VOL. 8 NO. 35
BREED GRAND CHAMPIONS IN THE Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial
Breeders show on Tuesday are, left to right, Brown Swiss, shown by Clyde W.
Magee, Newburg; Guernsey, shown by Rutter Brothers, York; Ayrshire, shown
by Bywaters and Horn, Dover; and Jersey, exhibited by Margaret Wollaston
Toughkenamon. l. F. Photo.
Snader Wins Both Top Ribbons
In County FFA Market Hog Show
Jerry Snader, Bphrata HI,
showed a pair of httermate
HafiVpshires to the top two
placing* m the first annual
market hog show and sale at
the Green Dragon, sponsored
Tuesday by the Lancastef
County Future Farmers ol
America.
The nineteen year old gra
duate of the Ephrata Area
Farm Calendar
Aug. 6 — 9 a.m. — County
4-dI food, vegetable and
flower roundup at Penn Ma
nor High School.
7 p.m. — Manor Young Far
mers picnic at Safe Harbor
park.
Aug. 6-7-8 — Greenhouse op
erators and florists confer
ence at Penn State Univer
sity.
Aug. 7 — 8:30 a.m. — An
nual tour of Red Rose Baby
Beef and Lamb club assem
bles at the farm of Melvin
Rohrer, Lititz R3.
6:45 p.m. — Extension Ex
ecutive committee meeting
at Meadow Hills dining
room, New Danville Pike,
8 — 9’30 a.m. — coun
-#ty 4-H clothing roundup at
Manor High School.
V P ,m * — Lancaster County
Growers Associa
tion annual picnic at the
home of Daniel Good, Col
umbia.
' 41 p.m. — Lititz-Manheim
v T-iH club meets at Lititz
Springs jpark.
.Aug. 9 —”8:15 a.m. — Coun
ty 4-H wildlife clubs to tour
Glatfelter paper company
experimental woodlands in
York County, assemble at
Columbia bridge.
7:30 p.m. — Boots and Sad
dles 4-H horse club meets
at Reamstown park.
Aug, 10 — 9:30 am. —
County 4-H horse show at
Click’s showgrounds, Bare
-11 mi !trr:': n n r u wim- r.
High School and past presi
dent of the Cloister Chapter
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Holstein Makes
1,076 Pounds
In D.H.LA.
A registered Holstein cow
■in the herd of John U. Lapp,
Gordonville Rl, finished her
305 day lactation with 19,717
pounds of milk and 1,076
pounds of butterfat to top the
Red Rose DHIA records for
June. Bess, -a nine year old
cow, had a test of 5.5 per
cent.
Second high lactation record
was made by a registered Hol
stein cow owned by Henry
Kettering, Lititz R 3. Jane made
20,611 pounds of milk and
825 pounds of butterfat with
a 4.0 test.
The high butterfat average
in the Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association was made by
the 11 registered and grade
Holsteins owned by Paul M.
Yeagley, Manheim Rl. The av
erage was 1,768 pounds of milk
and 66 pounds of butterfat.
Second high average was
made by the 19 registered Hol
steins in the herd of Vincent
H. Hoover, New Providence Rl.
The herd averaged 1,405
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Two Breed Championships Go To
Donald Trimble In 4-H Dairy Show
iDonald Trimble, Quarry
ville Rl, said farewell to coun
ty 4-H dairy club competition
this week by taking two breed
championships, two showing
titles and one fitting title.
The 21 year old, Quarryville
R 1 dairyman lost out in the
final judging to Mary Ellen
Mumma who took both the
county „ 4-H championship ros-
E* F4M Fill'll tfkl r ilttll
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 3, 1963
Canton Show
Is Won By
York Breeder
Wilson W Glatfelter, York,
showed a seven year old'cow
to the grand championship in
the Canton 5 Brown Swiss
show Monday at the Southeast
ern Pennsylvania Artificial
Breeders Cooperative grounds.
Glatfelter also had the cham
pion junior get of sire, teamed
with Adrienne Luckenbaugh,
Spring Grove, to take first
place in Senior Get of Sire, and
showed the first place junior
calf. He had second place
awards in produce of dam,
junior yearling, and two year
old classes. His senior calf and
three year old took third place
ribbons, and his senior yearl
ing was placed fourth.
The junior champion was
exhibited by Gerald C. Magee,
Newhurg. The junior yearling
was also champion of the FFA
show, and his three year old
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Richard Groff Is County Plowman
In State Level Land Contest
The third try proved to be
the success story for Richard,
Grofl, Lititz R 3, as his gleam
ing moldboards cleared the
ground after turning the 70 X
300 feet plot Tuesday in the
Lancaster County plowing con-
■ ettes for fitting and showing.
Mary Ellen, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mumma,
Manheim Rl, came to the
grand championship of all
breeds by finishing first in both
categories with her Guernsey
cow. Trimble was the reserve
champion showman over all
breeds, while Kenneth Zurin,
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Only One Repeat Champ
In SPABC Dairy Show
Only one grand champion at
the 12th annual Southeastern
Artificial Breeders Coopera
tive show repeated her 1962
performance, hut three bree
ders took their second con
secutive junior championship
rosette this week.
