*l4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 7,1984
Tobacco show
winners named
BY LAURA ENGLAND
LANCASTER The com
petition was tough, but when the
judging was over a Lancaster
father and son and a Washington
Boro young woman were named
champions of the Lancaster
County Tobacco Show.
Exhibiting quality hands - a
sample containing 15, uniform
tobacco leaves - Henry F. Barley
and his son, Jeff, of R 2 Lancaster,
and Judy L. Burkholder, of R 1
Washington Boro, won their
respective classes. It was the first
time for all three competitors to
win the championship awards.
Henry Barley, a fulltime farmer,
picked his winning entry from
among the 60 acres of tobacco he
grows on his farm. Winner in the
wrapper class, Barley’s entry was
a new tobacco variety called Penn
Joy. The variety was released last
year from the Southeast Research
Farm, Landisville, which is
operated by Penn State University.
Barley attributes the color,
texture and stretch of his entry for
the championship win. The
tobacco variety, he said, could be
processed into either chewing or
smoking tobacco.
Barley’s son, Jeff, a member of
the Penn Manor FFA Chapter, won
the overall filler class. Jeff also
received top class honors in the
FFA filler and wrapper contests.
A high school senior, Jeff has
competed in the Lancaster County
contest for four years. In previous
years, he has placed anywhere
from first to fourth in his classes,
but said this year is the first for an
overall championship.
In selecting his hand for the
contest, Jeff said he was looking
for leaves with uniform length and
very little green color.
Nineteen-year-old Judy
Burkholder won the smoking class
with her Maryland type entry.
Farming six acres of tobacco,
Judy grew the Maryland type for
the first time this year and was
able to enter it into the contest
because of class changes.
According to County Extension
Agent Arnold Lueck, the Maryland
type was included in the contest
this year. Most tobacco growers
raise Pennsylvania Type 41
tobacco, but changes in the
tobacco market have seen an in
crease in the Maryland type,
Lueck said.
“The market has changed over
the years,” he said, “and the
tobacco grown depends on what
types are moving through the
trades.”
Lueck said that the judges had
some trouble in judging the
Maryland class because of the
exceptional good quality of the'
entries. To compensate for this, a
number of entries received
honorable mention. Normally, six
placings are given.
Overall, this year’s competition
Champions of the Lancaster County Tobacco Show
are, from left, Jeff Barley, filler; Henry F. Barley,
wrapper; and Judy L. Burkholder, smoking.
contests,” Lueck said. The
number of entries was down from
last year - 160 to 125 - this partly
due to variations in weather and
growing conditions, Lueck added.
The Lancaster County Tobacco
Show, held at the Farm and Home
Center, is a preliminary contest to
the Farm Show competition. This
gives an idea, Lueck said, of how
the county winners might place at
the Farm Show.
Judging this year’s contest were
Melvin Brenner of General Cigar,
Les Whitmore of American Cigar
and Tobacco, Jeff Ranck of
Domestic Tobacco, and Stanley
Goldstoff of General Cigar - all
from Lancaster.
Cash prizes were awarded to the
top six placings in each class.
Following are the top three win
ners of each class:
Pennsylvania Type 41
Wrapper 1 Henry F Barley 2 David M Cassel
3 Gary R Neff Filler 1 Neff Bros, 2 Dawn M
Rohrer 3 Dale Shellenberger
Maryland Type
Bottom 1 Bob Burkholder 2 Kandy Rohrer, 3
JudyL Burkholder Middle 1 JudyL Burkholder
2 Marlin L Cassel, 3 Gary R Neff Top 1 Ken
Boriey 2 Gary R Neff, 3 Jere Hoover
Wrapper 1 Kevin Witmer Filler 1 Kevin
Witmer
Wrapper 1 Jeff Barley 2 Tammy Barley 3
Laurie Barley Filler 1 Jeff Barley, 2 Geary Bitts
3 Kevin Bauman Bottom 1 Jeff Barley. 2 Mike
Acord 3 Kevin Bauman Middle Michael Cassel,
2 Jeff Barley 3 Brian Herr Top 1 Dannel Hess,
2 Brian Herr, 3 Mike Acord
Grand Champions
Smoking, Judy L Burkholder, Wrapper Henry
F Barley Filler Jeff Barley, Youth Michael
Cassel
Weekly Summary
Fri., Jan. 6
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 5184. Compared with
5478 head last week, and 5699 head
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market:
Slaughter steers steady to 2.00
lower; SI. heifers weak to 2.00
lower; SI. cows 1.00-3.00 lower; SI.
bullocks steady to 1.00 lower; SI.
bulls steady to 2.00 lower. SI.
steers: High Choice & Prime No. 3-
4.68.50- Choice NO. 24,63.00-
71.00; Good 58.00-64.50; Standard
49.00-57.00. SI. heifers; Choice
59.50- Good 53.00-58.50;
Standard 45.00-53.00. SI. cows;
Utility & Commercial 33.75-38.85;
Cutter & Boning Utility 30.00-36.00;
Canner & L. Cutter 26.00-33.50;
Shells down to 19.00. SI. bullocks;
Choice 59.00-62.75; Good 55.00-
59.00; (few) Standard 48.00-50.75.
