—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26,1977 90 Md. nat’l champ in 4-H horticulture judging COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For the second time since 1972, a Maryland team has won the national cham pionship in the 4-H division o£ judging competition sponsored by the National Junior -Horticultural Association. This year’s contest was held at Winston-Salem N.C., during 1 the forty-third annual NJHA meeting. Members of the national Now is the time for nuts in the shell DOVER, Del. - Tempting big bowls of mixed nuts are a holiday tradition in many homes. Although nuts can be purchased throughout the year, a wider variety becomes available just before Thanksgiving. In fact, many stores feature large burlap bags full of loose walnuts, almonds, pecans, cashews, filberts and other nuts, from which customers can make their own selections. Nuts make good between meal snacks during the holidays, or any time. Most common nuts contain 10 to 25' Poultry prod, up again' HARRISBURG - Penn sylvania poultry production for the week ending November 12 rose slightly for the second straight week. Placements of broiler chicks in the commonwealth were 1,816,000 according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. The placements were one per cent higher than the previous week and ten per cent above the correspon ding week in 1976. Average placements in the com monwealth during the past ten weeks were nine per cent above a year ago. SHARON "AO" BUILDINGS 40’ X 90’ X 10’ FOB Factory ‘6,899 26 ga. Enameled Sheeting MORE USABLE SPACE FOR LESS COST SHARON -Ac- fC/fUMNCS • Economically Designed f I •Soundly Engineered I I I • Quickly Erected I ■ jt • Quality Materials I ■ •''l •Straight Sidewalls w ■ * CALL COLLECT TO * JACK McMULLEN 717-761-1863 OR WRITE SHARON METAL BUILDINGS 1500 STATE ST.. CAMP HILL, PENNA. 17011 champion Maryland team were Mark Arrington, 19, of Mount Airy; Paul Kelly, 15, of Waldorf; Timothy W. Overstreet, 18, of Severn, and Joe lanuzzi, 16, of Ellicott City. Arrington placed fifth among all individuals competing in the national 4- H horticulture judging competition, and Kelly was fifth. The other two team members placed thirteenth per cent protein, with first soaked in warm water peanuts at the top of the list, several hours or overnight. Because of their high fat Spread the nutmeats out and content, nuts, are let them dry for a few hours and quickly ease hunger before storing, pangs. . Most nuts sold in the shell When buying nuts in the shell, choose those that are clean and free of splits, cracks, stains, holes, and mold. They will keep well in a nut bowl at room tem perature for one to two weeks. For prolonged storage, however, keep them in a cool, dry place, or in tightly closed containers in the freezer. Hard shells are easier to crack and nutmeats less likely to break if nuts are Broiler fryers slaughtered in Pennsylvania under Federal Inspection during the week ending November 2 totaled 1,784,000 with an average weight of 3.79 pounds. In the 21 key poultry states, placements during the week ending November 12" were 61,787,000, six per cent more than the previous week and three per cent more than the same week a year earlier. Average placements in the 21 states during the past ten weeks were six per cent above a year agd. and sixteenth, respectively. The quartet had been the top four individuals in state wide competition last summer at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium. Joyce Maryin, 18, of LaPlata placed fifth in the honors division of the NJHA contest. She had placed third last year in open class judging, and she was a member of the Maryland team which placed third in are not roasted, with the exception of peanuts and chestnuts. 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Phone; 717-626-4705 the 1974 national 4-H hor ticulture judging event. Joyce’s sister, Linda Marvin, 15, won a blue ribbon at this year’s NJHA meeting for her marketing demonstration on “Totem Polesf or Growing Plants. ’ ’ A - Charles county "*4-H group placed fourteenth among 21 teams competing in the open division of the NJHA judging contest. Timothy Overstreet of Severn, a member of the • isolation engine mounts URGE FACTORY AND DEALER DISCOUNTS November soth BINKLEY & HURST BROS. Versatility national champion 4-H horticulture judging team from Maryland, also cap tured honors in the illustrated talk competition at this year’s NJHA - meeting. He earned a red ribbon for his presentation on “Pesticides Are for Pegts." Two Maryland teen-age girls from the Upper Bay "..area won similar honors. Anne Coleman, 17, of Elkton earned a blue ribbon for her ICES! demonstration on “Floral Creations” in the artistic arrangement class. And Regina Smick, 17, of Jarrettsville earned a red ribbon for her production class- demonstration, which was titled “Space-Available Call Propagation.” Emily Hearn, 19, of Laurel placed eighteenth among 26 individuals competing in the open class horticulture judging competition at this year’s NJHA meeting. ( THE IDEAL MACHINE TO: •CLEAN YOUR CHICKEN HOUSE Lititz, Pa.
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