A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 5,1984
Dairy Expo
(Continued from Page A2l)
title went to Block and Bridle with
a time of 1:42 minutes.
Winning the calf dressing contest
were the Delta Theta Sigma Little
Sisters. Delta Gamma Sorority
won the sorority milking contest,
and the team of Carrie Yoder and
Annette Shirey won the in
dependent milking contest.
Billed as the special events
highlight was the celebrity milking
contest. First place went to
Distinguished Alumnus Harry
Roth, Landisville, and his partner,
Gene Love, College of Agriculture
Associate Dean of Resident
Education.
Penn State wrestling coach Rich
Lorenzo and wrestler David Stas
earned second place honors, while
College of Agriculture Dean
Samuel Smith and University
President Bryce Jordan placed
third.
Commenting on his third
placing, President Jordan said
laughing, “I would have been
embarrased, but you have an Ag
Dean here who didn’t do better
than me.” Neither Dean'Smith nor
President Jordan was able to fill a
cup full of milk.
AWARDS BANQUET
Following the show, participants
and guests attended the Dairy
Science Club’s Awards Banquet.
Selected as the outstanding senior
in dairy prodction and receiving
the William R. Davey Award was
Phil Taylor, Cranesville.
Taylor was the club’s 1983
Field work still
playing catch-up
HARRISBURG - Wet con
ditions limited fieldwork in the
Commonwealth to 2 days for the
week ending April 29, according to
the weekly crop report of the Pa.
Crop Reporting Service. Activities
for the week included spreading
lime, fertilizer and manure,
spraying, plowing and planting
oats, potatoes, tobacco beds and
sweet corn.
Statewide, topsoil moisture was
rated surplus by 71 percent of
reporters, adequate by 25 percent
and short by 4 percent.
By the end of the week spring
plowing was 17 percent complete.
Last year at this time 35 percent
was complete while the five year
average for this date was 52 per
cent complete.
Statewide, 26 percent of the oat
crop was seeded compared with 34
percent seeded at this time last
year.
Approximately 6 percent of the
state’s potato crop was planted
compared with 16 percent planted
at this time last year.
Virtually all of the barley and
wheat crops were in the pre-boot
stage, same as last year at this
time. Some winter injury has been
reported for both crops.
Both alfalfa and clover-timothy
stands were rated good to fair. In
some areas alfalfa stands were
reported to be recovering from
winter damage due to heaving.
Statewide, 53 percent of reporters
rated alfalfa stands good, 42
percent rated them fair and 5
percent rated then poor. Clo-tim
stands were rated good by 61
percent of reporters and fair by 39
percent. The amount of feed ob
tained from pastures was rated
average by 61 percent of our
reporters, below average by 31
percent and above average by 8
percent. Many farmers have cattle
on pasture early due to exhausted
forage supplies.
By the end of the week, 23 per-
president and also held the
positions of treasurer and Cheese
Sale chairman. He served the
National American Dairy Science
Association Student Affiliate as 3rd
vice president and was the 1982
president of the Northeast region.
Outside the Dairy Science Club,
Taylor is a member of Delta Theta
Sigma agriculture fraternity;
Coaly Society, agriculture ac
tivities society; and the Ag Student
Council.
The Dairy Shrine Student Award
went to Alan Kozak, Washington. A
senior, Kozak served the Dairy
Science Club as a judging team
member and as chairman of
several committees, including the
Expo judging contest and the Pa.
On Parade Show.
Senior Jim Hoge, Pittsburgh,
received the Robert H. Rumler
Award sponsored by the Pa.
Holstein Association. Hoge was
this year’s Dairy Expo manager
and has served on various com
mittees.
Scholarship winners were Karen
Long, Tom Roth, Judy Harding,
Mark Wolfskill, Bill ZoUers, Ernie
Gelsinger, Vince Svonavec and
Linda Webster.
The Dairy Expo hardest working
individual was Natalie Smith,
Mechanicsburg. Jim Hoge was
most helpful individual.
The overall Dairy Expo chair
man was Dave Trotter, assisted by
Alan Waybright. Expo show
manager was Jim Hoge and
assistant show manager was Scott
Hauseman.
cent of the state’s peach trees were
in the pink stage and less than 5
percent were in full bloom. Last
year at this time 32 percent were in
the pink stage and 16 percent were
in full blfom. Cherries were
reported as 9 percent pink and 10
percent in full bloom compared
with 31 percent pink and 10 percent
in full bloom last year. Statewide,
less than 5 percent of the apple
trees were in the pink stage
compared with 19 percent last
year. Strawberries have been
reported as growing well and
looking good so far.
By the end of the week virtually
all of the tobacco beds were
planted compared with 67 percent
planted at this time last year.
Penn State College of Agriculture Dean Samuel Smith, left, and University President
Bryce Jordan get a firm "grip" on things in the Dairy Expo celebrity milking contest.
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