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B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 1963
MILK COOLER DOUBLES AS A TABLE for
Henry E. Givler, teacher of vocational agriculture, and
Roy Mentzer, New Holland R 2, as they check over the ALL INSTRUCTION IS NOT BOOKS in vocational agriculture at Pequea Val
prelmxmary entries in the American Farmer Degree j High School. Junior and senior students are conducting an experiment in
application form. Mentzer, who graduated two years g row | n g vegetable plants in the classroom. Glenn Esbenshade, Paradise, left, and
ago, will try for the coveted FFA degree at the na- j^ e i v j n Hershey, Intercourse, right, receive instruction in transplanting tomatoes
tional convention in Kansas City next October from the seed flat to the transplant flat by Henry E. Givler. L. F. Photo.
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• Ag. Teacher
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■with Charles Drawbaugh,
teacher of vocational agricul
ture at Dover, who is complet
ing work on a Ph D degree at
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity. The boys are learning the
effect of temperature, light and
waiter on growing plants.
While there was no chance
for relaxation during school
hours, Givler does take advan
tage of a few minutes of quiet
as soon as the students are ex
cused for the day A coffee pot
in the shop was turned on and
three teachers and the super
vising principal came by for a
hot cup of coffee and a few
minutes of “hashing over” the
events of the day..
Coffee time was soon over
end we started out to visit bo>s
on their home farms Most of
the other teacheis weie on
their way home to supper, but
we still had almost three
hours of work ahead of us
At the first stop, we visited
Roy Mentzer who graduated 2
years ago, but is still an active
member of the Pequea Valley
FFA chapter Boy is farming
307 acres with his parents and
hopes to win the coveted
American Fanner degree in
October.
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out. Rl, were in on the discussion, The American Parmer degree
The application forms had Q. lv j er gives much of the and many more sessions will is the highest-award given by
arrived just a few days earlier cre(}lt for succe ss of a member be needed before the applioa- the National Association of Fu
and preliminary figuring on Q{ t 0 tlle parents of the tion form is in shape to submit ture Farmers of America,
farming program, leadership boy> Mj . , Mrs _ Bllis Ment _ to the county, state and nat- Pequea Valley High School
in FFA, school and commun- wlhQ farm at New - Holland mnal FFA offices for grading. (Continued on Page •)
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agreement had to he worked
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