Horses By Mcllim Piper For the John Christensen family of Manheim R 4, raising, breeding and showing horses has become a family affair. The Christensen's own the Silver Meadow Horse Farm off the Elizabethtown Rd., and along with giving riding instruction in both English and Western, the family breed and show registered Arabian horses. Not natives to the County, the family moved to the Lancaster area three years ago coming from West Virginia. After some months of looking for a farm suited for raising horses, the family settled at their present location and began a family NELSON WEAVER & SON RD2 Lititz, Pa. 49% SOYBEAN MEAL BULK or BAGGED For the Lowest Prices in the Area Call Today PHONE 626-8538 the new all-steel, all purpose. utility bui'dmg from modern farm systems, the maker of the incomparable "Stor-age” gram bins, the most wanted gram bins in the world. The new “Imperial" is precision engineered to give you the quality and strength you have come to expect from mfs. 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The Christensen’s have two children, Karen 15, and Eric 11. Karen is currently learning to ride side-saddle and Eric is leaning the fine points of English riding. Two of the Christensen’s registered Arabians won several outstanding awards in the past month. Silver Phoenicia, a grey three-year old filly and Silver Empress her two-year old half-sister each won their Eastern Futurity classes at the Eastern All-Arabian Horse Show held recently in Devon. This marked the second year in a row that the two horses EVERY WEDNESDAY IS nf DAIRY ” DAY AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. New Holland, PA If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from 100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price. Mostly fresh and close springing Holsteins. Cows from local farmers and our regular shippers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite, Gordon Fritz, Blaine Hoffer, Dale Hostetter, H. D. Matz, and Jerry Miller. SALE STARTS 12:30 SHARP Also Every Wednesday, Hay, Straw & Ear Corn Sale 12:00 Noon. For arrangements for special sales or herd dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact : Abram Diffenbach, Mgr. 717-354-4341 Norman Kolb 'W 717-397-5533 had won the same honor. Silver Empress also scored highly at the Delaware Arabian Show where she won the two-year old filly class and was Judged as the junior champion filly and the reserve champion mare. Silver Meadow Pixy, a registered half-Arabian pony mare, also owned by the Christensen’s placed highly at the region 16 cham pionships held in conjunction with the Delaware All- Arabian Show. Along with the many awards that the Christen sen’s Arabians have won in breed shows, the family has also done well at the Keystone International livestock Exposition held annually in Harrisburg. Silver Meadow horses have done well the past two years at the Pa. show and the Christensen’s hope to repeat their performance at this year’s upcoming show. While so many horse farms have taken an interest in just having a great quantity of stock for show, die Christensens have kept their stock at a minimum keeping only the best in quality. {Continued on Pafe 16] Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6,1975 Eric Christensen, 11, saddles - up his pony Pixie. Young Eric is learning the find points of riding from his mother, Mrs. John Christensen. Berks show winning hogs James Shrawder, a 4-Her from Kempton R 2, exhibited the grand champion hog at the Berks County 4-H round up held recently in Leesport. The 4-Her’s hog weighed in at 230 lbs. and sold to Hat field Packing Co. for $l.OO per pound. James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Lee Shrawder. Exhibiting the reserve grand champion of the show was Wendy Yoder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yoder, Shoemakersville. Wendy’s crossbred hog sold for $.85 per pound to Yoder’s meat Market in Shoemakersville. The young lady is a member erf the Northern Berks 4-H Dairy and Swine Club. Some 5529 pounds of pork sold following the show with a total selling value recorded at $3577.38. The average weight of the hogs was 204.78 „_ . Goggles are believed to derive Meg Turner, Kempton R 2, the £ name from th? o]d was named the senior English term for squinting, champion fitter with James FEATURING; • Anti-Vibration Systems • Automatic Oiling on All Models 40 Years Experience in Design and Production c l ohnL Otauffer REPAIR SERVICE R.D.2, East Earl, PA ln Rear Stauffer's Phone 215-445-6175 .. .Machine Shop MILE NORTH OF GOODVILLE * pilt Rnall ON UNION GROVE ROAD ° « SfJ 3 ? 1 £? 3d R.D.3, Ephrata, PA Co. 4-Hers Shrawder, Kempton R 2 selected as the reserve fitter. In the junior division, Wendy Yoder placed first with Scott Turn, Kempton R 2 placing second. Meg Turn also received the first place senior showman award with Fred Yoder, Shoemakersville, receiving reserve honors. In the junior division Wendy Yoder placed first with Scott Turn receiving second place honors. 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