Herrs-Brubakers show winning sheep at Expo HARRISBURG • Several Lancaster County sheep producers captured out standing awards here on Tuesday morning during the Keystone Livestock Ex position. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Herr, Narvon, exhibited the grand champion Dorset ewe lamb during the event. The lamb was the first champion the family had shown at the contest. The family's Dorset ram yearling ram lamb placed second in its class being edged W of the first place spot by a Penn State entry. In the fall ewe lamb class, the Herr's showed three animals in the top ten places with their daughter Barbara placing 14th with her animal. In spite of keen competition, the family's pen of three Dorsets placed fourth in the class also. In the Junior market lamb class four youths from Lancaster county placed in the top 20 entries.'Richard Strauss, Ephrala Rl, had the 3rd place animal with Sarah Brubaker, Lancaster cap turing 6th with her entry. Chris Herr placed 7th with his sister Elizabeth taking Bth and 11th. Neighbors across the county, the Clyde Brubaker family also took several awards with their Hamp shire sheep. The Brubakers placed 4th with their Hampshire pen of three ram lambs and also exhibited the 6th and 10th place ram spring lambs. Sarah Brubaker, took 11th place In the Kali lamb class with her parents placing 16th with their entry. Kenneth Brubaker had 13th place ewe spring lamb with his parents followine closely by having the 15th place animal in the same class. The Brubakers also had the 7th place pen of three ewe lambs. The Brubakers reside at 2418 Old Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster. Sarah, age 15, and Kenneth, 17, both members of the Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club in the county. Mrs. Milton Morgan, New Holland Pike, Lancaster exhibited the 15th place bred ewe in the Suffolk class. In the wether carcass class, Henry Showalter, Akron had the third place animal. Penn State dominated the Dorset class by having the champion ram and reserve champion ram. eep make "really neat pets” or so says young Stephanie Kocher, Mansfield. Stephanie was visiting the Exposition with her parents on Tuesday. POLE STRUCTURES Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Nov. 15.1975—1? Mrs, Robert D. Herr, Narvon, is shown with the family’s Dorset yearling ewe that was selected as the grand champion of the breed. Cumberland girl is wool queen HARRISBURG - Julie Borst, 17, of RD Newville, Cumberland County, was named the 1975 Penn sylvania Lamb and Wool Queen Saturday (Nov. 8) at the 19th Keystone In ternational Livestock Ex position at the Farm Show. Julie, a senior at Big Spring High School won the Saturday night event wearing a long red wool skirt, a white blouse and red vest. Runner-up among the four contestants modeling all-wool outfits was Debbie Black, 17, a Avella, Washington County. The Lamb and Wool Queen contest is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Sheep' and Wool Growers Association. As the year’s reigning queen, Julie will represent the association throughout the year in an attempt to promote the sale of wool and lamb in the Commonweelth. She wiH appear as one of the commodity queens at the Governor’s Farm Show Preview January 4. Though a runner-up in the Lamb and Wool Queen contest, Debbie Black took top honors in the Ladies Lead Class event Sunday (Nov. 9). TRYA CLASSIFIED f roco^v idngs rARM WHITT VOCO II IS THE PROVEN WHITEWASH THAT IS NATURALLY ADHESIVE. Voco II is NOT A LIME whitewash. Voco II will not flake or scale off. Voco II dries white. APPLIED BY; RICHARD R. FORRY 20^^^^^^oad Lancaster, PA Phone 717-397-0035 We are also equipped to serve you with modern equipment in all your areas of crop spraying
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