14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25,1978
ELCO Young Farmers
honor top producers
MYERSTOWN - The
Eastern Lebanon County
Young Adult Farmers
named their outstanding
producers at their fourth
annual banquet held
November 20 at the ELCO
High School, Myerstown R 2.
In the mature milk cow
contest, sponsored by Roger
Heller of Agri-King, first
place went to Willow Maple
Farm, Donald and Harold
Bollinger, Myerstown R 4.
Second place went to Paul,
Max and Glenn Sonnen,
Richland Rl., and third
place was won by Marlen
Getz of Myerstown R 4.
Marlen Getz took top
honors in the two year old
milk contest. His entry
produced 21,396 pounds of
milk. Second place with
Ag merit certificates awarded
Two University of Maryland administrators flank quartet of persons receiving
Honorary Certificate of Merit Award in Agriculture at this year’s thirteenth an
nual Maryland Agricultural Forum, held recently on the College Park campus.
Shown are (left to right): Dr. Paul R. Poffenberger, associate dean of the College
of Agriculture; Roy V. Beauchamp, Salisbury; Mrs. Catherine H. Dudrow,
Easton; Donald E. Morrison, Dayton; Otwell O. Stivers, Denton; and Dr. Francis
C. Stark, provost for the Division of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the Univer
sity of Maryland in College Park.
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20,745 pounds went to Willow
Maple Farm. Third place
went to Kirby L. Horst of
Newmanstown Rl with
19,303 pounds. This division
was sponsored by James
Batz of Batz Feed and
Supply.
With 1185 pounds, Maple
Willow Farms took first
place in the mature cow fat
contest. Raymond Getz,
Myerstown R 4, had the
second place entry with 841
pounds, while Marlen Getz
won third with 836 pounds.
This Contest was sponsored
byAgway.
In the two year old fat
contest, Marlen Getz won
first place with 803 pounds,
Willow Maple Farms placed
second with 754 pounds.
Kirby L. Horst place third
with 708 pounds. Clarence
Krieder of Umbergers Mill
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contest.
The com yield contest,
based on bushels per acre
was won by Fred Bohn,
Myerstown Rl, with a total
of 187.32 bushels per acre.
Herman Sauter, Myerstown
R 4, came in second with
182.95 bushels per acre.
John R. Moyer of
Newmantown R 2, placed
third with a grand total of
182.65 bushels per acre.
The com vield contest was
sponsored by Joseph and
Richard Kreider of Pioneer
Seed Com.
J.A. Swope Silo equipment
donated awards to. the
winners of the com silage
contest which was based on
total tons of total digestable
nutrients (TDN; per acre
with the testing done at the
Pictured left to right are the outstanding producers of ELCO Young-Adult
Farmers. They are Donald Bollinger of Willow Maple Farm; Fredrick J. Bohn;
Gerald Strickler, (Young Farmer Advisor); John R. Moyer; and Marien Getz.
Pennsylvania 1 State
University.
Willow Maple Farm
took top honors in this
catagory with 23.57 tons.
Herman Santer placed
second with 21.12 tons and
Paul and Donald Bollinger
Myerstown R 2 came in third
with 20.12 tons.
The hay quality contest
was sponsored by the -Carl
Wenger of Wengers Farm
Machinery. The hay sam
ples were tested for energy
at the Pennsylvania State
University Forage Testing
Station. ,
Winning the event was
John R. Moyer. His hay
samples tested at 58.4 per
cent energy. Donald
Landis of Myerstown R 2,
came in second with his hay
samples testing at 52 per
cent energy. Raymond
Weaver of Newmanstown
Rl, placed third. His hay
contained 49 per cent
energy.
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