—Lancaster Farming, Saturda: 26 FFA Week [Continued from Page 23] Lewis, right behind. In third place was Rick Falk from Penn Manor, followed by Bryan Grove of Red Lion. Chalres Crawford, also from W.B. Saul, checked in next, with Jeff Klahold from Eastern behind him. Completing the top winner’s list were two Lancaster Countians, Rick Sweigart from Ephrata and Lewis Witmer from Penn Manor. Donna Lansberry, a pleasure horse enthusiast from Cedar Crest High School, won first place in her specialty - horse judging. Elizabethtown’s Mary Seward checked in second, followed in order by: Kim Krem, Linesville; Wendy Brown, Central Columbia; Diane Miller, W.B. Saul; Margaret Fye, Admiral Perry AVTS; Glenn Camp, Blackhawk; and Carol Geiger, Blue Mountain. - The Lebanon Vo-Tech boys really fixed things in the small engines contest as they pistoned their way to the top in both team and individual categories. Bruce Rambler and Joe Early, were the champs. Rick Gross and Glen Hoffman, both from Halifax Area High School in Dauphin County placed third and fourth, respectively. Next in the competition were two Manheim Central Youths, Jay Gainer and Darryl Wenger. In the agronomy contest, Adams Countains were most visible. Ben Bishoip heads the list with a first place, NELSON WEAVER & SON Box 152-R2 Lititz, PA 49% SOYBEAN MEAL BULK or BAGGED PHONE 717-626-8538 j“ ne i 9 ,1976 parley ' «5 S * < followed by fellow Get tysburgian Tim Baker, who checked in fourth. Fruther down the list were Russell Reading, Gettyburg; Brian MeCleary, BiglervOle; and Tim Ebersole, Bermudian Springs. A Lower Dauphin youth, Dennis Teets, was/ sixth and Joe Mayer from Mifflinburg was third. In second place was Clifford Wallace from Mohawk High School in Lawrence County. Penn Manor’s Craig Harnish took a fourth place “gold” in the agriculturalk mechanics contest, which was won by a Clarion County boy, Jeff Wilson. Harvey Bitter from Twin Valley received a “gold” in the same contest by placing sixth. He was followed by Doug Thomas from BiglerviUe. In the agricultural salesmanship contest, Mark Mummert from Dover outsold his 35 competitors to place first. Jean Walter from Columbia County placed second, followed by Ronald Schiller of Philadelphia. Next was Becky Walmer from Cedar Crest. Brian Dise of the Western Montgomery County Vo- Tech School was the' best nursery landscaping com petitor, placing at the top in a field of 46 which was strongly dominated by vo tech schools.. Lebanon County AVTS’s Kathy Defoe placed second, followed by Suzan Suits of Montgomery County. - (CbnSriuetPfromTage'TT expected to drop by this weekend and millers in this area express overall satisfaction with what they’re getting so far. The quality of the barley is good and the average weight per bushel is around 47 pounds, reported one handler. Lancaster County barley growers ordered combines into some of their fields early this week, and it’s estimated that a fifth of the crop may be off by the weekend. Rain interrupted the schedule, of course, bringing back memories of the rain delayed wheat harvest of 1975. Ron Hershey Training completed CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa - Ron Hershey of Gap, field manager with Vigortone Products Company, recently received a diploma from the Vigortone Sales Management Institute held here. He completed an intensive one-week course of study involving livestock nutrition, product knowledge, territory management and sales techniques. He was presented his diploma by Vigortone’s president, Art Swarzentruber. Barley prices remained 'relatively unchanged frpm a week ago; 'witlPdealers' -quoting- paying r prices rangirig from $2.00 to $2.20. In ' other small grains, however, there have been some changes since last week, when prices were reaching for the.sky and feed companies 'were becoming just a bit concerned about buyer resistance. While barley yields have been described as