Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 01, 1966, Image 6

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    —Lancaster Tanning, Saturday, October 1,1966
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BY GEORGE, HE’S GOT IT! “George” the 950-pound Hereford steer
shown above with Bill Houser of Lampeter was named grand champion at the
Lampeter Fair baby beef show Wednesday. In ..becoming champion, George be
came the only “non-Angus” to win the top title so far this year. L. F. Photo
STEER SHOW
exhibited were not about to be
Ll Tons shut out altogether. Burdette
Houser Hereford lops sele£rted a smooth Angus
|.ampeter Steer snow shown by Dale -Bushong, Co
in tae third baby -beef show f £ ? r r
of the current fair season, a “ e > rteeJ
'“"l.SiSt. to was
eus competition out ot the top , , s ,
®.“ also judged best-fitted.
'^ e SJ) ‘ Houser, son of -Mr and Mrs.
A train, 950-pound, Colorado- j Wilbur Houser, Lampeter,
bred Hereford named Geoige 1S presently employed part
was named giand champion greenhouse work,
steer of the West Lampeter S p ent hng the_ balance of his
Community Fair on Wednes- ,( ltne on home farm
day night. The steer shown by n . ,
Bill Houser, 1965 graduate of Ber^ la Bt> “ e - old Phdadel :
Lampeter- Strasburg High P hia P * e > f lO la9t year bad
School, was chosen over 37 tlhe * rand tampion, was chos
other entries by judge Lester en ma |f showman Wednes-
Eurdette, PS-U extension live- ay m ®
stock specialist. (Continued on Page 81
CHOW IS CHOW says this 235-pound Yorkshire barrow as he wolfs down
a bit of steer feed in return for posing a picture for Lancaster Farming. Fair
trade. John Welk, Strasburg Rl, is shown above with his champion individual
market hog at the Lampeter Fair. Wednesday’s victory made it two years in a
row for Welk. . L. F. Photo
But the fine Angus ' cattle
Lampeter Fair
HOG SHOW
Welle Retains Hog
Title At Lampeter
At last year’s West Lam
peter Community Pair hog
show, John Welk, Strasburg
Rl, v/on two championships.
This year he shared one •of
these honors with his brother
Harold.
John captured the individual
fat hog championship again
Wednesday with a Yorkshire.
Harold’s Yorkshire pen of 'two
won 'the championship in that
class. Harold also showed the
champion sow and litter entry.
Champion sow and boar
' (Continued on Page 12)
DAIRY SHOW for the ' present Frey herd
which., is one of the area’s
Ronck Shows Holstein most outstanding.
T„ n„.j ri... This Ivanhoe daughter, out
To Brood Championship of p u n onway Lucifer, had her
A three-year-old Holstein best performance this year,
cow won the senior and grand prior to 'the Lampeter Fair, at
championship of that breed for the All-American Dairy Show,
showman J. Harold Ranch, held recently at Harrisburg.
1717 Hans Herr Drive, Lan- She placed 4th in her three
caster, Thursday at the Lam- year-old class and was rated
peter Fair dairy show. “best udder.” Her last lacta-
Fultonway Ivanhoe Lolita tion, 334 days, produced a rec
was purchased by Ranch as a ord of approximately _ 17,000
day-old calf from J. Mowcry pounds of milh and ,57 of
Frey, 401 Beaver Valley Pike, butterfat.
Ranch raised Lolita and show- The reserve champion was
ed her as a 4-H calf. While in also a Frey entry. She topped
his second year at Penn State Ibe aged cow class ar.«i stood
University, where he recently second -only to Lolita
completed the two-year course Earlier judge Jonas Giu
m agri-business, Ranch sold ver, retired Holstein Breeder
Lolita back to Frey. Not only from York County, had paved
is she a first rate animal as the way for a sweep by tap
demonstrated by her grand Ping a Frey entry as the jun
champhm title and best udder itr champion.
rating m the Holstein show— in the Guernsey division,
but she must carry a certain Marvin Miller of Strasburg Rl
amount of sentimental attach- had the senior and grand
ment for Frey since she is a champion. Reserve grand
fifth generation descendant of champion was the junior
the FFA calf'Frey was award- champion shown by Cindy
ed 16 years •a’go. _That_calf L Brenemah of Strasburg Rl.
Rachel, became'tfie foundation'" on Page 7)
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