Studies Management Practices for Adaptation at Home Nagaland Farmer Learns Here “I do have a f.nm. but not a and keeping a couple of cows good farm like Lairy and others Until recently, the country berc." actually had to impoit a lot of . .. ..... . food, but lately has become moie Tha. was the candid statement se lf-suffl cit - n i. Ao saul last week of Lima Ao of Naga- land, one of 18 stales in India He looks fonvaid to making Ao was lefeinng to his Lancas strides toward an impiovid tei County host. Lany Weaver, agiicultme with application of a young New Holland RDI some of the modem manage fai mer. ment practices used in this coun „ . , .... tiy. Fanning in Nagaland now But by standards in his own 1S » vci j much b\ hand," he said state Ao is a successful and pio giessivf faimer His two-week \Vlien he lelmns. Ao s.nd he visit to the Weaver faim was will recommend that the gov pait of an extended six-month eminent use some of its money tour of some of the bcttei faims t 0 se £ U p specialized faims to in the US in an effort to gain pave the way foi unpiovemenl moie knowledge and make his jj e noted that the government is own fawn, and fanning in his about the onlj source of suffi state, even better cient capital foi such specialized Ao visited this countiy under * aims the 4-H International Faim Youth Exchange (IFYE) pio- Actually, the Nagaland gov giam He pieviously spent two eminent has leccived offers of months in lowa, four weeks else- assistance in the past to im where in Pennsylvania, and two pmve its agriculture, but has ic weeks at the John Henkel farm, jected them Stiasburg RDI, befoie stopping at Weavei’s beef farm. As described by Ao, the state is extremely isolationist and has Livestock production in his deliberately kept out outsideis. own country, Ao said, “can be including those who could assist improved a lot ” the area. He described faiming in Ao noted that the Foid Found- Nagaland as pnmauly a subsis- ation offered to build a rural tence agriculture with most university and Scandanavian farmers growing a few chickens coiinhies offered to help set up SECOND SECTION Mr, and Mrs. Ivan R. Yost Win Regional Young Farmer Award Mr and Mrs Ivan R Yost, Mr and Mrs Yost paiticipate Christiana RDI, have been select- in the activities of many fai m ed as winners of the Young and community organizations Farmer Community Award of They are active membeis of the Region II of the Pennsylvania Mennomte Church, the Lancas- Young Farmers Association ter County Farm and Home Cen- They aie now eligible to com- ter, the local fne company, and pete with the winners of the many fund drives in then local othei five regions of the Asso- area They are members of the ciation for the state title of local, state, and national units “Pennsylvania’s Outstanding of the Ameucan Faim Bureau Young Farmer Family” Fedeiation The awaid recognizes a young Ivan Yost is a member and farm couple for outstanding sei- president of the local association vice in their home community of Young Faimers m the 0c - Emphasis is placed on both pai- toiara Hlgh School m Atglen ticipation and leadeiship in all The teacheis of agriculture in types of community activities the hlgh school> Ivan R stau£fer The Yost fanuly reside on their and G R Rothermal, aie the ad -450 acie Lancaster county dauy visois of the asociation faim where they are milking 58 Thls young farmei served as Holstein dauy cows They have pieS ident of the 1969 National two childien, Ivan Ji , six, and Young Famer Instl tute In addi- Karen, three tion to his Young Farmer actm- Ues he finds time to participate Milk and Fat Contest “ e^Am^ oV T e f _ ... P ~ Association (DHIA) the local, Deadline Set Oct. 31 slate and national Holstein hieed ~ . , .. associations, the Lancaster Coun- Deadline foi entues in the ty Qonseivation District, the Pennsylvania Milk and Fat Con- County Agucultural Stabilization test is October 31 Entries can- Conseivation Sei vices, and not be accepted aftei this date, serve as a member ot the Penn according to Robeit Book, con- syivama Faim Show Committee test chairman Mi and Mrs Yost will attend Persons who aie Pennsylvania the 11th Annual Convention of Junior Holstein members aie the Pennsylvania Young Farmers eligible and can enter by con- Association on November 12, tacting Book at 656-7665 or by 1970 in the Mountain View Inn,, wilting him at 11 S Hershey Greensburg Ave, Leola 17540 At that tame one of the six The Lancaster County winner regional families will be crown will compete in the state contest ed “Pennsylvania’s Outstanding and be eligible for prizes. Young Farmer Family”. Isolationist 4 ? i • - - .