Dr. Donald V. Josephson, head of
the department of dairy science.