A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1,1984
BY JACK HUBLEY
SUNBURY - Nearly 200 far
mers took a break from field work
on Tuesday to attend a Con
servation Field Day at the Jeff
Pontius Farm south of Sunbury.
Sponsored by the Northumberland
County Conservation District, the
Soil Conservation Service and the
Cooperative Extension, the Field
Day featured tillage equipment
demonstrations by seven firms,
and an evening program of lec
tures and slide shows.
Beginning at noon, farmerse
were invited to test the latest in
tillage equipment, with presen
tations and demonstrations by
George Zeiders of Dalmatia gets the lowdown on the Case
4694 from serviceman Raymond Rutt of Binkley & Hurst
Bros., Lititz.
Armstrong County honors top dairy show winners
BY BETH NESBIT
Staff Correspondent
DAYTON Excitment filled the
air last Tuesday, August 14, at the
Armstrong county fairgrounds, as
dairy exhibitors prepared for the
day’s activities.
When the exhibits were exhibited
and the champions were selected
by judge Patty McMurray of
Washington, Pa. Carol Aden of
Dayton stood with the top Holstein
honor.
The day began with the 4-H
members parading their animals
around the ring in front of fitting
and showmanship judge, Dave
Eynd of Pennsylvania State
University.
Alex Claypoole, 16, son of Oren
Claypoole, RDI, Worthington
captured both fitting and
showmanship honors.
While Dave Eynd was judging
the 4-H’ers on showing and fitting,
judge McMurray was busy
choosing the open class colored
breed champions.
The Ayrshire classes were
dominated by the Kline family of
Mars, Pa. the Kline family
exhibited both the grand champion
and reserve grand champion
females of the show.
A former 4-H member of Arm
strong county, Susan Houser of
EDI, Templeton, won the cham
pionship title in the Brown Swiss
jres. tula C was the. . grand champion Brown Swiss exhibited by Susan
Houser, The reserv* champion (right) was shown by Robert Houser.
Attendance doubles at Northumberland Field Day
company representatives getting
underway at 4 p.m.
A conservation tillage movie
entitled “From Seed to Feed” was
presented as farmers “chowed
down” at the pig roast courtesy of
the event’s sponsors.
Lecturing on the benefits of no
till farming was Kevin Blake of the
USDA Soil Conservation Service.
Defining conservation tillage as
any procedure leaving at least 30
percent of the soil’s surface
covered by the previous crop,
Blake said that increasing num
bers of farmers are turning to no
till because of the savings in tune
and fuel as well as superior water
competition. Susan also captured
the reserve champion honor:
Coal Hill Farms, Slippery Rock,
Pa. exhibited the grand and
reserve champion Guernseeys of
the early morning show.
lisa Coleman, a 17-year-old FFA
member from Saltsburg left the
show ring with her champion
Jersey calf.
Runner-up to Carol Aden’s 4-
year-old grand champion Holstein
in the open class was Jody Nesbit
of Marchand with her 3-year-old
cow. Greg Alcorn of Dayton
showed the reserve grand
champion Holstein in the 4-H
competition.
OPEN HOLSTEIN SHOW
Junior HoKor Colt
1 Jackie Mckee 2 Jody Nesbit 3 Jeffrey
Hollabaugh
Intermediate Heifer Calf
1 Gwen Alcorn, 2 Timothy Rupp 3 Alex
Claypoole
Senior Heifer Calf
1 Alex Claypoole 2 Joyce Freehlmg, 3 Lara
Wilson
Junior Yearling Heifer
1 Brenda Nesbit 2 Joyce Freehlmg 3 Lara
Wilson
Senior Yearling Heifer
1 Alex Claypoole 2 Jody Nesbit, 3 Jody Nesbit
Junior Champion Female
Alex Claypoole
Reserve Junior Champion Female
Jody Nesbit
Senior 2 Year Old
1 Jody Nesbit 2 Jody Nesbit
1 Jody Nesbit, 2 Gregory Alcorn 3 Becky
Stewart
4-Yaar-Old Cow
1 Carol Aden 2 Gregory Alcorn, 3 Brenda
Nesbit
3-Year-Old Cow
Farmers inspect the results of a tillage demonstration at the Northumberland County
Conservation Tillage Day held on Tuesday. The Versatile tractor and Great Plains no-till
drill were exhibited by C.B. Hoober & Son of Intercourse.
retention. where topsoil layers are com-
But the real long-term benefit of
conservation tillage, said Blake,
likes with soil retention. According
to Blake, no-till fanning slows
erosion in four ways. First, surface
residue softens the blow of rain
drops on soil particles, and second,
the previous crop’s root systems
help to hold soil in place. Surface
residues help to reduce crusting,
and finally, any runoff that does
occur is slowed by the residue.
