CS-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16, 1999 (ConUnued from Page C 7) SHAGBARK HICKORIES, OTHER NAMED CULTIVARS 1 Jay R Book 2 George D Wells SHAGBARK HICKORIES, SEEDLINGS 1 George D Wells 2 Anna Mae Book 3 Jay R Book SHABGARD HICKORIES, KERNELS - FULL PINT JAR 1 Miles 0 Noll 2 George 0 Wells 3 Jay R Book SHELLBARK HICKORIES, KEYSTONE- 1 Jay R Book, 2 George D Wells SHELLBARK HICKORIES, FAYETTE. 1 Jay R Book, 2 George D Wells SHELLBARK HICKORIES, HENRY. 1 George D Wells SHELLBARK HICKORIES, HOFFEDIZ: 1 George D Wells SHELLBARK HICKORIES, OTHER NAMED CULTIVARS; 1 George D Wells, 2 Miles 0 Noll SHELLBARK HICKORIES, SEEDLINGS: 1 George D Wells SHELLBARK HICKORIES, KERNELS - FULL PINT JARS: 1 George D Wells, 2 Anna Mae Book, 3 Jay R Book HICKORY HYBRIDS, FAIRBANKS: 1 George Leister Wins Potato Grading Contest HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) George Leister, from Adams County, took high honors in the individual 4-H Potato Grading and Identification competition at this week’s 83rd PA Farm Show. In addition to his individual efforts, he and his team members pulled together to claim the top high team A honors. The fellow team mem bers were Jason Kraft, Bradley Omdorf, and Brian Baldwin. The York County team A was awarded second place and was followed by the Lehigh County team A in third place. Following George Leister in the high individuals was Lucas Kraft of York County in second place; Jason Keler of Adams County in third place; Katie Harwich of Le high County in fourth place; and Shelly Vandine of Lycoming County in fifth place. In the team B competition, Le high County was in first place, Indiana County claimed second Raising Early Sweet Corn Could Give Marketing Edge COLUMBUS, Ohio - Plastic mulch could help sweet corn growers in Ohio and surround ing states get a jump on the market, said Ohio State University horticulturist Mark Bennett. The mulch - basically sheets of plastic - traps heat from the sun and warms the soil under neath faster than normal to the 55 degrees Fahrenheit required for sweet corn seed germination. Soil under the plastic mulch is 2 to 5 degrees above normal in the mornings and 5 to 12 degrees warmer by mid-afternoon, Bennett said. Under normal weather conditions, this allows growers to harvest sweet corn 10 to 12 days earlier from plantings made in late March in southern Ohio and into April in the north. Bennett will discuss methods and advantages of raising early sweet corn at the 1999 Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress in Toledo at 9:45 a.m. on Feb. 5. The congress runs from Wednesday, Feb. 3 through Friday, Feb. 5. Having sweet corn ready early allows growers to hit a profitable window before the market in flooded with corn from other nearby growers or shipped in from other parts of the country, Bennett said. Growers can usually sell the early com for a little more than usual by beating the supply glut. 1999 Pennsylvania Farm Show Results D Wells HICKORY HYBRIDS, OTHER NAMED CULTI VARS: 1 George D Weils PECANS, COLBY. 1 Jere M Grolf 2 Tucker Hill 3 George D Wells PECANS, PERUQUE 1 Miles O Noll 2 George D Wells PECANS, BUSSERON- 1 Miles 0 Noll 2 Tucker Hill 3 George D Wells PECANS, INDIANA: 1 JereM Groll 2 Miles 0 Noll, 3 George D Wells PECANS, MAJOR. 1 Miles 0 Noll 2 George D Wells PECANS, OTHER NAMED CULTIVARS: 1 Miles 0 Nolt 2 George D Wells 3 Jere M Groff PECANS, SEEDLINGS; 1 Jill Lippert 2 George D Wells PECANS, KERNELS - FULL PINT JARS: 1 Miles 0 Nolt, 2 Charles A Richcnck, 3 Tucker Hill HICANS, WRIGHT- 1 George D Wells HICANS, PLEAS: 1 Tucker Hill HICANS, BURLINGTON: 1 George 0 Wells HICANS, OTHER NAMED CULTIVARS: 1 George D Wells, 2 Jill Lippert HICANS. SEEDLINGS: 1 George D Wells place, and Adams County was third place. The Adams County team has prepared for the contest every week since the beginning of No vember. The coaches of the Adams County teams were Lela Reichart and Jerry Tyson. Forty-three contestants entered the competition cm Tuesday, Jan uary 12. In the competition, the contestants had to participate in three parts. The first part required them to identify defects. Such de fects could be with the skin, dis eases, insects, or shape. Each of these factors affects the grading of potatoes. In the next phase, parti cipants must grade 100 potatoes within 3 minutes. Finally in the last