VOL. 28 No. 41
It *8 ideal spot
to grow corn
It's been a tough summer
tor finding good locations to
grow corn.
First, it was too wet to get
the seed in the fields. Then,
the continuing ram sledge
hammered the ground hard
and some corn never came up.
Finally, the sun and drought
took over and the effect on the
corn is all too evident in the
withered, stunted fields.
But this small "corn patch”
along Koser Hoad in Lan
caster County didn’t look too
bad. It had, a roof to shield
some of the searing sun.
There’s no competition with
weeds so herbicides aren’t
needed. Concrete "is the only
real competitor fur what little
moisture fell.
Bugs could get through the
wire, but browsing deer sure
couldn’t.
' 'And when harvest cortes,
think of alithefdeliJißtJeih be
saved in getting the corhlnlo
storage.
Gary, Barbara Lentz take Lebanon Holstein honors
BY LAURA ENGLAND
LEBANON Gary and Barbara
Lentz have been showing cattle for
several years, but winning the
grand champion title at the
Lebanon Open Holstein Show,
Thursday, was a first for the
couple.
Owners of Dream-On Holstems,
Lebanon, Gary and Barbara both
showed cattle during their 4-H and
FFA days, and this year the ex
perience paid off. With their 5-
year-old Curtis-Haven San-Bo
Glenna, sired by Paclamar
Astronaut, the Lentzs were named
the Open Holstein grand champion
winners.
From the remaining 162
Holstems, judge Billy Heath,
Westmissler, selected Fountain
Farm Pete Duchess for the reserve
grand champion title. Owned by
Kirby and Sheryl Horst,
Four Sections
named the show’s best udder
entry. A 3-year-old, Duchess was
sired by Creek-Bluff Elevation
Lester.
Winning the premier breeder
award was the Harvey Bomgard
ner family of AnnvUle. The
premier exhibitor honors went to
Klmedell Farm, owned by the
Nprman Kline family of Myer
stown.
The junior champion Holstein
was Loving-Meadows Rebecca,
owned by John D. Bomgardner,
Ono. The senior heifer calf was
sired by Browndale S.C. Viking.
The reserve junior champion title
went to Lebanon dairyman David
Vail and his junior yearling, Da-
Lee-Bred Valiant Diana.
In the Open Colored Breed Show,
held simultaneously with the
Holstein contest, Pattie and Dale
Maulfair, Jonestown, kept a
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13,1983
Winning the grand champion title at the Lebanon Open Holstein Show was Curtis-
Haven San-Bo Glenna, a 5-year-old owned by Dream-On Holsteins. Pictured with Glenna
are her owners, Gary and Barbara Lentz, Lebanon, and Lebanon County Dairy Princess
Will third time
be the charm?
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
MYERSTOWN - The Penn
sylvania Dutch have a few sayings
about the number “3.”
One of them states:
“What makes two, always
makes three.”
And the other saying that comes
to mind:
“The third time is always the
charm.”
Well, for the Carl Wenger
family, of Myerstown, the first
saying has come true and the
second will be tested in November.
Glenn T. Wenger, 20-year-old son
of Carl and Margaret Wenger, has
just been named Eastern Region
Star Agribusinessman of the
National FFA for 1983.
As the top FFA
Agribusinessman m the Eastern
United States, Glenn follows in the
footstepsjof older toothers Lloyd,
who won the regional star title in
1971, and David, who repeated in
1981.
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Weather/harvest outlook
And the rains finally came. But for many it was too
much, too late, too fast with too much runoff.
This week, before the skies opened, two more Pa.
counties joined the list setting drought relief wheels in
motion. Adams and Lancaster joined Cumberland and
York.
The full effects of the six-week drought and any
recovery will be finally assessed at harvest. But here’s
some guesstimates from the State and Federal crop
reporters on what that harvest may show:
Pennsylvania - Corn harvested for grain down 22
percent, with about a $55 million loss. Statewide
average yields showing about 85 bushels, with much
lower figures in the .south-central and southeastern
areas. Tobacco yields may be down 17 percent (likely
considerably more) due to lower weight and less
acreage. Maryland tobacco acreage this year in Pa. is
set at 4,300 and Pa. tobacco is pegged at 7,700. Maryland
■ Trio of Wenger family FFA
Star : Agribusinessmen in
clude, front to rear, Glenn,
David and Lloyd.
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$7.50 per Year