Survey Of Off-Farm Agricultural Jobs Shows 2,434 Yearly Openings Opportunities for employ- ties. Counties surveyed were mcnt in off-farm agricultural Adams, Armstrong, Berks, Bed occupations are apparent from ford, Blair, Bucks, Butler, a three-year study completed Chester, Clarion, Crawford, by N. K. Hoover,'*D. R. McClay, Cumberland, Dauphin, Erie, and G Z. Stevens of the depart- Franklin, Fulton, Indiana, Lan ment of agricultural education caster, Lawrence, Lehigh, Leb at Penn State University. The anon, Mercer, Mifflin, Mont -1965 survey, conducted by the gomery, Schuylkill, Snyder, state's vocational agriculture Somerset, Union, Venango, teachers, found 4,415 businesses and Westmoreland, and services in 29 Pennsylvania Three occupational group counties currently employing j ngs account for 74 percent of 34,850 persons needing agricul- the business, 73 percent of the tural abilities. employees, and 71 percent of Considering business expan- the employees to be hired dur sion and employee turnover, ing the next five years. These the study shows 2,434 yearly groupings are agricultural sup openings in off-farm agricul- plies and equipment, animal tural occupations during the and poultry products, and or next five years in the 29 coun- namenfcal horticulture. Other \ WHAT’S NEWS? I Give LANCASTER FARMING a call, or drop us a card, if you have farming news to report, a sale coming up, a coming event to schedule. i Our columns are for you to use. Please sign all items. , Phone:626-2191 or P.0.80x 266 394-3047 Lititz, Po., 17543 BOOK BEEF FEEDS NOW! RIAL Price Protection See Us For Details EBY’S MILL ‘ ■ litltz Quality Concentrates Long Booking Period High Vitamin “A” Content Complete Nutrient Balance ♦ » Our Booking Program Offers HEMPFIELD & [master! \ n _ ¥W - _ | wga | MILLS EAST PETERSBURG &/S IN'# occupational groupings arc ma chinery sales and service, fruit and vegetable crops and forest products, agricultural resour ces, and agricultural service, The study identified skills and abilities needed in off-farm agricultural occupations under 11 headings: plant science, animal science, agricultural mechanics, agricultural busi ness management, business management and economics, sales and business skills, job and employee characteristics, employee-supervisor relations, building construction technol ogy, industrial mechanics, and industrial quality control. Persons needing agricultural abilities were classified under 163 job titles. Of these, 37 account for 75 percent of new employees, not including pro fessional workers, in the next five years. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 1, 1966—21 Every time I tiSL the box is full of e Fast, clean corn-picking with the AlHs-Chaimers 190 Corn Picked From snout to spout the dependable 190 takes com Ifrona, the held the way a picker should! Stripper plates over snapping rolls hold down field shelling and kernel loss. Eight extra-long husking rolls and power ful fan assure clean loads every time. We’d like to Show you how the 190 will pick your corn! jffk Allen H. Matz Farm Equipment AtLIS CHALMCXS N. G. Myers & Son Rheems, Fa. Chet Long Nissley Farm Service Akron, Pa. Washington Boro, Pa. Grumelli Farm Service |_. H. Brubaker Quarryville, Pa. Lancaster, Pa L. H. Brubaker Lititz, Fa. New Holland
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