CKMancastar Farming, Saturday, February 10.1996 Lehigh County Presents 4-H Awards ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co ) ment during the 1995 project year joined in an evening ot dining, - Members of Lehigh County’s « * ««nt awards dinner. awwd presentations dincing and 4-H beef, sheep, and swine clubs F «mUy members, friends, and fellowship at the Sclmectoville received rccojiition for achieve- SU PP°«» of *e 4-H program Fire Company. Schnecksville. Lehigh County 4-H Swine Club members, left to right • back two rows, Kelly Haas, Allentown; Corey Boger, New Tripoli; Shannon Wetzel, Kempton; Calvin Lazarus, 111, Germansvllle; Tracy Lazarus, Germansville; Grant Lazarus, 111, Germansville; Steven Daniels, New Tripoli; George Billig, New Tripoli; John Strawbridge, Whitehall; Jason Wisser, New Tripoli. Front two rows, Diana Bond, Kutztown; Roland Hottensteln, 111, Kutztown; Michele Bond, Kutztown; Brad Humes, Orefleld; Amy Wehr, Orefleld; Jus tin Wisser, New Tripoli; Kelly Lazarus, Germansville; Elizabeth Wisser, New Tripoli; Stacey Dietrich, Germansville. jeep Club members,. .row,. /son,. ,imai /ess ley, Fogelsville; Grant Lazarus, 111, Germansvllle; Adam Rabenold, Allentown; Laura Segan, Allentown. Front row, Timothy Rabenold, Allentown; John Reinert, Orefleld; Amy Wehr, Orefleld; James Reinert, Orefleld; John Strawbrldge, Whitehall. Baaf Club mam bars, from Ml, Crystal Watzal, Kami ton; (front) Justin Wlssar, Naw Tripoli; Kavln Smith, Maw Tripoli: Ellzabath Wlssar, Naw Tripoli. f ton; Shannon Watzal, Kami ■armanavlHa; Jason Wlss« Workshops To Cover Computer Record Keeping WESTMINSTER. Md.—Keeping farm business records by hand is a proven method that has served well for decades. But there are good reasons for computerizing your farm business records. A computer can help you moni tor and manage the farm business finances. You can track income and costs for different parts of the farm business in much more detail than with a hand record system. Computers make it easier to analyze your past performance and make more informed produc tion, marketing, and financial decisions in the future. Computer izing farm business records can also help in tax preparation and applying for loans. Workshops in farm business computer record keeping are being offered through the Mary land Cooperative Extension Ser vice. In these courses, you will be introduced to "Quicken,” a low cost but powerful record keeping program that is relatively simple to use. Using Quicken, you enter your income and expenses into the computer in much the same way that you use a checkbook register or your hand ledger. You classify your income and expenses accord ing to IRS Schedule F categories that you are accustom to. You can also classify your transactions by the different types of crop and livestock you produce so that you can do enterprise analysis. r Once the information is in Quicken you can develop various financial statements to help you manage your farm business better and do your taxes. These workshops require about 10 hours of your time spread out over three different sessions. You will spend most of the time work- Leadership Conference GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) —A public affairs stategist who specializes in mobilizing grassroots support is on the pro gram for the 1996 American Farm Bureau Federation National Lead ership Conference on Feb. 20 at the Adams County extension office. The teleconference, sponsored by the Adams County Farm Bureau, will be broadcast via satellite to 41 county locations throughout the country. County farm bureau leaders and interested members will be updated on Farm Bureau’s legisla tive and regulatory priorities— Environmental Issues, Regulatory Reform, Election ’96, the Farm Bill, Trade and Tax Reform. In addition, Ed Grefe will pre sent a session on “Grassroots Action.” Grefe is author of the book, “The New Corporate Activ ist, Harnessing the Power of Grassroots Tactics for your Orga nization.” He is also chairperson of International Civics, Inc., a public relations and public affairs ing on s computer using Quicken with an example farm business. The course is geared toward, but not limited to, novices and prior experience with computers is not nccesseary. It is a good intro duction for those who are consid ering buying a computer. If you have a computer but have not yet computerized your farm records, this course will help you make the transition for the 1996 accounting year. Survey results from previous participants indicate: • Most have incorporated com puter record keeping into their farm business operation. • Many are utilizing Quicken as their record keeping system. • Nearly all felt the workshop provided them sufficient introduc tion to computer record keeping to permit them to start computering their farm business records on their own. • Computer record keeping has or will improve their farm busi ness financial situation. The next “Quicken” workshops are scheduled for Feb. 26, March 4 and 11 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Car roll Community College. For those not familiar with the use of a mouse or windows, these will be introduced during a familiariza tion session beginning at 9 a.m. on Feb. 26. Each workshop consists of three four-hour sessions. Cost for the workshop is $5O per farm/business (up to two peo ple). This fee covers the cost for use of computer facilities and materials. Check should be made payable to “Carroll County EAC" and sent to Carroll County Exten sion Office, 700 Agriculture Cen ter, Westminster, MD 21157. For more ; nformation on this and other Pro-Farm Extension programs, call (410) 848-4611. Feb. 20 consulting company that special izes in mobilizing grassroots sup port for policy issues. The conference will be broad cast from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., east ern time, with registration begin ning at 10:30 a.m. There will be a half-hour break from noon until 12:30 p.m. for lunch. The format for the conference will allow roughly 20 mintues for a presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions and answers on each topic. Viewers will be able to fax or phone in their ques tions. American Farm Bureau president Dean Kleckner will also address the conference and take questions. Background handouts on the priority issues will be avail able at the conference sites. ‘The best part about a video conference is that it’s interactive and you can hear from people all over the country, many of whom couldn’t attend the meeting other wise," reports chairperson Fred Kammcrer. No registration n required.
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