Lazarus takes top honors in FFA hog show QUAKERTOWN - Nineteen Future Farmers of America participated m the 13th Annual FFA Market Hog Sho w and Sale on July 8 at the Quakertown Livestock Auction. Buyers paid a total of 810,724.10 for 80 FFA Market Hogs entered in the sale. Annually, members of the Future Farmers of America m the four county areas sponsor a market hog show and sale for students studying vocational agriculture and are raising market hogs as their FFA projects. Students begin their projects in the middle of March each year under the direction of their vocational agriculture instructor. Leslie Lazarus, Whitehall, a Lehigh County Vocational At leadership session Two members of area FFA chapters attended a National Future Farmers of America Leadership Conference in Wash ington, D.C. last week. J .. „ They are Steve Kauffman, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robet H. Kauffman, of Elizabethtown; and Kenneth Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hall, of Shippensburg. In addition to helping the FFA’ers improve their leadership skills, the conference featured visits to congressmen of the respective members. A o CD P.0.80x? UaKßSmmmm Newville, PA 17241 Phone:7l7-776-3129 Please Send me information on □ Fkkes Silos □ Please send me literature on Silo-Matic Feedmc Systems □ Please send me literature on Bottom Unloader Systems NAME ADDRESS CITY PHONE Technical School junior, sold his Grand Champion market hog to Hatfield Packing Co., Hatfield, for 12.50 per pound. The Grand Champion hog weighed 245 pounds and sold for a total of 8612.50. Hatfield Packing Co. was also the successful bidder for the Reserve Grand Champion at 81-95 per pound, again exhibited by Leslie Lazarus. The Reserve Grand Champion weighed 240 pounds and sold for 8468.00. Other top winners in the Swine Show were Cheryl- Wessner, Lehigh Vo-Tech, first m the Showmanship Class, first light weight class, and second place in the Fitting Class. Ronald Geissmger, Upper Bucks Tech, placed second in the light weight sio-Mm FEEDING SYSTEMS STATE class. Dale Hockman, Upper Bucks Tech, placed second in the heavy light weight class, second in the medium weight class, and second in the heavy weight class. Vernon Freed, Upper Bucks Tech, placed fourth in the Showmanship Class and fifth in the Fitting Class. Gary Natali, Upper Bucks Tech, Conservation HARRISBURG Crops planted in Pennsylvania this year under a conservation tillage system seem to be equal, if not better, than conventional till crops, according to Soil Conservation Service of ficials. John Spitzer, SCS agronomist said, "Reports from people across the state indicate there is little difference in the height of the crops when comparing the two farming practices. However, most reports show better results on con servation tillage.” SCS Information Officer Frederick Bubb states he has been watching two corn fields planted at the same tune on shaly soils m Cumberland County. The con servation till com is now shoulder high, while the com in the plowed field is only waist high. SCS defmes conservation tillage as any planting system which leaves 1,500 pounds of com residue or 750 pounds ot small gram residue on the soil surface after the crops are planted. “Farmers who want to make their own comparison should be looking at the leaves for signs of the corn plant drying out. Similar crops planted with conservation tillage should be growing without ■vs* Truck Spreading Service Of AG LIMESTONE AND ROYSTER BONANZA FERTILIZERS, UREA. AND AMMONIUM SULFATE OR TRACTOR SPREADERS AVAILABLE. We handle Fertilizer in bulk and bags, retail and wholesale. -ALSO ARCADIAN GOLDEN URAN 30%, Poly-N 10-34-0, or prescription liquid mix fertilizer wholesale or spread. Plus retail Insecticides and Herbicides. 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The actual yield of the same crop grown on the same soil with two different far ming practices will tell the real success of conservation tillage. “Conservation tillage crops will normally be equal to or outperform conventional tilled crops. In dry years, the crops planted in last year’s residue will do better than crops planted on fields that have been plowed,” Spitzer said. The real benefits of conservation tillage are reduced tnps across the field, protection from erosion and :| X -s > Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18,1981—C21 tilled crops faring Douglas Carr, Maria Vorhauer, Kris Shive, Duane Gahman, and Virginia Rocchmo. The participating FFA chapters included Western Montgomery, Upper Bucks Tech, Eastern Northampton and Lehigh County, A.V.T.S. especially, the conservation of more moisture in the soil for the crop. At this tune of year, it is especially important to have enough moisture for the crop’s use. “Many crops, especially com, are beginning their silking process and need maximum moisture at this critical tune. The tilling or plowing of the soil in the spring causes the soil to dry out. With conservation tillage, there is more moisture in the soil,” said Spitzer. Farmers need to start thinking about leaving this year’s crop residue on the soil surface and trying conservation tillage next year. They can get help in con verting to conservation tillage from the nearest Extension Ser vice or Soil Conservation Service Office,” noted Spitzer. GIGANTIC SELECTION IN Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS MEMO HAY, STRAW & EAR CORN SALE EVERY MONDAY At'll A.M. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Lloyd H. Kreider, Auctioneer
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