72~ Larxaattr Farmlnf, Saturday, March 13. 1976
Berks Co. farmers complete leadership training classes
By JUDY MITCHELL
Berks Correspondent
IJCBSPORT - Members of
the Berks County Farmers
Association completed the
second of two, full-day
leadership training sessions
held over a one-week period
at the Berks County
Agricultural Center. The
four-phase training
program, presented by Mr
Eugene G McDowell,
Regional Organizational
Director for the Penn
sylvania Farmers'
Association, with the
assistance of Sandra Stroh
mlcr, Agricultural Em
ployers Specialist, was of
fered to some 24 County
Association directors,
committee chairmen and
their wives. Leadership
instruction was provided
through slides, group
discussions, case history
studies, and a film, ‘‘The
Strangest Secret,” written
and recorded by Earl
Nightengale, renowned
expert in the field of people
motivation.
Unit I of the program
presented an independent
look at the Farm Bureau, the
parent organization of all
State and County Fanners
Associations. It also
provided background in
formation on the Penn
sv ivama Association which
began 25 years ago. The
basic concepts of the Bureau
and how the Farmers
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Association differs from
other farm organizations
were emphasized. The
Formers Association, it was
pointed out, is first of all a
family organization. It is a
voluntary, dues supported,
non - governmental
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economic services for its
members. The Bureau is a
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state and county
associations operated solely
by their volunteer members,
involved, not in protest, but
in fostering programs which
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will benefit the farmer. The
Association includes all crop
growers and Is working with
all levels of government in
many areas of farming. The
challenges of the future for
the Farmers Association aa
presented arc. to involve
youth in Association efforts,
to keep adequately financed,
to keep members politically
active, to establish better
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The second unit of the
program waa "The Farm
Bureau Basic Unit > The
County." This phase covered
the organization hierarchy
from the national to the
county level. At the national
level the AFBF boasts 24
million families and the total
in the State of Pennsylvania
this year is expected to reach
the twenty-thousand mark
with 935 in Berks County
alone. Statistics indicate that
4 out of every 5 farmers who
belong to any farm
organization belong to the
Farmers Association, and
the County organization is
determined to be the basic
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The training session was
concluded with the third and
fourth phases of the overall
program. The third units,
entitled ‘‘Boards and
Committees deit with the
responsibilities, limits,
functions and procedures for
Association leaders.
Nightengale’s film, although
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According to the Region nj
Organization! Director of the
Pennsylvania Farmers
Association, "getting people
U> do the Job voluntarily is
really the definition of
leadership." Programs
similar to the one Just held In
Berks County have been
taking place throughout the
State this winter to improve
leadership ability within the
Farmers Association so that
the Association might better
serve its members. Mc-
Dowell stated that the
purpose of the Farmers
Association is to help far
mers analyze and solve their
problems.
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