Solanco Holds FFA
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Solanco School District
hosted two FFA County Contests
recently: the dairy foods contest
and the agriculture mechanics
contest.
Students from seven county
school districts participated in the
contests, including Solanco, Lan
caster Mennonite, Ephrata, Penn
Manor, Garden Spot, Manheim
Central, and Pequea Valley.
Gus Birchler, Penn Manor agri
culture teacher, was the chairman
for the dairy foods contest, which
was held at the Memorial United
Methodist Church in Quarryville.
The students were required to take
a general knowledge written
examination, followed by several
“hands-on” evaluation stations
which tested their knowledge of
dairy foods. The various stations
included milk flavor evaluation,
California mastitis test, milker
units test, identification of
cheeses, and teal vs. artificial
dairy products.
The tests challenged the parti
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cipants in the contest to identify
10 types of cheeses, evaluate the
flavor of 10 different flavors of
milk, checking milk for the pre
sence of mastitis by performing
the California mastitis test, iden
tify defects on milker parts, and
identify which dairy products dis
played are real and which are arti
ficial including cheese, butter,
whipped cream, creamer, and ice
cream.
The results of the dairy foods
contest are as follows:
Individual winners: 1. Tony
Miller, Pequea Valley; 2. Cathy
Hurst, Ephrata; 3. Joel Hoover,
Pequea' Valley; 4. Randy Miller,
Pequea Valley; 5. Joel Fry, Penn
Manor; 6. Keith Bollinger, Ephra
ta; 7. Jessica Hostetler, Penn Man
or; 8. Joe Best, Penn Manor.
Team winners: 1. Pequea Val
ley; 2. Penn Manor, 3. Ephrata; 4.
Solanco; S. Garden Spot; 6. Lan
caster Mennonite; 7. Manheim
Central.
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the chairman for the agriculture
mechanics contest, which was
held in the Solanco High School
Agriculture Mechanics classrbom.
Eighteen students participated in
the contest from five different
school districts., The contest
included a written qxam. The
hands-on requirements of the con
test were broken down into two
areas: problem solving and skills.
Under problem solving werfe
soil and water tests, a small engine
test, and building construction.'
Under the skills category, students
were required to demonstrate their
knowledge and skills in baler
identification, gas cut welding
skills, and electrical wiring skills.
Individual results in the Agri
culture Mechanics Contest are as
follows: 1. Travis Hartranft, Man
heim Central; 2. Travis Metzler,
Pequea Valley: 3. Will Stoner -
Manheim Central; 4. Barry Grav
er, Penn Manor; 5. Jerry
O’Donnell, Solanco; 6. Donnie
Ammerman, Solanco; 7. Neil
Ebersole, Penn Manor, 8. Jeff
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