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Tobacco show (Continued from Page A 34) wife, Kandy, of 508 Georgetown Rd. Roger had the champion wrapper, while Kandy had the champion filler and binder entries Another of the Rohrer entrants, Eugene, Rl, Strasburg, gave some in sight into how he goes about getting ready for the show. • As we strip the tobacco crop, we re constantly picking out leaves that look good and set them aside,” he explained This year, Eugene had some 17 acres of tobacco out. HIGH TENSILE The Fences of the Future • USS MAX-TEN 200 Wire with a breaking strength of 1800 lbs Expected life of 35 to 50 + years. • KIWI Fence Accessories to make installing easy • KOPPERS Treated Posts to maintain a 40 year + expected life in the fence IF INTERESTED, WRITE NOW, OR SEE US AT THE FARM SHOW Prices will increase after the Farm Show My Prices Are Hard To Beat! KENCOVE FARMS Rdl, Box 111, Blairsville, PA 15717 Pfv 412-459-8991 I also have the US Steel “How To Book" - $5.00 + tax and shipping $1.50 f r- DAN KOLB, Spring City, Pa. This is my third year with the Harvestall system, and I’ve found it to be ideal for my setup. I’ve harvested corn at 30% with no problem. The thing I really like about the Harvestall is that I don’t have to babysit a dryer. I can fill it and forget it. Plus there are really no major moving parts to wear out or break down. “I can cure down 26%-30% corn for around 6C to 8C a bushel. 24%-25% would run considerably less. “The way the Harvestall works is simple and effective. As for those who are skeptical, it’s like the bumble bee: according to scientists he’s not supposed to be able to fly. But he’s too dumb to know it, so he flies anyway. So regardless of what anyone says, the Harvestall system works. It works for me and I’m happy with it. I do recommend the Harvestall for its economy and for its considerable savings on energy.” Then, a couple of hundred leaves or so that are initially selected are gone through and weeded out until the best hands are picked in the various classes of com petition Eugene also explained some of the management practices he follows in growing his crop 'One of the things that we tried to do this year because of the hot, dry weather was to keep on top of the in sects,” he said We sprayed three tmies for insects If you don’t keep ahead of them, insects can Ch really take the life out of tobacco.” The Eugene Rohrer spraying program included a pre-spray, another at mid season and finally a topping application Rohrer estimated his crop at two pounds to the lathe or a yield of a ton to the acre All in all, the tobacco crop, as represented in the show, showed a better quality than in recent previous years Shed burn, which had plagued county tobacco for the past five years, was non existent this year due to the dry curing weather Entries from different parts of the county also showed the variances in rainfall received during the growing season As the judges moved among the various hands, they looked for evenness of color of the leaves, smooth and soft texture and fine graining More than once, com ments such as, "this tobacco will really drink,” were heard This comment referred to the moisture absorption quality of the particular tobacco, one of the chief characteristics now sought for chewing tobacco Premium money for the show was donated by the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade Top placings in the open competition include Long Wrappers Roger M Rohrer, 508 Georgetown Rd, 1 and champion, Kerry E Boyd, R 5 Ephrata, 2, Kandy J Rohrer, 508 Georgetown Rd., 3, Eugene M Rohrer,, R 1 Strasburg, 4, Bob Keeney,, R 4 Manheim, 5 it g , .works. I net big energy savings and I don’t have to babysit dryer.” LANCASTER - FFA and 4-H winners were named in tobacco and corn judging at the Farm and Home Center on Tuesday The grand championship and first place in the FFA wrapper