E-town FFA ’er selects ft By MELISSA PIPER youth has expressed hi* ELIZABETHTOWN • interest in staying with the While the future ol dairying enterprise because may well be tinged with "someone has to provide problems and questions, one food (or the consumers." GALL US FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR REQUIREMENTS DRIED BEET PULP CRUDE PROTEIN, not less than CRUDE FAT, not less than CRUDE FIBER, not more than Composed only of RESIDUE of SUGAR BEETS Dried after extraction of sugar. $119.80 PER TOM 1) 2-Ton Minimum Purchase 2) CASH Purchase Price Quoted Above Is For Mill Pickup 3) Add *5 per Ton for Local Delivery 4) Charged Purchases at Regular Prices and Terms 5) Quantity Is Limited WE 111 ■ GIVE |||fj WALKER COMPANY GUARANTEED ANALYSIS TERMS COAL - FEED - GRAIN - SALT PEQUEA AVE., GAP, PA. PHONE (717) 4424169 J«ne« Rutt, a senior at Elizabethtown High School, would like to have his own fanning operation following his graduation this spring and the youth feels that dairying is the specialization he'd like to try. As many young people have expressed, Jim is concerned about what agriculture might be like in the future but agrees that farming will still be needed in years to come. Jim is no stranger to farm work as be has helped ex tensively on his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rutt, farm near here. Raising about 125 acres of com has been a big project for the youth and his father, along with fattening about 70 head of beef and milking 36 Holsteins. Jim has also raised capons for the past three years which have provided a little extra income for the FFA’er. A member of the Elizabethtown FFA Chapter, Jim has served the local group as secretary for the past three years and is currently secretary of the county (Red Rose) FFA organization. The youth has also been a member of the banquet, sports, awards and executive committee for his chapter. Jim has been active in 7.0 Per Coni 0.3 Per Coni 22.5 Per Coni dairying as his career many FFA activities along with his project work. The senior has been the red pent of several awards for his projects book - earning a bronze medal for his six enterprise book at both county and state level. A participant on the small gas engines team, Jim won first place in the local con test and went on to Penn State to finish third in the technical competition. As a freshman, Jim won the FFA creed contest at Elizabethtown and since that time has been named the Star Chapter Farmer and the Star Red Rose Farmer in the local dub. At last year’s FFA awards banquet, the youth received the dairy management award, the chapter’s soil and water conservation honor and was also selected as having contributed out standing leadership. When asked why he bad chosen to join FFA, Jim explained, “many of my neighbors had been in the program and enjoyed the work, I joined for that aspect and have appreciated the many ideals it has provided me with.” As a young FFA member, Jim named the Keystone Farming Degree as bis one goal to work for. During his four years, the youth diligently prepared for the degree by both participating in activities and by project work in the beef - dairy field. Four years of hard work paid' off though for the far ming youth as he recently DO YOU NEED BALANCE IN YOUR FARMING OPERATION? BROILER BREEDER HATCHING EGG UNIT LONGENECKER'S HATCHERY, INC. Stanley Saylor, RDI, Elizabethtown, PA says that Longenecker’s broiler breeder hatching egg program works well with his hog and steer operation. Saylor’s two-thirds slatted floor house is specially designed for efficient operation. EARL GERLACH - 717-367-1545 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan. 31,1976 Jim Rutt, Elizabethtown Rl, recently received his Keystone Farming Degree, a goal he has worked toward for four years. received the Keystone Fanning Degree at the FFA Mid-Winter Convention held in Harrisburg. Agriculture may have many changes in store, but Jim will be one of many young farmers in the area who will be striving to keep farming in high regard. TRY A CLASSIFIED Consider a FOR ELIZABETHTOWN, PA CONTACT: FOR MORE INFORMATION c Letus never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labonofman. DANIEL WEBSTER 15
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