A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16, 1993
Bow’s Corriedale Ewe Takes Champion At Wool Breeds Show
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Benjamin Bow, son of Ben and
Mary Bow, Annvilte, showed the
supreme champion ewe in the
wool breeds competition at the
Farm Show late Wednesday night.
Benjamin showed the champion
spring ewe lamb, BOW 9269, in
one of the largest classes in the
Benjamin Bow, far right, won supreme champion of the
wool breeds show with his Corrledale ewe late Wednesday
night. From left, Ben Bow, Mary Bow, Melanie Horshler, and
Benjamin Bow.
Ken Scott, right, shows the champion Rambouillet ram at
the wool breeds competition Wednesday night. At left is
Joel Marlacher.
Barbara Falvey with her champion Merino ram at the
Farm Show’s wool breeds competition.
wool breeds competition, with
more than 17 exhibitors.
Nearly 150 sheep were exhi
bited in the wool breeds show,
judged by Charles Hess, Cable,
Ohio.
Following is a list of show
placings.
FARM SHOW
SHEEP SHOW
WOOL BREEDS
RESULTS
MERINO
Yearling Ram: 1. Barbara Falvey. Fall Ram
lamb; 1. Shady Hollow Farm. Spring Ram
Lamb; 1. Barbara Falvay. 2. Shady Hollow
Farm. 3. Barbara Falvey. Pairol Ram Lambs:
1. Shady Hollow Farm. 2. Barbara Falvey.
CHAMPION RAM
Barbara Falvey
RESERVE
Barbara Falvey
Yearling Ewe: 1. Shady Hollow Farm. 2.
Shady Hollow Farm. 3. Barbara Falvey. Fall
Ewe Lamb: 1. Shady Hollow Farm. 2. Barbara
Falvey. 3. Barbara Falvey Spring Ewe Lamb:
1. Suzan Falvey. 2. Barbara Falvey. 3. Barba
ra Falvey. Pair of Ewe Lambs; 1. Shady Hol
low Farm. 2. Barbara Falvey. 3. Suzan
Falvey.
CHAMPION EWE
Shady Hollow Farm
RESERVE
Barbara Falvey
Breeder's Young Flock: 1. Shady Hollow
Farm. 2. Barbara-Falvey. Pen of Lambs: 1.
Shady Hollow Farm. 2. Barbara Falvey. Get of
Sire: 1. Shady Hollow Farm. 2. Barbara
Falvey. Flock: 1. Shady Hollow Farm. 2. Bar
bara Falvey. Premier Breeder; Barbara
Falvey. Premier Exhibitor - Shady Hollow
Farm.
RAMBOUILLET
Yearling Ram: 1. Billy Leib. Fall Ram Lamb: 1.
Kenneth Scott. 2. Meghan Hayes. 3. Kenneth
Scott Spring Ram Lamb: 1. Kenneth Scott. 2.
Billy Leib. 3. Billy Leib. Pair of Ram Lambs; 1.
Kenneth Scott. 2. Meghan Hayes. 3. Billy
Leib
CHAMPION RAM
Kenneth Scott
RESERVE
Kenneth Scott
Yearling Ewe - 1 Meghan Hayes. 2. Meghan
Hayes. 3. Bob and Suzle Leib. Fall Ewe Lamb
1 Kenneth Scott. 2. Megan Hayes 3 Ken
neth Scott Spnng Ewe Lamb: 1. Billy Leib. 2
Bob and Suzle Leib. 3. Billy Leib. Pair of Ewe
Lambs; 1. Kenneth Scott. 2. Meghan Hayes
3 Billy Leib.
Meghan Hayes showed the champion Ramboulllet ewe at
the wool breeds show Wednesday night.
Connie Scott shows the champion Merino ewe at the
wool breeds show Wednesday night.
CHAMPION EWE
Meghan Hayes
RESERVE
Kenneth Scon
Breeder's Young Flock; 1. Kenneth Scott. 2.
Meghan Hayes. 3. Billy Lelb. Pen of Lambs: 1. CORRIEDALE
Kenneth Scott 2. Meghan Hayes. 3. Billy (Results not available as of presstime)
Integrated Program
Offered By ASCS
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Farmers wrestling with how to
meet minimum erosion standards
required under the Food Security
Act should look into the options
offered' by the IntegratedJFjpi
Management or IFM program
through the Agriculture Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Service
(ASCS) office.'
For the first time, a government
program offers farmers an oppor
tunity to diversify rotations to
improve soil resource sustainabili
ty and imnprove Integrated Pest
Management without being penal
ized with the loss of crop acreage
bases. Eligibility requires that
20% of all crop acreage bases for
the farm be devoted to a legume,
legume-grass, small grain—
legume-grass combination or
other soil conserving crop.
Advantages include: soil con
servation, pest control (IPM),
improved soil structure and fertili
ty with no loss of crop acreage
base. And depending on how the
program is set up, non-program
nurse grain crops, such as oats, rye
or spelts, can be harvested for
Lelb. Get of Sire; 1. Kenneth Scott. 2. Meghan
Hayes. 3. Billy Lelb. FlocK: 1. Meghan Hayes
2. Billy Lelb. 3. Kelli Zelgler. Premier Breeder
1 Billy Lelb. Premier Exhibitor:
grain and the legume seeded with
the grain can be hayed or grazed
without losing base acres or defi
ciency payment eligibility!
The 20% base committed to soil
conserving use can be rotated
from one field to another every
year allowing the reseeding of hay
strips without losing crop base
acres. It’s important to note, the
20% base acreage figure is an
average over the life of the con
tract. In other words, the 20% fig
ure doesn’t have to be met every
year as long as the contract aver
age is 20%.
All base crops on the farm mus 1
be enrolled in the program for t
minimum of three years and a
maximum of five years. Any con
tracts expiring by 1995 are eligi
ble for renewal for another three to
five year period. And of course if
the requirements of the contract
are violated there are provisions
for penalties.
IFM is a win-win situation for
those farmers who have wanted to
break the grairt intensive cycle to
conserve soil resources but didn’t
want to risk the loss of base acres.
IFM may make it easier for far
mers to establish a rotation to meet
minimum soil loss standards for
the Food Security Act (FSA) with
out having to buy expensive no
till equipment or install structural
control practices like diversiofis or
terraces.
All Counties in Pennsylvania
are eligible up to a limit of
60,000+ acres statewide. See your
local County ASCS office for spe
cific details regarding your indivi
dual situation. Remember, a deci
sion on participation will have to
be made before April 30,1993, the
end of the spring sign up period
A word of caution: take a copy
of this article along to the ASCS
office. There has been some con
fusion in some offices between
this program and the SP-53 prog
ram which is limited to only thir
teen counties in the state. Once
again, all counties in Pennsylvania
are eligible for IFM!
Nutrient
Management
Bill Meeting
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
You are cordially invited to attend
a meeting on January 18, 1993 at
3:00 p.tn. at Kreider’s Restaurant,
RT. 72, Manheim, to discuss a
proposed Whole-Farm Nutrient
Management bill. The proposed
Whole-Farm Bill, which is in
competition to 581444, will be
introduced to the Pennsylvania
Legislature in January.
All persons attending the meet
ing at Kreider’s will receive a
copy of the proposed bill and a 45
minute briefing. There will be
approximately 30 minutes allo
cated for discussion.
This meeting is open to all
interested persons, and we encour
age your active participation.
Please let others know of this
meeting. Reservations are not
required, but would be helpful for
planning purposes. Phone: (717)
859-3276. Thank you.