competition went to Nelson Dohner, R 1 Elizabethtown The reserve championship and first place in the filler competition was taken by Scott Shertzer, RI Miller svilie The top spot in the FFA corn judging was won by Barry L Geib, R 4, Manheim In the limited 4-H com- Gail, Dawn, Lois and Tern Rohrer, all 1428 Lime Valley Road, 1,2, 3 and 4, Mike Rohrer, Rl, Strasburg„s Long Fillers Kandy Rohrer, champion and 1, Kerry Boyd, 2, Roger Rohrer, 3, Eugene Rohrer, Rl Strasburg, 4, Mike Rohrer, 5 Eugene Rohrer, 1; Gail, Dawn, Don and Lois Rohrer, all 1428 Lime Valley Rd , 2,3, 4 and 5 Kandy Rohrer, 1 and champion, Don Rohrer, 2, Roger Rohrer, 3, Eugene Rohrer, 4, Wilma Boyd, R 5, Ephrata, 5 Lois, Gail and Dawn Rohrer, all 1428 Lime Valley Road, 1, 4 and 5, Kandy Rohrer, 2, and Roger Rohrer, 3 Advanced Ag Systems R.D. 2, Box 174 Elverson, Pa. 19520 215-286-9118 Ken Sauder Milford Mast 717-656-6519 215-286-9118 Lancaster FFA tobacco, com winners named Short Wrappers Short Fillers Long Binders Short Binders It's simple When grain comes out of the field it’s a living seed So instead of destroying the seed with high heat, moisture is removed with natural air ventilation Thegram keeps all its feed value, there is less shrinkage than with heat drying because only moisture is removed, not dry matter You’ll never see white dust in chillcured corn You actually save half of what you’re used to losing m heat shrink There’s no oil or gas to buy Natural air carries away heat and moisture as the corn releases it Harvestall Chillcunng is a “back-to-basics” system that just simply makes good sense Find out more about it Lancaster Famine, Saturday, January 10,1981—A35 petition, Jeff Barley, R 2, Lancaster, took the top spots in all three categories - wrapper, filler and corn Second spots in the tobacco judging went to James Stauffer, 345 Weaver Rd., Lancaster The top 10 placings in the FFA filler tobacco class, which attracted 34 entries: 1, Scott Shertzer, 2, Jeff Rohrer, Manheim Central, 3, Dennis Shelly, Manheim Central, 4, Mike Hess, Manheim Central, 5, Tom Barley, Rl, Millersville, 6, Jim Harnish, R 6, Lancaster, 7, Kim Miller, R 2, Conestoga; 8, Ken Greider, R 2 Conestoga, 9, Kevin Bauman, 111, Millersville, 10, Jere R Neff, Rl Millersville The top 10 placings in the FFA wrapper tobacco class, USDA suspends produce license PATCHOGUE NY - A purchased between May and New York firm, Cory August of 1979. Farms, Inc ,of Patchogue, The Patchogue firm had has become ineligible to an opportunity to answer the operate in the produce in- shipper’s charge However, dustry under the Perishable f lrm did n °f respond, and Agricultural Commodities USDA ordered payment of Act (PACA) and had its the amount claimed license suspended for failing to pay a reparation award of $58,950 U S Department of Agriculture officials said the award was in favor of a New York dealer for numerous lots of fruits and vegetables nHrSn Harvestall MxW” Chillcuring System which attracted 23 entries 1, Nelson Dohner, HI, Elizabethtown, 2, Jim Hess, R 6, Lititz, J, Nancy Barley, HI, Millersville, 4, Duane Shelly, R 6, Manheun, 5, John T Wiker Jr, R 2, Conestoga, 6, John Dohner, HI, Elizabethtown; 7, Jeff Barley, HI, Millersville, 8, William Hursh Jr., HI, New Holland, 9, Gary Bitts, HI, Millersville, and 10, Jay Frey, R 2, Conestoga The seven entrants, in order of finish, in the FFA corn competition Barry Geib, R 4, Manheun, Gary Bitts, R 2, Lancaster, Mike Pfheger, R 4, Manheun, Steve Mam, Rl, Washington Boro, Jeff Barley, R 2, Washington Boro, Brian Barley, Rl, Washington Boro, and Jere Neff, Rl, Millersville —DA Charles Brader, an official with USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, said the act provides for damages to be paid by tnose who fail to meet their contractual obligations in buying and selling fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables r \'vt l IT V* T V. ♦ ♦-Q ♦