Show 111 996 September MeeLUtah Young Farmer SpokesDersonJorAwIculture Gunnison Valley News Page 9 Yardley enjoys teaching kids about farming Anita by Lyons Who makes the best hamburgers? Fanners do Cindy Yardley tells the students she visits Yardley 19 Utah Young Farmer Spokesperson for Agriculture is working towards the goal of educating people about fanning During her visits to schools she shows kids a poster with the parts of a hamburger separated and discusses one by one where we get them She enjoys finding out what the kids know and watching them learn She was especially entertained when after asking where we get flour (for the bun) one boy excitedly raised his hand and said “Flowers!” Although they live in a rural farming area Gunnison kids don't seem to know much more than students from the Salt Lake City area Says Yardley “They Gunnison kids all know someone who is a farmer I’ve been surprised that they don’t understand as much as I though they would” She ventured one explanation “Maybe it’s assumed they understand it because they’re so close to it” Kids who have had experience on the farm are easy to pick out One boy asked Yardley “Do you have a problem with your water troughs freezing up in the winter?” Yardley loves to watch the kids but she learning about agriculture readily admits that she is still learning herself Bom and raised in Bountiful she became a Dairy farmer when she married Russell Yardley In 1988 the couple moved into house Russell’s on Christenburg Road across the street from the family farm She still has questions that her husband or Gene Yardley answer for her Another part of Cindy’s school presentation is a field trip through slides of the Yardley dairy farm The first picture shows a newborn calf (students are always shocked to see how big a new calf is) Succeeding pictures follow the calf through it’s life until it becomes a milking cow Field trips are a great way to learn The Utah Young Fanners Education Association is aware of this fact Every year at the state convention one of the main items on the agenda is a visit to a farm This year’s state convention in Cedar City included a tour of a hog (arm Last year at the national convention the farm- - ers spent two days touring different tobacco farms Yardley talked about how American farms are changing “You have to specialize to make a go of it” she commented The barnyard scene where chickens cows and pigs were raised side by side is disappearing Now if a w heat larmer has a patch of corn on his land or if a fruit farmer has a cow it’s for his own use not part of his business When the constitution was signed 90 percent of the population were farmers Today it’s less than two percent However the average farmer in the US produces enough food for 129 people 32 of them outside of the US “Every year there are fewer and fewer farmers but they produce more In and more food” said Yardley addition to knowing about animals weather and soil today’s farmers have to know about machinery regulations computers and business “I earned a degree in Business Administration and Finance” she said “I’m really glad I have it" “The cows don’t take a vacation” said Yardley but even though there are no days olf in farming she loves the job “There is something about w orking with the land and the animals” she mused “Working with you sometimes get into kind of things There’s none of that with this kind cl ork” people Girls and lambs at the fair At the Sanpete County Fair Jessica Despain (left) won Grand Champion in the Market Lamb Show Jessica Brown (right) won Reserve Champion and also first place in Lamb Fitting and Showmanship second vote required for Sheep Referendum A Cindy Yardley A second vote will be conducted for the Referendum Election on the 996 Sheep and Wool Promotion Order on October Absentee ballots must be requested by September 17 and must be received at the voting place no later than September 27 Absentee ballots can be requested by phone mail or in person from the County Extension Office However the balin the basement of the courthouse in Manti Cindy uses this Agriculture Fact Quiz to test students knowledge and to peak their interest when she visits a classroom Agriculture Facts How many stomachs does a cow have? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 2 The average cow produces glasses of milk each day d) 75 a) 90 b) 50 c) 20 3 Several cows will have exactly the sme pattern of spots True or False 4 Cows give milk when they reach the age of two years True or False 5 If you milked cows by hand how many would you be able to milk in one hour? a) 2 b) 6 c) 12 d) 18 6 Modem milking machines make it possible to milk cows in one hour b) 50 d) 150 a) 25 c) 100 7 Cows producing a lot of milk will eat about pounds of nutritious food a day d) 30 a) 120 b) 90 c) 60 8 How many gallons of water do high producing cows drink in one day? c) b) a) d) 9 How many pounds of milk does it take to produce one pound of Cheddar cheese? d) 15 b) 5 c) 10 a) 1 10 A newborn Holstein calf weighs about pounds a) 25 c) 75 d) 148 b) 50 1 1 Each farmer in the United States produces enough food for how many people? d) 148 b) 78 c) 129 a) 56 1 Vi- 'i mikUiCi'A At the Yardley Rainbow Trout pond Cindy teaches students about fish The children enjoyed a close up look and they were also able to feed the fish The fish attacked the feed with lots of commotion and splashing which the delighted the students lots must be mailed to the requester Absentee ballots cannot be picked up in person Any absentee ballots received after 5 p in on Sept 27 will not be eligible for counting voting will take place at the County Extension Office (in the basement of the Courthouse in Manti) on October 996 Persons voting can be of any age if they ow ned sheep in their name in 1994 A person has ONE VOTE “Ownership” means havingfull control of all buying selling and production decisions In this referendum “person” is defined as: (a) a family that owns sheep (b) a partnership lliat owns sheep (c) an individual member of any group including a family w ho has independent ow nership of sheep separate from the rest of the group Spouses w ho jointly own sheep are considered to be a “family” or “group of individuals” and are entitled to only one vote A parent cannot register or cast a ballot on behalf of a child NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE ALLOWED! A vote was conducted on this order last February but was challenged by the opponents of its passage on the basis that it w as invalid because some of the procedures were applied incorrectly Anyone wishing to read the entire text of the voting rules or the details of the impact of the passage of this referendum can do so at the Sanpete Extension Office in the basement of tire Courthouse in Manti J'U PTH °'6 P'8 97 9'9 q'S ‘(4liui dA6 ouieo e 0abi o) eAeq smoo) eB jfr ‘asied’C ‘e 'Z'P'i :sJdMSuy With a pheasant tucked under one arm Cindy explains the habitat and feed of pheasants to 2nd grade students from Manti Elementary The Yardleys have raised about 700 pheasants this year for private hunting Dance Lessons Jazz - Clogging - Tap - Ballet Register Today! s 05 f jO O The word c$e is getting out about our farm and ranch loans How do you tell which hank really understands farmers and ranchers? 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