Pontisylvutuo Areas Vol 21 No 45 Holsteins dominate Lampeter dairy show UMPETER - The dairy ‘jjging at the West Lam tleT Community Fair on Thursday was mainly iommated by Holstelns. ply two other breeds were ered - Guernsey and Ayrshire - with six animals n the Guernsey breed and nc animal in the Ayrshire. In Holstein competition, Tom Denlingcr, Gap, took he grand champion honors, iis animal was a three-y ear id who had won reserve :hampion honors just the reck before at the Solanco 'air Judge Ray Seidel, Kutz ,own, explained that he chose the animal on her general dairy appearance, and that her udder was her outstanding characteristic. “She was the most balanced animal of the show,” said Seidel, “and her udder was extremely well balanced. She was firmer in the four attachment-and-waa jher and wider in the rear than the reserve champion.” The reserve champion belonged to the Mowery Frey family, Beaver Valley Pike, Lancaster. Denlmger’s champion was his 4-H calf that he has raised. This was the first Ivitatlonal Holstein sale averages $2897 By DIETER KRIEG HARRISBURG - Forty-two head of top Holsteins were sold 11 the Pennsylvania Invitational All-American Holstein Sale >n Thursday night for an average of $2897 per animal. "'illiam C. Nichol, excutive secretary of the Pennsylvania ••uistein Association, State College, commented: “The sale this year was a strong one all the way through • ■ the range of our cattle would show this in the prices paid. We had cows with lots of potential... mostly younger cows, 3 and 4 year 01d5... a really milky group of cattle with strong pedigrees.” Topping the sale was “Mun-Cre Elevation Misty,” a 2% year old daughter of Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation. Consigned by Lester M. Poust of Muncy, she sold for $6OOO to James R. Hunter and Lester M. Poust of Muncy. Poust retained half interest in the cow, which has a projected DHIA record of 17,145 pounds of milk and 843 of fat in 305 days. She freshened for the first time on June 7 of this year. The sale featured 11 Elevation daughters, five each from Kingpin, Apollo Ivanhoe and Astronaut, four by Ivanhoe “tar, three from Bootmaker, and two each from Fond Matt, toy Ideal, and R Maple. T .%ers represented Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Georgia, Qa no, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio and New Jersey. Marlu Farms of Lincroft, N.J. consigned a 3% year old ""lighter of Elevation which sold for $4950 to S and H Acres of Wmiamsburg. Her as yet incompleted first lactation reads r™ 60 °f milk and 270 of fat. She freshened on March 1. Sari Stauffer and Associates of Ephrata paid $4200 for a 5 lot! old of Hilltop Apollo Ivanhoe, consigned by aßaes and Susan Howes of Warriors Mark. Her most [Continued on Pace 16) time he had taken any awards at West I .am pet-r. so be was pleased with the outcome The three-year-old’s record is 17,000 pounds of milk with 3 6 per cent but terfat. She’s also classified 86. Denlingcr, who is 20 years old, has been showing for about five years now. He has no set plana to take the animal to the Peansytkania State Farm Show, fcna be knows for certain tbatwe’s done showing in cfpntjSirs for the season.< BeUfles grand champion, she %as also senior champion and best udder of the show. The junior champion was a junior heifer calf owned by Rhonda Baimer, 1551 Mentzer Road, Lampeter. Although she’s been showing for three years now, this was Rhonda’s first title. Rhonda, who is 12 years old, lives on the neighboring farm to the fair grounds and walked her calf to the show last year. This year she brought her animal in a trade just like everybody else, since the com had not been harvested. Reserve junior champion also went to Tom Denlinger. (Continued on Page 13] Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 25.1976 Pennsylvania’s new dairy princess is Peggy Staub, 19-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Staub, Newville. The former Cum berland County Dairy Princess, Miss Staub was crowned late Wednesday night during a recognition banquet which featured all 40 contestants and 10 of the 19 previous Penn sylvania Dairy Princesses. Held in the ballroom of the Penn-Harris Motor Inn, the event was attended by several hundred guests. First runner-up in