Charles wins Lampeter hog show for second time By KENDACEBORRY LAMPETER - For the second year in a row, Shawn Charles, Lancaster R 2, won the grand championship in the Lampeter Fair market hog show. And this year he went one better. He also showed the reserve grand champion hog. The grand champion pig had been named champion in the light heavyweight class. His champion light NOW, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 1978 the time to get ready for spring planting and a harvest of healthier, improved yields of 1979 crops! Apply AGRISPON as soon as crops are harvested this fall so AGRISPON can go to work all during the winter months. • Putting life back into the soil. • Fixing nitrogen. • Increasing availability of natural minerals in soil. • Improving the water holding capacity of soil. weight was the reserve grand champion. The grand champion bog weighed 220 pounds and was a purebred Duroc Barrow. The reserve champion was also a Duroc, weighing 197 pounds. Shawn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Charles and a freshman at Penn Manor involved in the FFA program. The mediumweight S BL?' H-’ „ B ■* TOTALLY SAFE champion hog was shown by Tim Hess, Lancaster R 2; and the champion heavyweight hog was exhibited by Charles Brown. Charles Brown also showed the reserve champion heavyweight hog. The reserve cham pionlightweight hog was shown by Tim Hess; the reserve champion mediumweight animal was exhibited by Richard PEPPER PLANTS, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1978 Root systems like these are no accident with AGRISPON - Result: Stronger, healthier plants, faster maturity, greater yields, better tasting peppers. The same results are reported for corn, beans, soybeans and can taloupes in North East United States for 1978. Haines, Columbia R 3. Karen Long, Willow Street Rl, showed the reserve cham pion light heavyweight. In the pair class, Fred Charles, the son of H. Melvin Charles, Washington Boro Rl, won the championship. This, his first championship, was won with crossbred hogs, being of Hampshire- Shawn Charles, Lancaster R 2, showed both the grand champion and the reserve grand champion hogs at the Lampeter Fair on Wednesday. The youth fiad won the grand championship in the hog show at the 1977 Lampeter Fair also. 148 S Baltimore St, Dillsburg, Pa. 17019 * Telephone (717) 432-7^51 ON er, nurseryman, home gardener knows imited by Plant Stress caused by: • Herbicides • Pesticides • Acid Forming Fertilizers • Inadequate Water-Holding Capacity • Anhyorous Ammonia • Incorrect Fertilization • Low Microbial Populations The answer is a balanced farming program built around AGRISPON: a) Start with soil test. b) Where possible replace deficient elements with Natural or Chelated minerals. c) Limit use of herbicides and Pesticides. d) Check calcium and phosphate levels. e) Apply AGRISPON twice yearly. Distributors and Dealerships are available in selected areas in the following states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Indiana, and Michigan. \ FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL OITWRITE j&j AGRI-PRODUCTS & SERVICES incaster Fanning, Saturday, September 30,1978—33 Yorkshire-Duroc Blood, and averaging 229 pounds. The 17 year old youth is senior at Penn Manor. Don Brubaker, 17, showed the reserve champion pair. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brubaker, Strasburg Rl, and showed Yorkshire- Landrace crossbreds averaging 208 pounds. LOW COST Named junior showman at the hog show was Jim Harnish, while senior showman was Nelson Breneman. Judge for the hog show was Mark Nestleroth, Manbeim R 5. (Turn to Page 39) TM