A24-Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, December 27,1986 Lancaster Mennonite High Students Assemble Desk BYWELBYLEAMAN How can you get two $7,000 disk assemblies put together free of labor costs? Ask some high school students to do it as a class project. Approximately 20 students from Lancaster Mennonite High School recently put together two disk assemblies as a project for the welding and agricultural mechanics classes. Led by agricultural sciences instructor Lehman Metzler, the students spent three weeks working on the assembly of the Krause Rockflex Dick Harrows. C. B. Hoober & Son, Inc., In tercourse, provided the assem blies, and LMH students donated the labor involved in putting them together. Metzler says that the project was important because of the Franklin Dairy Day Sated CHAMBERSBURG - The an nual Franklin County Extension Dairy Day will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1987 at Kauffman’s Com munity Center. Philip Wagner, extension dairy agent, indicates that dairy farm personnel management and dairy heifer nutrition will be the primary topics covered. A panel of four dairymen will discuss how they manage their dairy operations for profit. Penn State Extension specialists Jud Heinrichs and John Brockett will be program speakers. Agri-business firms that work with dairymen will co-sponsor the educational event and will have exhibits and representatives present. Dairymen are invited to come at 9:15 a.m. to visit the exhibits. The formal program begins at 9:45 with adjournment scheduled for 2:45 p.m. For further information contact the Franklin County Extension Office at 717-263-9226. A FRIEND CALLED... leadership and cooperation that were fostered as the students worked together in assigned groups. The students agree that the project was a valuable experience. “It was a great educational, agricultural benefit,” senior Shawn Garman says. The students assembled the disks separately and then attached them to the main frame. When the equipment was fully assembled, it was returned to C. B. Hoober & Son, Inc. Richard Bomberger, part owner of C. B. Hoober’s, says that his company has provided many schools with equipment for agriculture class projects projects that give students good, hands-on experiences. to G22SEI ■in— * iMP JHB^ “Students in welding and agricultural mechanics class assemble a large disk harrow provided by C. B. Hoober & Son, Inc., Intercourse. L-R: Todd Gingrich, Dave Herr and Randy Sauder." t'%*. VsM t When Performance Makes The Difference (Northeast ir • BROILERS • BREED Adult Turkey Feeder NORTHEAST Afißl SYSTEMS, INC. FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK 139 A West Airport Rd. Lititz, PA 17543 (717) 569-2702 to*. '3* It's From OlbltW K.‘ » * "k y L f 1 **'* ■itt
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