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we haven’t been able to bale yet.”
He said that neighbors are having
difficulty planting their crops,
especially soybeans.
Josie, who was to have had a
garden project this summer says
she may not have one because
she’s never been able to get her
garden planted. She said, “I was
really surprised to see women
picking beans here. The crops at
home aren’t doing much.” About
the landscape, she said, “It’s a lot
flatter at home - it’s so pretty
here.”
Mrs. Ray Moll, who along with
her husband is a chaperone for
the busload of 4-H’ers, said that
the growing season seems to be
further along here, probably
because of a harder, longer
winter in Michigan She said,
“Most farmers at home are just
getting in their first cutting of
hay”
Mark hails from Monroe
County in the southeast corner of
Michigan, bordering on Lakh
Erie, and he explains that the soil
they cultivate is “lake bottom - it
has water in it all the time.” To
combat this problem, they must
“tile” the land, that is, dig
trenches and lay tile for
drainage, being careful to put it
deep enough that they don’t plow
it up.
He said his county is mostly
agriculture, with a lot of truck
farming, but he added, “We’re
starting to be squeezed out by
Detroit and Toledo.” His father,
grandfather and three brothers
farm about 600 acres of land,
raising sheep and hogs, and
growing “everything they grow
here.” “There are a lot of
soybeans around our area,” he
says.
The one thing he misses in
Lancaster County is sheep. Mark
has had a sheep project for 7
years in 4-H, and for the last two
he has had a beef project as well.
He’s a senior and hopes to major
m Ag Engineering when he
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Elmer D. Lapp, Kinzers RDI, delighted visiting Michigan 4-
H'ers with a demonstration of his lead Belgian horse. One
girl later recalled that she had finally learned the meaning of
"gee” and "haw”.
graduates. He’s on the county 4-H
livestock judging team.
Mark said he finds the people
here “more easy-going” than in
Michigan, but basically he said,
“We’re just all hard-worki”"
farmers.”
Mrs. Marian Brenneman, RDI,
Mount Joy, a 4-H leader who is
hosting the Molls, said about the
exchange, “I love it. I enjoy
meeting people and it’s fun to
learn about how others handle
their 4-H work.”
That’s another benefit of the
exchange, and in this case the
differences can be quite in
teresting. Mrs. Moll had the
opportunity to visit the Mt. Joy
Busy Bakers, a first year cooking
club of which Mrs. Brenneman is
a leader, and the visiting girls
attended the Mountville 4-H Club
where Nancy is a teen leader for
knitting. They an agreed that
there is a vast diffenence in the
way club work is handled.
Josie said, “Here there is more
of a set way to follow. At home
girls decide for themselves what
they will make, for instance in
first year sewing. If they have
experience, they can make a
dress or whatever they want.
They do not need to follow an
exact sequence of projects, as
you must here.”
Each project is then judged
individually, not compared with
other projects of the same year.
“There are no record books,” she
said.
Josie said, “The advantage of
the way we do it is that it allows
you to use your ability a little
more.”
Nancy said she feels the
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