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
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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<r ask. but, .
" What Trow jgetnfram .severalj
hours, -at , - the. ball pack, golf ■
courser bowling- lanes qr—foob-.
. ...
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 1963
By: Lloyd G. Cop©
Manheim, Pa.
As you know, the game com
mission proposed an increase
in hunting license fees. This is
in opposition because;
It is an ambitious program.
It is not needed.
The vast majority of Penn
sylvanians are opposed to it.
It exceeds the limitations of
the designed purpose of the
game commission.
It is claimed by the Game
Commission that lack of food
has caused a depletion in the
deer herd.
ARGUMENT: The kill sta
tistics very strongly suggest
an over-kill probably in the in
terest o fadditional revenue
It is claimed by the Game
Commission that Pennsylvania
cannot support a deer herd
much in excess of 300,000.
ARGUMENT The Province
of Georgia in 1756 supported
a kill capable of supplying
600,000 deei hides to Eng Act
ual kill not known Wish to
emphasize kill was made in
virgin timber terntoiy ait a
rate of 4 per square mile con
sidering the entne province as
unoccupied (Ref. World Book
Encyclopedia).
Pa. Woodland 23,438 sq.
mi. at 50 sq mi. capable
of supporting 1,171,900.
Game Commission claims
considerable funds must be
spent for browse cutting.
ARGUMENT; Not Neces
sary, Province of Georgia sup
ported x kill of 4 per square
mile with virgin, (timber.
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f!N ftp Mti il f> 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;
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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
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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.. - - -
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