being spotty, there’s no ex planation which would seem to cover all situations. One reason suggested by a Lancaster County ( grain handler is that some fields may have been hurt by cold weather. He noted- that he had heard of some fields in Berks County yielding only to the plow due to poor stands. Nevertheless, the same ATTENTION: Cattlemen For better herd health and a good calf crop Feed Bovotone 20-R Fortifying brood cow rations is just as important and every bit as complex as fortifying feed lot cattle rations. That's why Vigortone developed Bovotone 20-R. This proven pre-mix assists the cow-calf man in providing the proper levels of . nutrition so important'to achieving an excellent calf crop and good herd health. BovotoneJZO-R for poor quality roughages Bovotone 20-R has been specifically formulated to meet the needs of beef cat tie consuming poor' quality roughages such as weathered range .grasses, corn stalk fields or other harvested field af- - termath. Since these kinds of make up the bulk of the brOod cow's diet VKSORrONC 50 warehouses—over 4500 servicemen BM.MfIVCC 3 manufacturing plants “«■ niAEw LEON B. HERSHEY Box 166 Paradise. PA 717-442-4807 RON L HERSHEY RZGap.PA 717-442-8573 JASON E. MILLER R 4 Lancaster, PA 717-393-7244 WM.J. YODER Rl, Conestoga, PA 717-872-8047 H. MELVIN CHARLES R 1 Washington Boro, PA 717-684-5783 PETE CALDWELL RI Windsor. PA 717-246-1046 WAYNE STRADLING York. PA 717-741-1334 LYNN HARRIS Stillwater, PA 717-925-6576 RALPH E.BRUNGART Loganton, PA 717-725-2355 RALPH RITCHEY Hopewell. PA 814-928-4248 COVE dehydrating RDI Martmsburg, PA 814-793-2118 dealer remarked that “it is reasons as to j surprising how the barley prices showed such Lf l . beaded Ithe increase-in recent!?' straw is described as-being' (they’ve since then rt!? short most everywhere. - slightly) the~major . , cited are 1. weather „ The wheat harvest on the fo the Midwest (diS* Eastern Shore of Maryland export demands » I reportedly started this part -sharply, 3. strong T* 5 Wednesday. It’s expected to' f or protein, and I p get underway here by the - fish meal production end of this month. Grain prices are • J Although there are to remain strong f or probably a variety of four to six weeks ™ READ LANCASTER FARMING MARKET REPORTS during the winter season, it's more un portant than ever to fortify them properly. In additon to high levels of vitamins and minerals, Bovotone 20-R also con tains live cell j'cast culture. For >ear around feeding, you can't beat 20-R. Bovotone No. 70 During those periods of the year when grass tetany is a problem, feed Vigortone's Bovotone No. 70. This pre mix contains a high level of magnesium. Unlike other .products containing abun dant magnesium, Bovotone No. 70 is highly palatable and easier to feed. -See your Vigortone serviceman soon for' ail the detajls oh why more cow-call men are feeding Vigortone pre-mixes - especially now. I JOHN MICHENER Kelton, PA Day-215:869-9595 PHILIP A. HAYES Oxford RD2 215-932-8736 CHRISTIAN L.STOLTZFUS R 2 Box 409 Elverson, PA 215-286-5995 CHESTER SOLTYS, JR. Spring City, PA 215-948-3647 WILLIAM BISSINGER R 1 Zionsville, PA 215-679-2380 JAMES STUTZMAN SONS R 3 Kutztown, PA - 215-683-7198 ELWIN REAM Hughesville, PA 717-584-4085 FARNSWORTH FARM SUPPLY Hughesville, PA 717-584-2106 'X Til— HARMONY -J ]) ’QJN THE FEED LOr_j // » « n »~)/a FOR FULL SHERWOOD A. WITHER Box 138 Berrysburg. PA 717-362-8823 PAULL.KREIDER R 2 Palmyra, PA 717-964-3791 WILMERJ. WEAVER Rl Fredericksburg, PA 717-865-6710 MARLIN GEESAMAN R 2 New Port, PA 717-582-4598 RUSSELL FRY R 1 Newport, PA 717-567-3406 JOE RANALD McClellandtown, PA 412-438-0834 EDMOND H. SHIMP,« Woodstown. NJ 609-769-3481 LEON M. TICE R 2 Elmer, NJ 609-358-2622 WALTER L. PLATTS Bridgeton, NJ 609-451-1739 ROMAN YODER R 1 Grantsville, MO 301-895-5302 W. FRANKLIN MOORE, Rl, Centerville. Md \ 301-758-1625 i
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