Elcp Young Farmers honor top producers
BY SHEILA MILLER
STOUCHSBURG - A crowd of
close to 150 people crowded into the
7th Annual Banquet of the Elco
Young Adult Farmers’ Association
here Thursday evening.
Sonnen Acres, a dairy part
"Leon Kline, Newmanstown, left was honored for his
winning entry in the hay quality competition, and Herman
Sauter, Myerstown, right, had the first-place entries for corn
yield and quality and haylage. Norman Kline, Leon's father,
had the winning corn silage entry.
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groups: 3-year-old tat, 4-year-old
milk, and 4-year-old fat. Malcolm
Sonnen was honored individually
as Outstanding Young Farmer for
1981 and was recognized for tus
service to the organization during
tus term as president for the past
two years.
Another dairyman was honored
for his Outstanding Achievement
in Crop Production at the Thur
sday evening event. Herman
Sauter, Myerstown, turned in the
first place samples for com quality
and yield, along with the best
haylage sample.
His com was a long season
Pioneer 3184 entry, which he
planted on May 10 after con
ventionally preparing his
limestone ground. This is the third
year of a three-year rotation for his
com. The field, which didn’t
require liming, received about 450
pounds of 15-15-15 fertilizer plowed
down, with an additional 100
pounds of tnple-15 in the row. For
weed and insect control, Sauter
used a combination of Lasso and
atrazme and Oyfonate.
Sauter’s haylage sample was
straight alfalfa of' several
varieties.
Leon Kime, of Kline Springs
Farm, Newmans town, bad the top
entry for hay quality. The sample
was a combination of three
established alfalfa stands from
which four cuttings were'taken.
This top quality hay helps to feed
Kline’s 50- head herd of registered
Holstems, and keeps them making
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1981—A27
Richard Kreider, right, received the 1981 Honorary Young
Farmer award from Advisor Gerald Strickier at the 7th Elco
Young Farmers Awards Banquet held Thursday evening.
Dairyman Malcolm Sonnen, left, was selected as the 1981
Outstanding Young Farmer.
records that rank in the top three
for milk and fat.
Leon’s father, Norman Kline, R 2
Myerstown, also had some winning
entries in the October-September
Young Farmer contest. Khnedell
Farm was recognized for their
first place com silage entry and
their herd’s production increase of
2,701 pounds.
Bennetch Brothers, R 2 Myer
stown, had the fust-place 2-year
old fat record, along with the top 3-
year-old milk record. Willow
Maple Farms, Newmanstown,
turned in two winning entries 2
year-old milk and aged cow milk.
And the Raymond Getz family took
first place in the aged cow fat
category. -
Swine pioducer and Pioneer
seed corn salesman Richard
Kreider, Lebanon, received the
1981 Honorary Young Farmer
Award. And Marlin Getz was
honored for his past service as the
Elco Young Farmers’ vice
president.
Contest results are:
DAIRX PRODUCTION
2-year-old Milk
1. Willow Maple Farms, 20,281
pounds; 2. Kline Springs Farm,
20,080; 3. Bennetchßros., 18,042.
2-year-old Fat
1. Bennetch Bros., 739 pounds; 2.
Kline Springs Farm, 736; 3. Sonnen
Acres, 707.
3-year-old Milk
1. Bennetch Bros., 24,770 ; 2.
Sonnen Acres, 23,687 ; 3. Raymond
Getz Family, 23,333.
3-year-old Fat
I. Sonnen Acres, 927 ; 2. Kline
Springs Farm, 826 ; 3. Bennetch
Bros., 819.
4-year-old Milk
1. Sonnen Acres, 24,433; 2.
Klmedell Farms, 24,106; 3. Ben
netch Bros., 22,340.
4-year-old Fat
1. Sonnen Acres, 887; 2. Klmedell
Farm, 884; 3. Raymond Getz
Family, 809.
Aged Cow Milk
1. Willow Maple Farms, 29,108;
2. Bennetch Bros., 27,296; 3.
Raymond Getz Family, 27,019.
Aged Cow Fat
1. Raymond Getz Family, 1,040;
2. Klmedell Farm 999; 3. Willow
Maple Farms, 992.
CROP PRODUCTION
Corn Silage
1. Klinedell Farm, 21.85 TDN
tons/acre (Dry Matter basis); 2.
Herman Sauter, 20.38; 3. Kline
Springs Farm, 20.17; 4. Roy Miller,
17.51; 5. John Moyer, 14.51.
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