—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept. 28,1974
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Carol Balmer, Lititz, Lancaster termediate calf competition on
County,' showed her 11-month-old Monday at the Pennsylvania Junior
Guernsey to the top prize in in- Dairy Show in Harrisburg.
All American
Dairy Show
Victors Listed
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Samuel E. Yoder, 16,
Shoemakersville, Berks
County, topped the Milking
Shorthorns with his four
year-old, “Pinesedge M.E.
Cherry 9th.” Yoder’s sister,
Nedra, 15, showed both the
reserve grand champion and
junior champion and his 14-
year-old brother, Frederick,
had the reserve junior
champion. The other suc
cessful defending champion
was Russel L. Kline, 19,
Reinholds, Lancaster
County, with the best
Holstein in the FFA classes,
a four-year-old cow,
“Fought-Land Eagle Ingra.”
The top three places in
each of the classes in the
Junior Dairy Show had the
option of staying over and
entering their animals in the
regular Pennsylvania All-
American breed shows
scheduled through the
balance of the week.
The grand champion fitter-
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Russell Kline, Relnholds, Lancaster Holstein competition during the
County, added to his string of vie- Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show on
tories on Monday when he captured Monday.
prize in FFA
showman award went to
Beth Ann Swingle, Lake
Ariel, Wayne County. Basis
for judging in this event is
the preparation of the cow
for the competition and
expertise in handling the
animal while in the show
ring.
Other winners were:
AYRSHIRE - Sharon
Henley, 16, Cochranville,
Chester County, grand
champion; Kennard Henley,
111, brother of Sharon,
reserve grand champion and
reserve junior champion;
Keith Sechrist, 17, Red Lion,
York County, junior
champion.
BROWN SWISS - Judith
Irons, 17, Smethport,
McKean County, grand
champion; Dean Daubert,
17, Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, reserve grand
champion; Harry Leininger,
16, Ephrata, Lancaster
County, junior champion;
Joseph Helsel, 17, Portage,
Blair County, reserve junior
champion.
GUERNSEY - Jeffrey
Harding, 15, Brookville,
Jefferson County, reserve
grand champion; Patricia
Layman, 11, Waynesboro,
Franklin County, reserve
junior champion.
JERSEY - Donna Mc-
Conaughey, 16, Smicksburg,
Indiana County, grand
champion; Frederick Eick,
18, Columbia Cross Roads,
Bradford County, reserve
grand champoion; Leon
Sollenberger, 13, Everett,
Bedford County, junior
champion; Beth Stephens,
17, Honesdale, Wayne
County, reserve junior
champion.
HOLSTEIN (4-H) - Carol
Gruver, 16, Pipersville,
Bucks County, junior
champion; Kevin Laugh
man, 12, lliomasville, York
County, reserve junior
champion.
HOLSTEIN (FFA) - Paul
L. Brownlee, Avella,
Washington County, reserve
grand champion; Rodney
Rankin, 18, Burgettstown,
Washington County, junior
champion; Steve Lackey, 16,
Cochranton, Crawford
County, reserve junior
champion.
Invitational Y outh
Judging Results
State championship
judging teams from Ohio
Only a few tiny patches of black on Harrisburg on Monday by Gordon
this cow’s ear kept her from being a Calkins, Troy, Pa. She captured third
pure white Holstein. The unusual prize in the senior yearling com
animal was shown at the Penn- petition
sylvania Junior Dairy Show in
won both the 4-H and FFA
divisions of the 6th Penn
sylvania All-American In
vitational Youth Dairy
Cattle Judging Contest at the
Farm Show, Monday
Purdue was first in the in
tercollegiate division.
Pennsylvania teams made
their best showing since the
inception of this opening day
event at the Pennsylvania
All-American Dairy Show.
A Blair County FFA team
finished third in a field of
eight. Last year the host
state FFA team was sixth
among 9 competitors.
Dwight Hoover and Gerald
Smith both of Martinsburg,
finished Bth and 9th,
respectively, in the overall
individual scoring. Their
teammate, Gary Bechtel,
Curryville, finished fifth
among all the contestants in
judging the two Brown Swiss
classes.
The 4-H Pennsylvania
team from Lancaster County
came in fifth while matching
dairy know-how with nine
other state champion
squads. Gary Akers,
Quarryville, turned in the
best individual effort with
549 points, good for seventh
place. Linda Kauffman,
Elizabethtown, missed first
place in the Ayrshire judging
by just two points and the
Third team member,
Richard Hess, Strasburg,
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Shown proudly displaying his junior Monday is Tim Rutter, a York County
champion Guernsey at the Penn- youngster from 53 Lightner Road,
sylvania Junior Dairy Show on York.
Ww-
Kevin Laughman was one of several York County
victors at the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show held
Monday in Harrisburg. The Thomasviile youth is
shown here with his first place intermediate Holstein
calf, which was later named reserve juniot: champion
in 4-H Holstein competition.
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