•/ * * **> A< 1 i •*? ‘ * 7 ‘v • * « A* » ’S&s- - 3 < Lima Ao, Nagaland, India, farmer and 4-H IFYE exchangee, poses with his hosts, Carol and Larry Weaver, New Hol land RDI, recently. Although he dressed like a conventional American while he discussed his country, Ao draped himself in this aristocratic ceremonial garb for modern daily and poultiy pro though Ao lives at about 4,500 cent of the people of Nagaland grams But the offers were re- feet The climate is extremely are Christians, compared to only jected "We look forward to the wet with 80 to 100 inches of ram- about two per cent for India as day when the restrictions are fall a year and mild tempera- a whole lifted and when I get home. I’m tuies that range up to 80 de going to talk to officials about grees. The pride and independent the offers,” Ao said o£ the people of Nagaland wa* In his own area, Ao said it expressed in World War II While the refusal of outside never frosts and he has never the Japanese invasion In the help with agucultuie wouldn’t seen snow, although it snows in region was stopped in the state, make sense in the U S context some of the high mountains. „ , of open state borders, extension Pointing to a color picture of programs and complex assistance Nagaland emphasizes agncul- the capital city, Kohima, Ao to faimers from agribusiness ture ’ education and small scale said, “This in front is a ceme firms, the situation is entuely industry Principal farm pro- tery where many of our soldiers different in Nagaland ducts are rice, beef, pork and died fighting the Japanese.” vegetables Nagaland not only keeps citizens fiom othei countues * n wet; climate, uce is pre away, but also citizens from dominant, much as corn is the other Indian states Nagaland is leading crop in this area There virtually a nation within a aie “insignificant quantities of na t lon _ coin” in his countiy, Ao said Nagaland Is Ao himself arises about 30 The smallest and least popu- acies rice, about 100 cattle lated state in India. Nagaland P ei year an d 1.500 mange trees has only about 500,000 persons Nagaland 1S a re i ata vely small oi one-tenth of one pei cent of mea S q ueezed between much India s 550,000,000 peopl Whi e lar g ei na t lo ns The largest city, India is known as the woilds Kohlma _ the capital has only second most populous nation be- m nnn , hind China and has a tiemendous z ’ uuu pop Lima Ao ‘We’re Independent People’ over-population piobiem Naga land, accoidmg to Ao, is a sparcely populated and moun tamous legion It has mountains ranging up to 13,000 feet above sea level, al- Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 24.1970—■ 1 , the indepen P enclence dence of Nagaland is important to the Indian government, be cause it provides the people of this land with an operating The Pennsjlvama Crop Re budget, while requiring no taxes poitmg Service is holding fast to the national goveiment to forecasts as of Sept 1 that The independent spirit of the this yeai’s haivest of Type 41 people has a long tiadition Until tobacco will be at the lowest only about 150 years ago, the level since 1937 people were veiy primitive by modem standards Then mis sionaries came, then more mis sionai les As a result, today about 60 per of declining acreage, the photo. It contained symbols (not shown) depicting the history of Nagaland people including worship of the moon and stars which occurred before Christianity was introduced by missionaries about 150 years ago. After the British left India, Lima Ao ‘We Farm; Not Like Larry’ Tobacco Acreage Down The sexvice reports an expect ed >ield of nearly 34 7 millio* pounds, down 2 8 million pounds from last year, mainly because •