Rohrer tops tobacco show for second year /ANNESPAHR TIER - Donald M. 1428 Lime Valley Lancaster, should tarted showing long time ago. in his first at competition with of his crop, tut champion in the cco division of the ■ County corn and how, placing first .of six classes, rear lie equalled that showing the first (tries in the long long filler, and ler classes, and ne champion titles three divisions of pper, and binder, the grand cham- »f the vocational _.'e show was onald Dohner, 17, llizabethtown - Rl, a lember of the Ilizabethtojvn Future •armers of America. His How woidd you feel if you had harvested this test plot? What would you think if a brand you hadn*t planted much of beat out the varieties you were using on your big acres? How docs a farmer feel who runs one of our field shelling Inals'’ George Hall of Wilkin son, Indiana is a good example He had been a big Pioneer user when we suggested a Jacques held shelling trial Tor two vcars now, he has planted his Pioneer number l ; alongside all our Jacques varieties to gel an actual side by side cheek on the same ground with the same planted dales and weather conditions Here’s what George found out “Considering the weather we had this vear, the yields are better than I expected In mv regular fields, JXI77 was ra\ best corn running about 140 to 14' bushels per acre at 15.5°/o moisture It was drier weather than normal but the lams came at the right time for beans and corn Jacques ££ Seed plants at Hastings and Welcome, Minnesota; Lincoln. Illinois; Schaller, Iowa; Hastings, Nebraska; Cuba City and Prescott, Wisconsin. first place hand of wrappers topped the first ranked fillers shown by Kerry Boyd, Ephrata R 5, who exhibited the champion entry in the 4- H corn roundup, as well. Boyd’s corn win was his eighth consecutive cham pionship. Other winners in the Lancaster County com and tobacco, show were Harry Kreiser, Gap R 2, who en tered the champion of the vocational agriculture com contest, and Beverly Buckwalter, the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buckwalter, Lititz R 3, who topped the 4-H tobacco entries. Miss Buckwalter’s first place uniform hand of wrappers was judged of higher quality than the first place hand of 4- H fillers, also shown by this first year competitor. Rohrer, who exhibited Pennlan in the victory of the open show; grows 12 acres of George and Patsy Hall are feeling good about next year as they review their field trial results. Pennsylvania type tobacco but does not handle the popular Pennbel variety. After growing the relatively new variety Pennlan, for two years, Rohrer is “well pleased” with it, saying it handles nice, has nice color, and has fine texture. Fortunately for Rohrer, his crop managed to escape the shed bum which is so prevalent this year around the county. In his descrip tion, his crop was “very good,” and was sold to House of Windsor, a division of United States Tobacco Company, Yoe. Dohner’s grand champion vocational entry was Penn bel, and according to his father, Victor Dohner, came from a crop that was also “good, with hardly any shed bum.” The Dohner family raises 12 acres of tobacco in the Elizabethtown area, IVz acres of which are Donald’s FFA project. “In my test plot, JX2O2 lead with JXI74 second Yield was 161 bushels of 15 - s r o corn “This is my second year with Jacques corn and I’m extremely happv with it. J grew Pioneer be fore and the Jacques deal was experimental Looking at my plots and yields, I believe I’ll stick with Jacques ” How would you feel if, on your own farm, you saw a brand von weren’t planting beat out the varieties you’d been using on your big acres' That would really make you stop and think, wouldn’t it' Well, next best to having a field shelling plot on vour own land is looking at the one on vour neighbor’s land We’ve got 338 field shelling trials this vear so chances arc there are some plots tairlv near vou Write for our new Yield book oi see your lacqucs dealer In the com contests, Judge John Yocum, superintendent of the Penn State Southeast Research Laboratory at Landisville, described Boyd’s 4-H entry as “fairly uniform, with fair tip fill.” The entries also had sound cobs, and no mold. The FFA champion com shown by Harry Kreiser, was described as having very straight rows, excellent tip fill, and good uniformity. On the whole, Yocum