County FFA Boys Begin Six Weeks Western Tour
Ten Future Farmers and a chaperone from Manheim Central High School left Lancaster County this week for a six week tour covering about 12000 miles through the western United States Canada and Mexico. The trip honors a successful farm project completed as part of their FFA program. The boys aged recent graduates managed an acre of wheat five acres of corn and seven acres of tobacco on a crop schedule prepared by a committee with all work done outside school hours. They plan to cook meals sleep in tents and visit agricultural sites while stopping weekly by mail and phone to update parents. Accompanying them is math teacher Stanley Brossman.