Kempton Fair Winners Named By: LucyTrexler Berk* Correspondent One of Berks County's famous farm fairs opened its gates to thousands of visitors recently sporting farm and home related exhibits along with a carnival midway. The Kempton fair held June 19-21 included not only exhibits but also invited visitors to watch a horse show, Jeep rodeo and tractor pulling contests. Results of the various agriculture and home economics contests are as follows: Tractor Pulling: Winners in the 5,000 Lb. Class were Ist - Russel Miller, Tamaqua; 2nd - Big Wheels Rolling East To Provide Better Service To Our Customers mlheastern Penna George F. Delong Ben Greenavwll Regional Manager RD2 Conestoga PA 17516 P 0 Box 683 Lititz PA 17543 Phone 717 872 5686 Call Collect 717 626 0261 Eastern Lancaster Co Melvin Herr RR2 New Holland PA 17557 Phone 717 354 5977 Lehigh Co. Area J H Moore c .. . 1213 Zorba Drive .. u da 17CiE Whitehall PA 18052 RDZ Manheim PA 17545 phQne 215 432 5987 Phone 717-665 3126 North Western Lancaster Co Southern Lancaster Co Cy Arnold Henry Delong, Jr. 739 Rosewood Drive RD2 Quarryville PA 17566 Douglasville PA 19518 Phone 717-284-2683 Phone 215 385 6249 Beriyn Troxell, Tamaqua; 3rd - Donald Zaleski, Pen Argyl. lister Troxell also of Tamaqua, placed first in the 7,000 Lb. class with Carl Miller, Tamaqua and Charles Simmons, Lehighton placing second and third respectively. the 9,000 Lb. Class first place went to Dave Grass, Hamburg. Russel Miller, Tamaqua won second and Dick Moyer, Perkasie placed third. Winners in the 11,000 Lb. Class were David Stutzman, Kutztown, Ist, Wayne Adams, Hamburg, 2nd, and David Grass, Hamburg, 3rd. In the 13,000 Lb. class the winners were Phil Hook from Fulton, Illinois is the truck driver for Inc. On this trip, Agri-King, of bringing his wife, Joyce, with him to see the beautiful eastern farm land. Southwestern Lancaster Co. Lebanon Co Marvin Meyer RD2 Box 157 Annville PA 17003 Phone 717 867-1445 Monl lomei Bruce Dietrich, Lynnport, Albert Newfield, Sr., Hamburg and Steve Hetrick, Oicy, first, second and third respectively. Winners in the Heaviest Weight class, 15,000 Lbs. were: Ist • William Spatz, Sr., Bernville, 2nd - Ray Moyer, New Tripoli, 3rd - Eugene Cellar, Limekiln. Home Economics The winners of the Senior Baking Division were as follows: Light Layer Cake Ist * Ruth Dieter, Kempton; 2nd • Violet Solt, Mertztown; 3rd - Betty Kunkel, Lenhartsville. Dark Layer Cake Ist - Marjorie Bond, Kempton; 2nd • Ruth Dieter, KEY TO PROFIT AGRI KING, - PERSONALIZED FEEDING PROGRAMS Chester Co. William Windle RDI Atglen PA 19310 Phone 215 593 6143 Northeast Berks Co Roger Heller RDI, Robesonia, PA Phone 215 693 6160 Belleville Area Louis S Peachy, Sr RDI #SBC Reedsville PA 17084 Phone 717 667 3291 South Central Penna James L Yoder Regional Manager RRI Box 81 Chambersburg PA 17201 Call Collect 717 264 9321 & SE Berks Co HON, 111. | Phil had the opportunity Kempton; 3rd - Carol Shroeder, Kempton. Nut Layer Cake Ist • Adah Reigel, Kempton, 2nd - Mrs. Roy Snyder, Kempton, 3rd - Eva Treichler, Kempton. Miscellaneous Cake Ist - Delores Montagner, Kemp ton, 2nd - Margaret Smith, Orefield, 3rd > Barbara Baney, Kempton. The Grand Champion cake baker at the Kempton Fair this year was Delores Montagner, Kemp ton. Lillian Mengel, Lenhart sville placed first in the fruit pie division with William Crumrine, Kempton and Mrs. Harold Weaver, Kempton placing second and Adams Co. Area Memo N Rissler RR4 Gettysburg PA 17325 Phone 717 528 4849 Franklin Co Penna Area Eldon Martin RDS Waynesboro PA 17268 Phone 717 762-3576 Mark H Yoder . Shippensburg Pa'17257 Ph 717 532 4339 ' Western Washington Co Area Charlie Campbell Newville PA Phone 717-776 7573- Washim [ton Co . MD Are; Earl H Moyer RDS Box 277 Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone 301 739 5199 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28,1975 third. The Shoo Fly Pie division was won by Christine Mengel, Darlene Mengel and Lillian Menger, all of Lenhartsville. In the Funny Cake division Nina Handwerk, Kempton placed first, Ruth Dieter, Kempton, second and Barbara Baney, Kempton, third. Mrs. Harold Weaver, Kempton, won first place in the Lemon Pies with Mrs. Ferryl Treichler, Kutztown and Lillian Mengel, Lenhartsville winning second and third. The grand champion pie winner was Lillian Mengel. In the bread division first went to Gloria Loch, New Tripoli and second and third went to Mrs. Elwood Follweiler, Hamburg. Mrs. Harold Weaver, Kempton won first and second places in the Bun division with Mrs. Sarah Stratton, Reading winning Third. Gloria Loch became the grand champion in the yeast division. The winners in the Junior Baking Contest at the Statewide Agronomy Field Day July 1 Varieties and management of small grains and forage crops - plus demonstrations of weed control and no-tillage methods - will be featured July 1 during a field day for Pennsylvania farmers at the Rock Springs Agronomy Research Farm of Penn State, 3 miles west of Pine Grove Mills on Route 45. The July 1 crop demon strations will get underway at 9:30 a.m. Farmers wanting to take in all events should plan to arrive by 9:30 a.m. and spend the day at the farm, suggests Lynn D. Hoffman, field day chairman and superintendent of the Agronomy Research Farm. He says that items to be shown will be handled in greater depth than at previous field days. Lunch will be available at the farm at noon. A brief program from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. will feature James L. Starling, head of the Department of Agronomy, and James M. Beattie, Dean of the College of Agriculture. Among the new forage legumes on display will be Arc, WL3II, Saranac-AR, and Spredor alfalfa, Leo and Dawn birdsfoot trefoil, Kenstar red clover, and Kempton Fair were: Brownies Linda Long, Kempton, Ist; Laurie Getter, Kempton 2nd; Debbie Lutz, Kempton, 3rd. In the light layer cake division it was Karen Berk, Kempton in first place, second and third place went to Joan Schroeder, Kutztown and Lori Henninger, Kempton. Joan Dietrich from Lenhartsville won the Miscellaneous Cake Division with Robin Wenhold, New Tripoli, 2nd and Darrid Ritzman, Kempton, 3rd. The Miscellaneous Cupcake division put Sheila Rauch, Kempton in first place, Nina Handwerk, Kempton in second place and Jaonn Reaser, Neffs in third place. The dark cupcake division was won by Sherry Beers, SchnecksviUe, Second place went to Lori Wessner, Shoemakersville and third to Debbie Lutz, Kempton. The grand champion in the junior division was Karen Berk of Kempton. Lathco flat pea. These forage varieties are being tested for productivity, persistence, and forage quality. Arc, Saranac, and WL3II are alfalfa varieties carrying resistance to Southern anthracnose, a relatively new alfalfa disease. Leo birdsfoot trefoil is a new variety from Canada and Dawn is from Missouri, whereas Kenstar is a new red clover variety from Kentucky. Lathco flat pea is a new legume par ticularly adapted for ground cover to control soil erosion. Similarly, red clover plots harvested at different periods in the late summer and early fall during the seeding year will be seen. These plots demonstrate that hay yields can be increased by over 1 ton per acre by using a pre-emergence chemical and early August clipping during the seeding year. A new warm season perennial grass commonly grown in U.S. western range country, switchgrass, will be seen in comparison with such cool season grasses as timothy, orchardgrass, smooth bromegrass, and tall fescue. 9
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