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—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 6,1978
University of Delaware student Kim Auf
dermarsh demonstrates her technique for making
friends with a calf. It has proved effective on an
Israeli Kibbutz and at the University of Delaware
farm.
DOVER, Del.
Agriculture students from
nonfarm backgrounds
sometimes have to search
for an opportunity to
practice what they’ve
learned. For Kim Auf
dermarsh that search led
half-way around the world to
an Israeli kibbutz, or
communal farm.
Ms. Aufdermarsb, a
University of Delaware
senior from Newark, slipped
into agriculture four years
ago after a post-high school
summer of employment at
Delaware Park Racetrack.
That experience intensifed
an old interest in horses, and
by the end of the Summer
she owned one of her own.
Under the circumstances,
a course called “light horse
science” seemed a natural
choice for her freshman
roster. One agriculture
course led to another, and
soon Ms. Aufdermarsb
decided to major in both
animal and plant science.
For Kim Aufdermarsb, a
Flea market and
barbecue get for
Montgomery Co.
NORRISTOWN -
chicken barbeque »4*|lea
market will be bebMpMay
13 at the Montgomery
County 4-H Center near
Lansdale. The flea market
will feature dealers and
individuals from throughout
the county and will run from
10-00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
The chicken bar-b-que will
be served from 1:00 p.m.
until 6 00 p.m. Take-outs will
be available. All proceeds to
benefit the 4-H program.
have a
nice weekend..
Ag. student tries Israeli communal life
trip to Israel was not the
culmination of a life-long
goal. She had simply been
travelling around Europe
last Summer, and wasn’t
ready to return home when
the weather started turning
cold. That’s when other
students told her about a
“fun” place with a balmy
climate where agriculture
students are much in
demand-Israel.
As Ms. Aufdermarsh
describes it, Kibbutz Tel
Katzir is a giant farm where
250 people from all over the
world Uve, work, ride hor
ses, sail, swim, waterski,
and watch American movies
- all without any exchange
of money. She says it’s a
beautiful place, with a semi
tropical climate, marred
only by echoes of distant
gunfire and other signs of
war. The kibbutz is located
on a hillside two miles north
of the Golan Heights, within
two miles of both the Jor
danian and Syrian borders.
According to Ms. Auf
dermarsh, the agricultural
practices of the kibbutz
aren’t very different from
the ones she’s learning about
in Delaware. With the use of
Western methods and plenty
of irrigation, the kibbutz
produces excellent yields of
bananas, peanuts,
grapefruits, oranges,
avocados, dates, apples, and
pears.
Additional revenue from
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350 dairy cows and 10,000
roasting chickens bring
finances slightly above the
break-even point. Ms.
Aufdermarsh was respon
sible for the care and feeding
of newborn calves during her
months as a volunteer.
As Ms. Aufermarsh
describes it, worktime on the
kibbutz begins each day at
six o’clock with a cup of
coffee. A large breakfast
follows at eight, and work
continues just until noon. Six
hours a day and six days a
week are devoted to work,
except during the frequent
Jewish holidays.
To Kim Aufdermarsh, the
kibbutz life means hard
work among friendly people
in a lovely environment. A
stable job, a nice apartment,
free meals and en
tertainment, excellent
education for the children,
and even clothes on one’s
back are provided by the
kibbutz, she says.
But the slow-paced life
style and lack of economic
incentive made life too
languid for the Delaware
volunteer-except of course
whenever low-flying war
planes were swooping
overhead. (No one has ever
been killed at' Tel Katzir
during wartime, she ex
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