sppraclate Lancaster LXCtiange county more." She 0 characterised the people as ICislssU treai Pip l(| being "really warm/' Her He said the trip was a ftmi, y equally lived in great way "to go out west w and get to meet 4-H’en," He . F ® r ®*nl Gochnauor, the and his brother agreed that f™ rt *t*y Jf* Colorado was the group also learned a l t ifL. 1 c . no ’& h t° ( whot her great deal on the way out. 1 wouW The 4-H’era spent one night Uke I to . Uv* there. It is in 4-H homes in Indiana, and too populated here. The they learned about the PJ°P*f seemed really Missouri 4-H program on a fri . en<u y they were not in one night visit there. * they »n here," Ruth Ann Irwin, 14, Slxton-year-old Chcrri, a Landisville, Uved on a 2,000 °* the Silver Spurs acre farm, but spent much of Club, said, 'I really liked her time at a Way family “* eyeriwice and enjoyed reunion which was scheduled W P “ w « u ’’ She during her visit. She Mid she the' me loved the mountains -“I took "/S™ stay in Indiana where so many pictures." She “e stayed on a farm "where added, "I wanted to stay we wuld see wm flelds." longer in Colorado, but Ido For ®emle Nissley, 14, KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. VOW COMPLETE IACIDR t BMP. DEALER , • Ford Farm Tractors & Equip. • • Ford Industrial Tractors & Equip. • • Ford Garden Tractors & Equip. J • Ford Rider Mowers • • Ford Tillers • Z Ford Walk Behind Mowers • : EgS Kubota Tractors & Equip. • 2 Good Selection from • Large Inventory 2 • Sales - Parts - Service ] [ Z jKELLER BROS. TRACTOR Co.i • Buffalo Springs Call (717) 949->5Ol • • 10 Miles North of Lititz :••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••! , Give us the opportunity to analyze your farming operation to see if ad ditional profits are available to you by reducing your feed and labor costs, handling arid, storage costs, improving production, buying wholesale or whatever means possible. 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He characterized the land as “rolling.” Of interest to him was their alfalfa hay which normally yields just two cuttings as opposed to the three to four cuttings we are accustomed to here. The alfalfa on his ranch was grown in 36-inch rows; The explanation given, according to Dwight, was that because FREE DESK CALCULATOR IATOR FEATURES; ON-OFF SWITCH RECALL MEMORY KEY EQUALS KEY AUTOMATIC CONSTANT PERCENT KEY f%l FUNCTION KEYS Hrif?] CLEAR MEMORY (CM) CLEAR KEY 0 Royal Electronic Calculator One Year Warranty IDY Mount Joy, the reel value of (he exchange was getting to see other parta of the country and meeting more people. "You alao get to know other 4-H programs and how they work," He said he also got to know the 4-H’er* from this county on the trip. Barry lived on a 2,000 acre ranch, of which 1600 acres were farmed and the rest was "wasteland." The crops were alfalfa, pinto beans and wheat, and basically the only difference he noted was that the equipment is bigger than here. He said his host ranch was located one half hour from the mountains and one half hour from the desert. But he did have neighbors less than a mile away. One thing he observed was that only the large main roads were macadam - the rest were dirt. Martha Gregory (left) talks over with Kim Martin and Wayne Erb. her experiences on the exchange trip of the low amount of moisture (17-18 inches per year) planting it in rows helped it get taller and therefore made better hay. Dwight said the topography was definitely different from here. “There was one field which was one mile long.” Dwight helped to turn over hay bales on that field, so he can testify to just how much time it takes to cover the length of a field that long. He said a visit to that part of the country, while in teresting, merely “makes you more thankful for what you do have. 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She said, “They need to irrigate because they can’t depend on the rain - it hardly ever rains there.” Roberta said she liked the trip because “We got to meet so many people • including people from Lancaster County.” She echoed the sentiment of many when she said, “Pm ready to go again, and I would like to have stayed longer. It was a lot of fun.” Martha Gregory, IS, Lititz, had the distinction of living 200 miles from the center of the five county area where FREE HOTPOINT APPLIANCES - S LancaattfFarmJ 19. 1975 '.Jul; [.Saturda; they stayed. She also lived at 5,000 feet which she said tended to make her tire easily. She was amazed at the irrigation, saying, “They even had to irrigate their lawns.*' She added that their gardens were irrigated too, and were smaller than ones she knew here. She said it hadn’t rained for three weeks prior to her visit, but it rained slightly every day while she was there. For Lancaster Countians, accustomed to the lush green countryside and favorable growing conditions, the trip was an eye-opener • and an exciting change. Next year when the Colorado 4-H’ers visit here they, too, will be surprised at the vast dif ferences. 17
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