32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1978 a i - t * j !—=—-—-— Garden Spot ttA hosts Ist graders Farm tour fun even though horse got By JOANNE SPAHR WILLOW ~ STREET - Although their horse took off for the hills, and they had to saddle up one of their FFA members in its place, the Garden Spot Future Far mers of America Chapter staged a fairly successful farm tour on Monday and Jerry Myer, president of the Garden Spot Future Farmers of America Chapter at Lampeter Strasburg High School, shows first graders a bolus gun. The ym Line “Long Famous for Dependable Performance” SEE US FOR YOUR BUCKET ELEVATOR NEEDS \g2jj 3auda, Tuesday of this week. Of course, their patrons didn’t much care whether it was a horse or an FFA member who wore the saddle, just as long as they got a ride. , The “patrons” were first graders from the Strasburg Elementary School, Willow Street Elementary School, Bu7Hr. GRAIN EQUIPMENT. INC Box 216, RDI2. York, PA 17406 NEW #-(717) 755-2868 and Lampeter Elementary. All told, about 170 six-year olds trapsed over the farm of Kenneth B. Garber, Willow Street R 2, and, from the looks of things, really en joyed themselves. The tour was a project scheduled under the Food for America program, a national FFA program. It has been a long-standing tradition at Lampeter Strasburg High School, that, in order to orient the elementary students to agriculture, the first graders are taken on a farm tour every year.- This year approximately 20 FFA students were in volved in planning and organizing the tour. For the most part, the FFA’ers were in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades. Gerald Garber, on whose farm the tour took place, is a freshman this year. The Garbers provided the farm, which included the *rabbits, goats, dairy animals, and beef animals for the tour, and the students imported the other livestock they wanted the children to experience. Exact Height Mount Everest is exactly 29j000 feet high When originally measured; sur veyors feared the public would consider that figure an estimate—so they falsely reported the height at 29,002 feet ) have,* nice weekend.. •REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVER h 4 One trip over your field will do the job of fer tilizing and leaf hopper control. Check with us before ordering your alfalfa fertilizer, you will be surprised how economical this program is. If you are not in need of fertilizer, we also have air blast-sprayers for leaf hopper spraying your alfalfa. 2020 HORSESHOE RD. f LANCASTER, PA. PHONE: 717-397-0035 The tour was set up in 10 stations, each with a dif ferent animal or concept of farming for the children to learn about. A bell rung every seven to 10 minutes and the children moved from area to area. Station one consisted of the shop and machinery tools; station two, the cows and milkhouse; station three, the silo room and calves; station four, the upstairs of the bam which involved the hay and straw; station five, the machinery shed; station six, the garden; station seven, a pig; station eight, the steer and bulls (including the medicine); station nine, horse, goats, chickens; and station 10, rabbits and sheep. Mrs. Nellie Grubb, first grade teacher from Lam peter Elementary School, NUTRI-SIL SILAGE INOCULAWT F erf fell HUTRI-SU- . “NATURE’S” way to better silage - CONTROL - the development of silage - in the first 36 hours. SAVE 7-10% of the TDN normally lost. ADD 8-12% digestibility (by University tests). Call Us For Early Discount 1 FERTRELL COMPANY Box 215 Bainbridge, PA 17502 717-367-1566 LIQUID FERTILIZER AND LEAF HOPPER SPRAY IN YOUR ALFALFA STUBBLE RICHARD R. FORRY Dealer & Licensed Applicator gpfUUj l * 1 # away -definitely felt the program was a beneficial one. “They’ve come through with a lot of new ideas,” she commented. “Most of my students don’t live on farms, and the animals make quite an impression on them.” In order to insure that the students grasp the concepts, she said she would follow up the visit to the farm with a lesson on what the children saw. For the FFA members, as well, the tour was a rewarding experience. “You get a feeling that maybe this is the only time they’ve ever been on a farm, and they’re learning,” stated an FFA’er. “They come up with really funny questions.” From the way it looked, it was a good learning ex perience for all involved. 'Qd p Wn LIQUID FERTILIZER j
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