the pageant was Corinne Dunlap, 18, from Indiana County. Placing third was Wanda Sue Herman, 18- year old dairy princess from Bradford County. Lancaster Farming Photos by Dieter Krieg They started from scratch - see page 69 In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Life on the farm 10 Classifieds 20 Homestead Notes 42 Women’s Calendar 45 Home on the Range 45 Junior Cooking Edition 46' Ida’s Notebook 47 Crafts Feature 48 OleyFair 51 West Lampeter Fair 54 Sol&nco Fair 56,68 Pa. Junior Dairy Show 60-66 Youth feature 69 Dairy princess contest 70 EphrataFair 72 Lebanon DHIA 82 York Fair 84 Weather Report 93 Co-op consumer forum % Public Sales Register 108 Dairy show spectacular held in Harrisburg HARRISBURG - A total of 1768 dairy animals, represen ting six breeds, filled the bams and exhibit halls of the Farm Show complex, here, this week. The occasion was the 13th annual Pennsylvania All-America, one of the biggest dairy shows in the country. A highlight of the off-tbe-premises All-American activities was the crowning of the new Pennsylvania Dairy Princess, pictured at left. The week-long affair included the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show, coverage of which begins on pages 60-61 and beyond. Results of four of the six breed shows for the All- American are also contained within these 120 pages. The Aynfere and Holstein shows, which were completed on FrtdSfewill be featured in next week’s issue. states plus two Canadian provinces were represented in the big event, which attracted the finest cows, heifers, and calves from as far west as Nebraska and as far south as South Carolina. By breeds there were 207 Ayrshires entered, 311 Brown Swiss, 226 Guernseys, 749 Holsteins, 159 Jerseys, and 116 Milking Shorthorns. Participants and visitors to the Farm Show complex this week were in full agreement that there were a lot of high qualify cows represented in the shows. With colorful banners suspended from above, and countless attractive displays and booths at nearly every comer, visitors were treated with more than an eyeful for every day the All-American was in town. Aside from the cattle shows, there were also related events going on. Twb boys from Solanco High School checked in with the highest honors in the dairy judging forum for 4-H and Tony Eberly shows grand champion steer EPHRATA - Last week was Tony Eberly’s week to shine at the Ephrata Fair. The 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Eberly, Denver R 2, Tony had the grand champion steer of the 4-H and FFA steer show on Thursday evening, and two days prior to that he and his brother had the grand champion market hog. To add the finishing touches to his success, Tony also had the reserve champion lightweight FFA steer. Tony’s grand champion steer was a Simmental- Hereford cross. “Simon” (Tony tried to choose a name as close to the word “Sim mental” as possible) weighed in at 1230 pounds and was Tony’s first big win in beef, although he’s been showing for four years. Last year he took third. Tony's FFA steer was a Charolais-Angus-Limousine cross, and while he really had worked with the animal, he hadn’t expected to go quite as far with it as he did. “The 4-H steer is a more modem type steer than the FFA,” Tony commented, referring to the Simmental- S4OO Per Year By D7ETER KREEG (Continued on Page 17] Hereford’s bigger size, muscling, and meat content. Plus, the grand champion was a better calf to start with - it was trimmer that the FFA steer. Tony is planning to keep the 4-H grand champion to go onto bigger and better contests. One major com petition he is looking forward to is the Keystone Exposition in Harrisburg beginning in November. Then, of course, there is the Farm Show in January. Asked which animals he prefers - swine or beef - Tony replied, “It depends. For pets, I like steers, and for show I like hogs.” Pigs take less time overall to prepare for a show, although Tony feels “its worth it in the end when you work really hard” on the grooming and care of a steer. His choice of animal to go with in the future is the swine. “Right now I’d like to have a farrowing operation,” he commented. For the rest of the season, however, he is going to have his hands full with working on his two champions. (Continued from Pace 141