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:
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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 &
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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
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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
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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).