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
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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.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22,1978
Jim Anderson, 5. Joan Judge for the event was
Anderson. Donny Nichols, herdsman,
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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.
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