VOL 34 No. 42 The national champion liiiea>l»w3euntv Dairy Bowl Team retire* from competi tion with two national titlee ttftTßedH. Rlcturedltrem left) Man Warmer, Joe Delong, Dale Olver, coach; Bob Barley, Tom Wlker, Eugene Hess and Tom McCauley. . , PMMB Extends $1.05 Through May B¥ KARL BERGER Special Correspondent The PeraisylvaniaMilk Market ing Board (PMMB) has given another boost to the fortunes of Mid-Atlantic area dairymen by extending its current $1.05 per hundredweight premium on Class Corn Smut..Oops...Maize Mushroom Offers Opportunity To Farmers BY LOU ANN GOOD MANTRIM (Lancaster Co.) If your sweet com crop is peppered with com smut, don’t discard it The com fungus abhored by far New York buyer Chrietlne Arnold believes corn smut msrketed under the name maize mushroom will become a popular edible plant ottering fanners a viable market tor com with the attached fungus. 016192 1299 _ 1620=^.0- Four Sections I milk through May 31, 1990. The move strengthens ongoing efforts by the Middle Atlantic Cooperative Milk Marketing Agency (MACMMA) and the Regional Cooperative Marketing Agencyto bargain for over-order premiums throughout the region. mers for many years can put cash in' your pocket Ears with the fungus are consid ered a food delicacy in many upscale restaurants, and New York Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 26, 1989 according to dairy leaden. In a decision announced August 23, the three-member board deter mined that higher prices are needed to maintain the supply of milk for local fluid use, according to spokesman Tom Kugel. Various (Turn to Pag* A2B) buyer Christiana Arnold is buying all she can find. Arnold is convinced that com smut will grow in popularity and offers an alternative cash crop to farmers. She said, “Of course it will not achieve widespread popularity by referring to it as com smut” She is educating farmers to call it maize mushrooms or the Mexican truffle or Cuitlacoche. But in its raw stage, the silvery gray fungus that grows on com is best known to far mers as com smut. “It’s really a maize mushroom,” Arnold explains as she breaks off a piece of the fungus and cats it raw, “because it grows on com and tastes similar to mushrooms.” East Petersburg farmer, Dave Landis, feeling adventurous, also breaks off a piece and nibbles on it “It doesn’t have much flavor,” he remarks. Arnold agrees. She explains that for best results, the com maize should be cooked several hours before serving to develop its flavor. Victor Lcfcvcr, a Manhcim far mer. isn’t adventurous enough to taste the maize mushroom, but he (Turn to P*go A2s> 50s Per Copy National Champions Go Their Separate Ways BY PAT PURCELL LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Remember these names: Tom McCauley Matt Wanner Tom Wikcr Joe DeLong Eugene Hess Bob Barley These young men brought national honors to Lancaster County as the Lancaster County Dairy Bowl team. The team, coached by Dale Olver, Penn State dairy science instructor, was actu ally two teams which competed in 4-H contests and Holstein contests. McCauley, Wanner, Wiker and DeLong became the 1989 National Holstein Senior Dairy Bowl champions in Minneapolis at the contest held during the national Holstein convention. They quali fied for the national competition when they became the Pennsylva nia Holstein Dairy Bowl Champions. Posle, a 246-pound gilt, reigned supreme at the Eliza bethtown Fair on Thursday night. Rosie, owned by Travis Donough, center, was chosen from all the livestock grand champions. With him are, from left, Frank Groff of Groff's Feed Mill, who purchased Posle for $5 per pound, Ed Donough, Travis, and Rep. Sam Hayes. Hog Is E-Town Fair Supreme Champion BY LISA RISSER ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas ter Co.) When the dust settled Thursday night at the Elizabeth town Fair, a 246-pound hog exhi bited by first-year showman Travis Donough was the supreme champ ion animal. The decision was a tough one forjudges Rep. Sam Hayes, Den nis Grumbine, Mike Firestine, and Irvin Myers. According to Hayes, the foursome based their decision on “which animal on this day best represents its species? Which is as $12,50 Per Year Wikcr, Wanner, Hess and Bar ley made up the team which became the National 4-H Dairy Bowl champions of 1988 in Louis ville, Kentucky. They were also state champions. McCauley, Wiker, Wanner and Hess took second place in 1988 at the National Holstein Dairy Bowl Contest held in San Diego, Cali fornia and were also the state Hols tein champions that same year. As national champions, the members are now excluded from future competitions, but as they pursue their educations and careers, on and off the farm, the seeds of learning which were culti vated during their dairy bowl team days will continue to produce high yields long after their dairy bowl days are over. Confident, knowledgeable, poised, and composed described the team which was victorious in the national boutsrbut it was not quiwiiß case when team members (Turn to Pap* ASS) close to ideal as possible.” Each of the men judged one of four animals, a hog. lamb, steer, and Holstein. Hayes was the sheep expert; Grumbinc, a hog producer and owner of Evergreen Tractor, examined the hog; Firestine, a Polled Hereford breeder and with the Lebanon Valley National Bank, studied the steer; and Myers, herdsman for Em-Tran Inc; judged the dairy cow. Competing against nine-year old Travis was his five-year-old (Turn to Pago A 36)
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