16 —Lancaster Farming,
Saturday. August 12, 1961
ETown FFA
Tours Farms
Two dairy operations and
a research farm were among
the points of interest on the
tour taken Tuesday by 2J
members of the Elizabeth
town FFA and .their teacher
of vocational agriculture.
At the Walker-Gordon
dairy near Brunswick, New
Jersey, the group saw the
farm’s Rotolactor in action
On the machine 50 cows are
milked at the rate of five
per minute until the herd or
1650 cows have had their
turn on the giant merry-go
round.
A pole barn for loose hous
ing and a milking parlor set
up at the Molocaway farm
showed off that farm s fine
herd of Guernsey cattle.
Research on soil fertility
and animal nutrition were
seen in action at the Ameri
can Caynamid Agricultural
Research Farm.
The- group would, like to
make the educational trip
an annual affair, according
to Elvin Hess, teacher of vo
cational agncu ture at Eliza
bethtown area High School.
Grasslands FFA
Holds Outing
Some thirty members and
12 guests made the recent
meeting and picnic of the
Grasslands Chapter of Fu
ture Farmers of America a
success. The chapter is locat
ed m the Garden Spot High
School at New Holland.
A practice softball game a
mong the members was held
at 4:00 p.m with a contest
between the Grasslands
Chapter and the future farm
ehs from Lampeter-Strasburg
being played after the pic
nic supper with plenty of
food for all.
This mid summer picnic is
one way the FFA has to keep
its members active in the
summer activity program, ac
cording to Robert Herr,
teacher of vocational agricul
ture at the Garden Spot
High School.
Keep Poisons
Safely Locked
The natural curiosity of a
small boy is a wonderful
thing It leads him into many
strange and wonderful places
It can also lead him into
trouble say extension home
management specialists.
Be especially careful with
farm and garden pesticides
they warn. Regardless of
how carefully you hide them,
or how high a shelf you put
them, the “little boy” curiosi
ty is bound to track them
down. The only safe place is
a locked cabinet or store
room.
Make sure the lock is se
cured each time you leave.
Chances are that little boy is
toddling along behind you
somewhere and that store
room could be his next stop
Your reaction to this may
be to say “it can’t happen a
round my place” But it can
It’s happening almost every
day. Careless gardners and
farmers are leaving poison
ous matena’s in easy reach
of children, or throwing them
in trash piles where little
boys love to play
Don’t let it happen at your
home Treat those pesticide
as the deadly killers they
really are.
An ounce of prevention is
worth all the cure in the
world
Patronize Lancaster Farm-
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