Mau-Wen Lucifer Sadie Star,
an eight year old registered
Holstein cow owned by Paul
and Lucille Fissel, Bigleiville,
repeated as grand champion of
the breed Thursday at the co
operative’s show grounds All
the colored breeds were placed
Tuesday.
Judge Richard Keene, in an
unusual move, put the Hol
stein junior championship on
a junior calf exhibited by Mar
ilyn Harbold, Elizabethtown
There were 243 head entered
in the Holstein classes.
Jean Hauer, Dover, repea
ted as the punior champion in
the Jersey breed, but the three
year old cow of Margaret Wol
lastown of Toughkenamon took
the top spot to succeed George
and Mary Seeds of Downing
town.
Carl Baldwin moved from
Elizabethtown R 3 to Witeford,
Md. during the year, but re
turned to take the Ayrshire
j'unior championship. Edgar
Bywaters and Harris Horn, Do
ver, succeeded John Stick as
Ayrshire grand champion ex
hibitor.
Wilson Gladfelter, York R 4,
retained the Brown Swiss Jun
ior championship, but Clyde
Magee, Newburg, took the top
spot vacated by D. D. Stauffer
and Son, Spring Grove.
Rutter Brothers, York, took
the Guernsey rosette which
was won last year by Raymond
and Louise Witmer. Donald
McCullough, Newville Rl,
showed the j'unior champion.
Kenneth Garber had the 1962
junior champion.
Following are the first five
placinga of judges Lee Yost ,
test.
Groff scored a total of 517
points out of a posible 600 in
his third year of competition
to beat out the other seven
contestants.
Only 15 points separated the
first and fifth place winners in
the hard fought contest.
Wilmer McDonald, Lancas
ter R 2, scored 512 points,
while Kabl Kroeflc, M(anheim
R 3, was breathing down his
neck with a total of 511. Merle
Groff had 508 points, and last
year’s winner, J. Everett Krei
der, Quarryville Rl, finished
with 502. David
Lititz iR3, had 496; Vorney
Longenecker, Litit* RJ, scored
494, and Vincent Becker. Lit
itz R 3, had 461 points.
Over 150 spectators watched
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$2 Per Year
; (Guernsey and Jersey), Cuth
i bert Nairn (.Brown Swiss and
■ Ayrshire), and Richard Keene
l (Holstein):
HOLSTEIN
JR CALF: 1 Marilyn F.
Harbold, Elizabethtown (Jun
ior Champion), 2 Nannettee
1 Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, 3 Paul
E Miller, Linglestown; 4 Da
vid S Miller, York R 6; 5.
Henry Hershey, Lititz Rl
SB CALF: 1 John Bartsch,
Ephrata Rl; 2 Richard S
Hess, Strasbuig Rl, 3 Earl
F Noel, Hanover Rl, 4 Char
les F Smith and Sons, White
Hall, Md , 5 Fred M.etealf,
Willow Street.
JR YEARLING 1 Nevm
Strock, MechapicSburg R 2; 2.
Judy Strock, -Mechanicsburg
R 2, 3 Lester High, Potts
town, 4 Earl C Stauffer, Eiph
rata Rl; 5 Carl S Stoltzfus,
Cochranville
iSR. YEARLING- 1 John
M Umble, Atglen Rl; 2 Fred
Shaub HI, Quarryville Rl; 3.
Marilyn Newlin, Grantville Rl;
4. Robert L. Hoover, Denver
2; 5. F. Glenii. Petfer, Carlisle.
TWO-YEAR-OLD: 1. W. Ler
is Phipps, Wilmington, Del.;
2. Delaware Valley College,
Doyelstown; 3. William M.
High, Jr., Pottstown; 4. Sink
ing Springs Farm, York R 5;
5. Robert L. Myers, New FreQ
dom Rl.
THREE . YEAR - OLD: 1.
George W. Strock, Jr., Mech
anicsburg R 2; 2. Donald L.
Hershey, Manheim R 2; 3. Sink
ing Springs Farm; 4. Sinking
Springs Farm; 5. J. Robert
Hess, Strasburg Rl.
AGED COW: 1. Paul and
Lucille Fissel, Biglerville (Sr.
and Grand Champion); 2.
John M. Umble; 3. Robert B,
Gilt, Littlestown; 4. Aaron B.
Weaver, Narvon Rl; 5. Har
old J, Brubaker, Mount Joy
Rl.
JR. GET OP SIRE; 1. Ne
vin, Judy, and George W.
Strock, Jr., (Get of Osborn
dale Ivanhoe); 2. Nannettee
Stauffer, Earl C. Stauffer, and
John Bartsch (Get of Cochran
General); 3. Lester High,
Charles Martin, Lionville, and
James Peeple, Oxford Rl (Get
of Cochran General); 4. Ri
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
nevt live days are evpected
to average near the normal
range of 66 at night to 86
in the afternoon. Little day
to day changes are expec
ted during the first part of
the period with a slight
warming trend near the end
of the period. Precipitation
may total 0.2 to 0.7 inch
falling as scattered showers
or thundershowers late Sat
urday and again late in the
period.