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
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.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.
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