28—Lancaster Farming. SatuTday, August P. 1969 Chester County 4-H Members Hold Show Over 100 head of dairy cattle were exhibited by 4-H Club mem bers Friday, August 1 at the Cos ben Fair Grounds at the annual 4-H Dairy Roundup. Each mem ber has the responsibility of car ing for and training his own dairy animal. All five of the ma jor dairy breeds were represent ed at Friday’s show. In Ayrshire competition, grand champion honors went to an in termediate calf owned by Sharon Henley, Cochranville. Tina Kulp, Pottstown, exhibited a 2-year-old heifer that was judged the re serve champion Ayrshire. John Rhodes, Coatesville, ex hibited the giand champion and reserve champion Brown Swiss. A senior calf shown by Lewis Wilkinson, Landenberg, was named grand champion Guern sey Reserve champion Guernsey was a 3-year-old cow exhibited by Robert Hocking, Landenberg. Grand champion Holstein was a 2-year-old heifer owned by Carol Yoder, Elverson. A 3-year old cow exhibited by Linda Yea ger, Phoenixville, was selected as reserve champion. Starr Kindt. Elverson, won championship honors with her Jersey intermediate calf. Reserve champion Jersey was a 3-ycar-old cow shown by Patricia Lunger, Chester Springs. The 4-H club members were also judged on their skills in showing their animal to the judge in the show ring. They were also judged on the groom ing they had performed on their animal. Master fitter and master showman awards were presented to members excelling in their division. Champion *and reserve cham pion fitters were also selected. In the first year division, Carol Yeager, Phoenixville, won cham pionship honors in both contests with her junior yearling Holstein heifer. Rebecca Moore, Chatham, was named reserve champion fit ter and showman; she exhibited a Holstein junior calf. Champion fitter in the junior division went to Holly Scheib, Phoenixville; Holly showed a Guernsey junior calf. Scott Rhodes, Coatesville, exhibited an Ayrshire senior yearling, and was - named champion junior CONCRETE BLOCK METAL WINDOWS .ihowraan. Linda Yeager of ’Phocnlxville ihowod a 3-ycar-old Holitcin cow and wai idccted ns the reserve champion Junior fit ter and showman. In the senior division, cham pion and reserve champion show manship honors went to Sharon and Frank Mast, respectively brother and sister, Elverson. Sharon exhibited a junior year ling Holstein heifer, and her brother a senior yearling Hol stein heifer. Dianne Lamb. Coatesville, was Judged cham pion senior filter; and Carl Yo der, Elverson reserve cham pion senior fitter. Both exhibited Holstein senior calves. The cattle were judged by the modified Danish system. In addi tion to being ranked in decreas ing order of superiority, the cat tle were also placed blue, red, and white merit groups, with blue being the superior group. Over 50 blue merit cattle quali fied for the Southeast Penna. 4-H Dairy Show, which will be held August 29th at the Allentown Fair Grounds. John Smith, York County Ag ricultural Agent, was type judge for the Holstein classes. Type judge for the other four bleeds was John Dewey, Kennett Square. Fitting and Showman ship judges were Associate Coun ty Agricultural Agents, John Harris of Dauphin County and Jake Guffey of Bradford County. Commercial red meat produc tion in the Commonwealth to taled 76,030,000 pounds in June, 6 percent less than in May. Production for the first six months of this year was 512,- 227,000 pounds, a drop of 6 per cent from the comparable period in 1968, according to the Penn sylvania Ci op Reporting Service. Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. S. H. Hiestand & Company eo^a Salunga Harold H. Good Terr© Hill YES WE HAVE IT FROM NOW TO DECEMBER Phone Us For Your Fertilizers And Seeds • Blue Boy and Redcoat Seed Wheat • Penrad-Wong Barley • Saranac-Cayuga Alfalfa • Balboßye Timothy Free Soil Testing and Crop Planning, Commercial or Bulk Blend Fertilizer. Self Service or Custom Spreading. Lawn Fertilizers Weed Killers. LANCASTER BONE FERTILIZER CO., INC. Factories at Oxford and Quarryville 215-932-8323 717-786-7348 DO IT 1 H 111 Put us on the spot. Ask us what’s new for fall farrowing. Ask us when we’re going to have something to put faster gains on fall litters ... something to' keep them healthy through autumn weather... something to get pigs to market sooner. Then let us tell you about our brand-new Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pig FIVE FOR FALL FARROWING... five powerful new feeds that give you the ideal combination for competing in the pork business YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR FULOPEp Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. Stevens
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