Conestoga Valley Elementary Students Learn ‘Caretaking’ (Continued from Pago BIO) “A fanner provides everything a cow needs to make milk,” said Dr. Peter Harris, a veterinarian from Lebanon. He told the fourth grad ers, “We sell milk the cheapest of any country in the world, and the cleanest of any country.” Mre. Movak’s class observos a “cow aspirin" at the Roh rer farm. YOUR MANURE IS OUE BREAD & BUTTER • Sa • S( J/ , "f'‘ &4 Liquid Manure is a • Custom Applicatioi valuable resource and a challenge to handle. You need an expert! At Mid-Atlantic Agrisystems, liquid manure is our bread and butter not a sideline. 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Rohrer spoke about how the cows are milked using die “claw.” He told them how the milk is stored in anB9o-gallon tank before it is shipped to the Land O’ Lakes Cooperative of which he is a member. Alice Penned, master gardener, brought all sorts of soil life to show the students. She showed diem the “inner world” of soil compost: how it is made of worms and other bugs. The compost is made of leaves, grass clippings, and coffee grinds. She spoke about die impor tance of caring for the plants by supplying them with good food. Paulette Bledsoe from Upper Leacock Township spoke about how important it was to properly identify and reuse and recycle newspapers, cans, bottles, and bat teries. 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There were so many little $ 15,000 $16,000 57,000 CALL $6,000 CALL ...CALL $3,675 A similar Ag In the Classroom field day was held Tuesday at the Oregon Dairy Faim for 75 fourth grade students in the Fritz and Browns town Elementary Schools. All are part of the Conestoga Val ley School District things to buy to start house keeping. I put up window shades, scrubbed floors, and painted a mailbox. We got up early and went to bed late as I was also working full time at Farm Bureau in Lancaster. Allen was preparing his big sprayer to spray farmer's toma toes and potatoes. He also helped his father, his brother, and my father to get started with spring work on their farms. My father used horses, but my husband drove his tractor to plow the land. One day he found a pheasant nest with 24 eggs in it. Now we seldom even see a pheasant on our farm. My mother sent us pig feet, scrapple, and a can of lard. Today I seldom even use lard except for pie crusts. We fished and caught 11 catfish and also dressed pigeons to eat. However, I did spend two dollars a week for groceries. Now it is 10 times that much. Allen had a cow from his home and so we had lots of milk. I made ice cream and we ate some every night before bedtime. We do not do that anymore Then, even as now, we tended a garden. Forty asparagus roots were planted and some straw berries too. Peas, radisMS, onions, and lettuce were planted in the rich soil that was a gar den for 200 years. To this defy, you must hunt to find a small stone as they have been picked up over all those years. Some things change a lot in 50 years while others seem to remain the same.
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