—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14, 1967
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County Clubs And Instructional
Courses To Begin For Area 4-H
4-H SOIL AND WATER
SCIENCE PROGRAM
eration and maintenance of
tractors and farm machinery.
_ , . , , A Driving Contest will be held
• The most precioua natural at conclusion of the course,
resource given to man is soil Awards Wlll be g, ven for out .
&r without it no life could £tandjn * project WO rk at the
exist,” associate County Agent roundup
Wmthrop Mernam said this __ _ . .. ■ ... ,
week as he announced that a m^ et L n f n Wll b ®
special program to promote January 17th at 7:30 p.m. ait
knowledge and undersUnding * he Brothers
of soil and water conservation Equipment Company on the
is being organized in the Stev- Manheim Pike. The local lead
ens-Ephrata-Denver area The «« for g ™ Up * r * Herbe *
program will feature films. and
slides, demonstrations, lectures
and tours illustrating the cor- interested young foUs
rect methods of soil and wa- are to attend the first
ter conservation and wise use meeting: and take part in this
of natural resources Special e Y ei * Memam s f d - Blecr^ on
project awards will be made of officers, project explanation
at the end of the eight-week and Program mrtlme will be
series of lessons, he said P a * * 016 first meetm S ac '
Any young person, between tlvrt > ______
the ages of 9 and 19, may en-
poll for this course The first REORGANIZATION OF 4-H
meeting of the group will be LIGHT HORSE CLUB
h«3d on Friday evening. Janu-
ary 20£h at the home of Aaron The Broken Bit 4-H Light
Stauffer. Ephrata R 1 Stauf- Horse and Pony Club, under
fer’s farm is located one-half Hie leadership of Mr. and Mrs.
mile northeast of Route 322. Charles G Risser of Stevens
and a half mile south of the Rl. will hold its first meeting
Ephrata Day School of the 1967 season on Friday
Local leaders for this new evening. January 20th at the
project are Aaron Stauffer and home of Eugene Nessmger,
Leroy Pfautz. director and as- Lincoln Avenue, Remholds.
socoate director, respectively, New members will be en
of the Lancaster County Soil rolled at this time. The club
& Water Conservation Dis- is one of three currently or
trict This conservation effort ganized in Lancaster County,
is being offered through the which stress proper care and
cooperation of the local and management of pleasure hors
state extension service, and es > an< t education on current
the local and state units of riding techniques and general
the U S Soil Conservation horsemanship. Over 4500 4-H
Service, Merriam said members are enrolled through
out Pennsylvania m the Light
Horse and Pony project.
The activities of the Brok
en Bit 4-H Club are centered
in Clay, Elizabeth, Warwick 1
and Ephra'ta townships. Any
young person, between the!
ages of 9 and 19, may join!
this group by attending the]
first meeting on January 20th,;
or by contacting Mrs Rasser
at the above address
TRACTOR MAINTENANCE
CLUB TO FORM
A special 4-H activity on
tractor operation and mam-
tenance will be held in the
northeast part of Lancaster
■County starting on Tuesday
evening, January 17th This
meeting will be at 7 45 pm
at the Farmersville Equipment
Company in Farmersville
The program is open to all
young persons, between the
ages of 9 and 19, and will run
for approximately eight weeks
The instruction will feature
demonstrations, films and TRENTON, N.J. Paul F.
learn-by-doing experiences in Osborn, chairman of the
f(3ie safe operation and mam- NEPPCO Turkey Division has
tenance of tractors and other announced that the annual
farm machinery A Driving mee tmg of the Division wall
Contest will be held at the t> e held on Wednesday, March
conclusion of the course j 2 t a t the Holiday Inn, Get-
Awards will be given for out- tysbur®
standing pioject work This* was the site of last
Any interested young person y &ar > s gathering which drew
in the area may take part in a record 130 turkey growers
the program by attending the an( j their friends Chairman
first meetmg, according to Osborn reports that this year’s
Wmthrop Memam, Associate one .day meetmg will feature
County Agent an mfoimation-packed pro
gram of topics currently of
CENTRAL AREA TRACTOR Merest to turkey growers
CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED Also on the agenda is the
Division’s annual business
A special 4-H activity on meeting and election of mem
tractor operation and main- bers to the executive corramt
■tenance will be held in the tee A luncheon is planned,
county starting Tuesday eve- The meeting is open to all
iung, January 17th turkey growers in the Mid-Ait
“This program is open to all lan he area. Full details wuli
young people between the ages be sent to all Division mem
of 9 to 19 and will run for bers in a few weeks, Osborn
eight consecutive weeks, As- said Those growers who are
sociate County Agent Win- not members of the NEPPCO
throp Memam reported. The Turkey Division are urged to
instruction will feature dem- write to: NEPPCO, 10 Rutgers
castrations, films and learn-by- Place, Trenton, New Jersey
doing experiences in safe op- 08618, for information.
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