Lewis Landis & Groff BY PAT PURCELL MANHEIM The, lipt of champions and winners in the Lan caster County 4-H Woolies Round-up held Saturday, Novem ber 7, at the Manheim Farm Show Grounds, reads like pages from the past. The competition is tough and Ellen Lewis took both the supreme champion honors and the best bred and owned titles as with her exceptional Hampshire ewes at the Lancaster County 4-H Woolies Roundup. TOBACCO FARMERS!! Buyers are suggesting they need tobacco NOW! That is good, but they will also want your tobacco if you wait for our first large sale on: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987 We want your BEST tobacco first and we want to have a REAL BIG SALE. It’s important to establish a high market price at our first sale; then, we will also get a good price for our lower quality tobacco. It is also important that the first tobacco shipped to the South is of the highest quality to stimulate further interest from other buyers. Congratulations are in order for Mitch Ashby who placed as one of the top ten tobacco auctioneers in the country. He helped put PA tobacco on thg map again' We support an informative newsletter to be mailed to you this week. It suggests tips on striping & grading & marketing. Call Paradise for an issue today! We feel that if we STICK TOGETHER and wait until the auction market opens you COULD create a situation similar to 2 years ago. THINK TWICE BEFORE SIGNING ANY CONTRACT! Thankfully both types of tobacco appear to be in good demand this year. We will be receiving tobacco beginning on Friday, Dec. 4, right up until sale time! BIG OPEN HOUSE ALL DAY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1987. COME FOR FREE LUNCH & BRING A LOAD OF TOBACCO ALONG. these 4-H’ers do not rest on their laurels because the person who came in second last may have the sheep to take first place this year. Again, as she did last year and the year before that, Ellen Lewis swept the titles in the Hampshire breeding sheep competition. And AT 9:30 A.M. Member .... ,\T/..... Keystone Tobacco \Sf7 Marketing Group PARADISE TOBACCO SALES 19 Meadow Lane, Paradise, PA 17562 717-687-0990 or 717-299-3001 RY-000007-L Win In Lancaster 4-H Roundup for her grand finale, Lewis again captured the coveted supreme championship award over all five breeds shown. Judged by Lee Wagner from Easton, Pennsylva nia, Lewis Lewis was again selected for exhibiting the sheep best owned and bred. Wendall Landis took the grand champion honors in the market lamb competition with his 129 lb. heavyweight champion market iamb. Landis is the son of Mr. an<t Mrs. Abram Landis of RD 7, Man heim. Carrie Groff took the reserve grand championship title with her 100 lb. lightweight champion. Groff is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Groff of RD 5, SADDLE UP! To Better Equipment... Find It In Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS! Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 14, IM7-Al7 Elizabethtown. Lewis Sweeps Championships In Breeding Sheep Competition Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis of 1725 Clearspr ings in Mount Joy showed an exceptional group of ewes putting her in the winners’ spotlight sever al times Saturday. Lewis’ ewe lambs captured both the champion and reserve champion rosettes in the Hampshire division and also took first and second place in the yearling ewe class. These wins added up to two big wins for the evening. Her champion ewe lamb was selected as the supreme champion ewe and her first place yearling ewe captured the best A ALFALFA FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE New Test Results K R Number lin Penn State Rock Spring Test. If Peak Alfalfa was rated the best Alfalfa, V 127% of Sanarac AR and of Arc in Trials, V 1982-1986 B R CHECK IT OUT - CONSISTENT HIGH YIELDS IN UNIVERSITY. STATION TESTS EXCELLENT WINTER HARDINESS MULTI-PEST RESISTANCE MULTI-DISEASE RESISTANCE Distributor Northampton County Seed Co., Inc. David Bird RD #2 Box 122 Catawissa, Pa. 17820 717-365-7403 Sheldon Harsbarger RD #1 Box 418 Mifflintown, Pa. 17059 717-436-2523 Hausmann's Farm Box 173 RD #1 Schnecksville, Pa. 18078 215-767-5281 F.W. Eckel and Sons RD #2 Box 384 Clark Summit, Pa. 18411 717-586-2822 Marlowe Stutzman RD #2 Box 78 Mertztown, Pa. 19539 215-682-7065 bred and owned honors for Lewis. In the Shropshire division of the breeding sheep competition a big winner was Arlisa Snavely. Snave ly took the champion and reserve champion titles with a pair of year ling ewes. Snavely is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Snavely of 2148 State Road, Lancaster. Tracey Montes’ ewe lamb took the champion title in the Oxford division in the breeding sheep competition. Gina Montes cap tured the reserve spot in that divi sion with her yearling ewe. Tracey and Gina are the daughters of Mar ilyn Montes of 103 Skyview Lane in Lititz. P 0 Box 51 Bath. PA 18014 (215)837-6322 DEALERS Palmerton Feed and Grain 480 Delaware Ave. Palmerton, Pa. 18071 215-826-2117 Mr. James Hoover Rt. 6 Box 896 Lebanon, Pa. 17042 717-933-5370 Mr. Duane Miller RD #1 - Box 68D Clinton, Pa. 15026 412-378-8175 Rich-Roy Farms 1553 Pen Argyl Road Pen Argyl, Pa. 18072 215-588-7144 Glen Simonton RD #1 Port Royal, Pa. 17086 717-527-4772 Christian Farmers c/o Peggy Berry RD #1 Sussex, NJ 07461 914-726-3688 (Turn to Pag* A 27)
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