Ni-Crete Farm showed Why sweat out another season with worn out When you tiy to make obsolete equipment do for “one-moie-season”, you’re asking for trouble. Like inefficient operation, endless repairs and costly down-time. New equipment takes money, but this need be no problem for you. Farm Credit loans are readily available ... at reasonable rates of interest . . . with repay- ment scheduled at times most convenient to you. See Farm Credit for financing the equip- ment you need today. machinery? COME IN, LET'S TALK IT OVER) FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE. Franklin County Holstein show CHAMBERSBURG - Ni- Crete Farms of Cham bersburg R 6 was the biggest winner of the Franklin County Open Holstein Show, held on August 25. Among their winnings were premier breeder and premier exhibitor, junior, senior and grand champion, first-place senior get, best three females, first-place dairy herd, and best dam and daughter pair. The farm also took several blue ribbons in individual classes. The first three heifer classes„were won by Rowe- Spring Farm, owned by Raymond Helman and Sons, Cbambersburg R 2. All three blue ribbon heifers were home-bred and sired by the C Kenola Rocky bull. The junior yearling class was won by Deborah Cashell, 11-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cashell, Cham bersburg Rfi. Her animal was sired by Dan-Ver Senator Brian. The winning of the senior yearling heifer class with a Fran-Lou Tri-Star daughter started the winning streak for Ni-Crete Farms, owned by T.K. Nitterhouse and managed by George Cashell. Herdman is Duane Com stock. Their senior yearling went on to win the junior champion honor. Rowe- Spring Farm took the reserve ribbon with their junior calf. The Junior Get of Sire class was topped by a get of Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation, comprised of a junior yearling owned by Paul Cashed, 14 year old son Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10,1977 champions of Mr. and Mrs. George Cashell, and a pair of senior yearling heifers one owned by Robert Eckstine of Meadow-Vu Farm, Mer cersburg, and one by his son Steven. Another winning farm was Lockway Farm, H. Wayne Locke and son Richard, Mercersburg Rl, with a first place 2 year old, never fresh, first dry aged cow, and first produce of dam. Ni-Crete Farmes had first place Dry 3 and 4 year old, and first 2 year old cow with best udder of class. First place 3 year old cow was owned by Antrim- Springs Farm, Harold F. Odder and family, Cham bersburg R 5. Best udder of the class went to Ni-Crete Farms. Ni-Crete’s “Barb” cow began her repeat per- Jesse Reichard - champion showman. j v ou’ii find it... ] modern farm systems center- 30-7 12,750 bu capacity storage bin with full aeration floor, 3 h p fans, sukup gram spreader, unloading equip ment delivered to your farm for $6,032 This price in cludes use of bin jacks for erection. Similar savings on other sizes of bins and equipment NEW Transport Augers m stock 8” x 55’ long com plete with tires, PTO drive and plastic hopper I PETREL ROTARY SCREEN GRAIN CLEANER | $785 I HOMAS A. BACHMAN & SONS ■ 2501 Fallston Rd. a ykEota*. Fallston, Md. 21047 I B-n Pit: 301-557-7529 301-838-74781 formance of the 1976 show with first place in the 4 year old cow class and best udder of class. Her paternal sister was second place and second best udder of class. All of the Ni-Crete animals exhibited were homebred, carrying the Ni-Crete prefez, and four of them were out of a homebred bull named Ni- Crete Royal Citation, a Citation R son. Robert Mellott, Mer cersburg R 2, had the first aged cow and second best udder of the class. Ni-Crete Barbara R Citation continued her repeat performance of last year by becoming senior champion female, grand champion female, and best udder of the show. Antrim-Spring’s 3 year old was reserve senior cham (Continued on Page 16) $1.500 Ki :ed down 15
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