ounty for State Plowing Contest - * ** * r ■ # State plowing contest winners who are now eligible to compete at the national level are from left, Frank Burkhart, Lancaster, large plow; Neil Leffler, Gratz, contour; and Robert Miller, Millersburg, small plow. to the very latest in conservation tillage machines shown by the numerous local equipment dealers who participated. Working perhaps the hardest under the broiling sun, in addition to those sweating it out from the tractor seat, were the judges who evaluated the edges, depth, uniformity and finishing touches of the freshly turned plots. Among them was Margaret Kocevar, daughter of contestant Frank Kocevar, and a plowing expert in her own right. Armed with yardstick, clipboard and broad brimmed hat to fend off sunburn, she spent several hours fieldside measuring and marking down points on the detailed score sheets. “The beginning and the end furrows are crucial parts,” she explained. “And the ends must be uniform.” DV TLBR YOUR ESS On Display UNTS E SALE^^ to \gn*Bui!der ESTATE MARINE DIST INC. Route 256 Deale. MD 20751 PH 301-867-1447 KELLER BUILDING FOUR COUNTIES H.R. WEAVER SYSTEMS, INC. CONTRACTOR, INC. CONSTRUCTION R O # 1 Box 203 R.D , Box 816 RD 3, Box 403 Lewisburg, PA 17837 Coalport, PA 16627 Annville, PA 17003 PH 717-524-0568 PH 814-672-5751 PH: 717-838-3753 By national rules contestants are allowed 20 of their total 90 minutes to make the “opening split,” the first through slice which must be straight and shallow but clean cut through the trash cover. “Furrows must have clean walls and be uniform between rounds,” she added. “You shouldn’t be able to determine the passes of the plow or where a three, four, five or ■ whatever sized plow was used.” Contestants can’t relax even at the very end, since the finish furrow is a sort of final plowman signature to the job. “The finish furrow separates the men from the boys,” attested judge Kocevar. “It should be consistent with the plowed depth of the other furrow. Shallow, but no more shallow than other passes to prevent soil erosion qr allow a deep furrow* where water could collect.” While she claims to never have GRAM HNS, GRAM LEGS, KAR-SIM® DRYERS, SCALES ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ BUTLER MFC. CO. | Attn P E Hess %J3UTLERJP : |PO Box 337 Oxford PA 19363 ■ I m interested in more information on Butler products ■ □ Buildings □ Grain Bins n Feed Bins 5 □ Grain Legs _ Name WAREHOUSE PRICES PHIC BUILDERS 435 King Street Pottstown, PA 19464 PH: 215-323-4528 || k 'sMHWP^ Contest judge Margaret Kocevar measures a furrow. really plowed in competition, Margaret has put in plenty of hours at the job on the family’s home farm at Harrisburg Rl. After accompanying her father to contests since 1960 and watching as CALL 1 (800) 332-9605 or (215) 837-7700 W.R. MOODY, CONTRACTOR 113 Walnut Lane West Newton. PA 15089 PH- 412-872-6804 a spectator for a number of years, she attended a plowing judging school at Penn State and became a certified judge. Two years ago she served as one of the officials at the National Plowing Contest hosted in York County. BINTRIM BUILDERS 204 Hoover Road Newcastle, PA 16101 PH 412-924-2698 CLIFFORD E. BOLLINGER ASSOCIATES RD4, Box 197 Denver, PA 17517 PH 215-267-6046 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 17,1985-A2l COLLEGE PARK, Md. - M. Kenneth Aycock, Jr., of Greenbelt (Prince Georges County) has been named interim agronomy department chairperson in the College of Agriculture at the University of Maryland. Dr. Aycock succeeds James R. Miller, who retired on June 30 after 27 years of service to the state’s agricultural community. A faculty member at the College Park campus since 1966, Aycock is well-known among the nation’s professional tobacco research workers. More than two-thirds of Maryland’s tobacco crop is grown from varieties which Aycock helped to develop in cooperation with the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. In addition to development of new varieties, Aycock has been involved in cooperative research on disease resistance, fertilization response and air pollution effects on Maryland tobacco. In 1970 the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture alumni chapter honored him with its “Excellence in Research” award. The Northeastern branch of the American Society of Agronomy presented him with its annual research award in 1982. A native of Warrenton, N.C., Aycock holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. degree in plant breeding from lowa State University. After receiving his bac calaureate degree, Aycock spent a year (1959-60) as the first vocational agriculture teacher in Bear Grass high school at Williamston, N.C. He is married and the father of two children. COMPLETE LINE OF FEED BINS IN STOCK | Address | County, icity ® Phone Aycock chosen State.
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