From Local Ag Teachers :
and now am seeing what it's and work hard there is much
like while student teaching you can get from it. These
at Penn Manor High School, gifts from the organization
For those of you who don't are leadership ability,
know, you must be in Ag in training in raising animals
high school before you can and crops, experience in odd
become an FFA member. It jobs and a chance to earn
is not a requirement to join money,
the FFA at some schools if
vou are in Ag but if you do
FFA - What ia it?
by: Robert M. Weaver
Student Teacher of
Agriculture
Penn Manor
High School
My nartie Is Bob Weaver, a
student at Penn State
University. I studied for
years to be an Ag teacher
Leadership ability is
developed through
responsibilities given to you
as a member. There are
offices to be held and
committees to be on. Much
work is done as an
organization. Recently the
Penn Manor Chapter elected
new officers for 1975. These
students, though only 9, 10
and Hth graders, are given
the job of running the
organization and planning
the activities of the chapter.
Each member is required
to have a project. This can be
an animal, a crop or even
work experience. Accurate
records must be kept during
the year in order to find
profit or in some cases
lately, loss. As for work
experience the student gets
to work in an ag related job
and keep records on it. He
keeps track of his hours and
wages along with any im
provements he makes
around his home.
The money making part is
of interest too. Each year
contests are held in which
the members may enter.
These are county, area and
even state or national.
Money or awards are given
out to the students in
each contest. These awards
are given in appreciation of
the hard work put in by the
contestant.
The FFA has all this to
give and maybe more. It
builds chatacter and makes
a student more aware of the
life outside of his or her high
school. This organization is a
great thing for the students.
If you don’t think so, just ask
any member in your area.
Farm Expenditures
Will Be Surveyed
“Beginning in March, a
cross-section of American
farmers, including many in
Pennsylvania, will be asked
about their expenditures for
fuel, fertilizer, feed, seed,
livestock, interest, taxes,
cash wages and repairs,”
reported W. J. Fluke,
statistician in Charge of the
Pennsylvania Crop and
Livestock Reporting Ser
vice.
Today, farmers buy
considerably more fuel,
fertilizer, machinery and
chemicals than several
years ago. In 1974 the
nation’s agricultural
producers spent nearly $75
billion to grow crops and
livestock - that was 16 per
cent more than in 1973'.
Several Bradford,
Lebanon and Nor
thumberland County far
mers have been selected for
interviews in the national
survey and will be asked
about their expenditures for
goods and services to raise
crops and livestock.
Fluke added, “Survey
results are vital to farm
planners, trade and
producer groups, and other
agricultural specialists in
understanding where far
mers stand in the nation’s
rapidly changing economic
picture.” He emphasized
that survey information
DAIRY
■ARN
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8,1975
collected during the personal
interviews will be kept
confidential and only state
and national summaries will
be released.
POLE STRUCTURES
LOST HACKS
Las V(%-is hiis fUTMhmn One
Kin pulled into n parking space
put a dime in the meter—and lost
his car' That town is neltiru
reall\ crowded Naboth ha’
enough mone\ for the trip home
And then there s the Martian who
landed in Las demandini,
to he taken to the cleaners
"rStm CENTERS
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