VO3-. 13. NO. 44
Jknior Dairy
Sibiow Entries
Sot Record
HARRISBURG Junior
competitoi s held the
m Monday’s opening of the fifth
Pennsylvania All-A merioan
Dairy Show at the Farm Show
complex here
Tue number of junior entries
sPfi, eclipsed all records of nre
mous shows as 4-H and F 174
youngsters competed in the
istb annual Pennsylvania Jun
io i Dairy Show.
“ifou have to be imnre<!«“d
with. the quahtv as we'l as the
cuiaatity,” said Leland H Bull,
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agri
culture.
Junior Champion
Locally, Byron Smeltz, 14 of
EJu .bethtown showing “Ma
som* Homes Flashy Carla,” an
ir I •■■mediate calf, won junior
cnamnion honors in the 4-H
Avi >aire Show The winner was
s'jchJ by “Oak Ridge Flashv
Klondike,” and the dam is “Ma
sonic Homes Carleen ” A first
year 4-JH member, Byron is the
soil of Mr and Mrs Robert
Smeltz He also won a master
filter award.
Nelson Wenger, Manheim R 2(
shor ed Hen-Ket Model Coun
ter to first place in the FFA
Holbein Senior Calf Class. Nel
son -vas also named a master
filter and master showman
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Hens & Breneman
Sbw Champion
C®ws At Lampeter
¥m Haven Giny I, the milkv
foin year-old entry of Richard
He«j« Strasburg Rl, took home
grand champion honors in the
Hotslein Division of the Lam
peter Fair Dairy Show held
Thiiisday afternoon at the Lam
peter Community Park. The
Fesi entry topped the 54 head
oj tlolsteins paraded before
Jurtfee Raymond Witmer, Wil
low Street, and was also award
er! the best udder ribbon. .
The reserve grand champion
war the aged cow owned bv El
vw #ess Jr., Strasburg Rl and
shown by Ebshalom Karniel.
the IF YE exchangee from Israel
staying with the Elvin Hess Jr.
family. Karniel had never seen
a cor; show or led a cow before"
in has 21-year-old experience.
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Farm Calendar
Safrtrday, Sept. 28 (today)
It) QO a m.—FFA Tractor Driv
ing Contest, Ephrata Commun
ity Park.
Smnflay, Sept. 29
29, 30 & Oct I—Pa Millets’
find Feed Dealers Assn 90th
Amual Convention, Pocono
Manor Hotel, Pocono Manor,
Fa
Tuitvday, Oct. 1
10 OB a.m.—Farm Chemical and
Corn Yield Demonstration,
litnneth Kunkle Farm,
humsville, Pa.
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The Lancaster County FFA Dairy Calf
Awards were made Thursday morning, at
the Lampeter Fair. Winners were: (kneel
ing left to right), Holstein, Daniel Brandt,
Manheim R 4, student at Manheim Central
High School; Ayrshire, Earl Gerhart, Stev
ens Rl, student at Ephrata High School;
and Guernsey, Kenneth Grube, Lititz Rl,
Wanvick High School. Standing is Donald
Hess Shows A Hereford Steer
To Championship At Lampeter
Rand> Hess, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mis Elvin Hess, Stras
burg Rl led his Hereford steer
named George, to the giand
championship of the West Lam
peter Community Fair Baby
Beef Show Wednesday night
Ben Morgan, Extension livestock
specialist from Penn State, who
served as judge called the cham
pion a high-yielding carcass with
enough muscling in the loin.
Hess also won the junior show
manship contest.
The reserve grand champion
was the first place Angus shown
by Gary Dean, 14-year-old son of
Mi. and Mis. William Dean,
Strasburg Rl.
Cheryl Biubaker, 206 Rohrers
town Road, was chosen cham
pion in the senior showmanship
division
A total of 34 4-H steer projects
were shown —l9 Hereford, 12
Angus and 3 Shorthorn
Winners bv class were
ANGUS
1. Gaiy Dean, Strasburg 111, 2,
Elaine Herr, 840 Penn Grant
Road, Lancaster's, Jeffrey Giei
der, Columbia R 2, 4, Dale Bush
ong, Columbia R 2, 5, Gary Long,
Columbia R 2, 6, Robert Greider,
Columbia R 2; 7, Eddie Hess,
Stiasbuig R 1 8, Jeffrey Brubak
ei, Running Pump Road, Lancas
ter, 9, Bradford Howell, Hess
dale; 10, Glenn Brubaker, Run
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September, 28.1968
nmg Pifmp Road, Lancaster, 11,
Curtis Hess, Strasburg Rl, 12,
Lairy Rohrer, Lititz
HEREFORDS
1, Randy Hess, Strasbuig Rl;
2, Harry Nissley, Millport Road;
3, Cheryl Brubaker, 206 Rohrers
town Road, 4, Judy Wenger.
