—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978 122 FFA contests will include 20 Pa. teams ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Eight contests of practical agricultural skill and knowledge involving nearly 1000 Future Farmers of America members on 305 teams (20 from Penn sylvania) will be held in conjunction with the 1978 National FFA Convnetion November 7-10 in Kansas City, Mo. The contests are an outgrowth of vocational agriculture classroom in struction and are designed for practical application of instruction in agricultural' classes, shops, and laboratories. Pennsylvania FFA chapters and their respective contest categories are; Clearfield Area, Ephrata Area, Penn Manor - all in agricultural mechanics; Oley Valley - dairy cattle judging; Mifflinburg Area, Solanco Area, Derry Area - all in farm business management; Solanco, Penn. Manor, Lakeview, Avella - all in livestock judging; Walter Briddle Saul, Penn Manor, State College Area - all in meats; Ephrata - milk quality and dairy foods; Red Lion, West Greene; Solanco, Penn Manor - all in poultry. The contests are the culmination of FFA com petition which begins at the chapter level and continues through contests at district and state levels. FFA members will compete in agricultural mechanics, dairy cattle judging, milk quality and dairy foods evaluation, poultry judging, livestock (beef, sheep and swine) judging, horticulture, farm business management, and meat evaluation and identification. Each par ticipating team earns the trip to Kansas City by winning the top award in the state in their respective contest. FFA livestock contests are held in conjunction with the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show which provides animals for con testants to evaluate. Other contests use facilities made available by Kansas City area schools and by the municipal government Vocational agriculture instructors consider the contests a valuable ’educational tool because they apply mechanical skills and knowledge of agricultural products. Participants see the prac tical application of classroom instruction. Competition also adds an dement of incentive en couraging FFA members to further develop their knowledge and skills in the contest area. Top teams from all across the nation make for keen competition. All of the National contests are sponsored by businesses and organizations through their investment in the National FFA Foundation, liic. This year all eight of the contests are sponsored as special projects with designated sponsors whose sponsorship provides for travel expenses of con- testants and awards recognizing winning teams and high individuals. The Horticulture Contest involves FFA members in one of the most rapidly growing curriculum areas in vocational agriculture today. This year 41 four member teams will test their judging and identification skills in nursery and floriculture products. In addition, contestants take a written examination testing general knowledge of such subjects as plant anatomy, growing media and diagnosis of plant disorders. The contest will use plant materials donated and loaned by merchants in the Kansas City area and is being held at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 8, at the Swope Park Municipal Greenhouse Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. The Horticulture Contest is sponsored by the American Association of Nurserymen, Inc., of Washington, D.C.; The Vitality Seed Co., of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Wholesale Nursery Growers of America, Inc., of Washington, D.C. Nine classes of dairy cattle will be available for judging by 44 teams in the Dairy Cattle Contest sponsored by Associated Milk Producers, Inc. of San Antonio, Texas (AMPI). In each class team members can observe the animals from all angles for 12 minutes, but will not be allowed to touch them. After the allotted time, they will be given an additional 12 Forage Testing Is A Great Management Tool (And We’ll Help You Use it) If you could be sure of the nutrient content of forages, it would be worth the time to find wouldn’t it? Forage testing has proved itself . vital, cost-cutting, profit-producing management That’s why it’s standard practice for top dairymei and those who want to reach the top. We’ll be gif help you with these tests, then work out preci balancing programs that squeeze the most bi your home-grown forages. Try us. You’ll see those who use our services stick with us. young’s 9 Inc. I Chambersburg, Pa. 17201 jOLLENBERGER phone7l7-264*9588 CONCRETE "H" TYPE FEED BUNKS mturing t__Large Capacity • Steel Reinforced • Movable for future expansion INSTALLATION OF BUNKS , We have the necessary equipment to handle and install these heavy bunks. Customer shall make roadway to feed lot passable for pur delivery truck. minutes to prepare reasons for their placement choices. Finally, after all judging is completed, they will have two minutes each to give their placement reasons orally. Thirty-three teams are expected to participate in the Milk Quality & Dairy Foods Contest co-sponsored by Carnation Company - Genetics Division of Los Angeles, California, and by Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., of Springfield, Missouri, on Wednesday, November 8. Team mem bers will be given ten samples of bulk milk which has been pasteurized and ten samples of cottage cheese. Each of the samples will be Roaring Spring, Pa. 16673 visual and taste tested to determine the flavor and odor. Each team’s evaluation of- the samples will be written on score sheets and compared to scores determined by the contest officials. Contestants will also be tested on their knowlege of milk production and milk marketing as well as cheese identification. The .scoring is done following standards used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Thirty-four teams will participate in the Farm Business Management Contest sponsored through the National FFA Foun dation, Inc., as a special project by John Deere. This contest requires participants • Strong enough to support a roof and feeder • No corners to retain spoiled feed to apply principles' agricultural economic business management, a accounting to the solution theoretical far management problei involving the use of lai labor, and capital. The Fai Business Manageme Contest reflects the need f business knowlege requir in modern agricultur operations. The Meats Contest c sponsored by Jones Dai Farm of Fort Atkinso Wisconsin; Oscar Mayer Co. of Madison, Wisconsi Wilson Foods Corporation, Oklahoma City, Cklahom and the A. Hormel Co. of Austin, Minnesota, (Turn to Page 12 3)
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