VOL. 8 NO. 18 TEACHER AND STUDENT CONTINUE LESSONS across the barnyard gate. Henry E. Givler, left, teacher of vocational agriculture at Pequea Valley High School talks over dairying problems with a former high school student, Roy Men tzer, on the 1 New Holland R 2 farm operated by Roy and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mentzer join in the discussion proving that success of a Future Farmer program depends on cooperation of the whole family. L. F. Photo. Farm Editor . Sees Increased Farmer Lobbies Farmers are being pushed into- stronger political lobbies by their declining members and consequent loss of stren gth, according to Norman Re ber, editor of Pennsylvania Farmer, Harrisburg. Speaking at a noon luncheon -of ithe Lancaster Kiwanis Club in Hotel. Brunswick, Tuesday, Reber said there is also on the part of farmers a centinu ing drive to lessen the Govern ment’s role in Agriculture. • Reber said a major test be tween . 'governmental control oyer agriculture and a “Free market farm economy will take place in the May 21 national referendum on the proposed 1964 wheat program. The Kennedy administration is asking for tight wheat acre age controls and. a two-price marketing plan. A defeat of the proposed plan will open the door ito unlimited production. Reber cited recent and es tablished trends in Pennsylva nia agriculture: The trend toward inte (Contmued on-Page 5) Farm Calendar Apr. 8 7 pm. York-Lan caster area FFA public speaking and parliamentaiy procedure contest at Dover High School (York Co.) 8 p.m. County Ayrshire- Jersey-Brown Swiss 4-H club meets at Production Credit, Roseville .Road. Apr. 9 7 pm. Manor Young Farmers banquet in ■ Penn- .Manor High School. . 7:15 T '®.m. -K?w_ Holland YontnC ‘ -Parmer ; . et»ss, — • KMmr'iMqe&anics' in the Gar-; Huntings License Increase Stirs Farmer Controversy Ed. Xotc: The proposed Pennsylvania hunting license fee increase has caused farmers to take up sides for and against the proposal. Two points of view are here presented by a member of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and a Lan caster County plumbing and heating contractor. By: M. J. Golden Executive Director Penna. Game Commission Is public hunting worth per petuating? Or should hunting become sport' for a privileged few? It’s up to you Mr. Sportsman to finance the kind of game management program you want for Pennsyl vania. For many years the Penn sylvania Game Commission has enjoyed a world-wide rep utation as a pioneer and lead er in the field of game manage ment Due to the sound admin istration of this resource, sportsmen have enjoyed some of the best and least expensive hunting to be found anywhere in the Nation. Today, however, •public hunting is threatened. Unless more money is made available through increased li cense fees, the sport that many ■of us enjoy will become a memory. As individuals all of us have felt the pinch of inflation and decreased purchasing power. Certainly no one could hope to maintain 19 63 living standards with 19 49 incomes. By the same token, the Pennsylvania Game Commission cannot be expected to maintain present services and programs under the 1949 hunting license struc ture. What do you as sportsmen , get in return for the money put into a hunting license? Perhaps it’s unfair t n f' 1 till fl FUlUiUtaLu I Ride WiTh The Vo. Ag. Teacher Teacher Of Works Many ‘After Hours’ Editor’s Xote; This is the litth in a series of articles dealing with Lancaster Comity businesses related to agricul ture. The writer will spend a day riding with persons who serve the farmer but do not actively engage in the business of farming. The articles are an attempt to bring the tarmer a report ot the job ot sen ice personnel before they reach the larm. Other articles will be printed m the following weeks. This former teacher of voca tional agriculture found out that boys are still boys, and the teacher > of vocational agri culture still has problems With spring planting season approaching, the big rush to get machinery ready lor the field is underway at Pequea Valley High School. The voca tional agriculture shop is full and bulging at Che seams with tractors, com pickers, hay rak es, tobacco planters, hog feed ers, lawn mowers, and various and sundry smaller items in all stages of ooustiuction and repair. In fact, the shop is so full that luttle room is left for the boys to -work. On nice days, the work spills out onto the con crete apron in front of the shop door. This in itself is a problem of supei vision, but couple this with a slighit case of spring fever among the boys, a girls’ gym class on the field next to 4-H Holstein President Is Paul Welk | Paul Welk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Welk, Strasburg Rl, was elected president of the Lancaster County 4-H Hol stein Club at a recent reor ganization meeting. Elected at the meeting in the Farm Bureau Cooperative building, Dillerville Road, Welk will succeed Elvin Shel ly, Manheim Rl. Other officers elected at the meeting were; Vice president, James White, Ephrata' Rl; secretary, Linda Welk, Stras burg Rl; assistant secretary, Carol Hess, -Strasburg Rl; (Continued on page 6) Agriculture By : Jack Onen the shop and a band rehearsal on the macadam driveway right next to the work area, and the teacher doesn’t relax a mmuite. tßut Henry B Givler, teach er of vocational agriculture at the high scnool was equal to the (task It is all a matter of organization with him Each boy had an assigned itask and worked on his own with a mm imam of guidance from the teacher While most of the juniors and seniors worked on individ ual projects in the shop, two otheis continued woik on a class project m the classroom. After Givler laid omt the work of transplanting tomato seedlings into flats. Glenn Bs benshade and Alelvm Hershey continued woikmg in the class room The plant project is be ing carried on m cooperation (Continued on Page 8) Quality Hay To Be Subject Of Two Sessions Two Quality hay meetings have been scheduled for next week, the county extension service announced this week. Burton Horne, extension agriculture engineer from the Pennsylvania State University will be on hand to discuss the latest in hay drying techni ques and cultural methods. Personnel from the local office of agriculture extension will be in charge of the two barn meetings scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 9. First of the two meetings W'ill be a - - 9 30 a m on the farm of Donald Newcomer, Mount Joy R 1 and the second session will be at the farm of J Robert Hess, St’asburg HI, at 1 30 pm All countx fanners are m- Mted io attend FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next live dajs are exported to average 2 to 4 degrees* aboxo the normal range of 3!) nt night to 50 in the afternoon. Mild tempera tures. are expected t*o be mild throughout most of the period except somewhat colder Sunday and Monday. Showers are likely about Sunday and again about Wednesday totaling aboujt one third inch.. - - - fiUiU tUUI 1U U UilU f lOUil *Jll cU_~. $2 Per Year