Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser We are about to start a new year! It is a time to reflect on the past and Our church has published a plan for the future. booklet on the “Hallelujah” mo- Accurate, Precise Single Seed Placement Accurate seed spacing and precise depth ' increase yield potential. * ■ Time-proven positive air metering system and edge drop seed discs gently singulate seeds to eliminate wasteful doubles. ■ The short 18" seed drop makes seed spacing accurate. ■ Consistent seed depth is assured through our independently operating walking beam gauge wheels...adjust in 1/8" increments. ■ Low air pressure gently handles fragile seed coat. ■ Fewer moving parts reduce maintenance and downtime, ments of some of its members. There are moments in all of our lives when we want to shout “Hal lelujah.” Other times, we only re alize later what an important mo ment we just had. By reading these pages we get to know other folks better as we share in their lives. Some tell of experi ences with health problems, family problems and being close to nature. Recently, I was hunting a small book but I could not locate it even though I was sure that it was in our bookcase. So, I began to>iemove some of the old books. And, I do mean old ones as many were school books from 18S0s, 1870 s and 1890 s. Geography maps in those books do not look like to- day’s maps. The illustrations in history books were very unusual too. One book that interested me was my grandmother’s dictionary printed in 1859. I’m told that she was the only pupil in the school who owned a dictionary. In this book is a small piece of lace, a snip of blond hair, some foil and press ed clover leaves. > Often the scraps of paper in old 1 books are more interesting than the | books themselves. Yes, I found the , small book. It is only two inches by three inches no wonder it was lost. No-till attachments give you flexibil ity to plant in all residual levels. Interchangeable seed discs available for soybeans, corn, sweet corn, popcorn, sorghum, milo, acid delinted cotton, sugar beets and others. ■ Ask about competitive financing plans through Agricredit Acceptance Company. Ml WHITE I AGCO 1 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 28, 1996-811 Hans Herr FFA Two Lancaster Mennonite High School FFA teams received awards at career development events held in conjunction with the 69th National FFA Conven tion, Nov. 14-16, in Kansas City, Mo. The farm business management team received a silver medal. Hans Herr Chapter team members include Tim Charles, son of David and Martha Charles. Lancaster, Jeff Nissley, son of Melvin and Marilyn Nissley, Middletown; David Smoker, son of Paul and Doris Smoker, Oxford; and Mitch Shellenberger, son of Harold and Cindy Shellenberger, Mount Joy. The livestock team received a bronze medal. Team members are Andre Beiler, son of Clair and Verna Beiler, Paradise; Darren Martin, son of Gerald and Carolyn Martin, Ephrata; Kevin Smoker, See Your AGCO White Dealer Listed Below. Delaware Georgetown Baxter Farms Maryland Dayton J.D. Mullinix Lineboro Wertz Farm Equipment Pennsylvania Bechtelsville Miller Equipment Bethel Zimmerman’s Farm Service Carlisle Carlisle Farm Service Elizabethtown Hernley’s Farm Equip. Inc, Greencastle Meyers Implements Honesdale Marshall Machinery Klingerstown Stanley’s Farm Service Mifflinburg B, S & B Repair New Bethlehem Hetrick Farm Supply Oakland Mills Peoples Sales & Service Somerset Lincoln Supply son of Kenneth and Joyce Smoker, Parkesburg; and Keith Weaver, son of Earl and Marilyn Weaver, New Holland. Teacher Lehman Metzler is the FFA adviser. Cedar Crest Participates In National Marketing Activity The Cedar Crest FFA Chapter is participating in the National FFA Organization’s Commodity Marketing Activity. The Commodity Marketing Activity is an integrated class room and real-life activity that helps students gain a realistic commodity marketing experience. Teams of students are given a model farm with com, soybeans, wheat, soybean meal, cattle, hogs, cotton, orange juice and sugar. Team members decide when to buy and sell these pro ducts to achieve the greatest economic gain. Orders are called to a commodi ty broker and. the trade is recorded. Real prices and market conditions are experienced but no money is exchanged. Each FFA chapter may have up to six teams each consisting of 3-6 members. The team, which earns the highest combined total in trading and test scores, will receive a state winner plaque and a $lOO or $3OO scholarship to be divided among team members depending on the number of teams participating from each state. The Commodity Marketing Activity is sponsored by the Steward-Peterson Advisory Group, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Data Transmission Net work Corporation as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, Inc.
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