Shuman Wins Best Of
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Duane Shuman, Blooms
burg, Columbia County, took
grand champion in the hay com
petition at the 2003 Pennsylvania
Farm Show.
Shuman’s alfalfa was picked
as the best by judge Lester Vough
from Brookeville, Md. Shuman’s
entries won both the first, and
later cutting-alfalfa-in-the-field
dried-only division before going
on to be named grand champion.
Reserve grand champion was
awarded to Wilmer Kuhns’s
later-cutting alfalfa that came
from the partially field-cured
plus hay preservative division.
Kuhns is from Chambersburg in
Franklin County.
Nearly 100 entries were judged
on maturity, leafiness, color,
odor, and presence of foreign ma
terials such as weeds or sticks.
Also, each entry was given chem
ical scores for protein content
and feed and dollar values per
ton of hay.
Entries are sorted into three
different divisions based on heat
drying. The first division is for no
Com Competition
Winners Named
At Farm Show
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) It was a cel
ebration of com as the judging got under way
during the annual com competition at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show, Sunday, Jan. 12.
Judge Paul Craig of Dauphin, Dauphin
County, was the judge for this year’s event, and
carefully examined each entry for such things as
uniformity of display, good examples of what’s
available, imperfections, and quality and abun
dance of kernels.
Judge Craig said that “picking out 10 similar
ears is a pretty big challenge” for producers who
are making their final entry decisions.
Shell corn and ornamental com were also
judged. Shell com, a grain crop made from com
bined ear com, is evaluated for appearance,
color, and contamination. Additionally, it’s put
through quality indicators such as a moisture
test and bushel weight determination, which will
give some more scientific data to place the en
tries. Com in this category must be submitted in
four-quart volumes. Ornamental com, known as
Indian com, and varieties of popping com also
have their own classes, and are judged in a simi
lar manner.
Winners by category are as follows:
District 1,10 ear hybrid dent- 1. Joanne Sharpless Cruse 2.
Wejidy Wickard. 3 Ed Wickard
District 11, 10 ear hybrid dent: 1. Robert Swartz 2 Daniel
Christ.
Statewide, 10 ear open pollinated or hybrid dent: 1. Daniel
Christ. 2. Vernon Wickard.
Statewide, 10 ear open pollinated Ige. Indian corn 1.
Christopher Rickard 2. Hannah Kiscadden. 3. Paul Kiscaden.
Statewide, 10 ear open pollinated mini Indian ornamental - 1
Art Swemhart. 2. Pearl Sweinhart 3 Wendy Wickard
District I, shelled corn hybrid dent. 1 Wendy Wickard 2
David Wickard. 3. Art Sweinhart.
District 11, shelled corn hybrid dent; 1. Daniel Christ 2.
Devon Swartz.
Statewide, 10 ear popcorn yellow 1 Art Swemhart. 2 Pearl
Sweinhart.
Statewide, 10 ear popcorn strawberry. 1 Art Sweinhart. 2
Hannah Kiscadden. 3. David Wickard
Voc. District 11, 10 ear hybrid dent 1. Eric Brubaker 2 Justin
Shearer.
heat drying, the second for par
tial heat drying, and the last for
heat drying plus a preservative.
Within these divisions, there are
classes for the different varieties
including alfalfa, clover, grass,
and mixed varieties.
Placings in the hay competi
tion follow:
HAY - FIELD CURED
(NO HEAT)
Alfalfa, first cuffing field dried only. 1.
Duane Shuman 2 Nevm G. Rice. 3. Andal
Farms.
Alfalfa later cutting field dried only. 1
Duane Shuman. 2. Ed and Brian Harmsh 3.
Marcus J. Zook.
Alfalfa grass mixed first cutting field
dried only: 1. Bryan Hoover. 2. Jeffrey E.
Reed. 3. Dennis R. Newhard
Alfalfa grass mixed later cutting field
dried only: 1. Beshore Farms. 2. Maple Hill
Farm. 3. James Henry.
Clover, field dned only: 1. Bryan Hoover
Clover, grass mixed field dned only 1.