phase, four plates of potatoes must be ranked in a first to fourth placing. At the conclusion of the awards presentation Donald Wcltbraock, the Department of Agiculture Fruit and Vegetable supervisor, talked with the youth about oppor It’s costs about $240 per acre for material and labor to apply plastic mulch,” he said. “At that price, a grower needs to pick up about 80 dozen ears of sweet corn more than normal to break even.” Buyers who come for early corn also may come back for more corn or other products later in the summer. So it’s a good way to draw in customers, Bennett said. And, sweet corn planted under plastic mulch usually produces about 10 to 15 percent more corn because of improved seedling establish ment. But like most aspects of farm ing, there are gambles involved. If there is a warm spring, soil temperatures may heat early naturally, and the money spent on plastic mulch could be wast ed, he said. In fact, if it gets too warm, the increased heat under the plastic could even damage the corn if the plastic is not cut. For this reason, Bennett sug gets sweet corn growers use plastic mulch on only about 10 percent of their acreage - just HICANS. KERNELS - FULL PINT JAR. 1 George D Wells, 2 Tucker Hill, 3 Gladys Hill FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, BARCELONA-1 George D Wells 2 David R Longdserff FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, LONGFELLOW. 1 Charles A Richcnck FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, NON PARIEL; 1 George D Wells FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, BUTLER; 1 ChariesA Richcnck FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, ENNIS; 1 ChariesA Richcnck FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, POTAMAC: 1 George D Wells FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, DUCHILLY: 1 Tucker Hill FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS, ROYAL: 1 David R Longdseff, 2 George D Wells 3 Charles A Richcnck FILBERTS OR HAZELNUTS SEEDLINGS: 1 Tucker Hill, 2 Charies A Richcnck, 3 Gladys Hill FILBERTS OR HAZELNUT KERNELS - FULL PINT JAR- 1 Gladys Hill, 2 Tucker Hill, 3 ChariesA Richcnck CHINESE CHESTNUTS, ABUNDANCE: 1 Ralph Gable, 2 Dean Gable, 3 Sandra tunitics in the potato industiy. Placings are as follows: POTATOES OPEN WHITE SKIN: 1. Padula Farm*. 2. Norman A Susan Voortman. 3. Norman A Susan Voort man. WHITE SKINNED. YELU)W FLESH: 1. Nor man A Susan Voortman. RUSSETED SKIN: 1. Andrew Howar. 2. Nor man A Susan Voortman. 3. Padula Farms. RED OR BLUE SKIN: 1. Norman A Susan Voortman. 2. Norman A Susan Voortman. 3. Norman A Susan Voortman. MAJOR CHIPPING POTATO 1. J.E. Smith. 2. Timothy Billig. 3. LM. Smith. CHAMPION OPEN DIVISION; Andrew How or POTATOES JUNIOR WHITE SKIN' 1. Danisl AG. BWjg. 2. Gaotga Billig. 3. Gaorga Billig. RED OR BLUE SKIN: 1. Tim Komar. CHAMPION JUNIOR DIVISION; Danial AG. Billig. LARGEST POTATO 1. Padula Farms. 2. Danial AO. Billig. 3. Nathan Tallman. GRAND CHAMPION EXHIBIT; Andrew Howar. RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION EXHIBIT; Padula Farms. 4-H POTATO QRADINQ A IDENTIFICATION A-TEAMS;I. Adams County. 2. York County 3. Lahigh County. B-TEAMS: 1. Lahigh County. 2. Indiana County. 3. Adams County. INDIVIDUALS; 1. Gaorga Laistar. 2. Lucas Kraft, Jason Kallar. enough to supply people who will want to buy com early. The rest of their acreage can be planted at normal dates to sup ply corn for the rest of the sum mer. “Plastic mulch is used widely, especially in Canada, but there are a lot of little tricks and you have to consider the whole sys tem,” he said. “Results will vary year to year based on tempera tures and how close they are to normal.” The 1999 Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress is scheduled at the Toledo Sea Gate Centre in conjunction with the Roadside Marketing Conference and at the Ohio Grape-Wine Short Course. More than 1,600 grow ers and industry-affiliated per sonnel are expected to attend the joint conferences and trade show. For more registration infor mation on the Ohio Fruit Growers Society at (614) 249- 2424. For information on the Ohio Grape-Wine Short Course, contact the Ohio Wine Producers Association at (800) 277-6972. jjl Sassaman CHINESE CHESTNUTS, CRANE: 1 George 0 Wells, 2 Bruce Ftymire CHINESE CHESTNUTS, MEILING. 