A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 10,1981 How do yoti dominate a tobacco show? BY DICK ANGLESTEIN LANCASTER - How do you dominate a countywide tobacco show m a county that grows the most tobacco throughout the state 9 If this year’s Lancaster County Tobacco Show, recognized as the preliminaries for the State Farm Show, is any in dication, there are at least three factors that can lead to almost total domination: First, you follow growing practices, some of which admittedly involve extra production costs, which will give you good-looking, quality tobacco Next, you keep the shov. competition in mind con stantly as you strip the tobacco and know what the judges will be looking for And finally, it helps to submit multiple entries in every class under the names of various family members to further increase the odds Perhaps, some or all of these factors played a part on Tuesday when the Lan caster Tobacco Show was held in the Farm and Home Center After the judges, Ken Mann, of A K Mann Tobacco, and Jay Frey, of Lancaster Leaf, made their final selections, the results showed that three Rohrer families, who farm within a couple of miles of each other in the Strasburg area, almost completely dominated the show The families of Roger, Eugene and Donald Rohrer captured 26 of the 30 top eg. $25.39 SALE 10 ami J 35.7i 50 ami 44.89 100 ami 83.79 200 amp 111.99 CT EXCELLO^ «mni Guarantee: All twine manufactured by Sisalana S A is guaranteed to work satisfactorily »n any properly ad/usted baler or binder If by chance a ball should be found defective you may return it to your dealer and receive another bail m exchange placings in the open com petition The highest placing by any other entrant in the com petition were a couple of seconds Out of the total of 177 * * v*** Judges Jay Frey, left, and Ken Mann look over entries at Lancaster County Tobacco Show. PA. FARM SHOW & STORE SPECIALS See These Specials On Display At Our Booth No. 381 'Uhauen " 6 AMP BATTERY CHARGER $ 2l" ’2B” 6 Volt/12 Volt Solid State Automatic cir< ’39” ’73” *94” breaker hands entered in the six classes of the open com petition, the three families had some 38 entries, or better than 21 percent of the total In some individual classes, they had up to 30 v j. -V * f ■% v ’ v L.B. WHITE cfEffiV heaters $ 295” • 60,000 BTU • Portable • Gas hose included • Thermostat BB «S BALER TWINE The World’s Finest Twine $0 150 50 175 I A Bale M* I A Bale For 50 or more bales For 10-50 Bales • 2 Rolls Per Bales Pay by Jan 31,1981 EXCELLO BALER TWINE Feet Per Bale 10,000 or 9,000 Feet Per Pound 231 Average Tensile Strength 350 Gross Weight Per Bale 40 lbs. ' s '■V is r percent of the entries The championships in all three categories of com petition - binder, wrapper and filler - were swept by Roger M Rohrer and his (Turn to Page A 35) ** ■ - "V, - v HOG PANELS ttti i i 1 ri i nr „ . Height Length - r £teß^-r+r r -H ' 34” 16’ *17.99 --W^BBF-r- r ! ; [j Reg $19.49 -]- |" j [--[ : * Also d For a,f Hutches WE UPS ANYWHERE - JUST CALL 717-464-3321 SALE PRICES GOOD THROUGH JANUARY 17 DIRECTION! FARM & HOI 30 W N IANCI wraow swirl 1 MIIC SOUTH OF WILIOW STRICT HCRC / •" 1 MILE SOUTH Ol Store Hours Mon Thurs 7 30 A M 600 PM Fn 7 30-9 00 TO EM HEKft «SUPPLY / >Ol HCMVIUCROAD ★ EM Hit* FARM & HOME SUPPLY OUAtRTVIUK »F WILLOW STREET Sat 7 30 A M 500 PM FARM A HOME SUPPLY R.D. 1, Rte. 272 South, Heinriile Rd. Willow Street, Pa. Ph0ne:(717)464-5321
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