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9-Year-Old Exhibitor Wins Supreme Market Lamb At Farm Show
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
While a crowd gathered at the
podium and the champions
stepped up to get their picture
taken, Chelsea Viti reached over
and gave “Curly,” her supreme
champion market lamb, a hug and
a kiss.
Chelsea, 9. in the third grade at
South Side Beaver School, showed
her 132-pound Hampshire-Suffolk
spring ewe lamb, to the champion
ship on Wednesday afternoon at
the Farm Show.
Chelsea is the daughter of Don
and Linda Viti, Hookstown, Beav
er County.'
Meanwhile, Benjamin Bow
held to his 138-pound heavy
weight reserve champion, a Suf
folk ewe that became reserve
supreme at the market lamb
championship. Ben, 16, the son of
Chelsea Vlti, right, shows “Curly,” her 132-pound<Hampshlre-Suffolk lamb to a
supreme championship during the junior market lamb competition at the Farm Show.
At left is Tony Wagner, deputy ag secretary. Photo by Andy Andrews
r, O | J t > Bhows h| * 138-pound Suffolk to reserve champion market
temb on Wednesday at the Junior market lamb competition. With him Is Tony Wagner,
deputy ag secretary. Photo by Andy Andnw•
Ben and Mary Bow, Locust Ridge
Farm, is a 10th grader at Annville
Cleona. He is an eight-year mem-
Brandy Horning, 15,
daughter of Bruce and Phyllis
Horning, Huntingdon, won
the champion carcass on-rail
competition at the Farm
Show.
ber of Lebanon County 4-H.
The champion is a “combination
of what our industry needs,” said
Budd Martin, Williard, Ohio,
show judge. The lamb “had a tre
mendous amount of youthfulness
and muscle,” he said. He said the
champion has what is important,
placing “a lot of emphasis on
dimension in the top.”
Martin raises purebred Cheviots
and Dorsets and wether ewes.
Brandy Horning, IS, daughter
of Bruce and Phyllis Homing,
Huntington, won the champion
carcass on-rail show. Brandy has
exhibited at the Huntingdon Coun
ty Fair and KILE, in addition to the
Blair County Fair.
In all, there were a total of 168
exhibitors. Following is a list of
show placings.
FARM SHOW
JUNIOR MARKET
LAMBS
BREEDS
Cheviot: 1. Jacob Ebersole. 2. LaAn Graham.
3. Tabitha Ebaraola. CPrriedale: 1. Tom Bow
ler, 2. Nicola Knapp. 3. Michael Bowman.
Donat Lightweight; 1. Gina Shelton. 2. Ste
phanie Bowman. 3. Jennifer A. Wenger.
Donat Lamb* Heavy; 1. Lori Tyaon. 2. Denck
Bollinger. 3. Molly Blackburn. Champion
Donat; Lori Tyion. Reterve; Gina Shelton.
Hamiphire: 1. Tara Via. 2. Darren Fidler. 3.
Dave Oion, Shropshire: 1. Jeremy Dorman.
2. Kristy L. Blystone. 3. Peggy Myers. South
down Lambs Light: 1. Matt Trestle. 2. Jim S.
Harris. 3. Draw Bankart. Southdown Lambs
Heavy: 1. Adam Sellars. 2. Laura Kwisnek. 3.
Lisa Kwisnek. Champion Southdown; Adam
Sellers. Reserve: Laura Kwisnek. Suffolk
Light: 1. Julia Kern. 2. Travis Oonough. 3.
Hannah M. Auman. Suffolk Lambs Heavy: 1.
Jason Kuzemchak. 2. Doug Reinert. 3. Joe
Tice. Suffolk Champion; Jason Kuzemchak.
Reserve; Julia Kern. Montadale; 1. Matthew
Chnst. 2. Tony Ebling. 3. Tim J. Blystone.
Other Purebreed; 1. JR Fidler. 2. Emily
Bankert
CROSSBRED
LIGHTWEIGHT
Division 1 (80-101 lbs.): 1. Leann Russell. 2.
Jeff Bollinger. 3. Mindy Albright. Division 2
(102-113 lbs.): 1. Doug Daniels. 2. Melissa
Nailor. 3. Tim Miller. Division 3 (114-118 lbs.):
1 Lisa Reiff. 2. Joshua Daniels. 3. Callie
Chapman.
CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT
Lisa Reitf
Company Pulls Mite Remedy,
Beekeepers
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Pennsylvania’s beekeep
ers are preparing nervously for
winter, hoping that their colonies
survive the cold better than they
did last year.
As the temperatures drop and
leaves fell, there’s good news and
bad news for the state’s honey
bees, according to a Penn State
bee expert
. ‘The good news is that honey
supplies are better now than last
fall, meaning most colonies
should have adequate food for the
winter,” said Maryann Frazier,
entomology extension associate in
Penn Slate’s College of Agricul
tural Sciences. ‘The bad news is
that parasitic mites still are a seri
ous threat to honey bee colonies.”
Bees are especially susceptible
to deadly varroa and tracheal
mites when under stress from low
food supplies and cold weather.
Last winter, when a poor fall nec
tar flow reduced honey stores and
frigid weather lasted well into
March, bee mortality reached SO
percent or more statewide. Some
beekeepers were nearly wiped out
The resulting bee shortage left
many fruit and vegetable growers
scrambling to find enough colo
nies to pollinate their crops this
spring.
The battle against mites this
winter is complicated by the loss
of a potentially effective chemical
treatment. The manufacturer of
Miticur has removed the chemical
from the market and plans to
cancel its registration, making it
illegal 'to use after Jan. 1.
“Research at Penn State and
elsewhere suggests that responsi
ble use of the chemical amitraz in
the form of Miticur is highly
effective in controlling varroa and
tracheal mites,” Frazier said. “It’s
unfortunate that beekeepers will
lose that treatment option.”
With the withdrawal of Miticur,
menthol is the only chemical treat
ment available for control of tra
cheal mites, and fluvalinate, in the
form of Apistan Strips, is the only
approved chemical for treatment
of varroa mites.
With chemical treatments few
and mite resistance to miticides a
growing problem, beekeepers
increasingly are considering alter
native control strategies. One
RESERVE
Doug Daniels
MIDDL WEIGHT
Division 4 (119-122 lbs.); 1. Mika Olson. 2
Andy Blackburn. 3. Dawn Gahagan. Division
5 (123-124 lbs.): 1. Jeremy Dobbin. 2. Lts
Kuzamchak. 3. Gregory S. MeMurtria. Divl.
sion 6 (125-126 lbs.): 1. Lyndon Raid. 2. Bit
Miller. 3. Craig Barkhaimar.
CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT
Lyndon Raid
RESERVE
Jeremy Dobbin
HEAVYWEIGHT
Division 7 (127-129 lbs.): 1. Jodia.Chapmsn.
2. Emmett MeMillen. 3. Bruca Snyder. Divi
sion 8 (130-132 lbs.): 1. Chelsea VM. 2. Jos
Kuzamchak. 3. Dana Phillips. Division g
(133-140 lbs.); 1. Banhamin Bow. 2. Bros
Taggart. 3. Taryn Rockwell.
CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT
Chelsea Vm
RESERVE
Benjamin Bow
CROSSBRED CHAMPION
Chalsaa Viti
RESERVE
Benjamin Bow
SUPREME CHAMPION
MARKET LAMB
Chelsea Vis
RESERVE
Benjamin Bow
May Suffer
option that shows • promise is
“extender patties.”
These are made from vegetable
shortening and granulated sugiar,
and are provided to bees as food
throughout spring and. sum
mer. After honey intended for
human consumption is removed
from the hive in the fall, an anti
biotic is added to the patties.
“It’s possible that when mites
feed, they'transmit pathogens that
can weaken or kill the host bee,”
says Frazier. 'The antibiotic may
help the bees combat infection.”
Since older field bees tend to
have many mites in their trachea at
this time of year, another effective
strategy, suggested by Ohio State
researchers, is to “lose” a colony’s
field force in late fall.
This can be done by moving a
colony or apiary up to two miles
away from its original site. When
the Held bees return to die original
site and have no colony to enter,
they will die within a few days.
“By eliminating the field force, a
significant portion of the mites
also can be eliminated,” Frazier
said.
A third option some beekeepers
are adopting is to do nothing and
let nature take its course.
“This may result in the loss of
many or even most colonies in an
operation,” Frazier said. “But
those that survive probably have
some mite resistance. Surviving
colonies then can be split in the
spring and used as breeder colo
nies to rear queens.
“The presence of two different
mites complicates this strategy
and beekeepers using this method
may suffer losses for many years
before realizing success,” she
said. “But the advantage is clear
pesticide-free beekeeping.”
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