—-UncaiUr Farming. Saturday, August 23. 1975
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In pursuit
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threshing machine, and kids
were delighted to have straw
blowing all over them.
I asked Mervin Grubb,
who supplied one of his
steam tractors for use in the
show, what it cost to build
such an iron horse when they
were in their prime. He
estimated $3,000 and added it
would take around $50,000 to
build one today. The steam
tractor owner makes his
home in Steelton where he is
an automobile mechanic and
lists steam tractors as his
hobby. “I wouldn’t give you
a penny for all the antique
automobiles, nor gasoline
tractors ... but steam, I’m
interested in’em!” he said
with the white of his eyes
gleaming from behind a face
which was tanned by the sun
and blackened by the
engine’s fumes.
His tractor, a 1928
Peerless, was originally
purchased by a Lancaster
Countian, Amos Stoltzfuss.
Grubb said the tractor was
the last one off the assembly
line and the company had
trouble selling it because
gasoline-powered tractors
were taking over. He is only
the second owner of the
steam-belching iron horse
and guesses that there are
still a couple hundred of
them around in the state.
“A lot of them were cut up
for scrap during World War
n,” he pointed out.
Both Sheaffer and Grubb
revealed that one hor
sepower in a steam tractor is
equal to about seven in a gas
tractor. Accordingly, Grubb
believes his engine, rated at
50 horsepower, is equivalent
to 350 of a conventional
tractor. But it’s certainly not
all horsepower that makes
them powerful, it’s their
immense weight, and the
gear ratio which allows for
tremendous torque. Their
road speed, on the other
hand, is only three miles per
hour.
What do you do for spare
parts for these old
machines?
Sheaffer says so far he has
been fortunate enough to
receive parts along with the
antique machines he buys.
He says 95 per cent of his
machinery collection is in
good working order. In
touring the display area,
Sheaffer explained that the
early farm machinery was
very simple and very
practical in design. “Sim
plicity was stressed,” he
remarked while taking
things apart at the twist of
his wrist. “No sophistication
no problems.”
While Sheaffer’s collection
is sizable by any standards,
it had been bigger. Three
weeks ago disaster struck at
one of the barns where he
keeps his machinery. Every
item went up in smoke, in
cluding a wagon valued at
$2,000. The loss grieves the
collector, who remembers
plowing and logging with
horses when he was 11 years
of age.
Aside from the large farm
machinery, visitors to the
five-day festival also had an
opportunity to see craftsmen
at work and halls filled with
wares which date back to
colonial days. For those with
lively feet, the state’s top
square dancing team was on
hand to perform, with the
audience invited to par
ticipate.
“Agricultural Americana”
is one of several such events
to take place in Penn
sylvania. The “Rough and
Tumble” organization at
Kinzers sponsors old-time
farming activitiea each
summer, as does Williams
Grove, where “Horse and
Buggy Days" get underway
tomorrow. Later in the week
the iron horses perform in
front of plows as well as
threshing machines.
Kauffman cow wins
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belonged to Glenn Lippy,
Littlestown. Kline showed a
junior yearling entry, while
Lippy’ B entry fell into the
senior bull calf class. A
senior yearling bull was
shown by Tim Brown, Lit
tlestown.
The show was held at the
York Fair Grounds.
Following are the placings of
various contests in the event.
Jr. Heifer Call
I.E. Wayne Bashore, New
Cumberland; 2. Glenn
Lippy, Littlestown; 3. Leroy
and Joyce Bubb, Seven
Valleys; 4. D. L. Heath and
M. E. Miller, Kirkwood and
Strasburg, respectively; 5.
Peter King, Delta.
Intermediate
Calf
1. Cynthia Knight,
Woodbine; 2. Wade Brown,
Littlestown; 3. Patricia
Greek; 4. Jed Bashore, New
Cumberland; 5. Tim
Chronister, York.
Senior Calf
1. Phil Laughman,
Thomasville; 2. Christie
Gitt, Littlestown; 3. Lynn
Royer, Lancaster; 4. Philip
Crouse, Stevens.
Junior Yearling
1. Russell Kline, Denver;
2. Wade Brown, Littlestown;
3. Alice Stauffer, Ephrata; 4.
Glenn lippy, Littlestown; 5.
Leroy and Joyce Bupp,
Seven Valleys.
Witmer
Continued from Pace 15)
they’re beginning to increase
in numbers now.