Blake noted that no-till farming
is particularly important in areas
such as Northumberland County
}?n*
Grand Champion Holstein of both 4-H and open classes at Arm: ,-ong County's. 'yton
Fair was Carol Aden. Taking reserve champion honors in the 4-H show was Greg Alcorn.
AftdCow
1 Jody Nesbit 2 Gwen Alcorn, 3 Gregory
Alcorn
Senior Champion Parnate
Carol Aden
Reserve Santer Champion Parnate
Jody Nasbit
Grand Champion Parnate
Carol Adan
Raaarva Grand Champion Parnate
Jody Nasbit
Produce of Dam
1 Jody Nasbit, 2 Alex Claypoote 3 Brands
Nasbit
Dam And Oauthtar
1 Jody Nasbit 2 Carol Aden, 3 Brett Nasbit
Gat 01 Sira
I Jody Nasbit, 2 Gregory Alcorn, 3 Gwen
Alcorn
paratively thin. He also stated that
no-till is probably the most cost
effective of all erosion control
practices.
Other speakers for the evening
included Mike Boyle, of John Blue
Sprayers, explaining the proper
use sprayers, for pesticides, her
bicides and insecticides: Dr.
James Radtke, of Northrup King
Co. reviewing corn genetics
research; and Vernon Brose with
an update on the training session
for pesticide certification renewal.
No-till weed and insect control
Dairy Hard
1 Gregory Alcorn, 2 Jody Nasbit
OPEN MILKING SHORTHORN SHOW
Senior Hatter CaH
1 Rachel K line
Junior Yearling Hatter
1 Rachel Kline
Senior Yearling Hatter
1 Rachel Kline
3-Year-OW Cow
1 Rachel Ktma
Junior Champion
Rachel Kline
Reserve Junior Champion
Rachel Kline
Grand Champion
Rachel Klme
OPEN AYRSHIRE RESULTS
Junior Heifer Show
1 Amy Kline
Intermediate HeHer Calf
1 William Kline
Junior Yearling Hatter
1 Ltsa Coleman
Senior Yearling Hotter
1 William Kline
Junior Champion
1 William Kline*
Reserve Junior Champion
William Kline
2-Year-Old Cow
1 Amy Kline
3-Year-Old Cow
1 William Kline
4-Year-Old Cow
1 William Kline
1 William Kline
Grand Champion Female
1 William Kline
Reserve Grand Champion
William Kline
OPEN BROWN SWISS SHOW
Junior Heifer Calf
I Don Houser 2 Lisa Coleman
Senior Heifer Calf
1 Lisa Coleman
1
Junior Yearling Heifer
1 Susan Houser, 2 Don Houser 3 Susan
Houser
Senior Yearling HeHer
1 Robert Houser 2 Robert Houser
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were discussed by Shell
Chemical’s Ned Mcllvaine, and
FMC Corporation’s Steve Fisher,
respectively.
Coordinator of this year’s show
was Bob Jacobs, manager of the
Northumberland County Con
servation District office. Jacobs
noted that a decision to expand this
year’s show was made after last
year’s event produced a crowd of
100 farmers. Accordingly, the
number of conservation tillage
implements was increased from
last year’s single no-till planter to
eight implements this year.
Junior Champion
Don Houser
Roooryo Junior Champion
Susan Housor
3-Yoar-OMCow
I Susan Housor, 2 Robert Housor 3 Susan
Housor
4-Year-Old Cow
1 Don Houser, 2 Robert Houser
Acad Cow
1 Susan Houser, 2 Robert Houser
Grand Champion Female
Susan Houser
Reserve Grand Champion Female
Don Housor
OPEN GUERNSEY SHOW
Intermediate Waiter Calf
1 Coal Hill Farms, 2 Coal Hill Farms 3 Coal Hill
Farms
Cantor Walter CaH
1 Coal Hril Farms, 2 Coal Hill Farm, 3 Coal Hill
Farms
Junior Yearling Heifer
1 Coal Hilt Farms 2 Coal Hill Farms
Senior Yearling Heifer
I Coal Hill Farms, 2 Coal Hill Farms
Junior I Reserve Junior Chamfßon
Coal Hilt Farms
2-Year-Old Cow
1 Coal Hill Farms, 2 Coal Hill Farms 3 Coal Hill
Farms
3-Year-Old Cow
1 Coal Hill Farms 2 Coal Hill Farms
4-Year Old Cow
1 Coal Hill Farms 2 Coal Hill Farms
Aged Cow
1 Coal Hill Farms. 2 Coal Hill Farms
Champion A Reserve Senior Champion
Coal Hilt Farms
Grand I Reserve Grand Champion Female
Coal Hill Farms
OPEN JERSEY SHOW
Junior HeHer CaH
1 Lisa Coleman
Senior Heifer CaH
1 Lisa Coleman
Grand Champion Female
Lisa Coleman