A2B— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5,1981
Hog Round-Up
Bobby Brubaker in the sale ring with his Champion Pen of
10 at Lancaster 4-H Pig Roundup.
(Continued from Page Al)
Lightweight champion - Russell
Ackley.
Reserve Lightweight Champion -
- Deanne Myer.
Reserve Mediumweight
Champion - Renee Haldeman.
Reserve Heavyweight Champion
- Steven Heisey.
Class 1 Champion - Deanne
Myer.
Class 2 Champion - Robbie
Rohrer.
Class 7 Champion - Russell
Ackley.
Class 11 Champion - Andy Groff.
Class 12 Champion - Tim Pfautz.
Complete results:
LIGHTWEIGHTS 185 lb
I Deanne Myer Manheim R 5.190 lb 1 Robbie
Rohrer. Nottingham. 2 Mike Hess Elm Road
Lititz. 3 Rich Hess. Elm Road.Lititz 4 Bruce
Siplmg. Marietta R 1 195 lb 1 Oeanne Myer. 2
Liz Chapman, Manheim R 5. 3 Shawn Haldeman
Manheim R 3.4 Steven Heisey. Elizabethtown R 4.
5 Scott Siplmg. Marietta Rl, 200 lb 1 Russell FITTING AND SHOWING
Ackey. Lititz Rl. 2 tiffany Rohrer, Nottingham Rl, j ur - r j steven He isey, 2 Chns Chapman. 3
3 Bruce Siplmg. marietta Rl. 4 Janet Wagner, Sheldon Heisey. 4 Robert Rohrer. 5 Tiffany
Bambndge Rl, 5 Wanda Hershey. Manheim Rohrer senior 1 Tim Pfautz, 2. Michelle Dean. 3
Lightweight Champion - Russell Ackley. Reserve Renee Haldeman. 4 LizChapmanfS Mike Pfautz
Oeanne Myer
Bruce Sipling herds some of his reserve champion pen of
10 in Lancaster 4-H show ring.
MEOIUMWEIGHTS
205 (b I Chris Chapman Manheim R 5 2
Michelle Dean Strasburg tl 3 James Bollinger
Stevens Rl. 4, Rich Hess 5 Jay Wagner Bam
bridge Rl 210 ib 1 Chris Chapman 2 Russell
Ackley 3 Tiffany Roherer 4 Robbie Rohrer. 5
Wanda Hershey 215 Ib 1 Russell Ackley 2
Michelle Dean. 3 Steven Heisey. 4 Sharon Hetsey
Elizabethtown R 4, 5 Wanda Hershey 220 Ib 1
Chris Chapman. 2 Renee Haldeman 3 Liz
Chapman 4 Deanne Myer 5 Sheldon Heisey
Elizabethtown R 4
Mediumweight Champion Chris Chapman
Reserve Renee Haldeman
HEAVYWEIGHTS
225 Ib 1 Liz Chapman. 2 Steven Heisey. 3
James Bollinger. 4 Kerry Myer Manheim. 5 Rick
Hess 230 Ib 1 Steven Heisey. 2 Michelle Dean.
3 Kirby Umholtz. Mount Joy R 3,4 Andy Graybill.
Stevens Rl, 5 Sheldon Heisey 235 lb- 1. Andy
Graybill 2 Wanda Hershey: 3 Tiffany Rohrer. 4
Bobby Brubaker Manheim R 2. 5 Jay Wagner 240
Ib and over l Tim Pfautz. Stevens Rl. 2 Renee
Haldeman. 3 Liz Chapman. 4 Sheldon Heisey. 5
James Bollinger
Heavyweight Champion Liz Chapman Reserve
Steven Heisey
Grand Champion Liz Chapman Reserve Chris
Chapman
Tno Champion • Liz Chapman Reserve Chris
Chapman •
Pen of 10 Champion • Bobby Brubaker Reserve
Bruce Sipling
Grand champion of Lancaster 4-H Roundup Hatfield Packing, buyers of top hog.
with Liz Ch~ lan and Jerry Clemens of
Reserve grand champion poses with Chris Chapman and Jerry Clemens.
Field work
HARRISBURG - Dry con
ditions prevailed in Pennsylvania
during most of the week ending
August 31, producing six days
suitable for farm field activities,
according to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service. Field
activities during the week included
baling straw; filling silos;
spraying potatoes; plowing; and
harvesting oats, potatoes,
tomatoes, carrots, sweet com,
cantaloupes, peaches, apples,
tobacco, ensilage com, hay crops
and green chops.
Topsoil moisture in the state was
rated short by 86 percent of the
reporters and adequate by 14
percent. In the north, .68 percent
rated soil moisture short and 32
percent adequate while all
reporters in the central and
southern regions rated soil
moisture short.
Harvest of peaches, apples,
cantaloupes, tomatoes, carrots
and sweet corn continues across
the state. In the southern region,
peach harvest is rapidly nearing
completion, and in the northern
region some black rot of grapes
has been reported. Statewide,
apples are reported to be sizing
and coloring well.
The oat harvest in the Com
monwealth is virtually complete,
compared with S 3 percent har-
continues in full swing
vested at this tune last year.
The tobacco crop in Penn
sylvania is 37 percent harvested
compared with 28 percent har
vested last year.
Harvesting of potatoes continued
to progress as 30 percent of the
crop was dug, slightly behind last
year. In the north 29 percent was
'harvested; in the central region 19
percent was harvested and in the
southern region 39 percent was
harvested.
Corn harvested for silage stands
at six percent complete but is
behind last year at this time when
percent was harvested. Corn to
be harvested for gram in Penn
sylvania is 47 percent m dough and
37 percent dented, in the north 54
percent was reported in the dough
stage and 21 percent dented. The
central region reported 48 percent
in dough and 33 percent dented,
while the southern regum reported
34 percent in dough and 61 percent
dented.
Fall plowing in the Com
monwealth is 33 percent complete
compared with 32 percent at this
tune last year. The north reported
22 percent complete, _ the central
region 51 percent complete and the
south 31 percent complete.
Second cutting alfalfa is vir
tually complete statewide, about a
week ahead Of last year. The third
cutting was rated as 53 percent
complete compared with 52 per
cent last year. Northern operators
reported 29 percent of the ttywkcut
harvested, the central operators
reported 29 percent harvested, and
the southern operators reported 78
percent harvested. Fourth cutting
alfalfa has begun and is seven
percent complete in the state.
Northern and central operators
reported five percent of the fourth
cut harvested .while southern
operators reported eight percent
harvested.
The second cutting of clover
timothy was rated as 82 percent
complete compared with 92 per
cent last year. The northern region
reported 83 percent complete, the
central region reported 84 percent
complete, and the southern region
reported 79 percent complete.
Statewide, the quality of hay
made during the week was rated
mostly good to fair. In the north
hay quality was rated 70 percent
good and 30 percent fair; in the
central region it was raff} 92;
percent good and eight percent
fair, while in the southern region it
was rated 77 percent good, 15
percent fair, and eight percent
poor.