Terry Lutz. 2. Greg Kenms. 3. Bill Henry.
Grass, first cutting field dned only: 1.
George C. Heintz. 2. Mack Farms. 3. Andal
Farms.
Grass, later cutting field dned only: 1.
Maple Hill Farm. 2. George C. Hemtz. 3.
Bob Beck.
Mixed, more than 50 percent of legumes,
field dned only: 1. Marcus J. Zook. 2.
Maple Hill Farm. 3. Ore Bank Acres Farm.
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percent of glasses, Grass; IBter cutting: 1. George C. Hemtz.
i: 1 . Wnfaal Farms, Gratz. 2 Mixect more jhan 50 percent of grasses:
M ilirnes Henry. 1 • Robeft Blebbf.
I - HAY - FIELD CURED
iSraESBr n n 7“ (+ Preservative)
n "* _ hi v first! cutting: 1. Heidel Hollow
AlfalTa' TafSrcutting: 1. Wilmer Kuhns. 2.
Nevm G. Rice. 3. Rodney Walter.
Alfalfa, grass mixed first cut: 1 Heidel
Hollow Farm.
Mixed, more
field dried onl)J
Brian D. Fulmer
HAY
Alfalfa, first cu
Alfalfa, later cutting. 1. Robert Bieber
Alfalfa, grass mixed first cutting: 1. Den
nis R. Newhard. 2 Robert Bieber
Alfalfa, grass mixed, later cutting; 1
Dennis R. Newhard. 2. Robert Bieber.
Grass, first cutting: 1. Brian D. Fulmer. 2.
James P. Howard.
Rodichok Captures Top Honors
In Potato Competition
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Jim Rodichok of Tower
City, Schuylkill County, cap
tured top honors in the potato
judging competition at the 87th
Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Rodichok took open division
champion and overall with their
entry of white skin variety pota
toes. Judge John Smith of York
County commented, “uniformity
of size, shape, and color are the
most important criteria when se
lecting the perfect potato.”
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Alfalfa, grass mixed later cut: 1. Nevm G.
Rice. 2. Ruth Long. 3. Breezy Farms.
Grass, first cutting- 1 Gilbert Campbell
2. Heidel Hollow Farm. 3. Nevm G. Rice.
Lorissa Lazarus of Breinig
sville, Lehigh County, who first
received champion in the junior
division, as well as the largest po
tato award, exhibited this year’s
reserve grand champion entry.
Additional winners include:
OPEN DIVISION
White skin varieties: 1. John Rodichok
2. Spring Creek Farms. 3. Joey Hunsicker.
White skin, yellow flesh varieties- 1. Earl
Livengood. 2. Spring Creek Farms.
Russeted skin varieties; 1. Spnng Creek
Farms. 2. Art Sweinhart.
Red or blue skin varieties: 1. Spring
Creek Farms. 2. Timothy Scott Komar. 3.
Art Sweinhart.
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Grass, later cutting* 1 Heidel Hollow
Farm. 2. Greg Kennis. 3. George C. Hemtz.
Mixed more than 50 percent legumes. 1
Nevin G Rice 2 Greg Kennis 3 Ruth
Long.
Mixed more than 50 percent grasses; 1
Nevm G. Rice. 2 Breezy Farms 3 Scott
Long.
Special major chipping potato class. 1
James Smith 111
JUNIOR DIVISION
White skin varieties- 1 Lorissa Lazarus.
2 Lorissa Lazarus. 3. Kelly Komar.
Lonssa Lazarus.
arus 2. John Strawbndge 3. Ryan Komar
Scott Komar 2 Stephanie Martzen 3
Brandon Komar.
Largest potato- 1. Lonssa Lazarus 2.
Spnng Creek Farms. 3. Tallman Family
Farms.
HAY, GRAND CHAMPION
Duane Shuman
HAY, RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Wilmer Kuhns
White skinned, yellow flesh varieties 1
Russeted skin varieties: 1 Lonssa Laz-
Red or blue skin varieties: 1 Timothy
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