Northumberland No-Till
Twilight Meeting
To Be Held
Northumberland County Con
rvation District and the Coopera
te Extension Service will spon
>r a twilight meeting on Thurs
ly, September 3, from 6:30 to
00 PM.
The meeting will begin with an
spection of no-till com, oats, and
>ybean demonstration plots from
30 to 7:00 PM. The plots were
anted by Carl Forman and are
icated on Route 54, three
jarters of a mile west of
urbotville.
Starting at 7:00 PM, the rest of
.e meeting will be held indoors’at
orman’s Grain and Fertilizer,
urbotville. Presentations will be
ade by chemical company and
;ency representatives on a variety
f topics.
Mark Baughman, ICI, will
on controlling problem
eeds and Steve Fisher, FMC, will
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discuss insect control. Workshop
participants are encouraged to
bring specimens of problem insec
ts to the meeting for identification
and discussion of control
measures.
County agents Vernon Brose
and Norman Conrad will speak on
farm chemical safety and protect
ing groundwater from contamina
tion, respectively.
George Phillips of the conserva
tion district staff will present a
slide program on the results of the
conservation district’s no-till
demonstration plot program.
Robert Jacobs of the conservation
district staff will speak on the Che
sapeake Bay cost-share program.
The meeting has been approved
by the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture as an update train
ing session for pesticide certifica
tion renewal for private applica-
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ARIOUS STATES
295 Woodcorner Rd
Litltz, PA 17543
1 Mile West of Ephrata
Phone 717-738-1121
The bidding was competitive at
the Montgomery County 4-H
Market Lamb Sale August
17th at the* Perkiomenville Sales
Auction. A 1 Kober, representing
Clemens Markets, was the suc
cessful contender, paying $4.20
perpound for the Grand Champion
animal exhibited by Dan Cochran
of Collegeville. Dan’s lamb was
named Grand Champion by judge
Rod Gilbert of Delaware Valley
College at the annual Montgomery
tors. Private applicators will
receive three credits (one core and
two subject matter) toward certifi
cation renewal.
Refreshments will be provided
by the Northumerland County
Conservation District. More infor
mation on the meeting can be
obtained by calling the conserva
tion district office at 988-4224.
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And Older
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County 4-H Sheep Show held dur
ing die 4-H Fair in Creamery. Cle
mens Markets also purchased
lambs from Shane Frankenfield of
Royersford and Jim Nutt of Blue
BeU at $1.30 per pound.
Southeast Farm Credit of Silver
dale was the buyer of the Reserve
Grand Champion lamb paying
$1.90 per pound for the animal
shown by Andy Kumpf of Norris
town. Andy also showed the Grand
Champion- Pair of Lambs which
was purchased by A. Thomas of
Aquilante Markets of Berwyn for
$1.30/lb. Mr. Thomas also bought
lambs shown by Denise McMahon
of Green Lane, Rob Nutt of Blue
Bell and Chad Kinsky of Lansdale
at $1.20/lb. as well as John
Unruh’s entry, Harleysville, at
$1.45/lb.
Kratz’s General Store of Skip
pack was welcomed as a new buy
er. Owner Gary Kratz paid
$1.30/lb. for the lambs exhibited
by David Nutt, Blue Bell, and
Todd Frankenfield of Royersford.
Hennings Market of Harleysville
paid $1.60/lb. for the entry of
Johanna Landis of Green Lane.
Sheila Landis’s lamb. Green Lane,
went to Landis Supermarket of
Telford at $1.55/lb. Black’s Lives
tock of Skippack, paid $ 1.40/lb. to
Mark Shellenberger of Lansdale
while Moyer and Sons of Souder
ton was the buyer of Joshua Land
is’s lamb, Green Lane, atsl.6o/lb.
Marcho Veal of Harleysville sup
ported Heather Miller, also of Har
leysville, by buying her animal at
$1.60/lb.
County Agent Nancy Kadwill of
Collegeville extended apprecia
tion to all the buyers and to Joe
Landis and the staff of the Per
kiomenville Sales Auction for
hosting the event. The Green Pas
tures 4-H Sheep Club is open to all
youth ages 8-19 who are interested
in raising either market lambs or
breeding sheep. The club is under
the direction of leaders Laura
Myers of Blue Bell, Jerry McMa
hon of Green Lane and Marlyn
Stroh of Lafayette Hill. For more
information on 4-H call 489-4315.
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