C3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13,198 C
BY SHEILA MILLER
YORK The grand
champion heifer exhibited at
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Randall Becker, R 2 Dover, exhibited the grand champion heifer at Sunday's
Pennsylvania Junior Polled Hereford Association Summer Show. Becker is the
Association’s president. Making the trophy presentation is Lancaster County
Representative Noah Wenger.
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“We’ve experienced much
variability from year to year
with many of these
varieties.” reports Webb.
“Volbar consistently per
forms well (52.2 bushels an
acre at Georgetown this year
and 65.0 bushels at Sand
town), but it is heavily
awned and somewhat un
desirable from that stand
point.”
Many farmers don’t like to
handle bearded barleys
because of the difficulty in
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Becker shows grand heifer
the Pennsylvania Junior
Polled Hereford
Association’s 3rd Annual
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harvesting and handling
seed. If this isn’t done
properly, they can be
severely docked at the gram
station.
Boone is another bearded
variety that performed well
in terms of yield and disease
resistance
Basic yield data and
disease ratings for in
dividual vaneties grown
during the 1980 trails are
currently available in an
extension fact sheet, “1980
Small Gram Variety
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Summer Show was shown by
the Association’s president
Randall Becker, from
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Studies.”
A more detailed report is
also being prepared. Called
the “1980 Wheat and Barley
Review,” it should soon be
released. This second
publication will include not
only a detailed account of the
variety trails but also
descriptions of fertility, row
spacing and no-tillage
studies being conducted on
wheat and barley in
Delaware.
To obtain either of these
publications, call your
county extension office in
Newark 302/738-2506, Dover
302/736-4675, or Georgetown
302/856-5250.
or
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at Polled Hereford Jr. Show
Dover, York County.
Becker’s entry, Lady
Vescovi L 915 sired by BT
Nick 55H out of HPH Miss
Mermit 16, was tagged by
Judge Dave Brower, from
Warrenton, Virginia, as the
Senior Champion before
giving her the Grand
Championship. Brower
commented there was httie
he could fault the heifer on,
adding she was modem with
a lot of red meat and
correctness.
The Reserve Grand
Champion heifer was last
week’s reserve grand at
neighboring Adams County’s
South Mountain Fair
Michael Cummings,
Westminster, Maryland,,
once agam lead lus entry GS-
Beef Buildher to the Junior
Championship before being
selected to follow the Grand
Champion in placing.
The Reserve Senior
Champion was exhibited by
Laura Tessier, Laytonsville,
Maryland. Her entry, WHF
Clementine 10L was sired by
BT Advancer 147 G, out of
HHF Victoria.
Carlyle Stull, Sandy
Spring, Maryland, exhibited
the Reserve Junior
Champion. His April, 1979
heifer, SBF Ryl Canadian 4
10 was sired by Morlunda
Majestic C 428 out of ABC
Miss Anxiety 027.
The champions in the calf
classes were exhibited by
Pennsylvania members.
Gail Snyder, New Tripoli,
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showed her September, 1979
calf MR KL Herdmatrn L 413
to a blue ribbon in her class
and then on for the cham
pionship.
Judge Brower went with
the second place heifer in the
same class for Reserve
Champion Calf. MC Victress
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Hausner, Dover.
In the steer competition,
the grand and reserve grand
honors travelled out of state.
Sherry Wolfe, Smithsburg,
Maryland, led her J&nuary
steer sired by KPHR Super
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