C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1980
Franklin
Dairy
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Two Franklin County 4-H
dairy judging teams walked
away with the first two
places at the Penn State
Dairy Cattle Judging Con
test on April 12.
Over 250 contestants
competed in the contest, part
of the 55th Dairy Exposition,
an annual event at Penn
State. The contest open
to 4-H and FFA members,
along with students from the
university.
Twenty-seven teams
competed in the 4-H division.
The Franklin County A team
came through the com
petition with the highest
score. The team members
included Tun Donough,
Kelly Cordell, and Paul
Casbell, all from Cbam
bersburg.
Tim Donough was the high
over-all contestant in the 4-H
division.
Coming in second was the
Franklin B team, consisting
Farm alcohol course
offered by Maryland college
NORTH EAST, Md. - The
Community Services and
Continuing Education
Division of Cecil Community
College, announced Monday
that, in cooperation with the
Science Department at the
college, it will be offering a
concentrated four-day
course on Alcohol Fuel
Production for Fanners.
The course will be offered
in multiple sections, May 19
to 22, May 27 to 30, and June
3 to 6. There will be ad
ditional offerings in August,
November and December.
According to Dale Ziegler,
Director of Community
Services and Continuing
Education, each con
centrated course will be four
days in length. The first
three days will be held day
and evenings from 9 a.m. -10
p.m. Lunch and dinner will
be provided for the first
three days and lunch only on
the fourth day. Class will end
at 4:30 p.m. the final day.
William Charlton, Project
Director for the Alcohol
PARS SOIL SERVICE
HAS A NEW SOLUTION
TO AN OLD PROBLEM.
(LIQUID CALCIUM SOLUTION)
For Correction of Calcium
Deficiency in Crops^.
BULK DELIVERY AVAILABLE
ON YOUR FARM
A
For Information Cali.
PARS SOIL SERVICE
Box 488, RDI BiJ3
Elizabethtown, PA
717-367-2667 or 717-872-7342 IK 5 '
EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT AVAILABLE
hrata
rst in reasons
Co. sweeps
Contest
of Arlan Crider, Rodney
Crider, Roger Crider, from
Chambersburg, and Nancy
Broke, Mercersburg.
The Franklin 4-H teams
were led to victory by Coach
James Burdette.
The third place team in the
dairy judging competition
travelled to University Park
from Crawford County.
Team members were
Melanie Alsdorf, Spar
tansburg; Joe Holler, An
nabell Crom, and Pamela
Crom, from Jamestown.
Keith Stoltzfus, R 1
Morgantown, Chester
County, was recognized as
the contestant who delivered
the best oral reasons for his
placings in the competition.
Twenty-five teams and 108
contestants competed in the
FFA division.
The first place FFA team
was the Mansfield B team,
made up of Jennifer Rob
bins, Mainesburg; Glenda
Brewer, Millerstown;
Fuels Project, said, “The
workshop will explore the
various aspects of alcohol
fuels from the farmer’s
point of view.”
The course content will
mclude: the decision to
produce fuel-grade ethanol,
plant design, energy factors,
process controls, marketing
the by-product, Federal and
State licensing
requirements, the chemistry
and microbiology of mash
preparation and fer
mentation, and the
chemistry involved in
distillation.
He added the participants
will also perform laboratory
exercises in mash
preparation and distillation
in producing fuel grade
alcohol.
The bulk of the teaching
will be performed by
Charlton, assistant professor
of chemistry, and Bradley
Walker, assistant professor
of biology at Cecil Com
munity Collete. In addition,
there will also be guest
stepname Kocher, Man
sfield; and Laurie Kasper,
Columbia Cross Roads.
Second place went to the A
team from West Perry.
Members of this team in
cluded George Rice, Blain;
Duane Richard and Danny
Albright of Landisburg; and
Marlen Burkholder,
Ickesburg.
The A team from Man
sfield, consisting of Lyle
Sherman and Steve Smith of
Mansfield, along with Todd
Tice and Keith Robbins of
Mainesburg, took home the
third place honors.
Capturing first place in the
FFA reasons competition
were team members from
the Ephrata A team. Marvin
Weiler, Stevens; Joanna
Gehman and Jewel Gehman,
Ephrata; and Diane
Weaver, Akron, with the
help of coach Lewis Ayers,
brought home honors for
their Lancaster County
school.
speakers from the Alcohol
Tax and Tobacco Depart
ment and others.
Cecil Community College
is one of approximately 40
training centers to receive a
’ Federal grant from the
Department of Energy,
Office of Consumer Affairs,
through funds provided by
the Office of Small Scale
Technology, for providing
alcohol production training.
It serves the Maryland
region. The college is located
in North East, Maryland,
near the Pennsylvania and
Delaware borders.
Tuition for the course is
$250. The registration for
each section will be limited
to 20 participants.
For additional in
formation, contact Bill
Charlton or Dale Ziegler at
301/287-6060, 658-4836, or 398-
8818. Registrations now are
being accepted.
The Little Dutchmen of
Annville-Cleona took second
place in reasons. The team
members included Alan
Hostetter, Edwin Hostetter,
and Brian Tshedy of Ann
ville, along with Daryi
Balmer, Lebanon. Coaching
the team was Lowell Morton.
Team members of Manor
FFA came in third place in
reasons at the contest. Jeff
Burkholder, Washington
Boro; Robert Musser,
Donerville; Kim Miller,
Millersville, and Karen
UNDERGROUND LIQUID MANURE SYSTEMS
* Eliminate manure stacks for cleaner and neater appearance
* Eliminates breeding places for flies and insects
* Eliminates odor with underground manure storage
MAR'ALLENconcrete PRODUCTS INC.
RDI, EPHRATA, PA 17522 PHONE; 717-733-9404
Lorry, Willow Street, made
up' this Lancaster County
team coached by Steven
Smith.
High individual in the FFA
dairy judging competitioa
and second in oral reasons
was Alan Hostetter, Ann
ville. Steve Kauffman,
Elizabethtown, was high
individual in oral reasons.
In the professional
collegiate division, Lloyd
Pease of Susquehanna was
first over-all and in oral
reasons, Lori Sollenberger of
Above ground systems also available
Everett was second and
thinttn reasons. Third pla Ce
over-all and second lr '
reasons was Paul Knight o)
Airville.
George Hartzell of sim.
pery Roclcwas the first place
winner in the amateur
collegiate division. Second
and third places were won by
Robert McCarthy, Aaron
sburg, and Tom Telliho
Saegertown, respectively. ’
The contest was sponsored
by the Penn State Dairy
Science Club.
ASCS APPROVED
i