1 George D Wells CHINESE CHESTNUTS, NANKING: I Charles A Richcnck 2 George D Wells CHINESE CHESTNUTS, ORRIN: '1 Jay R Book 2 George D Wells 3 Charles A Richcnck CHINESE CHESTNUTS, OTHER NAMED CUL TIVARS; 1 Roy R Wilson, 2 Peter S Orchards 3 George D Wells CHINESE CHESTNUTS, SEEDLINGS. Jay R Book, 2 Fred Bodenberg, 3 Beth Bodenberg ALMONDS: 1 Sally Remoehl, 2 Bertram Hamer ALL OTHER NUTS. WHOLE: 1 Wilfred H Longsderff, 2 Thane Lafollette, 3 Jacob C Lammey ALU OTHER NUTS, KERNELS - FULL PINT JAR: 1 George D Wells ALL OTHER NUTS, KERNELS - FULL PINT JAR 1 George D Wells ALL OTHER NUTS, EXOTIC AND MINOR FRUITS; 1 Gladys Hill, 2 Michael Tracz, 3 Tucker Hill 158 Head Sold In Duroc Sale HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Wetzel Family of Rossi ter, Indiana County, received $375 for the sale of its supreme champion Duroc at the 1999 Pennsylvania Farm Show’s swine sale. Jamie Wetzel, son of Ken and Anna Wetzel, exhibited the champion Duroc. Lany Arnold of Arnold’s Durocs, Womclsdorf, FFA Awards At Farm Show HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Following is a list of Farm Show FFA placings. FFA LANDSCAPE EXH-OVERALL OVERALL 1. Uttlestown HS. 2. Biglatviils Sheep Sheering School I just received notice of this year’s Professional Sheep Shearing School. A two-day workshop has been scheduled for March 13 & 14 at the Cornell University T & R Center in Dryden, New York. Even though many of you would not be inter ested, you may know of some body who is shearing sheep in your region and would be inter ested in improving upon their sheep shearing skills. These workshops are organized to allow all participates to receive basic hands-on instruction in the areas of proper animal restraint, shearing techniques, equipment maintenance, and wool preparation. Jere High elected to NALMA Board MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) - Jere High, Lancaster DHIA Lab Manager, was recently elected to the 5 member board of the North American Lab Manager Association (NALMA) during their recent meeting in Minnesota. The NALMA Board is the advisory group to National DHIA for approximately 60 Labs with whom it is associated. INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT: 1 James E Smithlll, 2 Anna Mae Book, 3 Jay R Book BEST AMERICAN BLACK WALNUT: 1 Miles 0 Noll BEST PERSIAN (ENGLISH) WALNUT: 1 Fred Bodenberg BEST BUTTERNUTS: 1 Roy R Wilson BEST HEARTNUTS; 1 Fred Bodenberg BEST BUARTNUTS: 1 Roy Wilson BEST SHAGBARK HICKORIES- 1 Jay R Book BEST SHELLBARK HICKORIES: 1 George D Wells BEST HICKORY HYBRIDS:! George D Wells BEST PECANS: 1 Miles O Noll BEST HICANS: 1 George D Wells BEST FILBERTS: 1 Tucker Hill BEST CHINESE CHESTNUTS: 1 Jay R Book BEST ALMONDS: 1 Sally Remoehl BEST OTHER NUTS AND FRUITS: 1 Gladys Hill BEST OF SHOW AWARD: 1 Miles 0 Noll BEST SEEDLING OF SHOW AWARD: 1 George D Wells BEST KERNELS OF SHOW AWARD; 1 Charles A Richcnck LARGEST OF SHOW AWARD; 1 Fred Bodenberg Lebanon Count/, purchased the supreme champion gilt. The swine sale average was S2S 1.60 for the 158 head sold. Jer ry Underwood of Alger, Ohio pur chased the lop gilt sold at the sale for $1,300. The sale total was $39,755. The auctioneer for the sale was Harry H. Bachman of Lebanon County. HS. 3. Lancaster Co. - Brownstown. BEST DESIGN: 1. Utllsstown HS. BEST PLANT MATERIALS SELECTION: 1 Utllsstown HS. BEST NON-LIVING MATERIALS SELEC TION: 1. Uttlestown HS. BEST LANDSCAPE BLUEPRINT; 1. Littles town HS. Mr. Doug Rathke, a profes sional shearer of Hutchinson, MN will be conducting the two day workshop. The course will be limited to 16 shearers on a first-come basis. Deadline for registration is February 15, 1999. To register send your name, mailing address, phone number and a check or money order made out to Doug Rathke and mail to Doug at 61231 MN Hwy 7, Hutchinson, MN 55350. Doug will send a confirmation of your registration and further details on the workshop upon receipt of your check. You may contact Doug direct at (320) 587-6094 should you have any questions. NALMA’s objective is to have quality Labs generating data for the farmers they serve. Jere was involved with the development and installation of the Lancaster DHIA Lab in 1994. The Lab has achieved 100% certification score since inception, with a growth from 48,000 samples per month to present level of 75,000 samples per month.
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