SECTION TWO SANDY, OREGON. THURS. MAY 5, 1977
Food doesn't
grow on
supermarket
shelves
Story/photos
by Sue Lafky
Food doesn’t grow on supermarket
shelves.
If some second graders in the rural
Sandy Elementary School District weren’t
already aware of that information, they
heard it last week.
Sandy High School Future Farmers of
America (F F A ) members not only told
approximately 200 district second graders
where America’s food comes from, but
took them to see it at the source—a farm
The FFA members told the story of
where Americans get their food as part of
the National FFA Food for America
educational program
The second graders saw a movie, heard
talks, received an educational coloring
book and Friday culminated their study of
food with a trip to the Arnold Moore Dairy
Farm on Kelso Road.
Each FFA member took charge of ap
proximately ten youngsters and led them
on a tour of the farm, pointing out the uses
of the various farm anim als and
machinery.
“ Horses are used for many things:)
rodeos, recreation, shows, field work,
pulling heavy loads.” the students were
told.
They also learned that Farmer Moore
has about 100 cows to milk twice a day,
both morning and night. And students saw
that Farm er Moore had modern equip
ment to get the job done
“ The average cow eats about 30 pounds
of hay per day and drinks a whole lot of
water to make her good, nutritious m ilk.”
the youngsters heard.
The students heard about other farm
animals as well:
—When pigs are six months old they will
go to the market and be sold as pork.
—When hens are about five months old
they will begin to lay eggs You use the
rooster for breeding purposes and can eat
them for meat when they are about eight
weeks old.
— There’s an average of six pounds of
wool on one sheep.
The second graders had a chance to pet
Nubian goats, handle new born chicks and
tried milking a Holstein named Dolly who
last year appeared on a TV commercial
for Mayflower Milk.
The field trip to the farm generated an
enthusiastic
response
from
the
youngsters, according to FFA officer Teri
Edmonds.
The only interruption in the day’s
schedule was when an occasional student
would become sidetracked by other a p
pealing features of the Moore farm —such
as a pick-up truck or a hay loft.
TOP: PAT Tim takes Sandy second
graders Todd Johnson and Gena Cain for a
brisk ride in a carriage pulled by Smokey.
Middle. Dolly, a Holstein, was patient as
young farmhands tried to learn the art of
milking. FFA member John King takes his
group through a tour of the mechanized
milking parlour. Below: Annette Packard
can’t resist a hop on the top of a pick-up
truck.
CRAG approves
bypass work
Directors of the Columbia
Region
Association
of
Governments last week a p
proved $8.25 million in Mt.
Hood Freeway transfer funds
for the construction of the
Oregon City bypass.
The board also approved
$120,000 to com plete the
necessary
work
on
an
engineering report for Highway
212 from 82nd to 130th Avenue
County representative to the
CRAG board Stan Skoko agreed
to the by-pass funding but
emphasized the importance of
the 212 project The board
agreed to consider Highway 212
a number one priority for
future state primary road
funding.
“ In 1972, CRAG recognized
the significance of 212 and
designated it a prim ary ar
terial. But then it fell into the
entanglem ent
of
federal
regulations and lost im
provements funding.” Skoko
s a id .
“ H o w e v e r,
C la c k a m a s
County realizes that political
hassles will do no one any good
A decision now will keep good
money from going to waste.”
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GARY MOORE, left, coached young milkers from the
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