70 larxavte-r Farmir*. Saturday Oct 7 1976
Ayrshire All-American held
HAHHISBUJU, f nines
from Maryland and New
York took the banners toe
grand champion bull and
female* in Ok All American
Ayrshire Show. last week ath
the 13th Annual Fenn
sylvanta All American Hairy
Show
The exceptions were
TowrrricwJeremy, ahull
calf named junior champion,
exhibited by Toweryiew
Farm, Cochram illc. and a
two-year-old bull, ' Cove
Creek Flashy Boy." from the
Cove Creek Farms, Bedford.
Fa . which earned reserve
senior and grand champion
honors
The senior and grand
champion bull for the second
straight year was another
two-year-old, “Haynes
Farm Don's Robin Hood,"
exhibited by the Haynes
Farm, Tully, N Y Maple
Dell Farm, Woodbine, Md
Conservationists converse
HARRISBURG - The 29th
Joint Annual Conference of
the Pennsylvania
Association of Conservation
District Directors, Inc. and
the State Conservation
Commission will be held
October 4-6 in Carlisle with
the theme, “Conserve to
Assure a Tricentennial.”
Hundreds of people con
cerned with conservation are
expected to attend the
conference which will in
clude conservation district
directors, district staff.
Broilers
HARRISBURG - Poultry
production in the Com
monwealth during the week
ending September 18 con
tinued the upward trend of
the past several months,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Placements of broiler
chicks were 1,745,000. The
placements were 28 per cent
above the same week a year
ago, but four per cent below
the previous week.
Average placements
during the past ten weeks
were 19 per cent above a
year earlier.
Placements in the 21 key
poultry producing states
were 63,042,000. This figure
represents an increase of
two per cent over the
previous week and is 12 per
cent more than the same
week in 1975.
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Phone (717) 768-3873
exhibited the reserve junior
champion bull. Maple Dell
Brum Harvey
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Bridesmaid. a four-)ear
old exhibited b> the
I’alm)ra Farm. Hager
stown. Md . earned the
senior and grand champion
female banner A seven
vear-old row named "Oak
Hidge Bruis Flonnie,"
exhiled by the Fhnchurst
Farms. Sheboygan Falls,
Wisconsin, was named
reserve senior and grand
champion
A senior yearling heifer.
'Chestnut Ridge Classy
Danisc," from the Chestnut
Ridge h arm, Amherst, New
Hampshire, was the junior
champion female, while a
senior yearling calf,
“Elmknowl Flashy Cassie,”
from the Elmknowl Farm,
West Kingston, Rhode Island
was named reserve junior
champion.
agency representatives,
local Environmental Ad
visory Council represen
tatives and guests in a
program of speeches,
workshops and awards.
Keynote speaker at the
October 4 luncheon will be
David Unger, executive
secretary of the National
Association of Conservation
District. He is a former
executive secretary of the
Pennsylvania State Con
servation Commission.
still up
Average placements in the
21 key poultry producing
states during die past ten
weeks were ten per cent
above a year ago.
Rishels win
LINCOLN, Neb. - Angus
herds from a five state area
competed for top honors at
the 1976 Nebraska State Pair
Open Show held here
recently. Judging the 112
head of breeding cattle was
Jerry Fitzgerald, Harrison,
Nebraska.
Grand champion bull
trophy went to the senior
champ, an entry of Bill
Rishel, North Platte,
Nebraska and Rishel’s
Edlyn Farm, York, Pa. The
winner was Hedgerows New
Criterion.
EQUIPMENT
Sam Diehl of Cove Creek Farms, Bedford, with
his reserve grand champion bull.
Premier breeder honors
went to the LaFranchi
Brothers, of the Oak Ridge
Stock Farm, Calistoga,
Calif., for the second straight
year m a row. Ralph Shank,
Palymra Farm, Hager
stown, Md. was named
premier exhibitor. The
premier sire was “Oak
Ridge Flashy Klondike,”
owned by Sire Power.
Although Pennsylvanians
had few champions, they put
on a strong showing
nonetheless.
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were especially strong in the
junior heifer calf class,
although they failed to win
the top spot. But from there
on down it was a cleah sweep
for Ayrshire breeders, from
the Keystone State as
Towerview Farm, Toll Gate
Ayr Farms, Rose Clubb, and
Betty Diehl checked in that
order. Cove Creek showed
the top junior yearling
heifer, while Towerview bad
the third and fourth place
animals.
In the senior yearling
class, Ardrossan Farms of
1 “ t, 7200
Villanove placed fourth,
while George Knight of
Aimlle took the fifth slot.
Towerview placed first in the
junior-get-of-sire class,
Maulfair Acres of
Jonestown placed second,
and another Pennsylvania
outfit, Cove Creek Farms of
Bedford, took third.
Pennsylvania was also
strong in the 3 - year old dry
cow class, with Cove Creek,
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The junior champion bull of the Ayrshire All-
American belonged to Kennard Henley of
Cochranville.
JERSEY -
Jersey dairymen make more money with less in
vestment than dairymen milking larger breeds. A New
York study shows Jersey herds had:
1.13 percent less labor, expense.
2.14 percent less capital investment.
3. 24 percent less total acres. '
4. 23 percent less crop acres.
Jersey milk contains a higher percentage of protein
& other solids than milk from other dairy breeds.
Jersey’s efficently convert forage to high quality
human food. „
JERSEY - The Cow For Tomorrow
Milk Cows - Future Show Animals - Family Cows -
Young Bulls.
To locate Jersey breeders in your area, write for
PJCC Breeders Directory from:
OREISBACH LONGMEAOOWS FARM
R 1 Hamburg, PA 19526
PENNSYLVANIA JERSEY CATTLE CLUB
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William Ocker, and Ar
drossan Farms taking the
top three spots in that order
Keystone State Ayrshires
continued to be recognized in
the next two classes as
Towervlew Farm captured
first places in the 2 - year old
best udder classes.
The judge for the All-
American Ayrshire show
was Richard E. Keene of
Gilbertsville, N.Y.
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