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.
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Animals” site, said dial he listens
to the heartbeat of cows with a
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tive and antacid, like humans, in
die form of the cow capsule.
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. Leon Ressler, Lancaster
environmental agent, spoke about
how farms ate “interrelated” to
the community and how decisions
by both fanners and students affect
the environment
Charles Ackley of the Pequea
Mill Creek Project spoke about
how important soil is for the far-
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John Rohrer forms with wife
Bonnie, who spoke about the
goodness of milk, and sons Ryan
and Jason and daughters Monica
and Jessica.
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Today I decided to reread my
1948 diary for the month of
April. We had just moved to the
farm where we spent 43 very
busy years. Electricity had just
been put in the house but there
was no running water. One day
I carried 17 buckets of water up
a hill to do the washing. We
took our Saturday night baths
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warm kitchen.
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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.