Wylie has champ at Chester Co. 4-H beef show up for F_ a IJ b e^ cor^Sn 8 W™e sonTS Nottingham took the grand SeTtalcrosibred^ofwSt Walker champion steer title of the Virginia ; IKer s tiiarolais/ 11th annual Chester County- This year’s resprvp AnB u s H . e r6f 0 r d Summer 4-H beef show held champ.on steer belon B ed to "Zds'3 was %IhS d - Bill Wylie poses with his grand champion Simmental crossbred at the 11th annual Chester County Summer 4-H beef show. In the reserve champion slot of the steer division at the Chester County 4-H Summer beef show was an animal showed by Jeff Walker. Jeff’s champ was a Charolais/Angus/Hereford crossbred. at Octorara Farm’s club calf sale. Walker was also named junin r chamomn showman at the Summer show. In Angus heifer com petition, Gary Walker took the championship position with Shannon Mertz coming in with the reserve cham pion Robbie Rohrer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rohrer, Nottingham, placed first in first year showmanship competition and Ed Wylie, Nottingham, took top honors in the senior dividsion. A complete list of wmners follows: Lightweight 1. Jim Anderson, 2. Richard Coleman, 3. Sheila Fairbaim, 4. Brian Hutt, 5. Shannon Mertz, 6. Trudi Marsh, 7. Terri Marsh, and 8 Tammi Marsh. Mediumweight 1. Joan Anderson, 2. Donald Stoltzfus, 3. Gordon Smith, 4. Lynda Coleman, 5. Eileen Fairbaim, 6. Gmny Coleman, and 7 David Ashman. Light heavyweight 1. David Wylie, 2. Ed Wylie, 3. Robbie Rohrer, 4. Gary Walker, 5. Kenny Walker. Heavyweight 1. Bill Wylie, 2. Jeff Walker, 3. Nelson Beam. First year showmanship 1. Robbie Rohrer, 2. Shannon Mertz, 3. Trudi Marsh. Junior Showmanship 1 Jeff Walker, 2. Bill Wylie, 3, Sheila Fairbaim. 4. Solar Heating may fit into your home... Call us to find out and to see it in operation. SOLAR HEATING SERVICES 505 E. WOODS DRIVE LITITZ, PA. 17543 PHONE: 717-626-9541 -717-733-8806 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22,1978 Jim Anderson, 5. Joan Judge for the event was Anderson. Donny Nichols, herdsman, Senior Showmanship Penn State University. lEd Wylie, 2. Dave Wylie, Ringmaster was Conrad 3. Gary Walker, 4. Nelson Grove, Devereux Soleil Beam, 5. Richard Coleman. Farm. Juniper midge causing damage HARRISBURG - State Agriculture Secretary Kent Shelhamer says that the jumper nudge, a small mosquito-bke insect, could pose a real problem for nurserymen, nursery dealers and homeowners in the commonwealth. According to Shelhamer, the jumper midge causes damage to plants in the form of browning out and killing numerous small branches. He noted that in some cases, growers have confused the midge with a fungal in fection which also kills branch tips, treating damaged plants with fungicides instead of in secticides. Shelhamer suggested nurserymen and dealers should spray with dimethoate (cygon 2E) in accordance with label directions in early to mid- July, and should repeat applications about three weeks later. Ihe juniper midge lays its eggs on jumper branches during June. When the eggs hatch, the tiny larvae bore into the branch tips. These larvae feed in the branches during the summer and create a mine or tunnel which can girdle the twigs. The larvae, or maggots, are dormant in Winter, but remain in the juniper twigs. With the onset of Spring weather, the maggots complete their development and drop out of the twigs and burrow into the soil where they transform into adult flies to renew the cycle. Branch tips, Shelhamer said, do not turn brown until after the maggots have abandoned the twigs, and the brown tips seen in June and July are the result of in festations from the previous year. Branch tips of one to four inches turn brown and often break off at the point where they were girdled. But usually by Fall, the dead tips have broken off and new growth gives the plants a healthy appearance. Andora juniper, a low growing plant, is the preferred host of the juniper midge, but all prostrate varieties and some upright varieties of the juniper are also susceptible. - •* * - .i** •'“'- 55
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