A24-lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dacamber 2, 1995
Young Farmer
News
What la
The Young Farmer
Association
All About?
For many organizations, the
logo has lots of meaning, and the
same is true of the logo of the Pen
nsylvania Young Farmers Associ
ation Inc. (PYFA).
It is located at the top of this
column.
The PYFA emblem background
illustrates that the PYFA is a state
organization within the Keystone
Slate.
The silhouetted figures, stand
ing on books of knowledge, point
to the young-adult fanner’s belief
in sound education, pride in a well
kept farmstead, efficient produc
tion and conservation of soil and
water in the contoured fields, and
hope for a (night tomorrow as indi
cated by the rising sun.
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The Organization
The PYFA is divided into seven
regions across the state to facilitate
travel and time of the officers and
advisory committee members,
who in turn give service and
counsel to local chapters within
their respective regions.
The regional divisions provide
equal leadership opportunities
throughout the state.
Region 1 comprises Bradford,
Susquehanna. Tioga, Wayne, Pike,
Sullivan, Wyoming, Lackawanna,
Luzerne, Monroe, Carbon and
Northampton counties.
Region 2 includes Chester,
Delaware, Lancaster, and York
counties. Specific chapters in Reg
ion 2 are Ephrata, Manheim, Sol
anco, Dover. Kennard Dale, and
Red Lion.
Region 3 includes Centre,
Clearfield, Snyder, Union, North-
umberland, Columbia, Montour,
Lycoming. Clinton, Mifflin and
Juniata counties. Chapters in Reg
ion 3 are Penns Valley. State Col
lege, Selinsgrove, Middleburg,
West Snyder, Lewisburg, Mifflin
buig, and Line Mountain.
In Region 4 are Adams, Frank
lin, Fulton, Bedford, Blair, Cam
bria, Huntingdon, Cumberland,
and Perry counties. Chapters are
Bermudian Springs, Biglerville,
Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Way
nesboro, Southern Huntingdon,
Shippensburg, and Greenwood.
Region 5 includes Lawrence,
Beaver, Butler, Allegheny.
Washington, Greene, Somerset,
Fayette, Westmoreland, and India
na counties. Chapters include Ber
lin, Brothetsvalley, Meyersdale,
Rockwood, and Derry.
Region 6 has Erie, Crawford,
Mercer, Venango, Armstrong,
Clarion, Jefferson, Warren, Forest,
Elk, Potter, Cameron, and
McKean counties. The Elderton
Chapter is within Region 6.
In Region 7 are Dauphin,
Schuylkill, Bucks, Montgomery,
Lebanon. Berks, and Philadelphia
counties. Chapters include Lower
Dauphin, Blue Mountain, Upper
Perkiomen, Annville-Cleona,
Cedar Crest, Northern Lebanon.
Kutztown, and Tulpehocken.
The official colors for the PYFA
are royal blue and com gold, the
same as the FFA.
We are a stepping stone for agri
cultural education. Some FFA stu
dents advance to college, others
continue at home with PYFA as a
source of education about
advanced technology in farming
and agribusiness.
A farmer must be knowledge
able in all aspects of technology,
from purchasing to marketing, vet
erinarian to mechanic, cropping to
computers, etc.... there is not one
day goes by that we as farmers
don't use some of these
technologies.
The right decision can keep us in
the black ink.
Weather is a big factor that we
have no control of, but with up-to
date weather news available
24-hours in many areas, we can
make decisions that can mean the
difference between, for example,
making hay valued at $l5O per ton
or $4O per ton.
The better the information, the
better the chance of making a wise
and successful decision.
PYFA History
19SS marked the beginning of
the effective use of a local Young
Farmers Association to provide
improved instruction, increase
leadership development of mem
bers, and better relations in each
community.
B ut the start of the program goes
back before then.
In October 1954 the State Coun-
VENTILATION
MISCELLANEOUS
cil on Education approved “on
farm instruction” of young-adult
fanners as a regular part of the
program in vocational agriculture.
As teachers systematically have
visited more people on an on-farm
basis, the number and quality of
short courses taught has increased.
In the first 20 years of vocation
al agriculture education in Pen
nsylvania, most teachers con
ducted adult farmers’ night clas
ses, but without on-farm
instruction.
From 1937 to 1941, special
emphasis on classes for young far
mers resulted from die Great
Depression and its effect on the
general unemployment of several
million young men in rural areas.
World War II OSYA classes
were largely devoted to the recon
ditioning of used farm imple
ments. Soon after the war, the vet
erans’ agricultural training prog
ram enrolled so many men, that
special instructors were added to
teach the classes and provide on
the-job training.
It was in 1949 that the Pennsyl
vania Young Fanners Association,
organized through the veterans’
classes on a county unit basis, held
its first annual meeting at the state
Farm Show.
As their individual entitlements
to the subsidized training program
expired, most of the veterans dis-
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