commented that this year’s com contest showed signs of problem growing conditions. In some cases, there were molds, poor tip fill, and diseased cobs, which is in dicative of wet weather and poor pollinating conditions. Boyd, who in 1977 won the 4-H com contest, also, says that this year’s crop was just as good as the previous year’s. Although he topped 1977’s 4-H tobacco show, Boyd was 1977 - Field Shelling Yield Trial George B. Hail Wilkinson, Indiana n&ntpfi April 30 1977 m 3$ inch rows FerWUer: ISO- ISO-125 eetuat Weed Control 2 lbs Aalrek end ih quarts Lssso prs- emerge Harvested Octobsr 10 1977 with 9 John Deere com bine Pltntt % Ot«M Bu Acr« *rw»* V*rt#ty I*«t Acr* Bu >*Cf tMtiut* At >5.*% E** /lOt it 2*o 37 $0 19 300 JXl*2 I*o*o JXP4 I*oso JXI77 132*0 JXII33A I*slo JXIS3 21370 J*c BUM J*c*u*« J*c*u«t J»c*u«* JBctuts J*c*u*« J«C*MS Ptoiw 12 450 I*o*o t* 020 1*260 JXttO JXl*7 JX1153 3535 JXIM JXI9O JX I*4 JX2O2 JX2Z7 JX233 31S9A I***o 1««*0 l*«*0 20 340 1* 920 15*60 20 750 J*c*u*a Jacftm J*c*u»* Jacqutß J*c*u«* J*c*u*« rFßEE^obl<"afati»^SSJ I Please rush me your I 1977 Field Shelling Inals book a^HnWi I lam interested in a dealership • Address Route kil \S J a 1 mJ State Zip __ Q jr'gj Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 7,1971—15 pleased with this year’s vocational agriculture first place filler ranking because he’d never placed in the FFA tobacco competition during his three years of showing. According to Jay Irwin, Lancaster County Extension agent, this year’s com en tries were light compared to last year. The vocational agriculture tobacco show, however, was the same size as last year, as was the open show. Tobacco judges Mark Hess, marketing specialist for Agway, and Lester Whitmore, assistant manager of American Cigar Company, a division of American Brands, were both pleased with the open show entries. “The quality of these exhibits was very good,” remarked Hess, adding that the prize winning entries were of outstanding quality. “The wrapper classes were 14*3 I*2 1 157 0 1419 1332 I*l 5 15*3 1M * 162* 135 1 15*3 171 1 I*os I*4 i 150 4 170* as good as we’ve ever seen” he added. According to Hess, however, there was evidence of shed injury. Complementing Hess’s remarks, Whitmore added thql he thought the crop compared favorably with the previous years and that the five runners-up were also of excellent quality. County show entries are automatically entered in the State Farm Show for further judging on Sunday by John Yocum. Farm Show judging includes a burn test. Complete results follow: TOBACCO SHOW Wrappers Long Wrappers • 1. Donald Rohrer, 1428 Lime Valley Road (grand champion wrapper); 2. Raymond S. Brubaker, 206 Rohrerstown Road; 3. John M. Hess, Manheim R 4; 4. John H. Hess, Jr., Manheim R 4; 5. Ray A. Brubaker, 260 Rohrerstown Road. Short Wrappers - 1. Raymond Brubaker; 2. Jenny Lynne Shultz, Mount Joy Rl; 3. Jay Neff, Millersville Rl; 4. Donald Rohrer; 5. Samuel Barnes, Manheim R 4. Fillers Long Fillers - 1. Donald Rohrer (grand champion filler); 2. Raymond S. Brubaker; 3. Elmer L. Boyd, Ephrata R 5; 4. Ray A. Brubaker; 5. Fred Hess, Washington Boro Rl. Short Fillers - 1. Ray A. Brubaker; 2. Donald Rohrer; 3. Jay Neff; 4. Raymond S. Brubaker; 5. Kerry Boyd, Ephrata R 5. Binders Long Binders - 1. Donald Rohrer (grand champion binder); 2. Terri Rohrer, 1428 Lime Valley Road; 3. Jay Neff; 4. Gary R. Neff, MUlersville Rl; 5. Jere Neff, Millersvilleßl. Short Binders - 1. Terri Rohrer; 2. Jay Neff; 3. Jere Neff; 4. Donald Rohrer; 5. Elmer L. Boyd. FFA CLASSES Wrappers - 1. Donald Dohner, Elizabethtown Rl (grand champion); 2. Jere Neff; 3. Jay Neff; 4. Raymond Hess, Strasburg; 5. Kerry Boyd. Fillers -1. Kerry Boyd; 2. Jim Harnish, Lancaster R 6; 3. Jere Neff; 4. Dave Wiker, 2628 Chapel Road; 5. Jay Neff. 4-H CLUB CLASSES Jbppers - 1. Beverly Buckwalter, Lititz R 3 (grand champion); 2. Kerry Boyd; 3. Freda Swarr, Manbeim R 2; 4. Jeff Breneman, Millersvilleßl. Fillers - 1. Beverly Buckwalter; 2. Jeff Breneman; 3. Kerry Boyd; 4.FredaSwarr. CORNSHOW FFA 1. Harry Kreiser, Gap R 2; 2. Kerry Boyd, Epjjrata R 5; 3. Steve Shertzer, Miller sville Rl; 4. Stuart Martin, Willow Street Rl; 5. Wayne Hess, Conestoga Rl. 4-HCLUB 1. Kerry Boyd; 2. Phillip Aliment, Quarryville Rl; 3. Scott Brinton, Peach Bottom
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