—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September 3.1977
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Harrisburg narrows down blue ribbon winners
HARRISBURG - Amidst a Farm Show complex which
is currently being renovated, 4-H dub members from
seven southcentral Pennsylvania counties competed here
last Tuesday for the right to go onto state competition on
Sept. 26 when the improved Farm Show Building will host
the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show in conjunction with
the Pennsylvania All-American.
A total of 215 head of dairy animals, representing six
breeds, were paraded through the small arena, before
proud parents and 4-H club leaders from Adams, Cum
berland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and
York counties. In order to be able to participate, 4-H’ers
had to have won blue ribbons at their respective county
shows. Those who won blue ribbons here on Tuesday will
be eligible for the state event.
Special contributors to this the 10th Annual South
central District 4-H Dairy Show were Atlantic Breeders,
Milton Hershey Farms, New Holland Machine Co., Inter-
State Milk Producers, Harrisburg Dairies, Eastern Milk
Producers, and Agway, Inc. “They help make the show
possible,” announced John P. Harris, Dauphin County
agent and chairman of this year’s show. He explained that
Atlantic Breeders provided the public address system,
hats, and show announcer: Milton Hershey Farms
provided the hay and straw, and New Holland underwrote
expenses for the catalogue.
This event, like many other 4-H contests which involve
more than one county, involves not just competition
between individuals, but between counties as well.
Traditional rivalries flourish as the youngsters and their
leaders seek to add trophies and banners to their county’s
laurels.
For those who want to know the score, York, Lebanon,
Lancaster and Dauphin Counties apparently won the most
in the unofficial battle. York and Dauphin counties each
had two first-place county herds, with York’s coming in
the contest’s two biggest shows - Holsteins and Guern
seys. Dauphin County won with their Brown Swiss and
Jerseys, but beyond that their efforts for county teams
went unrecognized. York, on the other hand, placed third
in Brown Swiss and Jerseys. Youths from Lancaster
County failed to put together a first-place county team for
any breed, but managed to take four second-place teams
out of five. They were fourth with their Hosteins, while
Milking Shorthorns failed to be represented strongly
enough to put together a county team.
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By DIETER KRIEG
Lebanon County won the Ayrshire county team contest
and had a third place county Holstein herd.
Competition and subsequent earnings of top ribbons was exhibited a 2-year old daughter of Allenview Drafter, and
pretty evenly distributed between youths representing the was uncontested for the blue nbbon. ,
seven counties, with each taking a share of the top honors. , „ udg “ f ° r
York County, however, had as many champion animals . Columbia Cross Roads R 2, Orville Yoder of Bradford
come from within its borders as did any other two counties Ric^ Littte of Montour County.
put together. Dauphin County had four and Lancaster ***** o£ ea ? sreed5 reed sh T’ eTC^f
County, three. Cumberland County received its share of Shorthorn contest, may be found under separate headlines
within these pages of Lancaster Farming.
Five ABS bulls
get GM rating
MADISON, Wis. -
American Breeders Service
recently received word from
the Holstein Friesian
Association of America on
the awarding of the Gold
Metal rating to five of its
bulls. To receive the Gold
Medal distinction, a bull
must be plus proven for milk
- and have received his
' Production Qualified Rating.
' At the same time he must
also be proven plus for type
and have his Type Qualified
rating.
The bulls which earned the
GM rating - the highest a
Holstein bull can receive
are: Bama Springbank
Duke, Dan-Ver Carol Cory,
Cayuga-Inlet Kennedy Win,
Lime-Hollow Elsie Roburke
Dean, and Ridge-Farm
Dewy Supreme. The latter
two are no longer in active
service.
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When keeping emergency
foods on hand—in case of
power failures and the
like—be prepared. This
means including the fol
lowing on your list canned
foods; nonfat dry milk;
cheese; dried fruits; un
opened packages of crackers
and dry cereals; canned
meats, tuna and peanut but
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