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.
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