832—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1982 Delaware 4-H horse show Scott Torgerson of Felton emerged with top honors in the western pleasure horse division at the state horse show. Jane Nibblett of Bear received the Beatrice Campbell perpetual trophy this year as the youth who has accumulated the most points in fitting and showing and horsemanship classes. SOYBEAN ROASTING ON YOUR FARM DON'T WASTE IT ROAST IT BARLEY & WHEAT Roosted for drying and better dfgestabilfty DAVID N. GROFF ALLEN SUMMERS ROI. Box 506 C RD #l, Box 152-C Lewisburg, PA 17837 Nottingham, PA 19362 717-966-3593 215-932-4761 names winners EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 808 STULTZ JR. w Paris, Pa. (Somerset County) 814-733-4190 •ining us to serve you better in the ■western part of Pa. with a portable roast-a-matic grain roaster HAPPY ROASTING DAYS BOB! DALE L. SCHNUPP RD 6. Lebanon, Pa. 17042 Ph: 717-865-6611 NEWARK, Del. - The 17th annual State of Delaware 4-H Horse Show was held on Sunday, Sept. 19, at Dr. W.L. Mroz’s Red Gate Farm near Dover. The show was open to 4-H members between the ages of 9 and 19. Champion in the western pleasure horse division was Scott Torgerson, Felton. Nikki White, also of Felton, was reserve champion. Dale Jarman, Hartly, was champion in the western pony division. Reserve champion was Steve Sterling, Smyrna. In the English pleasure horse division, the championship went to Leslie Tyler of Newark. Reserve champion was Dana Banks, Frankford. Melanie Wilson, Dover, was champion in the English pleasure pony division. Heather Nennstiehl, Bridgeville, was reserve cham pion. Dana Banks took the cham pionship in the hunter horse division. No reserve champion was named. Karen Horeis, Felton, took the (Turn to Page 833) We Take Pride In Our Reputation ONLY PREMIUM GRANULAR FERTILIZER with a guaranteed analysis for your crop and soil. A QUALITY PRODUCT AND QUALITY SERVICE that offers a nitrogen mixture to give fast and slow release of nutrients, with secondary plant nutrients that are vital for plant growth. Three Fertilizer Facilities To Serve You Better: HOME OFFICE 365 W. BainbridgeSt. Elizabethtown, PA LIQUID NITROGEN - LIMESTONE - PESTICIDES Can Collect (717) 367-1211 -ontg( jry ity and farmer Wilson Hoffman spend a few minutes in con versation waiting for the aeriel crew. Hoffman’s show (Continued from Page B3X) died to a grade dairy heifer en terprise. Approximately 275 Holstein heifers enter the Hoffman operation at 16-rnonths of age. Hoffman sells the animals about eight months later as springers. His gram business reflects Hoffman’s concern for preser vation of resources. Currently working with a Heading fertilizer company, Hoffman has a few fields ot wheat involved in a growth SADDLE UP! To Better Equipment... Find It In Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS! FARMERS FERTILIZER WORKS, INC, You Get More Than Products And Service YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR BRANCH WAREHOUSES Rt. 23 East Queen Rd. Churchtown, PA Intercourse, PA (new location) inhibitor trial. The wheat, planted under nor mal conditions, is treated with a growth retardent to keep the stalk shorter but stronger. Hence, at combining tune, the wheat will stand more erect and be picked up by the combine rather than being missed because the heavy heads have caused a droop. Hoffman explained his first experimental crop will be har vested in the spring of 1983 and is expecting yields up to 80 bushels per acre. And while Montgomery County’s SC Steve Hill applauded the efforts Hoffman has made to conservation through his "innovative prac tices,” Hoffman wasted little tune in returning the complement. "1 have to give credit to the SCS. They’re doing a tremendous job for the farmer as a whole,” replied Hoffman. There’s no telling how long the remaining 40 percent of Mon tgomery County farmland can survive urban pressures. It’s bad enough, Steve Hill pointed out, that most of the soil is of a highly erodable nature. That’s two strikes against the southeastern Pa. county. "Farming is not always rewarding,” states Wilson Hoff man. "youjusthavetolikeit.” “I’d surely like to see it continue because that’s my livelihood.” Montgomery County, in some ag circles, may have the unenviable distinction of containing erodable land bordered by Philadelphia to the south and Allentown to the north. But, just ask any soil con servationist who’ll tell you that farmers like Wilson Hoffman would be a blessing anywhere. At
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