814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1993
Poultry Science
Perm State
Poultry
Pointers
EFFECTIVE
TIME MANAGEMENT
FOR POULTRY
PRODUCERS
Dennis E. Buffington
Professor & Head
Dept, of
Agricultural &
Biological Engineering
Each of us are facing pressures
to “do more with less.” Many of us
bought fancy computer systems to
Rljl HAPPENINGS
4-H Horse Show
The Gloucester County, NJ. 4-H is looking for craflers
to participate in our horse show and craft show to be held
Sunday, April 4, at the 4-H Fairgrounds, Mullica Hill, N.J.
Three buildings are available forcraftcrs with 10-foot x
10-foot space. Two of these buildings have a concrete
floor and the other building does not
We will register crafters on a first-come first-serve bas
is. Electrical hookups are available. You must bring your
own table. The cost of the space is $2O for the day.
Deadline for registration is March 25.
Adams 4-H Potato Team
The Adams County 4-H Potato Judging Team placed
first at the annual state 4-H Potato Judging competition
held at the 1993 Farm Show.
The A Division team members were Jennifer Coleman,
New Oxford; Catherine Coleman, New Oxford; Sadie
Bucher, New Oxford; and Debbie Wilkinson, Gettysburg.
Adams County had four B Division teams which placed
fourth, seventh, eighth, and ninth. The fourth place B team
members were Sarah Almoney, New Oxford; Denise
Green, Gettysburg; and Greg Young, Biglerville. The se
venth place B team members were Matt Linebaugh, New
Oxford; Mitchell Brannen, Cashtown; Beth Green, Get
tysburg; and Heather Hawkins, New Oxford. The eighth
place B team members were Jessica Dayhoff, Gettysburg;
Helena Yelovich, Orrtanna; Zeb Eckert, Gettysburg; and
Shanda Whistler, Gettysburg. The ninth place team mem
bers were Dustin Whistler, Gettysburg; Carrie Young,
Biglerville; and Ronnie Young, Biglerville.
The individual placing for combined Divisions are as
follows: Catherine Coleman was first place individual
with 461.5; Jennifer Coleman was second place individual
with 459.65; Sadie Bucher was fourth place individual
with 454.75; Debbie Wilkinson was tenth place individual
with 441.75; and Denise Green was eleventh place indivi
dual with 441.4.
The teams have been practicing for the contest for the
last 12 weeks. The contest consists of:
• Deciding if each of 100 potatoes is either in or out of
grade - a time and accuracy relationship.
• Identifying 20 potato defects on 40 potatoes.
• Placing 2 classes of 4 plates of potatoes,
The 4-H judging process is designed to help youth de
velop decision-making skills. Decision-making skills are
related to the character of the individual for the rest of their
life.
4-H Beekeeping Club
A new 4-H club to study bee
keeping and honey production is
forming in Huntingdon County.
An organizational/information
meeting was held Tuesday, Febru
ary 2, at the Huntingdon County
Vo-Tech School in Mill Creek.
For more details, contact the
Huntingdon extension office at
(814) 643-1660.
Capital Region
do more work for us and save us
time.
Years ago people were forecast
ing that the work week would
decrease to 35 hours or maybe as
low as 30 hours. After the invest
ments in computer systems and
many systems of automation to
improve efficiencies, we find that
the work week has actually
increased. What happened?
I am not exactly sure, but effec
tive time management will help us
regain some of the hours that are
stolen from us each week because
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of inefficient management of time.
An anecdote is told about a
woodsman who bought a new ax.
With his new ax, he was able to
chop 20 trees per day. After a while
he found he was working more
hours per day and chopping fewer
trees. Finally it got to the point
where he was only chopping 10
trees and working 16 hours per
day. When someone asked him
why he didn’t sharpen his ax, he
responded, “I’m too busy; I have to
chop down more trees.”
We probably cannot identify
one single thing to do that will sig
nificantly decrease the demands on
our lime. However, there are many
small incremental changes that we
can make to increase the effective
ness of our time utilization.
For example, saving lust 30 sec
onds every five minutes translates
into saving one hour for every ten
hour work day. Such time savings
are indeed significant!
The first essential requirement
to use time more efficiently is to
create a neat, efficient, organized
work environment. Spending
modest amounts of money to cre
ate an organized work environ
ment is money well spent if you
can save several hours of time per
week.
With many demands on every
one’s time, it is easy to lose sight of
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the really important things that
need to be done. Often we find we
are spending our time “putting out
brush fires.” Developing and using
a master “to do” list is very effec
tive. At the end of each day, create
a “to do” list for the next day, with
the items of highest priority at the
top of the list.
Undoubtedly, there will be days
when not everything is completed
on your list; however, it is impor
tant to start each day with a clear
vision of your priorities for the day
rather than just diving into the
work.
Each of us knows our individual
prime time of the day. For some, it
may be the period before sunrise
until breakfast. For others it may
be from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. or in
the late afternoon. The night owls
might find that their prime time is
from 8 p.m. to midnight
Do the most important work in
your prime hours since this is when
you are most alert, most efficient,
and most productive.
One of the worst enemies of
effective time management is pro
crastination. I find it hard to say
that no one should procrastinate
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when I realize that I waited until
the last minute to prpare this article
for Lancaster Farming. Develop
ing and using “to do” lists will
reduce the tendency to
procrastinate.
Often when a procrastinated job
is finally completed, we wonder
why we pul it off so long because it
wasn’t a nearly as difficult task as
we thought it would be.
Another effective way to reduce
the tendency to procrastinate is to
set completion deadlines for
ourselves and to stick with the
deadlines as firmly as though the
deadlines were appointments with
other people.
With effective time manage
ment, we really can “count our
chickens before they are hatched”
because there is a guarantee that
effective time management will
yield several hours per week of
additional time available. The
new-found hours can be enjoyed
by spending more time with fami
ly, indulging in some hobbies, or
relaxing with any activity.
In short, we need to take com
mand of our work and our chickens
rather than letting them take com
mand of us.
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