Sewing
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i curtains, furniture covers, pillow
cases and more.
During those years -she
remembers the 4-H project
changing to meet the feed sack
need. She explained that the feed
sacks were a tightly woven cotton,
usually printed or plain colors, but
were never long enough to make a
full-length dress except for a small
child. The‘girls had to make
waists,' or what is known as
blouses, and skirts.
“When 1 tell the 4-H sewers,
today about the “feed sack era,”
they look at me in amazement and
distaste,” she chuckles. “But it
really wasn’t terrible, it was just
accepted.”
' "As tune moves on so have the
Busy Bees,” she stated. "Many 4-
H’ers and-their memories have
come and gone during the club’s 30
years, and I have progressed with
those tunes,” she said. "New
fashions: minis, maxis, tailored,
baggies, new fabncs-polyesters,
rayon, acrylics, inflation and
automation:”
Now the girls learn to sew on the
machine with several built-in
stitches. They sew with a variety of
fabrics and' make suits, coats.
ming's.
■YOU AND YOUNG'S - PARTNERS IN PERFORMANCES
leader *
pants and more.
“And today,” she sighed, “a
spool of thread costs one dollar
compared to a mckle of thirty
years ago.”
Busy Bees has an enrollment of
16 which is much larger than in its
novice years she noted, due to the
automobile and its speed. “Tunes
have changed, but the basis of 4-H
is still, the same,” said Mrs.
Leidigli, “learning, helping,
sharing and doing.”
Mrs. Leidigh happily remarked,
"During my 30 years as a 4-H
leader 1 have enjoyed every
minute working with the young
people. They are exciting, fun and
full of life.
She laughs, "In the club
everyone calls me ‘Grammy.’ 4-
H’ers haven’t changed much, they
still forget their thread, scissors,
and measuring tapes and come
running to ‘Granny’ to borrow the
tools and ask for help. ’ ’
“Thirty years isn’t a very long
tune in a person’s life, especially
when you truly enjoy what you are
doing and 1 truly have enjoyed my
involvement with 4-H and will
continue to enjoy every minute T
am teaching and helpmg the girls
in the Busy,Bee 4-H Club,” Mrs.
Leidigh said.
Productive Herd Replacements
don't just'happen. They're
planned for. That's why
you need YOUNG'S EARLY-
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skills. Our FEED MANAGEMENT
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t
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Headquarters at Roaring Spring, PA.
USDA reports record
WASHINGTON, D.C. - USDA
reported last week that this will be
a record crop year. It noted the
"all crops” index stood at 114
(percent of its 1977 average) on
September 1, up nearly 2 percent
from both a month ago and the
previous all time high set in 1979.
Increased corn, soybean, and
cotton prospects were mainly
responsible for the rise.
Corn production is now forecast
at a record 7.94 billion bushels.
That is 3 percent above the August
1 forecast,'l9 percent more than a
year ago, and fractionally above
the previous record of 7.938 billion
bushels set in 1979, reported USDA.
Sorghum output is set at 864
million bushels, up nearly 30
percent from last year’s small
crop and the highest since 1973.
With the production of oats and
barley already seen at 7.4 million
tons, respectively, that means feed
grain (com, sorghum, oats, and
barley) production is being
forecast at a record 241 million
metric tons, up 22 percent from a
year ago, nearly 2 percent above
the previous high set in 1979.
Soybean production is now
estimated by USDA at 2.09 billion
bushels,.up 4 percent from the
August forecast, 15 percent above
me.
Livestock Nutritional
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 3,1981—823
last year’s output—and the second
largest on record.
Tobacco production is forecast
at 1.97 billion pounds, up 11 percent
from a year ago and the largest
since 1978.
Where is all the production
coming from? From more harvest
acreage and higher yields per
acre.
All wheat is seen at a record 80.7
million acres, up 10 million acres
from last year. The total tops a
previous high of 75.9 million acres
harvested in 1949. Yield per acre,
at '*'* 1 bush?!''', i- v.? f rom last
Win. Heald
dairy specialist
UNIVERSITY PARK - William
C. HeaW recently was appointed to
the Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension .Service staff as a dairy
specialist. -
Heald is coordinating programs
in the areas of dairy herd
management and the Dairy Herd
Improvement Association.
A native of West Grove, he
received a bachelor of science
degree from Penn State in .1964
Services
crop year
year’s 33.4 bushels and second only
to the record 34.2 bushels set in
1979.
Corn is forecast at 74.1 million
acres, up from 73.1 million acres
last year and the hgihest since
1949. Yield per acre, at 107.1
bushels is up from last year’s 91.0
bushel average and second only to
the 109.7 bushels of 1979.
Soybeans are seen at 66.9 million
acres, the lowest since 1978. But
yield per acre is seen at 31.2
bushels, second only to the record
32.1 bushel average of 1979.
Extension
is
with a major in dairy science. He
earned a master of Science degree
from the University of New
Hampshire in 1966 and doctor of
philosophy degree from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in 1969, both
in animal physiology.
Prior to his appointment to the
College of Agriculture faculty,
Heald was an associate professor
of animal science at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute.
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