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The Zook family of Elverson recently received the Dairy of Dlstlction Award. From
left, Melvin holding son Steven, 8 months; Michael, 7; Justin, 3; Katrina, 4; and Jean.
Photo by Andy Andrawa.
Dan PaUncy it working at tha wood lath# with classmate* Jaramy Coughenour,
cantar and Matt Foot, foreground.
Long-Time Berlin Vo-Ag Teacher
Not Ready To Retire
GAY N. BROWNLEE
Somenwt Co. Correspondent
BERLIN (Somerset Co.)
After 27 consecutive years of
serving as a teenage mentor, you’d
Hunk a seasoned teacher would be
strongly anticipating professional
retirement
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But Doyle Paul, vocational
agriculture instructor in the
BerUn-BrathenvaOey School Dis
trict (his alma mater) and adviser
to the Beriin-Brothersvalley FFA,
chuckles at the supposition.
“I’m not even thinking about
retiring,” he said.
Lancaster (terming, Saturday, Octobtr 19 1991
His classes are comprised of
four categories: production agri
culture. animal and plant science,
agrimanagement units, and agri
cultural mechanics.
“The career has been so satisfy
ing to me, I feel very good about
our young people,” he said.
(Turn to Pago A 32)
Careful Management
Makes A Dairy Of
Distinction Farm
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
EL VERSON (Chester Co.)
In dairy farm management, Melvin
Zook knows all too well that all the
details matter.
It was his careful steps in smoo
thing out the farm operations, exa
mining the makeup of feed, as well
as several farm improvements that
helped gamer him distinction.
Working with his father, Ivan,
and his family (wife Jean;
Michael, 7; Katrina, 4; Justin, 3;
and Steven, 8 months old) and
Merlin Petersheim, who lives
nearby in Honey Brook, Zook con
tinues to enjoy profitability from
his management of the Dairy of
Milk Processors Won’t Say
Where Money Spent
Editors Note: Dairy farmers
have expressed concern about the
difference between die price of
milk at the retail counter and die
price they receive at the farm.
Where does the difference go?
This is die first in a three-part
investigative series by Staffer Ver
non Achenbach Jr. on milk pric
ing and die dairy industry.
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
EPHRATA (Lancaster
Co.) What happens to the dif
ference in money between the
amount the consumer hands over
Newly-Formed Foundation
Promotes Ag Education
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin
Co.) “Every state is so much
farther ahead than Pennsylvania in
agricultural education,” said Beth
Heath Moore. “We want to pro
vide curriculum material that pre
sents ag in the right light.”
Moore is the executive director
of the newly formed Pennsylvania
Foundation for Better Living,
established to educate students and
adults about the importance of
agriculture and how it affects their
lives.
The Foundation aims for a who
listic approach for implementing
ag education in the classroom.
This means that math, science, art,
history, and other subjects are inte
grated throughout the reading
materials on agriculture.
“This approach is on the cutting
edge of education,” Moore said.
“It’s my understanding that teach
ers are looking for these types of
materials and we want to provide
them for the schools.”
For example, a lesson on where
and how pumpkins are grown
would include activities to cut the
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Distinction Farm.
Melvin began farming with his
father and has farmed all his life
(except for a brief hiatus as a book
dealer in Fairfax, Va.).
Dad keeps up
“Dad should get most of the
credit for the award,” said Melvin.
“He’s the one that keeps up with
everything, makes sure everything
is painted and cleaned up and so
on. I just wouldn’t have time to
keep up with everything like he
does.”
Together Petersheim, who lives
in Honey Brook and works full
time (Mi the Cum, the Zook family
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at the check-out line for milk and
other dspry products and what gets
turned over to the dairy fanner is
not clear.
That information is not made
public by the businesses which buy
milk from fanners, especially
those operations which use milk as
an ingredient to manufacture other
food products.
Some companies, such as Her
shey Foods Corp., which use milk
for making chocolate foods and
other products, claim that trade
secrets prevent them from divulg
ing such information.
(Turn to Pag* A 33)
pumpkin, count the seeds, bake
them, measure ingredients to make
a pie, and eat it would teach stu
dents science, math, and nutrition.
Studies show that the wholistic
approach to teaching is much more
effective for recall, according to
Moore,
‘Tell me, I’ll forget; show me, I
may remember; but, involve me,
and I’ll understand,” is the learn
ing philosophy for New York
Agriculture in the Classroom’s
program.
New York is one of the states
that the Foundation is using as a
resource to develop their agricul-
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