818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1998
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
MARTINSBURG (Blair Co.)
Presiding over the 4-H and
FFA Dairy show at the Martins
burg Dairy Show was Blair Coun
ty dairy princess, Amanda Sollen
berger and her trio of dairy maids.
The vivacious Amanda is the
daughter of Gerald and Jean Sol
lenberger, of Curryville and a
senior at Central High School.
She was crowned at the Logan
Valley Mall on May 21 with
Heather Brenneman, daughter of
Kenneth and Beth Brenneman as
the alternate.
An active, petite brunette,
Amanda is a cross country runner,
on the track team, yearbook, FFA,
FCA, drama, and speech teams at
Central.
While her busy schedule keeps
her hopping, she does find time to
lend a hand with the family’s 160
milk cows and has four cows of
her own.
Amanda plans to pursue a
MILK
Where's your mustache?
All Gardens
Great & Small
by
York Co.
Horticultural Agent
Tom Becker
Let Your Vegetable
Garden Climb the Fence
Planning for higher yields next
year in the garden. How?
Use a vertical gardening ap
proach to growing cucumbers, to
matoes, beans, peas, cantaloupe,
and watermelon. This technique
using trellises, nets, strings, cages,
poles or fences actually make the
garden plot larger since the vege
tables are grown up in the air in
stead of out on the ground.
Advantages include:
1. Plants grow in small garden
spaces.
2. Higher yields and better
quality.
3. Better pollination by the bees
and higher fruit set
4. Fruit with fewer blemishes
and scars as a result of not being
on the ground.
5. Easier harvesting of vege
tables since nearly all bending and
stooping has been eliminated.
6. More effective pesticide
sprays penetrating the canopy to
control insects and diseases.
7. Plant foliage dries more
quickly preventing leaf spot dis
eases.
Some plants entwine them
selves onto supports while others
may need to be tied. Remember
that a vertical garden planting will
cast a shadow onto sunloving
crops.
Almost any type of fence can be
used as a support, but chainlike
fences work especially well All
youi have to do is properly prepare
the soil, lime, and fertilize accord-
Blair County Royalty Hands Out Ribbons
career in broadcasting.
Her sister, Angela, is one of the
dairy maids. Also a good help on
the Sollenberger farm, Angela had
an intermediate calf in the dairy
show.
Diana Bigelow, daughter of
Richard and Cindy Bigelow of
Williamsburg, is another Blair
County dairy maid. A sophomore,
Diana has two cows and a 4-H
steer. She helps to milk a 60-cow
herd.
Lisa Hamming, Martinsburg,
also a dairy maid, is the daughter
of Linda and Peter Hamming. An
eighth grader at Providence Aca
demy, she has a cow and a calf of
her own which she keeps on a
neighboring farm.
Her family is not in farming,
but is very involved in agriculture.
Lisa’s father is an artificial in
seminator.
This quartet of young ladies
was handing out ribbons and ban
ners throughout the week-long
dairy show.
ing to soil test recommendations
and plant The transplants and/or
seedlings may need some help at
taching themselves to chainlink
fence once a sufficient size has
been reached. This can be done by
gently twisting the plants around
the fencing m a counter-clockwise
manner (the normal growth diicc
tion that plants use when clim
bing).
Most trellis systems are made
entirely of wood, or a combination
of wood and heavy twine, netting
or wire. The trellis should be in
stalled in the garden site after the
soil has been properly prepared
but before planting takes place.
Use trellises and fences for cu
cumbers. tomatoes, beans and
peas. Cantaloupes, watermelon
and vining types of squash also
work well too. For these crops it
will be necessary to attach diem
loosely to the support system with
twine since they are not natural
climbers like cucumbers. The wa
termelon and cantaloupe fruit will
need a support to keep them from
harvesting themselves as the fruit
ripens. A sling to hold the fruit can
be made from a nylon stocking or
similar material.
Stakes and cages are other
means of support for tomatoes.
Most tomato stakes are 6 to 8 feet
in length. The stakes should be
driven firmly in the soil along side
of the tomato plant immediately
after transplanting. The tomato
plant is attached to the stake by us
ing twist-ties, twine or similar ma
terial as it grows.
Lisa Hamming, Diana Bigelow, and Angela and Amanda Sollenberger represent
Blair County Dairy Royalty at the Martinsburg Dairy Show.
York Sellers Snag Lamb Honors
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) Veteran
York 4-H sheep exhibitor Adam
Sellers etched another lamb
championship onto his careeer last
week when he took top honors at
the York 4-H Livestock roundup.
The roundup and sale which fol
lowed on August 11 were held at
the 4-H Center’s animal exhibi
tion arena.
Sellers, Thomasville, exhibited
a 128-pound market lamb to take
the heavyweight class and champ
ion honors and earn the first-place
spot in the annual sale. Winning
bidder for the champion lamb was
Peoples Bank of Glen Rock, York,
with a price of $2.20 peround.
In the reserve heavyweight
class and champion spot was Dov
er 4-H’er Michael Burrell, with a
131-pound entry. Buyer of Bur
rell’s runner-up market lamb win
ner was B & N Enterprises, Dover,
with a $3.50 per pound bid.
Jonathan Emenheiser claimed
the champion honors in the
mediumweight class, exhibiting a
110-pound lamb. It sold to Cross
Country Farms, Williamsburg, for
$2.20 per pound.
Maria Graybill, lightweight
champion, at 82 pounds, sold to
Stambaugh Auto Parts, Hanover,
then resold to First Capital Wire
and Cable, York, for $1 per
pound.
Emily Graybill exhibited the re
serve champion mediumweight,
which also went through the sale
twice. First buyers, at $lOO, were
Scott and Stephanie Reed, Han
over, with the lamb reselling for
$1.30 per pound to Hydro-Kirby
Ag Service, Lancaster.
Lightweight reserve champion,
exhibited by Molly Ault, weighed
in at 90 pounds and sold to Garrod
Hydraulics, Inc., York, for $1.60
per pound.
The nearly 30 lambs sold aver
aged $1.76 including the champ
ion price, and $1.66 without the
champions.
Here is a partial listing:
LIGHTWEIGHT
Class 1: 1. Maria Graybill, 2. Emily Gray
bill, 3. Lindsay Jones.
Class 2; 1. Eric BanKert, 2 Rick Jones, 3.
Josh Lawrence.
Class 3:1. Marla Graybill, 2. Molly Ault, 3.
Enc Bankert.
Champion • Maria Graybill.
Rsssrvs - Molly Ault.
Adam Sellers sells his champion market lamb to John
Eaton Jr., representing Peoples Bank of Glen Rock.
Reserve champion market lamb owned by Michael Bur
rell sells to representatives from B & N Enterprises.
MEDIUMWEIGHT
Class 4: 1. Nicole Gemmill, 2. Brandy
Bankert, 3. Heather Bankert.
Class 5:1. Emily Graybill, 2. Tom Kibler,
3. Mark Brown.
Class 6: 1. Jonathan Emenhelser, 2. Mat
thew Bankert, 3. Travis Flory.
Champion - Jonathan Emenhelser.
Raaarva • Emily Graybill.
HEAVYWEIGHT
Clara 7:1. Tyler Rory, 2. Bobby Myers, 3
Jay Rishel.
Clara 8:1. Adam Sellers, 2. Michael Bur
rell, 3. Jennifer Flmchbaugh.
Clasa 9: 1. Michael Burrell, 2. Jay Rishel.
3. Kate Brown.