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While Tobacco Market Intensifies, Stauffer Grabs Champ
ANDY ANDREWS at the Penn State Southeastern
Lancaster Farming Staff Field Research Laboratory in
LANCASTER (Lancaster Landisville.
Co.) Depending on how much Yokum spoke at the Lancaster
credit the U.S. allows the Soviets, County Tobacco Show at the Farm
Lancaster tobacco growers could an d Home Center Thursday. Dur
be looking at a booming market. in g .show judging, Yokum
Trouble is, many of the Eastern answered questions about the
Bloc countries don’t have the tobacco market,
money to pay for a lot of domestic Yokum also explained the diffe
tobacco, according to John tent classes of tobacco and what
Yocum, senior research associate judges look for when determining
jster Tobacco Show were, from left,
Jeffrey Ranck, Domestic Tobacco, and Jay Frey, Lancaster
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“The binders wrap the tobacco
filler, and the judges look for thin
veins,” said Yokum. “The binders
make up the middle to the lower
part of the plant. These days, fillers
are often referred to as the thick
leaves, but technically are the
overripe, dead leaves at the bottom
of the plant.”
In the fillers, said Yokum,
judges look for uniformity and
stretch, and consider other factors
such as the amount of holes,
insests, veins, color, etc.
To Clark Stauffer, 37, Ephrata,
excellent growing conditions the
past year and watching the amount
of fertilizer that went onto the
ground helped him capture grand
champion Pennsylvania smoking
tobacco honors at the show. His
certified Maryland 609-type
tobacco, using seed genetics
obtained by Watson Seed Co.,
Watson, N.C., netted him the
award.
Stauffer’s champion hand of
middle one-third tobacco is an
example of the result of careful soil
nutrient management and eight
years of hard work on his four
acres of 609 type in Ephrata.
Stauffer and his wife, Lucille,
entered tobacco in three classes
(all Pa. grown smoking) Class
bottom one-third, Class 5 middle
one-third, and Class 6 top one
third.
This was Stauffer’s second year
as an adult at the tobacco show and
has exhibited before in the youth
class. This is his first Lancaster
show championship, and he placed
high last year at the Harrisburg
Farm Show and also will be show-
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Clark Stauffer, Ephrata, picked up grand champion Pen
nsylvania smoking tobacco honors at the Lancaster Tobac
co Show Thursday.
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I d tell farmers to keep the 0 r second week of June. Also, keep
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