Lancaster Society 14
Members of Lancaster Society 14
held their first meeting of 1987 at
the home of Arlene Eshbenshade
Wednesday, Jan. 21. During the
meeting, members sewed 36 small
pads and 36 large pads for the
Cancer Society.
Lunch was prepared by com
mittee members Elma Barge,
Hannah Brackbill, Edna Groff and
Mildred Horn. Following lunch
new president Esther Landis
conducted a business meeting.
The devotional meditation was a
challenge for the new year led by
Elma Barge. For roll call,
members gave their maiden name
and their mother’s maiden name.
The treasurer reported that the
society sent $2lO collected at the
Christmas banquet to World
Vision.
Members of Berks Society 6 met
recently in the home of Mrs. Earl
Hoffman, El Oley, with 14
members present.
Members have given their
support and donations to a
member whose husband passed
away suddenly.
Mrs. William Hartman and
Mrs. Richard Schlegel attended the
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Caroline Stoltzfus reported on
calcium intake, discussing its
importance and offering tips on
when to take it.
Members voted to submit the
Cancer Society as an idea to be
considered for the county project.
Members who represented
Society 14 at the state convention
during Farm Show shared
highlights of the meetings for those
members who did not attend.
Reporting were Viola Hostetter,
Hannah Brackbill and Gladys
Eshbenshade.
Miriam Leaman gave a book
report on “The Quitters.” Mem
bers were pleased with the choice
since interest in quilting runs high
in the group.
The dairy princess and the
poultry queen will give presen
tations at the next meeting.
Berks Society 6
state convention held during Farm
Show in Harrisburg. Mrs. Hart
man entered a wool sweater she
made for the craft contest and
received the Best of Show Award
at the banquet.
The society made a donation to
the Cancer Society for 1987.
The next meeting will be held
Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the home of
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ITHACA - The New York
Agriculture in the Classroom
project would do much to inform
“an agriculturally illiterate
society,” Betty Walanyk, ex
tension associate at Cornell
University, told the New York
Cattlewomen at their annual
convention Jan. 10 at the Sheraton
Inn here.
She said the program is designed
to develop an awareness of the
state’s agriculture and an ap
preciation of how it affects all
aspects of the economy.
“Our society has changed
drastically since the World War n
period when 35 per cent of the
population was involved in food
production and many more had
vegetable gardens and one or two
farm animals,” Ms. Walanyk
explained. “Today’s textbook
writers have no agricultural
background and our students are
not learning about agriculture the
way we did.”
She also noted the farm image
“portrayed day after day on
television commercials is not an
accurate picture and does not
reflect today’s highly
technological, capital-intensive
agriculture - a concept that the
American public is not very
comfortable with.”
She explained the need for
consumers who are better
educated about agriculture, who
would have a greater un
derstanding of political issues
“when they make voting booth
decisions.” She also emphasized a
second need for better information
about agriculture, saying young
people are not given intelligent
career choices.
Mrs. Harold Snyder, R 1 Oley.
Before the meeting closed, the
president read the bylaws.
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She noted, “There are 60,000
positions in agriculture to be filled
in the state each year with at least
12,000 of these positions unfilled or
filled by unqualified persons.”
Despite these existing career
opportunities, tyo year
agricultural, and many four-year
agricultural, colleges are ex
periencing marked loss in ag
student enrollment, she continued, Broome and Onondaga, have been
calling for high school guidance selected as pilot areas for the
counselors who are better in- program with materials to be
formed. available next fall.
She then outlined the “Ag in the Ms. Walanyk called on the New
Classroom Program” which was York Cattlewomen to help provide
initiated in 1961 by the United a support network for the teachers
States Department of Agriculture and urged them to keep informed
to develop a resource guide and about the program and to tell
make materials available to others of the need for a better
teachers. The New York State informed public to counteract the
Department of Education adopted “agricultural illiteracy of the
its “New York Agriculture in the current generation of school
Classroom” program for the children.”
Prevent Plant Damage
Caused By Careless Snow Removal
FLEMINGTON, N.J. - Snow
and ice and some ways of dealing
with them can be hazardous to the
health of outdoor plants.
The detrimental effects of
deicing salt can be seen most
dramatically in spring along
roadways lined with evergreens. A
whole row of trees with the bottom
portion browned out is clear
evidence of salt’s damaging ef
fects.
At home, grass, ground covers,
shrubs and trees along sidewalks
and driveways can suffer similar
damage if too much sodium or
calcium chloride is used to remove
ice. A safer alternative material
for melting ice is a garden fer
tilizer like 5-10-10. The nitrogen
fertilizer urea is also effective.
Fertilizer can be used at a rate of
elementary school level, beginning
the project in 1963 with the goal of
providing materials for grades
four through six.
Ms. Walanyk demonstrated the
curriculum materials developed in
each of the three “mini-textbooks"
which combine materials for social
studies, language arts, math, and
science. Three counties, Yates,
10 pounds per 100 square feet;
mixing the fertilizer with sand will
provide traction. Keep in mind
however, that excessive fertilizer
can also damage plants.
A thick natural blanket of snow
is not usually a problem for low
growing plants, but an extra load
added by the snow blower or shovel
can physically injure them. Be
aware of where you pile all that
snow from walks and driveways.
The weight of snow and more
especially, ice, can damage trees
and shrubs, particularly
evergreens and structurally weak
plants. Broken branches and
leaning trees will have to be dealt
with when the weather permits.
Trying to work with frozen plants
may injure them further.