—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24, 1975 26 Elementar by: Melissa Piper What does dissolved oxygen, the pH of water and scutterbugs have in com mon? Probably not much unless you are studying the interrelated components of an ecological "niche”. Sound confusing? For many people it might but for many of the elementary students of the Eastern Lancaster County School District those phrases are all a part of their studies on environmental agriculture. The elementary agriculture program which is novel to the area was started recently for sixth grade students throughout the school district (except for private school students.) The program, which is headed by John Johnston, an agricultural instructor for Garden Spot High School, was developed because of the large number of students in the area who were from rural backgrounds. Also it Steve Sauder (right) instructs one of the fifth grade students from the Brecknock School on the means to measure the depth of water in a pond. Deb Rhoads helping hand to a Students Learn Aspects (center) lends a identifying student engaged in the pond. was formulated to teach aspects of agriculture which the students may not leam before leaving school. The program has neen centered around three main programs those of safety around the home and farm, conservation of the soil and water and natural resources and sanitation. In the last few weeks, the students have had special programs presented to them by members of the Grassland FFA Chapters at Garden Spot High School. Mike Hartman, a member of the Grassland FFA recently presented two programs on edible plants to fifth grade students at the Summit Valley Elementary School, while last week several students presented a program on pond ecology to a number of children in the northeastern portion of the county. Lancaster Fanning visited the Brecknock Elementary School last Tuesday when the Grassland FFA’ers took some 30 students from the fifth grade on a pond ecology field trip. 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Shelly Dissinger and Steve Nolt who presented the chemical aspects of the study, demonstrated how to measure the pH (acid - base) aspects of the pond water and to determine the amount of dissolved oxygen in relation to what life it could support. Alan Kirchoff and Fred Huber worked as a team to examine the biological functions of the pond en vironment asking the students to gather and identify the animal and plant life of the pond. The students were ask not only to participate in the Our 2-in-1 soybean program can make you a champion. This is why we’re recommending a feed & weed program for soybeans, It can supply the exact ratios of N-P-K and micronutrients your soils need to fully feed your beans. And it provides a convenient carrier for preplant herbicides, taking care of two jobs, accurately, uniformly, in just one quick trip. We’re convinced our feed & weed program can do for soybeans what it does for corn. We’d like you to try it. We’d like you to grow your best bean crop ever We’ve got the program to do it Plant Foods JOHN New Holland RDI of Agriculture various demonstrations and discussions but to also figure and record data pertaining to the environmental studies. And although learning about the pH of the water and the amount of dissolved oxygen seemed to occupy most the student’s time, the youngsters all waited anxiously for their turn to dredge the pond for scut Shelly Oissinger (background) and Steve Nolt (foreground) help students measure the chemical aspects of the pond water. Students were asked to measure the pH of the water along with its contents of dissolved oxygen. Use the Farm Calendar To Publicize Your Meetings. We can do exactly what another ARCADIAN® dealer did for one state soybean champion. 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