VOL. :i NO. 8
THAT GOOSE IS RATHER LARGE
and e\ en if the tags pinned on little Elaine
and Eddie Engle,tell everyone to “Smile,”
they are not sure they want to do it with
that big fellow just inside the cage. The
A HUG FOR THE RESERVE CHAM
PION. Seven-year-old Christian Herr, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herr, Narvon R 2,
holds the soft bundle of wool that was re
serve grand champion of the Dorset Sheep
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 18,1969
children atfe fnnr and two alnnsf with
cnuaren, age tour ana two, along with
their parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Engle,
were among the many visitors
to the 53rd Pennsylvania State Farm Show
in Harrisburg Thursday.* L Photo,
Show in Harn<shiir<* this week for fho Horr
bhow in Harrisburg this week tor the Herr
family. The champ was also a member of
the second place three Ewe lambs owne'd
by exhibitor. L. F. Photo
Local Youth Start Well
But End Disappointingly
In Baby Beef Competition
What started as a wild dis
play of Lancaster County supei
lority in the State 4-H Baby
Beef Show Thursday morning, !
ended that afternoon in a man
ner that might conservatively i
be called a little disappointing
To start things off, Lany <
Herr, 840 Penn Grant Road,
captured the Shorthorn breed
championship giving the local
club one steer in the champion
ship circle when it came time
to select the grand champion of
the show
Then came the Herefords
David Enck, Holtwood Rl, start
ed the contest with a first place
win in the Light Weight class
The next class Medium
Weight was again topped by
a Lancaster entry shown by Mai
hr. Bollinger, Denver R 2. Then
came the Light-Heavy Weight
County Stars
In Tobacco
At Farm Show
Lancaster County tobacco <
pioducers walked off with all (
championships in filler and
wiappei classes in judging at -
the 53id Pennsylvania Farm
Show '
Roy M Rohrer, of Strasburg, '
R 1, won the grand champion
ship in filler classes, and Ira C
Shank, of Pequea, R 1, was (
winner in wrapper classes *
Steven Stehman, of Cones- j
toga, R 2, showed the champion ,
wrapper and Donald Thomas, (
of Millersville, R 1, the Cham- ]
pion filler in the 4-H division ,
In vocational competition, (
Gary R. Neff, of Millersville, 1
E 1, exhibited the champion x
wrapper and Rachel W. Martin,
of New Holland, R 1, the cham \
pion filler >
Class 76 A. Wrapper B’s f
1. Ira C. Shank, Peqaea, RD i
1; 2 Susan R. Shank, Pequea, 1
RD 1, 3 Harold H Greider, <
Millersville, RD. 1. 4 Jay Hos- <
tetter, Manheim, R.D 1; 5 Tom ]
Bollinger, Lititz, RD 4, 6 -
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Co. Holstein Breeders Shut Out
Of Farm Show Championships
Lancaster County Holstem
breeders were shut out of all
championship honors Tuesday
at the Farm Show And onlv
one county entiv managed to
place first in class
Penn Springs Bill Nancy, the
home-bied two-year old heifei
of Robeit Kauffman, Elizabeth
town R1 ’ was fnst in her cIaSS
and fr there on no i oC al
entry t above 2n d
Judge Clyde K Chappell,
Univeisitv of Tennessee, called
the show'of 173 entries one of
$2.00 Per Year
class where the fust six places
were filled by Lancastei County'
4-Heis When Judge Harlan
Ritchie, Michigan State Univer
sity, finished, Nancy Herr, also
840 Penn Grant Road, was first 1
leaving only the Heavy Weight
class of Herefords to be topped
by Helen Lehman from York
County However, as the event
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4-H Lamb Club
Members Do Well
At Farm Show
Lancaster County 4-H mem
bers shared the majority of
breed championships in market
, lamb classes at the 53rd Penn
; sylvania Farm Show, winning
■ top awards in Cheviot, Dorset,
Hampshire, Southdown, and
Shropshire classes
The grand champion individ
ual lamb was exhibited by Ted
Bushong, of Columbia, RD 2,
Lancaster County, and reserve
champion by William Bland, of
435 E livm Ave , State College,
Centie County The Bushong
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Countians Win
In Hay Show
Harrisburg Mahlon H
Shenk, Holtwood R 2, placed
first in two classes in Hay Judg
ing Contest here at the Farm
Show this week but the show
championships went to Gordon
Isenber, Huntingdon County
and Jay McCarrell, Washington
County Shenk’s wins were in
the Alfalfa (later cutting) and
Alfalfa-Grass (mixed) classes.
Galen W Crouse, Stevens Rl,
placed Ist in Sudangrass and
3rd in Grass (later cutting)
Other county placings includ
ed Mixed Hay, 2, Alfred Wan
ner, Jr., Narvon R 2; 3, John S
Yost, Narvon R 2, Alfalfa (first
cutting part field, part heat
dried) 2, Roy Mentzer, New
Holland, Alfalfa (first cutting
field cuied) 2, Fiank Yost,
Naivon R 2
the best he has seen ‘You can
tell the quality of a show b>
the number of animals that
come out for the gioup classes
When you have the quality go
mg so deep in the groups and so
many gioups in a show of this
size you know it’s a good show
and the breeders are doing a
go ° d I o **’” he S3ld „ „
Chappell’s favorite cow, F G -
P Ivanhoe Regal Jan, a four
year old owned by Allen Peffer.
Cumberland County, took all
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