American 4-H Program
s “ ccess of the United passed the eight-million mark.
Sjji? P rogr «m has created The International Farm Youth
worldwide interest. This success Exchange (IFYE) program has
t !“ r . ing helped to spread the 4-H story to
National 4-H Week, being Norway, Argentina, Ecuador,
ce “ October 7-13. Germany, Honduras, Iran, Italy,
? yearS> i‘ H has Thailand, Turkey. Chile, Brazil,
been adapted to more than 85 and other countries,
countries around the globe. In- During the past 25 years, the
ternational membership has International Farm Youth Ex-
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Coßg RONALD ZIMMERMAN
Ronald Zimmerman is shown receiving a watch for
capturing Grand Champion Baby Beef Honors at the
Ephrata Fair. Jim Conway (Master Mix Feed
Representative) presents Ronald with his watch,
while his parents, left, John and Doris Zimmerman and
I. Homer Martin (Martin’s Feed Division salesman)
look on. His sister, Judy, also pictured, took Reserve
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Attracts Wide Interest
change (IFYE) has programmed
over 4,700 men and women from
the U. S. and 70 other countries.
Conducted by the National 4-H
Club Foundation in behalf of the
Cooperative Extension Service,
IFYE is called a “Tool for
Transition.” Through the in
fluence of IFYE alumni, the 4-H
idea has spread into nearly 80
TO ALL BEEF FEEDERS
countries with a youth mem
bership now numbering 8 million.
Each IFYE participant visits
in a host country six months,
living and working with several
farm families.
Depending upon their home
countries, IFYE’s come to the
United States with a variety of
purposes in mind. They may be
interested in learning more about
4-H work, agricultural
economics, U. S. schools, use of
fertilizer, advancement of farm
Test Your 4-H
This is National 4-H Week,
October 7-13. More than 115,000
Pennsylvania 4-H’ers are joining
the observance which includes
3,000 Lancaster County 4-H’ers.
How much do you know about 4-
H? Check yourself with these true
and false statements. -
1. Pennsylvania ranks seventh
in 4-H Club enrollment in the U.S.
(True)
2. Approximately half of the
youth members in 4-H live on
farms. (False. One-fourth of the
4-H members live on farms; one
fourth come from urban areas;
and one-half come from small
towns and rural non-farm areas.)
3. Over 70 foreign countries
have set up youth groups pat
terned after 4-H work. (True.
Total international 4-H mem-
Hereford honors at the Fair.
Ronald’s mother says; “Since we have become
associated with the service and feed program from
Martin’s Feed Mill, Ronald had the Angus Champion
at the 1972 Ephrata Fair and sister Judy had Reserve
Hereford Champion at the January 1973 State Farm
Show.”
Martins Mill Division
R.D 3 (Mohler Church Rd.)
Ephrata, PA
Phone 733-6518
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6,1973
Knowledgobility
technology, or fruit growing.
Most IFYE’s also share the
goal of learning more about the
United States than they may have
read or seen in motion pictures.
They are committed to take home
and disperse as much of their
new-found insight as possible.
On the other hand, the foreign
participants leave much behind.
Host families, community
friends, church groups, people on
trains, planes and busses are all
left behind with a greater un
derstanding of their homeland.
bership is five million.)
4. 4-H members range in ages
from eight to 19. (True)
5. 4-H members only work on
specific club projects. (False.
Four-H’ers give talks and
demonstrations, do community
service projects, put up displays,
show their projects in com
petition, all as ways to improve
themselves and their com
munity.)
6. The Cooperative Extension
Service with 4-H as its youth
program is part of the College of
Agriculture of the Pennsylvania
State University. (True.)
Do you still have questionas
about 4-H? Contact the Lancaster
County Cooperative Extension
Service, Room 1, 1383 Arcadia
Road, Lancaster.
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