A2B-Lmcm»f Farming, Saturday, May 16, 1992
State FFA officers, 1983-84 are, left to right, front, Brandon Weary, v jane
Herr, Southcentral vice president; Dave Blank, treasurer; John Haldeman, sentinel;
and Don Goiter, Western vice president.
Back, Carolyn Witmer, president; Vicki Bashers, vice president; Bill Meßratney,
Northcentral vice president; Tanya Green, secretary; and Ron Martin, Eastern vice
president.
Carolyn Pfautz Recalls
Year As FFA President
Editor’s Note: The Pennsyl
vania FFA Foundation, assisted
by eighteen former FFA state
officers, has begun an ambitious
search for former state officers -
their addresses, what they are
doing now, and recording their
remembrances as a state officer
and their thoughts today about
the FFA and what it meant to
them to be a state officer. This is
the second of a series.
If you know of a former state
officer living in your area please
either call Mary Jo Cancelmo,
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Carolyn Winner Pfautz, Garden
Spot High School FFA alumna,
never realized when a best friend
talked her into signing up for the
freshman ag science course, that
she would someday be in the his
tory books of the Pennsylvania
archives. That historical point
came in 1983 when Carolyn Wit-
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He said that since it isn’t a prob
lem now and it doesn’t look like it
should be a problem, he’ll deal
with it only if it should come up.
For various reasons, tom turk
eys have a higher expected mortal
ity than do hens. Hens average up
to 4 percent mortality from when
they are delivered as chicks until
they reach adulthood. Toms aver
age up to 9 percent mortality.
Disposal of dead birds by incin
eration has been practiced widely
but is now being replaced by com
posting, something reported in the
Feb. 8,1992 edition of Lancaster
Farming .
That article and seminars held
by the Lancaster County extension
office helped the Wengers learn
more about the process, Steve said.
They have since constructed on
the new farm, a 36-foot, by 24-foot
pole building with S-foot high
tongue and groove planking, mak
ing six, 6-foot-by-6-foot compost
ing bays under roof. The building
sits on a cement slab to prevent
nutrients from leaching into and
supersaturating the immediate
soil.
Armed with a “recipe” for com
posting dead birds, Steve said that
a batch started in March has prog-
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The compost has been maintain
ing a temperature of about 150
degrees for several weeks, he said.
After the microbes decompose the
organic material further, the batch
will move further on down the line
in the processing until the material
is suitable for building up the
organic material in the soil.
“Bio-security is the main thing
to watch,” Glenn said. To date they
have had no problems. The new
building, as is the matter of course
with modem facilities, is to have
decontamination foot-baths at
each entrance.
The Wengers held the open
house pries' to the actual comple
tion of the buildings so that people
could inspect the facilities and talk
with representatives before any
birds are brought
By next week, with an expected
shipment of young toms, Glenn
said he will not allow unnecessary
human traffic in or around the
buildings.
The extreme length of the build
ings will require some long walk
ing, use of a 4-wheel-ATV, or the
pickup truck in handling certain
maintenance routines. Problems, if
they happen, makes necessary
having a vehicle close-by.