*.36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,1980 Bucks County again dominates vegetable show HARRISBURG - Bucks County vegetable growers dominated the 1980 Vegetable Show at the state Farm Show. Solly Brothers of Ivyland, Bucks County, took the first place prize in the Best Farmers Display. The Digurolarao family provided stiff competition, placing second. Lancaster County was represented by Amos Funk and co-workers at his Millersville operation. Funk placed first in all the celery class competitions. A complete list of vegetable award results follows: Best Farmers Display 1 Solly Brothers Almshouse Rd Ivyland 2 Joseph Digirolamo, Hulmevilte Rd Bensalem 3 Harry Shafer Tern of U.S. farms comply with 24% gram program WASHINGTON, D.C. - Twenty-four percent of U.S. farms with “normal crop acreage” complied with the 1979 feed gram and wheat programs, according to a report issued last Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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LICHTENWALNER & son R D 2, Macungie, Pa 7-74. 2 h none 215/965-5214 perance Lane ivyland 4 Eugene Digirolamo Hulmevilleßd Bensalem Best Growers Collection 3 Joseph Digirolamo 2 Dommck Pellegrino Hansel Dr Bensalem 3 Solly Brothers 4 Udmo Checchia Wood bourneßd Langhorne County Exhibits 1 Sucks County 2 Montgomery County Beets (Globe) 1 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 2 Euguene Digirolamo Jr 3 Joseph Digirolamo 4 Eugene Digirolamo Cabbage (Danish} 1 Matt Haist Hatboro Rd Ivyland 2 Mildred Shafer Temperance Ln Ivyland 3 Hary Shafer 4 Rich Beatty Tern perance Ln Ivyland Cabbage (Flat) 1 Betty Beatty 2 Mildred Shafer 3 Harry Shafer 4 Matt Haist Cabbage (Red) 1 Joseph Digirolamo 2 Eugene Digirolamo 3 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 4 Eugene Digirolamo Jr Carrots (HaNtong) 1 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 2 Eugene Digirolamo 3 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 4 Joseph Digirolamo Carrots (Long) 1 Richard Solly Almshouse Rd Ivyland 2 Kenneth Solly Almshouse Rd Ivyland 3 Robert Solly Almshouse Rd Ivyland 4 Momll Solly Almshoulse Rd Ivyland Cerehsc 1 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 2 Joseph Participating farmers certified they set-aside, diverted or hayed and grazed 12.8 million acres. Feed gram acreage in cludes: com, 1.7 million set aside and 1.1 million diverted; sorghum, 0.8 million set-aside and 0.3 million diverted; barley, 0.7 million set-aside. Wheat acreage certified mcludes 7.2 million set-aside and 0.9 million under the special haying and grazing program. About 21 percent (16.8 million acres) of the 1979 corn planted acreage is in compliance with the 1979 program. Sorghum com pliance was about 55 percent or 8.4 million acres and barley compliance was 41 percent or 3.3 million acres. Wheat acreage com pliance was about 57 percent with 36.1 million acres of the 1979 wheat plantings in the program Digirolamo 3 Euguene Digirolamo 4 Eugene Digirolamo Jr Celery (Yellow) 1 Amos H Funk R 1 Millersville 2 Esta Funk R 1 Millersville 3 Rudy Grob R 1 Millersville 4 Fred Funk R 1 Millersville, Celery (Easy Blanch) 1 Fred Funk 2 Rudy Grob 3 Amos H Funk Celery (Foodhoor) 1 Amos H Funk 2 Rudy Grob 3 Fred Funk 4 Esta Funk Celery (Pascal) 1 Amos H Funk 2 Euguene Digirolamo 3 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 4 Joseph Digirolamo Celery (Penncnsp) 1 Amos H Funk 2 Hodecker Celery Farm Mam St E Petersburg 3 Mary Blevins Rohrstown Rd Lancaste- Col lards 1 Eugene Digirolamo 2 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 3 Jo»eph Digirolamo Jr 4 Joseph Digirolamo Endrve (Curled) 1 Udmo Checchia 2 John T Sahara Durham Rd Penndel 3 Dommck Pellegrino 4 Eugene Digirolamo Escarofe 1 Eugene Digirolamo 2 John T Basara 3 Udino Checchia 4 Dommck Peltegnmo Kale 1 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 2 Joseph Digirolamo 3 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 4 Eugene Digirolamo Leeks (Under 6 inches) 1 Euguene Digirolamo 2 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 3 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 4 Joseph Digirolamo Leeks (Over 6 inches) 1 Joseph Digirolamo 2 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 3 Eugene Digirolamo 4 Joseph Digirolamo Jr Pamstps (AH'America) 1 Paul Garr Jr Worthington Rd Phila 2 John Garr Worthington Rd Phila 3 Tomas Garr Worthington Rd Phila 4 Paul Garr Worthington Rd Phila Winter Radish (White) 1 D B Brubaker R 1 Ephrata 2 A 6 Brubaker R 1 Ephrata 3 Mervm Keagy R 1 Washington Boro 4 Darnel A Brubaker R 1 Ephrata Winter Rrtsh (Black) 1 Joseph Digirolamo 2 Joseph Digirolamo Jr Eugene Digirolamo Jr 4 Eugene Digirolamo Rutabagas 1 Eugene Digirolamo Jr 2 Eugene Digirolamo 3 Joseph Digirolamo 4 Joseph Digirolamo Jr Spinach (Savoy) I Joseph Digirolamo 2 Joseph Digirolamo Jr 3 Eugene Digirolamo 4 Eugene Digirolamo Jr Turnips 1 Morrill Solly 2 Robert Solly 3 Richard Solly 4 Kenneth Solly Brussel Sprouts I Fred Funk 2 David Brenneman Lancaster 3 AmosH Funk Solly Brothers of Ivyland, Bucks County, took top honors for this Best Farmers Display. Joseph Digirolamo, also of Bucks County, placed second. 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