“The Guernsey breed has
some problems • mostly in
sire proving programs -
because we don’t have the
Senior Yearling
1. Paul Knight, Woodbine;
2. Wade Brown, Littlestown;
3. Dana Doll, 4. George
Knight, 111, Woodbine; 5.
Kevin Laughman,
Thomasville.
Jr. Get of Sire
1. Leroy and Joyce Bupp
with Astronaut daughters.
Two-Year-Olds,
Never Fresh
1. David Reath, Kirkwood;
2. Wad|e Brown, Littlestown;
3. Leroy and Joyce Bupp,
Seven Valleys,
3 and 4 Year
Old Dry Cow
1. Jed Bashore, New
Cumberland; 2. Leroy and
Joyce Bupp, Seven Valleys;
3. Marvin Brown, 4. Wade
Brown.
Aged Dry Cow
1. Lynn Royer, Lancaster;
2. Robert Gitt, Littlestown; 3
and 4. Cindy Knight, 5.
James Knight.
2 Year Olds
1 and 2. Creedin Corman,
Carlisle; 3. Paul Homing; 4.
Philip Crouse; 5. Leroy and
Joyce Bupp.
3 Year Olds
1. Robert Kauffman,
Elizabethtown; 2. Leroy
Bupp, Seven Valleys; 3.
Delmar Cornman,
Mechanicsburg; 4 and 5.
Leroy and Joyce Bupp.
4 Year Olds
1. Robert Gitt, Lit
tlestown; 2. Marvin Brown,
Littlestown; 3. Averill
Royer, Lancaster.
100,000 pound class
1. George Knight, Jr., 2.
George Knight HI, 3. Rhelda
Royer.
large pool of cattle from
which to draw and breed to
and test.’’ He believes a
possible solution to this
problem may be Joint efforts
by farmers to buy and prove
sires.
Describing himself as a
Aged Cow
1. Russell Kline; 2. Linda
Kauffman, Elizabethtown;
3. Lynn Royer, Lancaster; 4.
Leroy and Joyce Bupp; 5.
George Knight, 111.
Sr. Get of Sire
1. Leroy and Joyce Bupp
with daughters of Gar
berdale Burke Kate.
Best 3 Females
1. Woodbine Holsteins; 2.
Blossomelle Farms; 3.
Buppland Farms; 4. Brown
Valley Farms.
Produce of Dam
1. Jed Bashore; 2. Renown
Holsteins; 3. Phil and Kevin
Laughman; 4. Buppland
Farms.
Daughter-Dam Pair
1. Woodbine Holsteins; 2.
Russell Kline; 3.
Blossomelle Holsteins; 4.
Paul Horning; 5. Jed
Bashore.
Best Udder
1. Kauffman’s three-year
old “Cinderella,” the grand
champion of the show; 2.
Kline’s “Ingra,” the reserve
grand champion.
Body Weight
A man will weigh about a
pound more if he steps on
the bathroom scales after
taking a shower but before
he dries off That’s due to
the film of water, one-fif
tieth of an inch thick, that
remains on the body after
bathing Also, the average
human body contains
enough fat to make about
seven or eight bars of soap
dairyman who appreciate*
all breeds, Wltmer confessed
to preferring Guernseys.
“But I’m not putting down
other breeds,” he grinned. ‘‘l
prefer Guernseys for their
temperament, efficiency,
and the flavor of their milk,
he said. He would like to sec
breeders push their product
more, claiming that if you
push the product, you solve
the other problems of the
breed, or industry for that
matter. Witmer owns some
stock in Guernsey
Restaurants, Inc., an
organization started by
Pennsylvania Guernsey
breeders to promote the
Guernsey name and their
cows’ products.
The young farmer's
dairying philfasophy also
includes a “deemphasis on
the size of cows,” because
production is not directly
related to body size and the
larger cows are subject to
more stress. He also ad
vocates supervision, poin
ting out it can be spread too
thin in some operations.
Witmer draws his con
clusion from over a dozen
years of activity in 4-H,
discussions and observation
while in high school and
college, and on-the-farm
experiences. All in all, this
broad range of activity is
what convinced him the
grass was greenest on his
side of the fence, and it
eventually earned him the
prestigious Student
Recognition Award.
The National Dairy Shrine
Club is an organization of
over 5,500 dairymen and
industry leaders in the
United States and several
foreign countries. It was
organized in 1949 to honor
dairy leaders past and
present, to record dairy
history and to inspire dairy
leaders of the future.