24- Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Jan 10, 1976
Carlisle stock farm
shows top Holstein
By I)IETF,It KRIKC;
HARKISBUKG - The way
to come up with n good cow,
according to Tom Sheaffer,
is to not sleep In in the
morning and attend your
cows regularly 365 days a
year not just during and
prior to the Farm Show
Shcaffcr's four-year old
daughter of Paclamar Black
Eagle won the grand
championship banner here
on Tuesday. In addition to
that, he also captured blue
ribbons for first-place four
year-old, senior champion,
and champion udder. He
showed the best three
females and top dairy herd.
Sheaffer is the seventh
Christine Gift, Littlestown. poses with
Holstein which was the grand champion in
youth division.
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generation on n 135-ncre
farm near Carlisle which the
family calls Hunts Dale
Slock Farms They have 90
head of registered Holstcins,
among them four exccllcnts
one of which is “Paula"
the grand champion. Their
BAA stands at 105.6 and
average butterfat production
is up around 638 pounds per
cow annually.
Showing cattle is nothing
new to Sheaffer, who says
“it's my lifestyle,” and that
his father and grandfather
knew the ring well too.
Winning has also become a
tradition. Last year “Paula”
won first-place for three
year-olds, best udder,
reserve senior, and reserve
grand honors. She was also a
reserve All-American.
The family used to show
Jerseys up until recently and
Shcaffcr claims that during
their last two years of
competition they won every
class and every cham
pionship. “Our philosophy is
not to get bigger, but to get
better," he said while rolling
a chunk of chewing tobacco
around in his mouth.
One of the major reasons
Sheaffer likes to show cows
is herd promotion. He
considers this aspect of the
dairy business to be ex
tremely important and uses
every service within the
industry to test, measure,
and promote his cows. Does
it pay? “It’s very, very
profitable,” Sheaffer an
swered.
The reserve grand
championship and reserve
senior championship went to
“Andfar Astronaut Cin,” a
four-year-old owned by Penn
Springs Farm (Robert
Kauffman) of
Elizabethtown. The junior
champion was exhibited by
Mike Miller of Linglestown.
Premier breeder and
premier exhibitor honors
went to a York County
breeder for the second year
in a row. Kingway Farm,
owned by Paul and Kathy
King of Delta captured the
honor on the strength of their
show string, even though it
only included six animals.
His placings included:
second-place dry aged cow,
first-place two-year-old, and
second place in the best
three females class.
her
the
In the youth division of the
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C itv. State and Zip Code
Tom Schaefer, Hunts Dale Stock champion Holstein in the Farm Show
Farm. Carlisle: exhibited the grand °Pe n class contest
show, Christine Gitt of
Littlestown won the grand
championship with “Amply
Ragapple Armsby,” a seven
year old. Her home is “Penn
Gate Farm” where the Gitt
family have 35 head of
milking Holsteins. Classified
“Excellent-91,” her cow was
reserve grand champion at
last year’s Farm Show and
also at the Junior State
Dairy Show, held in con
junction with the Penn
sylvania All-American. The
winning cow was sired by
“Crisscross Jerico.”
In county group com
petition, Lancaster County 4-
H’ers took first place. Team
members were Linda
Kauffman with two animals
and Arlen Keener, Sandy
Frey, and Jeff Hess each
with one.
Following are results of
both the open and youth
classes.
Heifer Call
1. Sourbeer, Kraig,
Carlisle; 2. Keener, Arlen,
Elizabethtown; 3. Mains, D.
& Helman R., Cham
bersburg; 4. Seidel, Helen
L., Richland; 5. Fultonway
Farms, Lancaster; 6. Miller,
Russel H., Tamaqua; 7.
King, Peter 8., Delta; 8.
Horning, PaulE., Stevens; 9.
Moore, Dale W., Mercer; 10.
Knight, James P., Airville.
Youth Class,
Heifer Calf
1. Sourbeer, Kraig,
Carlisle; 2. Keener, Arlen,
Elizabethtown; 3. Mams d. &
Helman R., Chambersburg;
4. Horning, PaulE., Stevens;
5. Moore, Dale W., Mercer.
Jr. Year
Heifer
1. Sourbeer, Kristin,
Carlisle; 2. Reisinger,
Jonathan, Carlisle; 3. Greek,
Patncia A., Delta; 4. Brown,
Wade H., Littlestown; 5.
Moore, Arthur W., Mercer;
6. Knight, Cynthia A., Air
ville; 7. Greek, Leonard W.,
Delta; 8. Bray, John S. Jr.,
Linglestown; 9. Knight, Paul
Henry, Airville; 10. Lowoe
Farm, Perkasie.
Youth Class.
Jr. Yr.
Heifer
1. Knight, Cynthia A.,
Airville; 2. Greek, Leonard
W., Delta; 3. Moore, Ralph
E., Mercer; 4. Stoltzfus,
Glenn H., Morgantown; 5.
Bacon, Calvin L., Towanda;
6. Crowl, Glenn, Airville; 7.
Kauffman R. Steven,
Elizabethtown; 8. Bet-Don
Farms, New Oxford; 9.
Weaver, Carl A., Myer
stown; 10. Crowl, G. Leon,
Airville.
Sr. Year
Heifer
Karpa Farm
Kerchenhill Holsteins,
Richland; 3. Kline, Russel
L., Denver; 4. Knight, Geo M
Jr., Airville; 5. Moore,
Arthur W., Mercer; 6.
Fultonway Farms, Lan
caster; 7. Gor-Wood-D
Acres, Mansfield; 8. Brown
Wade, H., Littlestown; 9.
Bet-Don Farms, New Ox
ford; 10. Buckman Janice L.
Youth Class,
Sr. Yr.
Heifer
1. Kline, Russel L., Den
ver; 2. Knight Geo M. Jr.,
Airville; 3. Bet-Don Farms,
New Oxford; 4. Buckman,
Janice L., 5. Hernley
Heather & Shawn, Lebanon;
6. Durboraw, Kathy E., 7.
Hess, Jeffrey D., Strasburg;
8. Rowe-Spring Farms,
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Get of Sire
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