—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17, 1973 6 From Local Aq Teachers: The article this week, describing FFA activities and I* F\ week which is February 17- Jl. was prepared by Gerald I’lnllips, vocational agriculture ■nstnutor.it IVquea Valley High Sc hool FFA - foiling Youth \\ ith Opportunity The week of February 19-24 is designated this year as National Future Farmers of America Week It traditionally falls on the week we celebrate President George Washington's birthday Washington was the Father of our Country, a great General, a Statesman and Scholar and leader of men with few peers He possessed and exhibited many of the qualities the FFA tries to instill in its members The Future Farmers of America is a National organization reaching from the stale of Maine to Hawaii and from Washington to Puerto Rico IT’S ALL HAPPENING ON MARCH 7-8-9 & 10 DONT BELIEVE ALL YOU HEAR FOR ToUl,Sttf FARMERSVILLE EQUIPMENT, INC. R D 2 Ephrata, Pa. Located in Farmersviffe Ph. 354-4271 Buy less protein By harvesting haylage in the bud stage, you capture the crop when its nutrient content is highest Saving protein-rich leaves means reducing or eliminating supplements Some 90°o of the digestible protein is found m leaves Good haylage will score 20-25°0 crude protein FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT PENN-JERSEY J HARVESTORE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 Thoughts Its membership is increasing each year in every state on all levels, chapter, county, and state It is one of many organizations which unites youth with opportunity “Uniting Youth with Op portunity”, this has become somewhat of a slogan for the FFA in the past few years In no other organization do students have the opportunity to put to direct use the knowledge and experiences from classroom instruction into actual everyday experiences The FFA has always offered a variety of contests and demon strations in which students are able to compete and make use of their knowledge To cite some of the activities in which Lancaster County FFA members may participate, I’ll lust mention the following examples The beginning of the school year brings the annual Livestock Judging Contest held Haying (MUSCLING) or HAYLAGING (MANAGING) Phone (717) 354-5171 NEW HOLLAND, PA. in Passing ‘JS'Si¥-V- 4'S; ii**-? Gerald Phillips at one of four county fairs This past year Solanco sponsored the contest, next year it will be held at Manheim Later on in the year are the Parliamentary Procedure and Public Speaking Contests, Dairy Products Con tests. land judging and various Agricultural Mechanics Contests. These contests are also held on a State and National basis for qualifying contestants. The FFA is concerned with more than just training a student to become proficient in various areas of Agriculture It builds responsible leaders for our communities It offers the student to meet and work with students from other areas of the county state and Nation to broaden personal development and understanding of mankind. FFA Chapters are traditionally one of the most Active organizations in our schools and fit communities. Meetings are held monthly to develop new programs of work and put new ideas into action Examples are the annual Holiday Citrus Fruit Sale. Seed Sales programs, community recreation functions. This year at Pequea Valley we were able to sell and distribute 1.000 crates of oranges and grapefruit, tops in the county, are planning a Donkey basketball game between faculty and Varsity Club versus FFA members, and sponsored a Christmas Tools sale. Of course each chapter has an annual FFA Banquet, the highlight of the year Here students and parents get together to enjoy a night together and show appreciation to those members who have received various awards and distinctions for their individual efforts. How are County Chapters planning on celebrating FFA week 7 Many will have display cases in their school lobbies depicting the chapter activities and officers, some will cooperate with radio station WHEX by putting on one-half minute capsules of their chapter ac tivities. Some may even rent billboard space along main high ways to advertise and promote their local chapters. All will be doing something. Those are two very important words when speaking of the FFA. It DOES SOMETHING. It’s ACTIVE. And it’s an opportunity for our youth to develop an ap preciation of the feeling of working together to achieve a common goal. The FFA unites youth with opportunity. What can be more important to this generation and future generations than the chance to work with others, regardless of race, religion or economic background? The FFA is a moving organization Moving forward toward achieving a harmonious blending of time, talent, and effort in developing the youth of today into the leaders of tomorrow. , < XvXvXv:^^ TRY A CLASSIFIED AD PHONE 626-2191 or 394-3047 February is Ideal For: LIMESTONE APPLICATION • Hi Magnesium or Hi Calcuim ALFALFA TOPDRESSING • Include CIRC for Chickweed Control. (it's still not too late.) PLANNING FOR 1973 • Use our agronomy Consulting Services for '73 • Complete fertilizer planning • Corn Variety comparisons • Herbicide Selections • Insecticide protection for Corn • Secondary elements as required A complete line of products & services is available from Organic to give you a program for profit for 73 ORGANIC PLANT I ANHYDROUS AMMONIA {' FOOD CO. 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster. Pa. Ph. 397-5152 Pa. Cattle Herd Down 1 Percent An estimated 48,000 Penn sylvania farms had 1,745,000 cattle and calves on January l according to the Crop Reporting Service. This was 18,000 head and 1 percent less than a year earlier. The inventory value of $558,400,000 compares with $502,455,000 a year ago. The milk cow inventory on 27,000 farms was 678,000 head, down 2 percent from a year ago. Milk replacement heifers - 500 pounds and over at 205,000 were up 3 percent The inventory of 146,000 beef cows was off 3 percent and beef replacement heifers 500 pounds and over at 33,000 was un changed Other heifers 500 pounds and over totaling 70,000 were down 4 percent and steers 500 pounds and over at 255,000 were down 5 percent. The 40,000 bulls equalled last year’s inventory All steers, heifers, and bulls under 500 pounds at 318,000 increased 3 percent. The 1972 calf crop of 820,000 head was down l percent from 1971's crop of 831,000 calves. My Neighbors _> A , ■ Vr, AI V-"V “Heck, I’ve tried every thing else..
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