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