SI. bulls; Yield Grade No. 1, 1000-
2250 lbs. 45.00-50.85; Yield Grade
No. 2,900-1500 lbs. 39.0047.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
Medium Frame No. 1, 300-650 lbs.
38.0045.25; Medium Frame No. 2
300-700 lbs. 30.00-35.50.
CALVES: 4109. Compared with
3020 head last week and 4206 head a
year ago. Vealers steady to 5.00
lower, (few) Prime 100.00-116.00;
Choice 80.00-93.00; God 65.00-86.00;
110-130 lbs. 50.00-68.00; 90-110 lbs.
40.0053.00; 65-90 lbs. 35.0045.00;
Utility 50110 lbs. 25.0043.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90
130 lbs. 50.00105.00; Hoi. Heifers
90135 lbs. 50.0083.00.
HOGS: 4622. Compared with 5786
head last week and 5272 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts weak
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SEE US AT THE PENN. FARM SHOW-BOOTHS 266 & 267
to 2.50 lower. US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs,
50.50-53.50 No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 49.00-
51.50; No. 2-3 200-280 lbs. 46.00-
50.00, few 275-350 lbs. 43.0046.00;
No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 40.0(M6.50;
Sows 1.004.00 lower. US No. 1-3
300-600 lbs. 36.0043.00; No. 2-3 300
650 lbs. 28.00-36.00. Boars 27.00
35.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 1990. Com
pared with 1014 head last week a
year ago. Feeder pigs steady to
3.00 lower. US No. 1-3 2035 lbs.
8.0023.00 per head; No. 1-3 35-50
lbs. 17.0031.00; No. 1-3 5080 lbs.
28.0037.50.
SHEEP: 330 Compared with 799
N.J. holds seedling sale
FLEMINGTON, N. J. - The New
Jersey Bureau of Forest
Management is encouraging
landowners to plant trees in a
reforestation/conservation prog
ram. They have a special seedling
sale running now until Feb. 1.
To qualify, you must own a
mimimum of 5 acres and plant a
minimum of 500 seedlings for
reforestation or conservation
purposes. “Reforestation and
conservation purposes mean that
trees are planted for the produc
tion of timber products, protection
of watersheds, soil erosion, and
screens for windbreaks, or
aesthetics,” says Elaine Fogerty,
Hunterdon County Agricultural
Agent.
The species available for the 1964
seedling sale include conifers and
deciduous trees; many pines, oak,
poplar, and larch. The trees
required by acre vary with the
spacing of the trees. Steve
Dietrich, Area Forester covering
head last week and 469 head a year
ago. Mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Few
High Choice & Prime 40-90 lbs.
54.00- Choice 75-105 lbs. 49.00-
59.00; (few) Good 65-115 lbs. 40.00-
45.00. Sl.ewes: 10.00-27.00.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES: 1655. Compared with 1767
head last week, and 2125 head a
year ago. All sales by CWT. Feeder
Pigs mostly steady to 7.00 lower.
US No. 1-2 25-40 lbs. 67.0043.00, 40-
50 lbs. 53.00-75.00, 5040 lbs. 59.00-
70.00, 60-90 lbs. 47.0048.00; US No.
2-3 25-40 lbs. 76.5040.00, 4040 lbs.
41.00-
Hunterdon County can lend ad
ditional assistance in that area.
Nearly thirty percent of New
Jersey’s land is private
woodland,” with farmland
assessment on woodlands being
harder to prove, a woodlot
management plan through a
professional forester is highly
recommended, says Miss Fogerty.
Steve Dietrich has a list of con
sulting foresters. Write Bureau of
Forest Management, RD 1, Box
999, Franklin, New Jersey 07416.
Or call (201) 827-6100.
Delivery dates for the trees can
be expected between March 1 and
April 15. The pick-up locations
nearby include Somerset 4-H
Center, Milltown Road,
Bridgewater and the Warren
County SCD office in Hackett
stown.
Order forms for the trees are.
available through the Cooperative<
Extension Service, Route 31,
Flemington and the Area
Forester’s office in Franklin.