'IK3B-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1998
(Continued from Pago A 37)
Also at the Crops Conference,
awards were selected for the Pen
nsylvania Soybean Yield Contest,
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Soybean Promotion Board. The
contest is managed by John
Yocum, manager of the Penn State
Extension Service Southeast Pen
nsylvania Laboratory in
Landisville.
First place and two tickets to the
Commodity Classic in Long Beach
this month*went to Jon E. Stutz
man from Berks County. He
harvested 67.79 bushels per acre
using Gutwein 7410.
Second place and a paid
weekend at die Hershey Resort
went to Nelson Beam, Chester
County. Beam harvested 67.32
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Third place and $250 went to
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for harvesting 67.18 bushels per
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Of those who participated in the
contest, 61 percent had current soil
tests, 44 percent fertilized or
applied manure, 67 percent
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cent used min-till and 29 percent
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Com winners from the 5-Acrc
Com Club contest are, first place,
shelled grain class, three-year
average award, regular harvest
size, Jeff Mitchell, Reinholds, for
an average of 197.5 bushels per
acre. Second went to Matthew
Maximuck, Doyles town, for an
average of 191.5 bushels and third
to Larry E. Moyer, Mertztown, for
an average of 187.4 bushels.
In the 3 acre plus harvest size,
first place went to Clarence A.
Keener, Jr., Manheim, for an aver
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Floyd Kurtz, Fleetwood, for an
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to Lee Spangler, Mifflinburg, for
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average awards, regular harvest
size, first went to David Schantz,
Alburtis, for an average of 197.4
bushels, second to Kenneth L.
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Lester Poust, Muncy, for an aver
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For the 1997 one-year harvests,
shelled grain, regular harvest size
first place went to Lloyd Zook,
Oley, for a yield of 212.3 bushels
per acre. Second went to Joseph
Matejik, Mechanicsville. for 211.9
bushels per acre and third to Jeff
Mitchell. Reinholds, for 206
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acre, and third to James Hershey,
Elizabethtown, for 199.3 bushels
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In the ear com class, hand
harvest, first place went to David
Schantz, Alburtis, for 225 bushels
per acre, second to Joseph
Albright, Landisburg, for 198.6
bushels per acre, and third to Ken
neth L. Schlegel, Fleetwood, for
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In the machine harvest class,
first place went to Steven Fehnel,
Easton, for 183.9 bushels per acre,
second to Clarence Fehnel, Easton,
for 183.8 bushels per acre, and
third to John Tampey, Bath, for
164 bushels per acre.
Also, a complete list cf winners
and more information about the
conference will appear in Corn
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Farming to be published March 7.
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