BY BARBARA RADER
Staff Correspondent
NEW CASTLE Highlights of
the Butler, Beaver, Lawrence
Area Sheep and Wool Growers
Spring Event on Feb. 4 at the
Liberty Grange featured the
crowning of the ’B4 Lamb/Wool
Queen, the youth wool judging
contest, open wool contest, Ladies
League wool fashion show, election
of directors, various guest
speakers and 292 pounds of dressed
lamb.
Butler Countian, Peggy Mc-
Crumb, 17-year-old daughter of the
Rev. Robert and Sally McCrumb,
of Mars, was crowned the ’B4
Lamb/Wool Queen during the
event. She will represent Beaver,
Butler and Lawrence Counties at
the state wide competition later on
in Harrisburg.
Two Lawrence County youths
captured trophies, blue ribbons
and cash prizes in the youth wool
judging contest. Bridget Whiting,
eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Whiting, won the junior
division, 12 and under, and Janet
Shick, 16-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Shick, took the
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Butler Countian gets sheep , wool crown
honors of the senior division of 14
thru 17 years.
Being sponsored by the First
National Bank at New Castle, the
juniors had to judge two classes of
wool, one a low quarter the other
3/8 blood. Mercer County Agent
Bob Calvert served as official
judge with Lee Miller and Curt
Hughes, Beaver and Butler County
agents, respectfully, having
charge of the contest.
Contestants looked for wool
character, strength and length of
the fiber and extra added
ingredients such as hay and feed
matter in. the fleeces while
selecting their placings.
The open wool pool contest being
sponsored by the Lawrence County
Wool Growers presented the
champion fleece trophy to Lloyd
McCracken, New Castle, on his 3/8
blood entry. He also took second
place winnings in this class. His
flock of 10 ewes, which began as a
hobby, will be acquiring more of
his attention as he just retired.
Wayne Hixenbaugh and Carl
Shuler were third and fourth place
winners, respectfully.
Robert and Rick Dunn, father
State
and son, took honors in the quarter
blood and switched spots in the half
blood class. Maggie Whiting
received third place for her
quarter blood fleece.
District 5 Director of Ladies
Leaque, Mrs. Shirley Dunn,
Ctucora, explained the contest
rules on “Make it yourself with
wool’’ and narrated a fashion show
with five girls modeling. Janet
Shick, 16, modeled her slack and
jacket outfit; Melinda Shaffer, 13,
showed off her solid brown
knickers; Carol Shuler was attired
in her brown 2-piece short jacket
and skirt, complemented with a
100% wool felt hat. A two-piece
heather gray skirt and jacket was
modeled by 20-year-old Robin
Dunn, and Kim Schultheis modeled
17-year-old Sandy Schaffer’s gray
2-piece skirt and jacket in her
absence.
Dave Martin, Volant, conducted
the business meeting in which
seven new directors were elected
to serve one year terms. Those
elected were Robert Burry,
Beaver County; William Fullerton
and David Whiting, Lawrence
County; Robert and Harold Dunn
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and Jack Estess, Butler County;
and Gerald Thoma from Ohio.
Calvert reported the state field
days will be June 2 at Mercer
County 4-H Park, adding that he
would need some assistance with
the program. He also announced
that their would be no ram test sale
this year and the Keystone sale
had been moved from the Farm
Show Complex, Harrisburg, to the
Carlisle Fairgrounds.
Jack Fischer, Dog Law officer in
this area, was the featured mor
ning speaker. He spoke on the
rights sheep owners have con
cerning the intrusion of stray dogs
and damages done by dogs.
Sprayer workshop planned
NEWARK, Del. - Chemical
control of weeds, insects and
diseases is a critical part of today’s
farm operation. This makes the
low-pressure field sprayer one of
the most used pieces of equipment
on the farm and perhaps one of
the most abused.
Each pesticide has its own
method of application. For in
stance, herbicides (weedkillers)
can be applied preplant contact or
incorporated, pre-emergence,
post-emergence over the top or
directed, and selectively. Each
method may require a different
sprayer set-up and calibration,
says University of Delaware ex
tension power and machinery
specialist Tom Williams.
Calibration is the key to suc
cessful results with pesticides,
Williams says. Apply too little
chemical and you get no control.
Apply too much chemical and you
may damage the crop as well as
increase production costs.
A survey of field sprayer
operators made by agricultural
engineers at the University of
Nebraska showed that only one out
of four operators was applying
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Sally Young, Canonsburg, was
guest afternoon speaker, advising
the group how to better direct
market wool and the pelts. She told
of many different directions to go
with marketing their fleeces. She
showed several samples of wool
done commercially and at home
which was washed and carded and
ready to spin. Stressing fleeces
must be clean. “A little more effort
brings back a better return as
premium prices will be paid for
cleanier wool,” she said. Hand
spinning is the newest market tor
wool outlets, according to Mrs.
Young. She also noted quilting has
picked up as a craft for the wool
and sheep growers.
chemicals within plus or minus 5
percent of the intended rate.
Improper or lack of calibration
accounted for 78 percent of the
errors. Errors ranged from 59
percent under to 83 percent over
the intended rate. Checks on
granular insecticide applicators
give similar results.
Pesticide costs on no-till corn
could exceed $36 per acre. But
applying these chemicals 50
percent above the intended rate
would cost an additional $8 per
acre, a cost few farmers can afford
today.
The Delaware Cooperative
Extension Service is planning a
calibration workshop to demon
strate sprayer maintenance and
calibration techniques. The
meeting will be held on Thursday,
March 1, beginning at 10 a.m. at
the Delaware State Fairgrounds on
U.S. 13 in Harrington. Calibration
techniques for PTO and ground
driven sprayers, granular ap
plicators, com planters, row
fertilizer, and grain drills will be
covered. The meeting will count
toward recertification for pesticide
applicators.
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