20—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Jan. 10. 1976 County, a fruit farmer; J. 1 ' Wilbur Burkholder, Franklin tendance because of limited ■ dairy fanner; staff. John, William and Richard On the opening day Kilb y« d*hy fimicr9 * rom Monday, a total of 6,571 car* County, Maryland; S. streamed Into the Farm Horace Mowrcr, Chester Show parking lot. This Count y dairy l*rmcr; compares to 5,115 cars on Sperry, Crawford Monday of 1975, an Increase County poullryman; and of 1456 cars or 28 percent. !• Stern, Clinton County Besides animal Judging, crO P flrTncr - Tuesday was a day to honor Awards were also handed farmers and outto dairymen and a dairy agriculturalists. science professor. Clyde S. Eight new Master Far- Robinson of RDI, Coal men were recognized at a Ccnter - Washington County, special luncheon at the Penn rec *i ve d the Charles E. Harris Motor Inn. They are, Cowan Memorial Award Lloyd E. Benner. Adams from thc Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association. A Superior Supervisor Award from the Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association was presented to T. Harold Lindecamp of RD?, Peach Bottom, Lan caster County. Winner of the 1975 Penn sylvania Dairymen’s Association Award of $lOO and a plaque “for valuable and noteworthy con tributions to the state’s dairy industry” was Donald L. Ace, professor of dairy science extension at the Pennsylvania State University. In the dairy cattle judging, Huntsdale Stock Farms of Carlisle, Cumberland County, won the grand championship in the Holstein judging with a four-year-old, “Huntsdale Paula Black Eagle.” Christine Gitt of HARRISBURG - The nun reappeared for the second day of the 60th annual Pennsylvania State Farm Show os large crowds saw continued Judging of dairy cattle and horses and sales of four breeds of swine. Attendance figures this year were estimated on the number of cars parked at the Farm Show. Walk-ins, people arriving by city buses, shuttle buses, other chartered buses or being dropped off by cars were not included for a total at- Sarah Brubaker, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brubaker, Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, is shown with her grand champion Dorset The Brubaker family won numerous awards in sheep competition at the Farm Show this week. Bonnie Frey of Refton, a first-year 4-H’er, parades her reserve grand champion to the edge of the ring for interviewing and picture-taking. This year’s Lancaster County winners 9 % * * Hfm* m- W' ■PWti * «*r v Relaxing for a moment these dairy show keeping the cows clean and fed. ' exhibitors take time off from their efforts of fv - * (grand and reserve grand) went down as the best one-day showing for Countains in 25 years, according to Lancaster County Extension director, Max Smith. '•i t r*. & A^' Littlcstown, Adams County, won the grand championship in the Junior Holstein classes. Nedro Yoder of Shocmakcrsvillc, Berks County, captured the grand championship in Milking Shorthorn competition with "Pincscdgc Kings Carila,’’ a five-year-old. Another member of the Yoder family, Samuel, exhibited the Junior champion. Swine sales ran throughout the day with four breeds of gilts selling at substantial increases over prices paid at last year’s show. Breeds sold were Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace and Yorkshire. A total of 116 animals were sold for $36,155, or an average price of $3ll. Last year the sale brought in $23,595. A shoulder-to-shoulder crowd edged through the third day of the 60th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show for the judging of sir breeds of beef cattle, two breeds of dairy cattle, the continued sale of swine and a huge assortment of exhibits and displays. The crowd also saw the omelet king break his own record. In perhaps one of the more unusual displays of Farm Show 1976, the Egg Marketing Association tried to encourage the sale of eggs through the skills of Howard Helmer, the fastest omelet maker in the world. Helmer may be the egg industry’s answer to the cholesterol scare that has driven down the sale of eggs in recent years. Crowds of about 2,500 people were estimated at his stand during his omelet-making demonstrations Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was the day he strove to better his mark of 236 omelets an hour. He succeeded with a count of 248 omelets. Helmer works for the Chicago-based American Egg Board, doing public relations for the egg industry around the country. The committee that operates the poultry complex at the Farm Show arranged for Helmer’s egg conscious-raising ap pearance. On the committee are, E. G. Lawless, chief of the Pennsylvania Agriculture Department’s Poultry and Eggs Division; Dr. Floyd Hicks and Dr. Remit Birth, both of Penn sylvania State University. While Helmer’s demon stration drew a crowd, the arenas, bams and exhibit hall were thick with visitors •*iga i*r j-'-'V everywhere. On Tuesday, a loUl of 7,740 cars used the Farm Show lot. an Increase of 1,881 car# of 32 percent over last year’s total of 5,859. The sale of swine gilts concluded Wednesday with the auction of four breeds at prices considerably higher than last year. A total of 193 animals were sold for $57,180 at an average price of $296 per animal. Last year, 203 gilts were auctioned off for $41,590, or an average of almost $205 an animal. Breeds sold included Spotted Swine, Poland China, Chester White and Berkshire. Dairy cattle judging competition was confined to Jerseys and Brown Swiss. Walebe Farms Inc. of Collegeville, Montgomery County, won the grand championship in the Jersey judging. The grand cham pionship in the Jersey youth classes went to a four-year old shown by Bruce A. An drien Jr. of West Chester, Chester County. Donsdell Farm of Peach Bottom, Lancaster County, showed the grand champion in Brown Swiss classes and a two-year-old Brown Swiss showed by Harry L. Leininger of Ephrata, Lancaster County, won the grand championship in youth classes. Five breeds were judged in opening day competition for beef breeding cattle. Breeds competing were, Hereford, Angus, Shorthorn, Polled Hereford and Charolais. Royal Charolais Co. of Youngwood, Westmoreland County, captured five major titles in the Charolais bull competition, including the grand championship. Royal also exhibited the grand champion in Charolais female competition. Five Point Pastures of Green sburg, Westmoreland County, had the grand champion Polled Hereford bull and female. Icy roads and the threat of snow delayed visitors on the fourth day of the 60th annual Pennsylvania State Farm Show, but by the afternoon a sizeable crowd had gathered to see the grand champion selected from the Junior Beef steer classes. James D. Greider, 19, son Elmer Lapp and son, Elvin, of Kinzer are perennial exhibitors of Belgian horses and always capture a collection of ribbons. One of their blues was for this team. >♦♦♦ Farm show wrap-i pictures and neu York County's first-place 4-H Guernsey group, cons left to right Tina Rutter. Briaa Lehman. Doug Kilgo andpOaMw BiiHor , W W W W W- W 9
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