C24—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 3,1981
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
LANCASTER Lancaster and
Dauphin county 4-H’ers and
neighbors had the opportunity to
learn a little bit ‘o Dutch this week
as they hosted 26 Dutch Young
Farmers Club members visiting in
the United States.
Though their schedule included
sites from Washington D.C. to
Lake Placid, the visitors had a
total of eight days to spend with
their new families.
The trip is a joint effort between
the 4-H’s IF YE program here in
the United States and their far
mers club in the Netherlands. The
purpose is to allow young people
from both countries to be exposed
to another culture and lifestyle.
Host families were arranged
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the trip, Christine Erb.
Chris supplied a run down ot the
visitors; “We had 17 staying in
Lancaster County and the rest in
Dauphin. Their ages ran from 18 to
35 and there were 5 girls and 21
guys.”
When asked what seems to have
left the best impression with the
Dutch visitors, Chns smiled and
replied, “They were really im
pressed with Hershey Park and
Chocolate World.
“But they saw a lot of the United
States before they came to stay
with us.” she explained. “They
actually arrived on June 20 and
stayed in Washington D.C. for a
few days. When they leave, they
will be going to Niagara Falls,
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York City.”
And what about the visitors
themselves? They are as varied m
occupation and lifestyles as the
host families are.
Only 10 find their future in far
ming, with fruit and dairy fanning
being the overall emphasis. Crops
such as potatoes, sugarbeets,
sprouts, cauliflower and winter
wheat are the main crops, the
members agreed.
One visitor, Leed de Regt, is an
agricultural engineering student.
When asked to write about himself,
he wrote “My holidays are spent
on the farm where I like to help
with the harvest of wheat, barley,
potatoes, onions and sugarbeets. I
decided to spend my holidays this
year m the United States because I
am very anxious to know what life
is about in your country. ’ ’
Another tanner, Adrie Bons
from Strijen, Zuid-Holland, wrote,
“My father has a crop farm. It is
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we grow 50 percent corn, 25 pei
cent potatoes and 25 percei
sugarbeets. I keep a few chicken
and rabbits on the farm. ’ ’
Teun Klemjan writes, “1 want to
be a fanner, but our farm is too
small to earn good wages. That’s
why I have a job in a cooperative
s ugarbeet factory. ’ ’
Erik de Bruyn is a student who
writes, “The village I live in is
filled mostly with fishermen and
farmers. The mussel and eel
culture are important for the
village.”
Living in the country, but not on
a farm is Jan Willem Kooistra. He
writes, “After the army I began to
work at the Olau-lme in Vlissingen
which operates a ferry-service
between Vlissingen, Flushing, and
Sheeness, near London. ”
Other occupations include youth
worker, nurse for handicapped
children, cashier, harbor custom
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car dealer.
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special school for car trad
business management. M.
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brother.”
As the occupations diffc
the interests. The favorite
by far, volleyball. One
stamps, another rides hoi
most say they enjoy music.
Leen van de Polder writ
most unique interests, “1
hies are car-crossing,
pulling and sea fishing.”
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