Lancaster Society 18
Lancaster County Farm
Women Society #lB held the
February meeting at “The Gather
ing Place” in Mount Joy for a
noon meal. Thirty-four were in
attendance. Husbands were guests
not only to enjoy the food and fel
lowship, but also to learn about
the Pa. Dept, of Agriculture’s
program in the competitive area of
Foreign Trade.
Speaker Peter Winner, Chief of
Domestic International Trade
Agency of the Dept, of Agricul
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ture, reported that booths are
rented at 30 world wide trade
events for Pa. companies to share
their products to foreign buyers.
The Food Trade Show is the
world’s hugest of its kind.
Members were amazed to learn
of the diversity of these Pennsyl
vania companies.
The society had a positive reac
tion to the aggressive program of
the Pa. Dept, of Agriculture and
pride in the report of 6.1 billion in
exports of Pa. companies.
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Berks Society 6
Six members and one guest
attended the February luncheon
meeting of the Berks County Soci
ety of Farm Women Group #6.
Roll call question: Did you give or
receive a valentine?
Members were reminded to
bring items for the Greater Berks
Food Bank to the next meeting.
Members were asked to ■ bake
goods and help to make noodles,
for a community pot pie dinner on'
Sunday, March 20 from 12:00 to
4:00 at the Oley Valley Elemen
tary School.
Spring Rally will be held May
11 at the York Fairgrounds.
After the business meeting,
members had a guided tour of the
New Oley Valley Elementary
School.
The March meeting will be in
the home of Mary Youse, 115 Stit
zer Rd., Oley, at 8:00 p.m.
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■ Outstanding emergence, standability
and seed shatter resistance
■ Vary versatile, adapt* wall to conven
tional or no-tlll planting, wide or nar
row rows
■ Very good Phytophthora and iron defi
ciency chlorosis tolerance
■ A vary Impressive yield track racord
from the East Coast, across Ohio,
Indiana, and Illinois, to the western
Combelt
York County Society 26 met at
Yocumtown Church of God on
February IS. Incoming president,
Doris Beshore, conducted the
business meeting.
January’s meeting was cancel
led due to bad weather so reports
on the state convention were given
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National FFA Week
Connie Noll
Reporter
Cloister FFA
National FFA Week was
observed February 21-25 to better
inform the public about FFA.
FFA encourages members to
develop their leadership skills and
to strive for excellence.
There are many contests avail
able to participate in, such as publ
ic speaking, parliamentary proce
dure, animal judging, mUk judg
ing, land judging, and many more.
FFA students are to have their
own projects. The project can be
anything related to agriculture.
Lancaster FWmlng, Saturday, March 5, IW4-821
York Society 26
at this meeting.
Sixteen members were in at
tendance.
Birthdays for January and
February were celebrated.
The next meeting will be March
8. There will be a speaker from Pa.
Foundation For Better Living at
this meeting.
HAPPENINGS
raising strawberries, bees, hogs,
lambs, rabbits, and many more.
Members can also work at an
agriculture-related bsuiness, such
as working at a hardware store or,
of course, working on a farm.
A detailed record book must be
kept for every project a student
has. A student can have many
projects.
I think FFA is a very worth
while organization to gel involved
with. It gives you many challenges
and opportunities. You meet many
new friends at contests too.
As a freshman, I am very
excited about FFA and I hope you
become interested, too.