Vol. 17 No. 44
Karen Weaver, in her second year of competition, won the
grand champion prize in beef competition at the Solanco Fair
on Thursday. She won her prize with a 935-pound Hereford.
Dave Young, in his first year of competition, showed the
grand champion FFA steer at the Solanco Fair on Thursday.
His steer was also the grand champion Charolais. David did
quite well in the hog competition, too, coming away with
several first prizes.
Hog Carcass Show
Slated At Lampeter
A hog carcass show will be
sponsored this year by the
Lampeter Fair. John Hinkel, a
prominent Lancaster County hog
breeder, said the carcass show
was arranged so producers could
compare their animals’ live
judging results with carcass
evaluations.
Hinkel said he feels more and
more hog shows will be going to
carcass evaluations after live
judging. It’s a movement he
favors because, as he says, “This
is the only way you can really tell
what kind of an animal you’ve
got. Live appearance is a good
indicator, but it doesn’t tell you
everything.”
Hinkel said there will be one
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entry allowed per farm. Persons
who’d like to enter the show
should send their names and a $1
entry fee to: John Hinkel, Willow
Glen Farm, Strasburg, Rl, 17579.
Hinkel said he should have all the
entries by Sept. 26.
Hogs should be at the Lampeter
Fair by noon on September 28.
They’ll be judged live at 3:00, and
slaughtered the next day. Car
casses will be evaluated on Oc
tober 2 at E. W. Martin Co.,
Bridgeport.
The hogs can be either barrows
or gilts, and should have a live
weight of 190 to 220 pounds.
There will be five prizes for live
judging, $2O, $l5, $lO, $5 and $5.
Prizes for rail judging will be $25,
$2O, $l5, $lO and $5.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,1972
23rd Annual Fair
Opens at Solanco
The Southern Lancaster
County Community Fair opened
for its twenty-third consecutive
year this week, accompanied by
excellent fair weather.
Agricultural exhibits are the
dominant feature of the Solanco
Fair, and contestants vied for
hundreds of prizes.
Farm Calendar
Monday, September 25
7pm. Community Night,
Fulton Grange, Oakryn.
7:30 p.m Octorara Young
Farmers Association
meeting, Octorara ag
department; Speaker, Nick
Ferrant, Agway Crop
Specialist, Soybeans.
All-American Dairy Show, Farm
Show Building, Harrisburg,
September 25 - 29.
Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show,
Farm Show Building.
Bloomsburg Fair, September 25 -
30.
Tuesday, September 26
Ephrata Fair, September 26 - 30.
Wednesday, September 27
West Lampeter Fair, September
27 - 29.
Thursday, September 28
Lancaster County Swine
Producers board of directors
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
On page 6 of this week’s
LANCASTER FARMING,
there is a questionnaire for
present and potential DHIA
users. The questionnaire is
aimed at determining whether
or not DHIA can and should be
increased in Lancaster
County. All interested
dairymen are invited to
complete the questionnaire
and return it to the address
indicated.
Top Cow Brings 9 2200
During Guernsey Sale
A Guernsey milking 75 pounds
a day brought a top price of $2200
at a September 18 Pennsylvania-
Maryland Guernsey sale at the
Guernsey Sales Pavilion.
The top female was consigned
by A.J. Celestine, Scenery Hill,
Pa., and bought by Joe Fava of
Scenery Hill.
Altogether, 46 head were
consigned to the sale by selected
breeders from Pennsylvania and
Maryland. The 41 cows sold for
an average of $745.75, while five
bulls went for an average price of
$587.
The top bull brought $1,050, and
Dairy cows were judged
Wednesday with a three-year-old
Holstein owned by Landis
Weaver, Oak Shade, named
grand champion of the show
among cows owned and bred by
the exhibitor.
The reserve grand champion of
the show was a two-year old
Guernsey cow shown by Betty Jo
Bitler, 14, od Wakefield.
In the breed show, Holsteins
shown by Maurice Welk took
both breed champion and
reserve champion honors in the
senior class.
A cow shown by Donna Akers,
Quarryville RDI, topped the
junior Holstein class, with Gary
Welk’s cow named junior reserve
champion.
Roger Shaub, Quarryville, had
the grand champion Jersey, and
a cow shown by George and Doris
Hough, Peach Bottom RDI, the
reserve, in senior competition.
Ellen Schmuck, Peach Bottom
RD2, exhibited the junior
champion Jersey, while Kathy
Kreider, Quarryville RDI, had
the junior reserve Jersey.
The grand champion Brown
Swiss was shown by Warren Sch-
Lampeter
Fair Schedule
Wednesday, September 27
2 p.m. Judging of Exhibits
5:30 p.m. Pet Show
7 p.m. Baby Beef Show
Thursday, September 28
1 p.m. Judging Dairy Cattle
Exhibits
8:15 p.m. Queen Contest
9 p.m. Livestock Parade
Friday, September 29
2 pm. All Western Horse Show
' 6:30 p.m. Calf Roping Contest
7 p.m. All Western Horse Show
8 p.m. FFA Fat Hog Con
signment Sale
was purchased by a syndicate
from western Pennsylvania.
Raymond and Louise Witmer,
Willow Street were among the
Lancaster County Consignors.
One of their animals, a daughter
out of Western Glow Darimost,
was bought for $l5OO by Chedco
Farms, Belin, Mass. The Wit
mers also bought three head,
paying over $lOOO apiece for two
of them.
Other area consignors were:
Romella Farms, Strasburg, three
head; Kenneth and Thelma
Garber, Willow Street, one head;
Clarence Harnish, Lancaster,
$2.00 Per Year
muck, Peach Bottom RD2
Warren also had the grand
champion Ayrshire
Kevin Kreider, Quarryville
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PAGE 18 & 19
RDI, had the reserve grand
champion Brown Swiss
Betty Jo Bitler’s Guernsey
topped its breed just in front of
the reserve champion shown by
Fred Crider, Nottingham
The fair continued Thursday
with the FFA judging, tug-of-war
and tractor driving contest,
followed by baby beef and swine
(Continued On Page 26)
Eph rata Fair
Schedule
Tuesday, September 26
5:30 p.m. Adult Tractor
Driving Contest
8 p.m Pig Chase
Wednesday, September 27
10 a m Poultry Judging
2 p.m Cloister FFA Tractor
Driving Contest
4 30 p m. Sheep Show Judging
7 p.m Parade
Thursday, September 28
4 30 p.m. Swine Show Judging
7 p.m. Lancaster County Pork
Cookout
7:30 p m. 4-H and FFA Baby
Beef Judging
Friday, September 29
7pm— Cow Milking Contest
7 30 pm. Junior Dairy Cattle
Show Judging
Saturday, September 30
9-30 a.m. Hog Sale
10 a.m. Area FFA Tractor
Driving Contest
2 p.m. Baby Parade
8 pm. Miss Lancaster County
Scholarship Pageant
one head, and K.D. and Else
Linde, Oxford, two head.
Mrs. Florence Lyon,
Waynesboro, was the biggest
buyer of the sale, taking six head
for a total of $3815.
All but six of the animals
stayed in Pennsylvania. One
went to Massachusetts, three
went to Virginia, and two went to
Frederick, Maryland.
The sale was managed by the
Pennsylvania Guernsey
Breeders’ Association and the
Merryman Company from
Sparks, Md. John Merryman was
the auctioneer.