1737 Rockvale Road, Lancaster;
5. Nancy Herr, 840 Penn Grant
Road, Lancaster; 6, Ray Brubak
er, Rohrerstown Road, 7, Daniel
Herr, 1918 Lampeter Road; 8,
Dwight Houser, Lampeter, 9,
Confirmed on Page 8)
Penna. State
Holstein Sale
Averages $1,208
HARRISBURG A 2-year-old
Holstein heifer is staiting a long
lourney from Mercer, Pa, to
South Africa . with a buef stop
at the fifth Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show
The animal, “Vogan Farm Re
flection Jewell,” was purchased
for 82,300 by Dr C L Laubs
cher, of Pretoria, South Africa,
at the Pennsylvania State Hol
stein Sale, held in conjunction
with the All-American Show
Di Laubscher, an orthopedic
surgeon and owner of a 400 acre
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Eby, Gordonville, making presentation for
the Lancaster County Holstein Association;
Donald Hershey, Manheim, breeder of the
Holstein calf and Arthur Breneman, Wil
low Street, presenting the Guernsey calf
for the Lancaster County Guernsey Asso
ciation from the herd of Clarence Harnish,
Pequea Lane. Lancaster. The Ayrshire
call had not been selected. L. F. Photo
Bollinger Tops
Ephrata Market
Swine Show
A Crossbred barrow was nam
ed grand champion Thursday
night at the first Annual Junior
Market Hog Show, held at the
Ephrata Fair The entry, shown
bv Eugene Bollinger, Denver
R 2 was first in the medium
weight class.
The reserve grand champion
was the second place medium
weight shown by Linford Weav
er Weaver’s entry was a Duroc
Earl Stauffer, Ephrata, won
showmanship honors for the
second time in as many months
He had previously been the best
showman at the FFA County
Swine Show held at the Lancas
ter Union Stock Yards in Aug
ust Earl also had the first place
light weight and the first place
heavy weight entries at the Eph
lata show
Other first place wins were
given by judge Henry Gruber,
A and B Packing, Allentown to
Kenneth Weber on his light
weight tuo; Linford Weaver on
a medium weight trio and
Philip Leinmgei on a heavy
weight trio
Swine show results by class
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Individuals, 1, Earl Stauffer;
2, Kerry Boyd, 3, Philip Leimn
gei. 4, Kenneth Weber, 6, Don
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$2.00 Per Year
Miss Reiff
Beef Winner
At Ephrata
A 4-H Angus baby beef named
“Snoopy” was named the grand
champion Thursday night at the
Ephrata Fair Steer Show The
entiy that topped the 35 head
show was exhibited by Ida Mae
Reiff, 15-year-old daughter of
Mr and Mrs Ivan Reiff, LitiU
Rl.
The-reserve grand champion
was the first place Hereford
shown by Nancy Zimmerman,
14, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
John Zimmerman, Ephrata Rl.
There were 21 Angus, 12 Here
fords and two Shorthorns parad
ed for Judge Henry Gruber, of
A and B Packing Co, Allentown
In the fitting contest Glenn
Fhckmger was named champion
and in showmanship, Sheryl
Weaver was fiist
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Glenn Livengood Has
Swine Champion At
Lampeter Swine Show
A 14-year-old Sophomore at
Lampeter-Strasburg High School
took championship honors at the
Lampeter Fair Swine Show Wed
nesday, during his first year of
showing Glenn Livengood, 1905
Pioneer Road, Lancaster, show
ed his medium weight Yorkshire
banow to the top in the 75 head
show Livengood also had tha
champion pen of four
The champion pen of two mar
ket hogs and the champion sow
and litter were shown by Clair
Esbenshade, Willow Street
Robert Weaver had the cham
pion boar and was top in both
the fitting and the showing class
Kyle Trout, substituting Vo-
Ag instructor at Lempeter-
Strasburg was in charge of the
show.
The market hogs were sched
uled to be sold at the Annual
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Dean Dorset
Is Champion
At Ephrata
An eleven-year-old Garden
Spot. Junior High School 7th
grade student won the grand
championship Thursday night, at
the Ephrata Fair Sheep Show
held in the Community Park.
William Dean, son of Mr and
Mrs William Dean, Narvon HI,
placed first in the medium
weight class with his Dorset;
lamb He also won the fitting
championship.
Reserve grand champion was
a Shropshire lamb shown by Ray
Bollinger, Ephrata Ray also
showed the best pen of three
lambs
Marlin Bollinger, Denver R 2,
had the reserve champion pen of
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