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Miss Ruby Gimler...
Animal “Wifery" In Future For this Energetic Vo-flg Student
Fifteen year old Ruby Lynn
Ginder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Ginder of
Elizabethtown RD3, is an out
standing 10th grade vo-ag student
at Manheim Central High School.
She was selected as the most
outstanding member of the fresh
man class in FFA last year and
received the Star Greenhand
award in the Manheim FFA
Chapter.
She owns several animals and
has shown animals at six shows
and fairs between July 26 and
October 3 this year. Ruby’s
animals include Dana, a cow
which she acquired in 1971 and
had her papers transferred
August 1972. She showed her last
year at Manheim Fair. Ruby still
owns her but she is now in
Robert’s herd. Ruby entered
Dana’s second calf Heidi, an
intermediate calf, in the show
ring this year. She also showed
Wendi, a senior calf which she
bought from Elam Bollinger in
November 1972. Julie, her FFA
chain calf, was given to Ruby by
Manheim FFA Chapter in April
1973.
Ruby won her namesake,
Ruby holds her Greenhand award plaque and show rib
bons she won this year with her FFA animals. Some outfits
she made can be seen in the background.
Ruby stands beside her jelly cupboard and some of her
antique articles.
Notes
Pat Erway, Editor
Farm
Writer
Mrs. Charles’
McSparran
Ruby, at the FFA Judging
Contest October 4 at the
Manheim Community Farm
Show from the Lancaster County
Holstein Association. This calf
was born in July 1973 and will be
a senior calf in the 1974 show ring.
There were six other applicants
for the calf. To win it they had to
write an essay on “How To Raise
a Calf From The Time It’s Born
Till Two Years of Age.” Ap
plicants were also interviewed by
an Association Committee to win
the calf.
Ruby has two steers ear
marked for future showing.
Blondie, a smoke colored
Charolais-Angus crossbred is
marked to be entered at the
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Ruby Glnder’sanimals: (back row, left to cal*: (front row) Ruby holding Julie, her
right) Blondie, her crossbred steer and FFA chain ca |f : Jeannie holding "Ruby",
Wendi, her senior Holstein calf; (second the ca ,f Rub V won * rom the Holstein
row) Gail holds Heidi, Ruby’s intermediate Association, and Nicky, her Angus steer.
Pennsylvania Farm Show in
January 1974. She bought Nicky,
an Angus steer October 19, 1973,
which she most likely will show at
Manheim Fair next fall. She also
plans to buy three more steers to
show next year.
Ruby showed Wendi and Heidi
at the Black and White Show at
the Guernsey Bam July 26,1973.
Wendi placed sixth in the senior
calf class and Heidi 27th in the
intermediate calf class. She
showed them again at the
Southeastern Regional FFA
Dairy Show at the Farm Show
Building at Harrisburg August
27. There she received blue
ribbons for both in their
respective classes which meant
they could be entered in the state
Junior Dairy Show. Wendi was
third in the senior calf class and
Heidi sixth in the intermediate
calf class.
Ruby entered Wendi and Heidi
at the state Junior Dairy Show
September 24th at the Farm
Show Building. Heidi placed third
and Ruby received a master
showman rosette. Wendi placed
fourth in her class.
Ruby exhibited Wendi and
Heidi at Ephrata Fair. Wendi:
placed first in her class and Heidi
placed sixth or seventh in her
class.
She then entered them and her
FFA chain calf Julie at the
Manheim Community Farm
Show. Wendi placed third in her
class, Heidi fifth in her class and
Julie third in the FFA class and
fourth in the open class.
Ruby has steers for an FFA
project. Her grandfather, Elam
Ginder, is a cattle jockey and she
bought three steers, an Angus
and two Charolais crosses, from
him last year. She showed Snoopy
at the Southern Lancaster County
Community Fair in September
and he placed fourth in the
crossbred class. She went in for
first year FFA showmanship and
fitting and placed first. This
meant she could show against 4-H
at that fair. She placed fifth in
showmanship and was reserve
grand champion in fitting. She
sold Snoopy for 53 cents a pound
at the fair. She said “I shed some
tears when I had to part with
him.”
She showed Shorty at the
Manheim Community Farm
Show and he placed third in the
Angus class. There were eight in
that class. She placed second in
showmanship because he
tramped on her foot. She sold him
for 69 cents a pound.
Ruby raises veal calves for
another FFA project. She buys
calves from her father and feeds
them until they reach about 200
pounds, then sells them at the
Lancaster Stock Yards.
Ruby had a broiler project of
300 birds on her own this past
summer. She sold them dressed,
locally.
As a sophomore in the vo-ag
department Ruby’s subjects
consist of Biology, History of
John Kauffman’s miniature engines, baler and threshing
machine with one of his paintings in the background.
Ruby Cinder and her first
cow, Dana.
Western Europe and English
which is broken down into
Composition I and she is taking
sports literature as her elective
subject. The last half of this year
she will get Basic Economics and
personal typing.
She has been working on gas
engines and making saw horses
in ag shop. For nutrition they
went on a trip through the
Manheim Agway mill and will
figure feed rations.
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