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
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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.
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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-
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By D7ETER KREEG
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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.
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