D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 19,1983 Eastern Lancaster County sweeps FFA York County's high team from Eastern with Bob Garland, Hubbard, includes, from the left, Glenn Burtner, James Hall and Peeev Kleindienst. Three highest individual scorers in poultry judging are shown with Allen Tate, of Victor F, Weaver's. They are, from the left, Jim Weidman, third; Mike Smoker, second; and Nelson Horning, third. Second-place Grassland team includes, from the left, Jim Weidman, Lisa Heft and Dave Fisher. NEW HOLLAND - Eastern Lancaster County FFA’ers swept all of the top placings in the annual poultry judging competition held last Saturday. Members of the Grassland FFA, Eastern Lancaster County, comprised the top three teams among Lancaster County par ticipants, also made up the top team in the tri-county competition that included teams from York and Berks and placed seven of the top 10 individuals, including the top ' three. Members of the first-place Grassland team were Kent Halsey, Nelson Horning and Mike Smoker, which was also the top tri-county team. Horning and Smoker were the top two scoring individuals, too. The second-place Grassland team included Jim Weidman, Lisa Heft and Dave Fisher. The third place Grassland team was made up of Wade Martin, Joan Feinour and Matt Seifrit. The fourth-place Lancaster County team hailed from Cloister Chapter, Ephrata, and the fifth place from Penn Manor. Also competing were contestants from Elizabethtown. Individual placings behind Homing and Smoker in the top two spots included Jim Weidman, Grassland; Kent Halsey, Grassland; Greg Musser, Elizabethtown; Steve Fox, Ephrata; Wade Martin, Grassland; Matt Seifrit, Grassland; Dan Hartzler, Elizabethtown; and Dave Fisher, Grassland. Among the Berks County competitors, Oley Valley had the top team and Twin Valley was second. Members of the top Oley Valley team were Courdlan Fisher, Kirk Fisher and Dean Willman. Among the York County com petitors the top team came from Eastern, including Glenn Burtner, James Hall and Peggy Klein dienst. Teams also took part from Dover and Red Lion. Extension offers manure program UNIVERSITY PARK - Manure management and disposal to avoid environmental pollution has been one of the most difficult problems Pennsylvania’s livestock industry has had to face. Spiraling costs of manure storage facilities designed to eliminate daily spreading is making it more difficult for the family farm to stay in business. Most farmers are aware of the environmental pollution problems that improper manure management can create, but they need help in learning how to solve these problems, said Robert Graves, Extension agricultural engineer at Penn State. With the adoption of uniform guidelines concerning manure management for environmental protection, Extension Service staff members are assisting farmers in developing a total waste management concept that will enable them to use their time and resources more efficiently. County Extension agents and Penn State College of Agriculture specialists have been able to demonstrate that properly designed earth bank storages costing between $5,000 and 17,000 are just as satisfactory as concrete and steel structures priced at $20,000 and mpre. “As a res lilt, many farmers-who could not afford the more ex pensive types are now building the less expensive structures,” Graves noted. “This has made more capital available for other pur poses, increase net farm income, and reduced some of the water pollution problems that were at tributed to runoff from fields jp». -_nty. jnty /eceives trophy from Wait Mowrer, of the Lancaster County Poultry Association. Team members, from the left, are Kent Halsey, Nelson Horning and Mike Smoker. jnty v -<iig .. jy ,*y . Garland, of Hubbard, includes, from the Jeft, Courdlan Fisher, Kirk Fisher, and Dean Williams. Assisting witii uie judging were Shirley. Fetters, of Wolfe Eggs; Jay Irwin, Lancaster County Eugene Hebert, USDA; Ralph Extension Director; Jim Wolfe, of Griffith, Weaver’s Quality Eggsw Wolfe Eggs; Bob Woodward, Herb Jordan, Penn State; atW Pennfield; Hilma Mumma, of Allan,Jate, ofAficfor F. Weaver’s. Longenecker’s; Clay Mumma, Sponsors of trophies and awards OeKalb; Walt Mowrer, of the include the Poultry Association; Lancaster County Poultry Weaver’s and Hubbard. Association; Rick Meek, of Hy- A .total of 48 FFA contestants Line; Bob Garland, of Hubbard; from the three counties took part. where the customary practice was to apply manure daily.” Although the true value of stored manure depends on many variables, farmers who follow Extension’s recommendations experience a substantial savings in fertilizer costs. A Washington County fanner who wanted to learn more about the value of stored manure asked Extension personnel to analyze the stored manure to determine nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content. He also had the cropland's soil tested to find out the fertilizer requirement? for anticipated yields of certain crops. This farmer then applied manure on these fields at the rates necessary to satisfy the equivalent fertilizer requirements. “His yield data show that stored manure retained a larger per centage of plant nutrients and that Hike seen in sow farrowings DES MOINES, la. Sow operations, the major change will farrowings are expected to in- be seen in the number of sows crease 4.7% in 1983, according to a farrowed. Two times in 1983 rather survey released by the National than only once as in 1982. Pork Producers Council. (4) The most dramatic increases The survey taken in late in production (especially so for February was designed to feeder pig operations) will be t determine farrowing intentions, noted in sow herds of 100 or more anticipated increases in farrowing, that farrow two times in 1983. t and growth by type of operation. (5) Decreases in 1983 production , Based on nearly 2,000 responses, and farrowing are evident across | the results showed: the board among all por^| (1) Farrowings can be an- producers with small herds. i ticipated to increase 4.7%. (6) Production levels for 1983 in " (2) More than half of this 1983 major pork producing states range | growth can be traced to farrowing from increases of 2.2% to 16.496, to | intentions of feeder pig producers. average a projected farrowing I (3) Among all types of increase of 4.7%. f lilt it was worth more in dollars than the manure spread every day,” said Douglas Beegle, Penn State Extension agronomist. This farmer’s records indicated that the use of stored manure on 175 acres of corn and alfalfa saved him about $4,000 because he did not have to purchase aq equivalent amount of plant food in com mercial fertilizer. The manure analysis pilo program, similar to the soil testing service, is designed to provide information farmers will use to develop and improve manure management programs. It also enables farmers to calculate the amount of plant nutrients that is being applied with manure and how much sup plemental fertilizer, based on soil test, will be required to produce a desired crop. ards '
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