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Lancaster Co. 4-H’er wins scholarship
LANCASTER, Pa. - A
freshman at Pennsylvania
State -University has been
named winner of a $4OO 4-H
Agricultural Careers
scholarship.
Philip Risser, Leola Rl,
was among 15 young people
who received scholarships
from DeKalb Agßesearch,
Inc. Young people from 20
states are eligible for the
scholarships.
The awards were an
nounced during the 57th
National 4-H Congress
in Chicago'Nov. 26 to 30.
Winners were selected by
the Cooperative Extension
Service.
Risser, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen K. Risser, plans
a career in agricultural
engineering. He is a nine
year 4-ITer.
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Gardeners propagating a
variety of plants need small
greenhouses to provide
warm, humid conditions
with plentiful light year
round.
According to a Penn
sylvania State University
correspondence course on
home greenhouses, there are
two basic types: the lean-to
or attached, and the free
standing. The lean-to is built
Philip Risser
The Lancaster County
youth has been ex
perimenting with no-till com
seeded in crownvetch. “A
Greenhouse course offered
against an existing struc
ture, but the free standing is
separate. Selection depends
on your home structure and
whether you use your home
furnace for heat.
Artificial heat must be
provided. Hot air, steam,
and hot water are some ways
to distribute heat. Selection
of heating system depends
on size of greenhouse, fuels
available, cost, and personal
preference.
trip to Penn State’s research
plot and now executing
these methods on our farm
took much time and effort,
but if they work it will be
worth it,” the youth said.
Another challenging 4-H
project was trying to in
creased the yield and
profitability each successive
year of sweetcorn. “I
worked to accomplish this by
using fertilizer, weed and
insect spray and better
hybrids,” he said. “This
project was especially
important because it in
troduced me to real farming
at an early age.”
Since the age of seven,
Risser has been responsible
for raising some or all of the
family’s dairy heifers. “This
taught me to be responsible,
To leam small greenhouse
construction and
management, a Penn State
correspondence course is
offered. You can enroll by
sending $3.50 to Home
Greenhouse, Box 5000,
University Park, Penn
sylvania 16802. Check should
be made payable to Penn
State.
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■ for there is no better way to
learn to be responsible than
to be given responsibility,”
he said.
“In addition to teaching
me responsibility, I have
gained the practical
knowledge of how to raise
calves - which methods
work and which ones do
not,” Risser added.
The youth also helped plan
and then build a new heifer
facility, which he said gave
him the opportunity to
research modern methods of
raising heifers.
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WEST CHESTER - A
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be held including the election
of officers for the County
Extension Board of Direc
tors on December 8,
beginning at 7:30 pan.
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Chester County’s In
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