—Lancs star Farming, Saturday, August 30.1975 20 South Central 4-Hdairy sho HARRISBURG - 4-Hen from Lancaster and surrounding counties exhibited some 236 head of cattle at the annual South Central District Dairy Show held Tuesday at the Farm Show Building. A total of 115 Club mem ben from Adams, Cum berland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Lancaster and York Counties participated Com shows fast progress HARRISBURG - Light rains helped improve con ditions of the corn crop without interfering with fieldwork for the week en ding August 25, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Statewide soil moisture is three-fourths adequate and one-fourth short. Southern counties report adequate moisture while ap proximately half of the central counties report moisture as short The corn crop is now 11 days ahead of last year’s progress. Corn for grain is 20 percent in the dent stage with another 51 percent in dough. These compare to eight and 33 percent respectively in 1974. En silage corn harvest remains at about 11 percent with little i progress in central counties last week. The combining of oats is now 91 percent complete. Almost all oat combining is completed in southern and central counties while the north is 81 percent done. This progress is nearly 10 percent ahead of MM* ine quality of hay made last week was rated mostly good with only one-fourth rated as fair. Hie second cutting of alfalfa is 83 per cent complete, the third cutting is 32 percent and the fourth cutting eight percent complete. The second cut ting of clover-timothy hay is 61 percent complete. Tobacco harvest made only minimal progress last week and is still rated five percent complete statewide. Only very early plantings have been harvested so far. Progress of potato digging is one-fifth done, which is three days ahead of last year. Few potatoes were dug last week. Reports indicate the tuber set is lighter than usual. Harvest of fruits and vegetables is quite active. Blight problems are reported in tomatoes and there is insect damage in snap beans. Processing tomatoes are being mechanically picked with EMU-RITE sol ramon MAXICROP LIQUID PLANT FEEDING FEED-RUE Vitamin & Mineral for livestock and poultry ZOOK & RANCH, INC. ROl, Gap, Pa. 17527 Plane 717-442-4171 in tne event. Judge (or tbe event was Billie Joe Heath, Maryland, with Mrs. Bonnie Miller, Judging tbe fitting and showing portion of the show. John P. Harris, county agent in Dauphin County, was manager of tbe dairy coo* test Blue ribbon winners in tbe of each breed are presented by county as follows: Lancaster County processing plants now ac tive. Fall plowing is rated 17 per cent done. Progress is evenly distributed over the state but lags the 1974 progress of 25 percent. Most reports indicate an average amount of feed being derived from pastures. In the United States as of August 17, only 91 percent of the winter wheat has been harvested, much behind last year’s progress. Oats har vest was 80 percent complete in Wisconsin, 75 percent in Michigan and Minnesota and 36 percent in North Dakota. Rains eased stress in many parts of the corn belt, but above normal temperatures kept topsoil moisure supplies short for much of the area. Prospects for this year’s soybean crop are more encouraging as rain fell over much of the major growing area during the past week. TRY A CLASSIFIED ORDER YOUR FALL SEED GRAIN NOW • Cert Pennrad Barley • Cert Abe Wheat • Cert Arthur 71 Wheat • Winter Rye • Timothy • Cert Climax Timothy • Pennmead Orchard Grass Clovers —Alfalfas—Grasses Smoketown, Pa. Ph. 299*2571 BEEF SALES MONDAY 2:30 P.M. THURSDAY 12:00 NOON Sale Order; - Fat Bulls, Steers, Stockers, Beef Cows and Veal Calves, KW HOLLAMD SALES STABtES, ME. / ' Phone 717-354-4341 M* Martel Report Piute 71735472 H Abe DHfeabadi, Manager Field Repteseatattvcs - Bob Wing 717-354-5*23 Lake Eberiy 215-2C7-CM* Ayrshires Curtis Hamilton, Elizabethtown, exhibited the first place senior calf with Karen Scbmuck, Peach Bottom having the second place animal. Peggy Halbleib, Elizabethtown, bad the first place Junior yearling. Rhonda Shope, Elizabethtown, exhibited the first place two-year old with Russel Shope showing the first place 3-4 year old which was also the senior cham pion and the grand cham pion. Brown Swiss Lois Wanner, Narvon, R 2, showtd the first place junior calf. Kerry Boyd, Ephrata Rl, had the first place senior yearling which was also.the junior champion. Robert Witmer, Willow Street, had the third place 34 year old and Warren Scfaznuck had the first place five year old. Guernsey Carol Balmer, lititx had the third place junior calf with Thomas Kirk, Peach Bottom showing the first place intermediate calf. Jane McSpamn, Peach Bottom, had the second place intermediate calf with Mary Ann Witmer exhibiting the third place animal. Connie Balmer, lititz, had the first place senior calf and also the third place senior yearling which was named as reserve junior champion. Diane Crider, Nottingham, had the first place two-year old and the senior and grand champion. Jane McSparran also showed the third place two-year-old. Jerseys Ellen Scbmuck, Willow Street, bad the first place senior calf which was the junior champion and the first If you have fat cattle or need feeders . . . THINK NEW HOLLAND place two-year-old which was selected as the reserve senior champion and the reserve grand champion. Robert Work, Peach Bottom, had the second place two-year-old. Holsteins Joyce Denlinger, Gor donville, had the first place Junior calf with Joyce Stoltzfus, Gap, having the second place intermediate calf. Linda Akers, Quanyville, showed the fourth place senior calf with Donna Akers having the second place junior yearling. John Frey, Lancaster, had the fourth place five-year old. Linda Kauffman, Elizabethtown, had the first place five-year-old which was also the senior cham pion and the grand cham pion. In County competition, Lancaster placed first in the Guernsey and Jersey group and second in Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Holsteins. Dauphin County Milking Shorthorn Jody Matter, Halifax Rl, exhibited the first place intermediate calf which also received reserve junior champion honors and the reserve grand champion honors. She also exhibited the first place junior yearling. Brown Swiss David Feidt, Millersburg, Rl, exhibited the first place junior yearling which was also selected as the reserve junior champion. Donald Buffington, Millersburg Rl, had the first JOHN Z. LAPP “A Quality Paint For Every Purpose" • Engine Sales ft Service • Lawn Mower Sharpening- Hydraufic Units. Centerville Road RDI, Gordonville, Pa. 17529 place 34 year old and also the senior champion which was Is ter selected as the grand champion of the breed. Dauphin County placed first in group honors for Brown Swiss. Holstein Michael Miller, Linglestown R 4, exhibited the first place Junior yearling which was also the Junior champion. Jeff Miller. Linglestown R 4, bad the third place two year-okL Debra Miller, Linglestown R 4, exhibited the first place 3-4-year-old which was also the reserve senior champion and the reserve grand champion. Dauphin County placed first in tbe Holstein breed division (or the county competition. Debra Castle, Hum roelstown R 2, exhibited the first place 3-4 year-old and the first place 5 year-old which was selected as the senior and grand champion. Craig Williams, Mid dletown, had the first place Junior yearling. Lebanon County Ayrshire Elaine Maulfair, Jonestown Rl, exhibited the second place senior yearling which was the reserve junior champion.
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