—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 12,1979 134 Elementary children learn about agriculture ELVERSON - Children at the Robeson Elementary School are learning about agriculture this week from TVin Valley High School vocational agriculture students who are involved with agriculture on a fir sthand basis. The instructors for the elementary students are all members of the Twin Valley Chapter of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) who are conducting the agriculture class for the elementary school children as part of the FFA’s “Food For America” program, the organization’s effort to better rural-urban un derstanding. “Food for America” is designed to improve leadership abilities in FFA members while com municating the story of modern agriculture to elementary school children. Parents of the youngsters are also included in the new materials, with some of the activities requiring the child to take a problem or two home for parental input, thereby gaining the attention of the adults. Chapter members and instructors serve as discussion leaders in the classroom, utilizing a set of instructional resource materials that includes an activity resource book containing ten duplicating masters good to make several hundred copies of the educational games in cluded. Elementary school teachers will be able to utilize the book to provide their classes with a complete unit on agriculture - how CATTLE DON’T NEED GATES TO KEEP THEM IN AND YOU DON’T NEED GATES TO WEAR YOU OUT! 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Funds from the sponsoring companies and from the FFA Foundation General Fund have been used to develop and distribute resource materials and to offset the costs of distributing the film. The FFA appears to be in a uniquely favorable position to tackle the issue ot im proving producer-consumer understanding and people’s understanding of agriculture. With over 507,000 members across the nation in 9000 high schools, they are able to provide the human contact to many individuals, right along with the visual and printed in formation. “We are concerned that so few young people un derstand where their food comes from,” says Twin Valley Food For America chairman Lewis Kohl. Our members are well qualified to help elementary school children learn about agriculture because of the knowledge and experience we’ve gained in the vocational agriculture courses and by perience on the farv aMin local agricultural businesses.’’ Following the classroom instruction and film on agriculture, chapter members have arranged to bring several farm animals and other agricultural displays to the school. Children will have an op portunity to see and touch live farm animals and farm crops. 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In most cases, they also reduce fuel con sumption. With today’s economy and climate of environmental concern, these are advantages far mers can’t afford ,to overlook.” With no-till, the crop is planted using a sharp coulter followed by a small chisel a special planting technique which inserts the seed into the soil without plowing. A herbicide is used to kill any winter cover crop or weeds which might compete with the new plants for moisture. Meanwhile, the old vegetation anchors the soil and keeps it from being exnosed to the erosive forces of wind and rain. In 44”, 52” and 61” Mower Deck Widths Check These Big Mower Features RON MARTIN COMPANY GUY BROTHERS MARINE Limench, Pa Clement, Md 215-489-2597 301-475-9774 STAUBS LAWN SERVICE KlN (^hpl^rtnJiflwH Toß Arentsville Pa Chestertown, Md 3Ol-778-1640 In fact, no-till fanning can reduce soil loss up to 75 per cent or more. On slopes, Calhoun recommends that planting also be done on or near the contour. While most Maryland acreage is still planted using minimum (33 per cent) or conventional (47 per cent) tillage techniques, Calhoun says he expects more far- mers to turn to no-till to help meet state and federal water ' quality requirements which call for die reduction of sediment reaching streams. Pa. placements up HARRISBURG Placements of broiler chicks in the commonwealth during the week ending April 28 were 12 per cent above the , corresponding week a year ago, according to the Penn sylvania Crop Reporting Service. The placements were 2,249,000, two per cent below the previous week. Average placements during the past nine weeks were 13 per cent above a year earlier. Placements of broiler chicks in the 21 key poultry producing states were 83,270,000, one per cent above the previous week and ■’war • Rugged, compact design, with low center of gravity, places operator directly above wheels for stability and traction on slopes. • Rigid lateral bracing prevents abrupt downward scalping action when single wheel passes over lowspot. • Operator rides in natural sitting position on fully padded, high-back seat. • Design simplicity and accessibility encourages routine tractor maintenance. THOMAS POWER SERVICE Avondale, Pa 215-268-2181 MARYLAND Yields obtained by Maryland growers have demonstrated that no-till will work on any kind of soil, except land with poor drainage. “It takes more managerial ability for someone to make a go of using no-till,” says Calhoun. “You have to be careful about the chemicals you use and when and how you plant. But the savings in terms of resources and dollars is well worth the effort.” broiler nine per cent above the same week a year earlier. Average placements during the past nine weeks were ten per cent above a year ago. The number of broiler fryers slaughtered in Pennsylvania under federal inspection during the week ending April 18 was 1,427,000, with an average weight of 4.07 pounds. Ah, Nuts! Contrary to popular belief, a peanut isn’t a nut it’s a legume. DELAWARE CROMPTON BROTHERS St George, Del 301-834-4602 KEENER &SENSENIG Marshallton, Del 302-453-8584 EW JERSEY SOMERVILLE EQUIPMENT CO Somerville, NJ. 201-526-2252
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