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12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 1972
From Local A
The article this week was
written by Clifford Day, in
structor at Garden Spot High
School.
Teachers are an unusual group
of professionals. Their jobs are
similar to no other profession.
Whether they teach in a formal
classroom or as a drill sergeant
m combat conditions, he must
transfer knowledge to students or
other persons requiring such
knowledge.
Teachers may find it difficult to
ascertain their success or failure
in any short run but the long run
results attest to a teacher’s
success or failure. People tend to
regard teachers as non
professional, without the status of
doctors, lawyers, or bankers.
We often look back to the days
when teachers were inferior and
their teaching careers lasted
from three to four years.
Teaching was an occupation that
called for little ambition and
anyone who could not do manual
work would become a teacher.
The history of teaching is full of
stories of the poor conditions,
short careers, and low pay from
which poorly trained teachers
had to convey knowledge to eager
students Horace Mann, the great
educator once commented that
we pay most to those who kill us—
FARMERSVILLE
EQUIPMENT INC.
R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa.
CHAS J. MeCOMSEY
& SONS
Hickory Hill, Pa.
grumelli
farm service
Quarryville
Teachers:
Thoughts
in Passing
generals; next, to those who
entertain us—minstrels and
singers, and least to those who
educate us—teachers.
Low pay has been a major
deterrent to getting good
teachers but this problem is
being overcome by associations
that fight for improvements for
teachers and students alike.
The education of teachers has
vastly improved since the days of
Horace Mann. The colleges and
umiversities of this country can
boast of having some of the best
teacher training centers in the
world. There are many modern
developments in the teaching
fields that have lightened the
teacher’s work load and thereby
made it possible for him to do a
better teaching job.
Overhead projectors and
materials for making the
overhead transparencies have
greatly reduced the time needed
for a teacher to prepare for his
class. This improvement itself
has been of great value.
Teachers today are better
trained in their field and
therefore are better able to teach
than in the days of Horace Mann.
One reason that teachers are
better able to teach is that they
get more practical experience or
on the job training.
N. G. HERSHEY
& SON
Manheim
ZOOK'S FARM
STORE
Honey Brook, Pa.
NISSLEY
FARM SERVICE
Washington Boro
Clifford J. Day
Teacher of vocational
agriculture
Garden Spot High School
The old adage that “experience
is the best teacher” still is very
true in today’s teaching
profession. In the field of
agriculture, teachers get actual
experience in doing the things
that are common jobs on the
farm. Such actual experience for
teachers help to keep them up-to
date on the ever-changing look in
the agriculture industry.
The constant changes in the
industry also means it is ne
cessary to read the lastest in
formation on anything, from
feeding steers to building pole
barns, or at least be able to tell
students and young, farniers
NOW YOU DONT HAVE
TO SETTLE FOR LESS
THAN THE BEST IN 1972.
HERE’S A YIELD LEADER THAT
HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO
DELIVER TOP PERFORMANCE!
• Produced on N cytoplasm
• Has single-gene (HT) factor
for additional tolerance to north-
ern corn leaf blight
ALBERT HACKMAN
“I have been using P-A-G products for six
years (ever since I began farming) and I have
been very satisfied with P-A-G’s quality seed
and good grading.”
“I won second s place in Columbia County
Pennsylvania this year (1971) - Pennsylvania
5 Acre Corn Contest (machine harvest). I also
had a Held of P-A-G 216 not officially entered
that stood real well. I feel that this field out
yielded my official entry by at least 10 bushel. -
• Thoroughly tested lor performance SXa“‘ er ” Xtyear ' , “ h c “ her P ' A ' G
and viability by famous P-A-G Research.
• Short plant height.
• Excellentstandability and high
test weight
• Adapted to narrow rows
• Easy to harvest
THREE MORE HYBRIDS FROM P-A-G THAT CAN
BREAK YOUR YIELD BARRIER! SX-7 - SX 69 - 3-WAY 216.
P-A G is a brand name Numbers
identify varieties The limitation of
warranty slated on each bag of
PAG Seeds sold is part" of the
terms of sale
where they may find su?h in
formation.
It should stand to reason then
why teachers have to keep up-to
date on all of the modern or newly
discovered information in all
fields.
Since the title of this series is
called “Thoughts in Passing” I
would like to conclude with a
poem that may serve to tie some
of these thoughts together. The
author is unknown but the
message is clear regardless what
subject a teacher may teach.
“A builder builded a temple;
> He wrought with care and skill;
Pillars and groins and arches
Were fashioned to meet his
will’
And men said when they saw its
beauty;
“It shall never know decay.
Great is thy skill, 0 Builder,
Thy fame shall endure for
aye”.
A teacher builded a temple
He wrought with skill and care;
Forming each pillar with
patience,
Laying each stone with prayer.
None saw the unceasing effort;
None knew of the marvelous
plan;
For the temple the teacher
builded
FOR YOUR
CORN PLANTING NEEDS
STOP AT
Bird-in-Hand Farm Supply
200 Maple Ave. Bird-in-Hand, Penna.
AGRICO STARTER FERTILIZER
To give your corn that head start
BUX-TENANDFURDAN
For soil insects
GANDY INSECTICIDE APPLICATORS
For Sale or Rent — Inquire early
AATREX ATRAZINE
Still The Most Popular Corn Herbicide
BLADEX
New Complete Corn Herbicide
SX 53 FROM P-A-G.
HERE’S THE SUCCESS THAT
FARMERS IN THIS AREA ARE
HAVING WITH SX 53!
FRANCIS WINKLER
“SX 53 is one of the best all-around corns I
have ever grown. This year we had a two
month drought, all June and July.”
P-A-G SEEDS
P O Box 2813
Northstar Station
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Was unseen by the eyes of man.
Gone is the builder’s temple
Crumbled into the dust,
Pillar and groin and arches
Food for the consuming rust;
But the temple the teacher
builded
Shall endure while the ages
roll;
For that beautiful, unseen temple
Was a child’s immortal soul.”
XXX
If you have extra whipping
cream on hand, whip it, then
freeze individual portions on a
cookie sheet and wrap in foil.
Store in the freezer for a quick
dessert garnish.
SEED OATS
CLINTFORD
OATS
REIST SEED CO.
Mount Joy, Pa.
653-4121