A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 11,2003 Farm Show Vegetable HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Growers are urged to con sider entering their best produce in the 2003 Farm Show. Only one entry per class is allowed from a farm, family, corporation or firm. Registration is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9. The di visions and classes are as follows: Market Basket Division Class 1. For in-season vege tables grown in Pennsylvania (five or more different kinds). Class 2. For both in-season and out-of-season vegetables (eight or more kind). Can include vege tables produced out-of-state but which can be grown in Pennsyl vania. Class 3. Gourds mixed 15 or more attractively displayed in a one layer box or basket. Class 4. Fresh Herbs six or more artistically arranged in a decorative basket. Premium schedule: first, $5O; second, $4O; third, $3O; and fourth, $25 Field Vegetable Division (bunch or number stated) Class 7. Beets (globe shaped) - 5 on plate Class 8. Celeriac (turnip rooted celery) - 5 on plate Milk Quality Workshops Set TOWANDA (Bradford Co.) A one-day “Milk Quality Work shop” organized by the Bradford, Sullivan, and Tioga County ex tension offices will be on the fol lowing dates and locations. • Wednesday, Jan. 29 10 a.m.-noon, Edgewood Restau rant, Troy and 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Kline Dairy Farm, East Troy. • Thursday, Jan. 30 10 a.m.-noon, Jimmy Cracker’s Buf fet and Bakery, Mansfield and 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Wood’s Colegrove Farm, Mansfield. • Friday, Jan. 31 10 a.m.- noon, Sullivan County extension office and 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at a local dairy farm. This “Milk Quality Workshop” is being designed for dairy farm owner-operators, milkers, and other dairy farm workers who would like to know more about the following topics: SeeUsAtThePAFarmShWfßoolhS^ Equipment Tie Stalls (all kinds) Free Stalls (all kinds) Lever Rows Gates (custom made) Paneling and Pens Gutter Grates Clamps - Many Styles & Sizes Water Bowls Mats for Cows and Horses 15 °° to . 10 ’ 000 GaL Tile Llquld Anything custom made to & SSSJopw. Otner Pit & Lagoon Pumps Equipment . ss? Lancaster Level-Flo • Galvanized Option Distributor and Pipe Forage Wagons Weaverlme Feed Cart Forage Blowers Energy-Free and Electric Ear Corn Mill w/Blower Drinkers E-2 Hutches & Mini Feeders and Conveyors Barns Barn Cleaners Post Hole Digger & Silo Unloaders - 3 Brands Driver Trailers Sfum>-E< m StolTCo. mami ‘ Class 9. Diakon or oriental white radish - 5 on plate Class 14. Parsnips (All-Ameri can) - 5 on plate Class 11. Radish (black) - 5 on plate Class 12. Radish - winter (white) - 5 on plate Class 13. Rutabagas - 5 on plate Class 14. Leeks - 6 stalks (under 6 inches of white stem) Class 15. Leeks - 6 stalks (over 6 inches of white stem) Class 16. Bunching Onions - white stem -12 stalks Class 17. Bunching Onions - red stem -12 stalks Class 18. Onions - medium globe yellow - 5 on plate Class 19. Onions - large (3'/i inches or more) globe white - 5 on plate Class 20. Onions -large (3Vi inches or more) globe yellow - 5 on plate Class 21. Onions - large (3'A inches or more) globe red - 5 on plate Class 22. Sweet Potatoes - pink skin - 5 on plate Class 23. Sweet Potatoes - yel low skin - 5 on plate Class 24. Turnips - 5 on plate Class 25. Brussels Sprouts - 3 stalks • Causes of high SCC and goals that we should be striving for • Reading a SCC report • The cost of high somatic cell counts • Cleaning and sanitizing milking equipment • Proper milking procedures, including udder preparation, milking, and post milking • Developing standard operat ing procedures (SOPs) for proper milking protocol • Detecting clinical and sub clinical mastitis and use of CMT paddle • Teat end scoring and its value Class 26. Trenching Celery - Foodhook-Houser type - 5 stalks Class 27. Trenching Celery - Pascal type - 5 stalks Class 28. Trenching Celery - Penncrisp - 5 stalks Class 29. Cabbage - green - 3 heads winter Class 30. Cabbage - red - 3 heads Class 31. Cabbage - savoy - 3 heads Class 32. Gourds - mixed - S on plate Class 33. Gourds - Turk’s Tur ban-3 Class 34. Gourds - Birdhouse - Class 35. Gourds - Caveman’s Club - 3 Class 36. Gourds - Swan - 3 Class 37. Gourds - Dipper - 3 Class 39. Pumpkins - minia tures - 4 inches diameter or less - 5 on plate Class 40. Pumpkins - small sugar or pie type - 3 to 6 pounds - 1 Class 41. Pumpkins - carving type - 8 to 15 pounds -1 Class 42. Pumpkins - carving type -16 or more pounds -1 Class 43. Pumpkins - largest specimen -1 • Collecting a sterile sample for bacteriology and proper treat ment procedures • Use of bulk tank sampling as a milk quality check. The cost of the program is $2O per person and includes lunch, a Hoard’s Dairyman teat-end scor ing poster, and a free milk sam ple analysis from the Dairy One Cooperative. To register, contact your local extension office. Deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 22. Contact Bradford County, (570) 265-2896; Tioga County, (570) 724-9120; or Sullivan County, (570)928-8941. • Effective Fly Control • Effective Control of Darkling Beetles • Bonus when Field Spread No Fly Hatch No Odors No Feathers Flying Around • Stable and Easy to Handle Product Featuring ... • 44 HP Diesel Engine • Center Flo Auger Pickup Head • Flow thru Belt System • 4-Wheel Hydrostatic Drive Sysl • Skid Steering • Variable Widths Available • Comfortable Operator Control Zeiset f = Equipment I- .Hr ~ i 2187 North Penryn Rd., Manheim, PA 17545 Phone (717) 665-4056 Fax (717) 665-2240 Class 38. Horseradish - 5 roots Classes Listed Class 44. Pumpkins - white (any size) Class 45. Pumpkins - other Class 46. Salsify - (oyster plant) - 5 roots per bunch Class 47. Winter Squash - golden acom - 3 Class 48. Winter Squash - green acom - 3 Class 49. Winter Squash - white acron - 3 Class 50. Winter Squash - but ternut - 3 Class 51. Winter Squash - but- tercup - 3 Class 52. Winter Squash - Bos ton Marrow or Delicious - 3 Class 53. Winter Squash - neck pumpkin - 3 Class 54. Winter Squash - larg est specimen -1 Class 55. Winter Squash - Ka bocha type - 3 Class 56. Winter Squash - Del icata (or sweet potato) type - 3 Class 57. Winter Squash • Sweet Dumpling type - 3 Class 58. Winter Squash - Red/orange Hubbard type - 3 Class 59. Winter Squash - Blue (grey) Hubbard type - 3 Class 60. Winter Squash - Green Hubbard type - 3 Class 61. Winter Squash - Car nival type - 3 Grange To Meet At Farm Show HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania State Grange has scheduled its annual Farm Show Meeting Jan. 13 in Room “B” of the Farm Show Complex and will begin at 1 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. This event is an opportu nity for Grange members and non-Grange members to learn about issues of interest to the farming community. This year’s agenda is as fol- Compost Compact Hi-Rise / Windrow Composter Class 62. Winter Squash - Fes tival type - 3 Class 63. Winter Squash - Spa ghetti type-original pale rind - 3 Class 64. Winter Squash - Yel low type - 3 Class 65. Winter Squash - Orange type -3 Class 66. Winter Squash - Other - 3 Premium schedule: first, $l4; second, $l2; third, $9; and fourth, $7 Largest Pumpkin - $100; Larg est Squash - $lOO (awards are for the heaviest with acceptable qual ity. Weight certified by a “weigh master.”) Greenhouse and High Tunnel Vegetables Division Class 71. Endive -1 on plate Class 72. Escarole -1 on plate Class 73. Lettuce -1 on plate Class 74. Cucumbers - 5 on plate Class 7S. Tomatoes - 5 on plate Class 76. Other Vegetables - 5 on plate Premium schedule: first, $l4; second, $l2; third, $9; and fourth, $7 Class 77. Grand Prize Division II and 111 - $4O and rosette lows; • 1 p.m. Water Conserva tion on Dairy Farms, Kevin McGonigle, Susquehanna River Basin Commission. • 1:30 p.m. Telecommuni cations in Rural Pennsylvania, Dutch Wurzbach, Verizon, and Steven Samara, Pennsylvania Telephone Association. • 2 p.m. Crop Insurance, Sam Hayes, secretary of agricul ture (invited).
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