Farm Forum (Continued from Pago A 10) budget line item, in addition to years of cuts in funding for PDE Ag Support Staff, will continue to hurt FFA members across Pennsylvania. The PA Ag Secretary did not address the issue of support staff cuts in his recent letter to the edi tor. Currently there is only one person on the PDE staff working for agriculture education and he may not devote more than about 50% of his time to agriculture and the FFA. One of today’s most frustrating aspects of teaching agriculture is trying to keep the quality of ag education high while continually having fewer people in the Department of Education to turn to for help. With all of their vari ous responsibilities, ag instructors and FFA advisors cannot continue to accept more and more of the work once done by over thirty employees of PDE without a fall off in the quality of their prog rams. If more time has to be devoted to doing work previously done by state staff, there will be less time to keep curricula up to STEEL BULDMGS • 26 ga. Galvalume Roof (20 yr. warranty) • 26 ga. Sidewalls in color matched Wail Fasteners • 2/12 Roof Pitch • Straight Sidewalls • 3x7 Metal Personnel Door • 20x14 Double Slide Door • Clear Span - All Steel • 30# Live Load • Freight and Applicable Tax Delivered to Site • 90 MPH Wind Load -r :q6|hey equipment I |'|f| COMPANY, INC. Please tell me more as to how I can have a strong steel building AND SAVEI NAME ADDRE CITY PHON □ Please have a salesperson call □ I do not wish to see a salesperson date and to provide educational opportunities for students. Agriculture science programs and the FFA have for over 70 years been a proven way to deve lop agricultural leaders. Why not increase the support of a proven youth program instead of spend ing thousands of dollars to deve lop new rehabilitation programs? I urge Governor Casey to restore the $33,000 funding of the PA FFA Foundation. If he doesn’t, I would hope the State Legislators restore the proposed cut. Harold R. Berkheiser Agriculture Teacher & FFA Advisor Cedar Crest High School Editor: I am writing about the decline in field staff to support Agricul ture Education in Pennsylvania. The cuts in staff which have been made over the past years in the Department of Education have limited the support for Agriculture Education in Western Pennsylvania. STATE ZIP. IP Get all the steel building you need at a lower cost per square foot than you’d pay for wood. It's true! Hershey Equipment is offering custom engineered steel buildings with NO LIMITATIONS ON HEIGHT, WIDTH, OR LENGTH! Let us show you how you can build faster, most economically... and get more space for your Nf f Su* - m °ney than you thought T, possible! A 98 See your new steel building > % go up faster than your . > Sq. Ft. | building costs. Call a % 40'xioo' building v* Hershey Equipment % representative today! I SYCAMORE IND. PARK 1255 PLANE TREE DRIVE Ask For Mike Shearer A healthy Pennsylvania eco nomy is linked to a healthy agri culture industry. We can not expect the agriculture industry to continue to prosper in Pennsylva nia if support for our industry is continually eliminated or cutback. The agriculture industry in this decade needs a more technically educated work force than any time in our history. The agriculture industry is going through an exciting, dynam ic change and we must be willing to change in education as well. However, we should be providing more support for leadership and education in agriculture and instead we have seen a steady decline in the field staff for agri culture education in Pennsylvania. This cut-back in staff has had a negative impact on every agricul tural education program in Pennsylvania. As a teacher in an exemplary program in horticulture education in western Pennsylvania I realize how the lack of support for agri cultural education has affected the western part of our state. Educa tion in the field of agriculture should be broadened to include programs serving elementary stu dents as well as junior and senior high students. Instead we find many school districts unable to CHIEFS J * Other Sizes Comparably Priced LANCASTER, PA 17603 (717) 393-5807 maintain their existing agriculture education programs. Agriculture is an important part of the future of Pennsylvania. We need our governor and legislature to take the following steps immediately: 1. Increase the leadership for agriculture education by increas ing the number of field staff who have been educated with a spe cialization in agriculture education. 2. Increase the amount of time allotted to supervision and admi nistration of agriculture programs in Pennsylvania by the existing Department of Education staff. 3. Add a special task force to support local school districts to Junior Holstein Judging STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The 1990 edition of the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Judging Schools is in the final planning stages. The schools run from noon to noon. Eight to 12 classes are judged. Each person in attendance has an opportunity to woik one-on one with an experieced judged on Route 30 West at the Centerville Exit. laneatar Fsmtng, Saturday, May 5, Schools Scheduled GIGANTIC # /" A MLICTION ■Sbft? aA Lancaster Farming's , classifieds (f'&h PARS: GROWN \% (POSITIVE APPROACH for REVITAUZING SOILS) The MARK of QUALITY rail (71 71 367*2667 You've Tried The Rest- Now Plant the BEST! NEW HYBRIDS ■ WAXY\ AND DENTS \v£l\ ALFALFAS - BREAK-THRU \l£|\ SOYBEANS \_rf-A ★ HIGHER PROFITS BEGIN WITH ★ HIGH QUALITY FERTILIZER • Liquid Fertilizer - Soil Or Foliar • No Chlorine: 0-0-30 • Nutrl-Cal With T.O.G. Organic Chelate • Blvert • Maxi Trace Elements Distributors Of Custom Fsrm Sssds, Corn, Bssns snd Alfslfs (POSITIVE PARS, inc. 1585 Landis Road Elizabethtown. PA 17022 Phone (717) 367-2667 Cell TOLL FREE For Th* Non* Of Your Local RrprnrnUUvc Touch Ton. Phono. 0-717-3F7.M47, IKUn tor lone, thon pr« 4757 Dial phonoi: 0-717-JFM467, 101 l operator "Car 4 Numhar 475 T (Do Not Dili 717 H Calllnt From Within Thlo Aroa Code) maintain existing agriculture programs. 4. Commission a strong slate advisory committee to implement changes in agriculture education to prepare for the new decade and beyond. If Pennsylvania’s Agriculture Community is going to remain as Pennsylvania’s leading industry, we must combine our efforts, finances, knowledge, skill and determination. Now is the time for educators, legislators, government officials, business leaders, and farina's to unite together. Kenneth B. Rhodes Agricultural Educator Derry Area School District giving reasons. All the basics of judging cattle are covered by the school official. School officials this year are Terry Rawn, Charlestown, West Virginia and Paul Knight, Airville, Pennsylvania. All junior members, regardless of breed orientation, are invited ao attend the school closest to their home. 4-H and FFA members are also invited to attend. Locations for the 1990 schools are Western School, July 5-6, 1990, noon-noon, hosted by the Warren Holstein Club and the Eastern School, July 9-10, 1990, noon-noon, hosted by the Lebanon Holstein Club. The cost is $25 for those staying overnight, which includes school costs, hotel room, and evening meal. For those that commute, the cost is $l5, which covers school costs and the evening meal. Participants must register by June 25,1990 with the Pennsylva nia Holstein Association, 839 Ben ner Pike, State College, PA 16801.
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