—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1977 52 Pennsylvanians place at World Dairy Exposition By JOANNE SPAHR MADISON, Wis. - Penn sylvania animals took several grand cham pionships and first place class winnings in dairy shows held at the World Dairy Exposition last week in Madison, Wis. Animals owned by the Kennard Henley, Jr family of Towerview Farm, Cochranville Rl, were in the limelight at the National Ayrshire and the National Junior Ayrshire shows held on Wednesday and Thur sday. Henley’s Towerview Jeremy, a yearling bull named All American bull calf m 1976, took the grand champion bull title of the open show. This same animal was also the grand champion bull of the Eastern States show m Springfield, Mass., earlier in the year. According to Henley, Jeremy’s dam, Tow View Ideal Judy, is classified 88.8 and has over a 118,000 milk lifetime. The bull’s sire was Oak Ridge Flashy Kellogg. In the Junior show, 12- year-old William Henley’s first place three-year-old, Towerview Kelly’s Heather, claimed the senior and grand champion titles over the 115 animals entered.' Heather, who was also rated the first place udder The Henley family also entered a number of animals in the National Junior Ayrshire Show. Twelve-year-old William Henley’s animal, Towerview Kelly’s Heather, garnered the grand championship title of that show. William was unable to attend, but his sister Sharon Nolan from Sarasota, Fla., showed his animal for him. World dairy show is melting pot By JOANNE SPAHR MADISON, Wis. - The spacious and modern Dane County Memorial Coliseum bordering Lake Monona was the site of this year’s 11th annual World Dairy Ex position held last week in Madison, Wis. Well over 60,000 spec tators, including 1000 visitors from foreign countries, flooded the Ex position Center to get a glimpse of some of the top animals in the country. Of the 1000 visitors, more than 200 were Japanese, who are known to bring cattle classifiers and to be for midable contenders for the top animals at the World Premier Sale held in conunction with the Expo each year While the Japanese had in her class, has a production record of 10,447 pounds of milk and 463 pounds of fat. One week prior to the National Ayrshire show the daughter of Oak Ridge Flashy Kellogg won the grand championship title of the All American Junior Show held in Harrisburg, as well. This same animal was also the grand champion of the Eastern State Show held in Springfield, Mass. Other wins racked up in the junior show by the Henley children were fifth place junior heifer calf, sixth place senior heifer calf, eighth place senior yearling heifer, fourth place two year-old, third place three year-old, and fifth place four-year-old. In the open show, Henley was also named this year’s premier breeder. In Guernsey competition a three-year-old owned by Berneta Snider, New En terprise, Pa., placed first over 41 animals in her class during the open show on Friday. Sniders Hueys Tobs, who has a production record of 10,850 pounds of milk and 495 pounds of fat, was also the first place three-year-old at Maryland earlier in the season. Also in the open show, the Pennsylvania state herd, comprised of animals owned the largest concentration of representatives, a visit to the International Lounge on afternoon proffered as many as 18 representatives of different countries from around the globe, including a three-man delegation from the Soviet Union. To add to the international flavor, one section of the three-tiered display area encircling the Coliseum floor was devoted to international dairy posters. One such poster read, “Ik drink melk Wi] dnken melk, ook’” Yet another read, “Milk moet Melkdoetjegoed ” And, still a third said in familiar language to Penn sylvania Dutchmen, Ich tnnk milch ’’ (Continued on Page 126) Towerview Jeremy, a yearling bull owned by Kennard Henley, Jr., Cochranville Rl, was named the champion bull of the National Ayrshire Show held at the World Dairy Expo last week. Henley also earned the Premier Breeder banner in that show. World Dairy Expo was the AB?-sired Americana sale That auction featured blue sawdust, red roses, and white tuxedoed ringmen. X „ „ V& % i * * % George Knight, lil, showed Northcroft Ella Elevation, owned by his brother Paul, to the first place three-year-old title of the Central National Holstein Show last week in Madison, Wis. by Pen Del Farms, Raymond F. Witmer, Willow Street Rl; Snider Homestead Farm, New Enterprise, Pa.; Ginger Secnst, 120 Waynesboro Road, Fayetteville, Pa.; Marvin Miller, Strasburg Rl; and Joseph Fava, Scenery Hill, placed fourth among the other state herds. Pen Del Farm took a number of placings in the open show including 10th place heifer calf, 10th place two-year-old, and ninth and 10th place four-year-old. Another Pennsylvanian, Roger A. Campbell of Halifax, placed seventh with his animal in the senior yearling class. The National Junior Guernsey show also tallied the names of several Penn sylvanians in its top 10 listings. Mary Ann Witmer, Willow Street, took a sixth place berth in the heifer class; Billy Snider, New En terprise, took a fifth in the two-year-old class while Daryl Rohrbaugh, New Freedom, took sixth in that same class. Taking seventh in the two-year-old class was an animal entered by Nancy E. Kunz, Centreville. Brian Lehman, York, ranked fifth with his three year-old cow, as well. Overall, the Pennsylvania 5 '-' K V- v Cows sell high in 2 sales at Expo By JOANNE SPAHR MADISON, Wise. - Sixty two thousand dollars was the total paid for two registered Holsteins last week at sales held in conjunction with the Hth annual World Dairy Exposition in Madison, Wis. Those two animals were the top selling Holsteins of both the 11th annual World Premier sale held in the Dane County Exposition Center on October 6, and the American Breeders Service sired Americana sale which took place at the University of Wisconsin Experimental Farm in Arlington, Wis., on Octobers. Topping the bill at the World Premier sale was an Elevation daughter out of six generations of excellent cows. This animal, which is bred to Hilltop Apollo herd was the fourth ranking junior state herd of the show. All totaled, 14 head of Guernseys were entered in the national show. In the Central National Holstein show held on Friday and Saturday of last week, a three-year-old owned by Paul Knight, Airville, and shown by his brother George, 111, took the only significant placing for Pennsylvania. In an impressive class of 43 animals, Northcroft Ella Elei ation, emerged vic torious at the top of the three-year-old class and was also awarded a plaque for first production for milk in the three-year-old class. The Elevation daughter who has a production record of 24,888 pounds of milk and 790 pounds of fat, was named the senior champion and the grand champion at Timonium a short time previous to the Central National Show. She was the only animal the Knights took to Madison. Also in the Central National Holstein Show was a bull owned by M. Robert Young, of Lancaster. M— R—Y Rockman Butch place ninth in the class of junior yearling bulls. (Continued on Page 97) Ivanhoe, sold for $20,000 in a sale which averaged 3075.81 for the 62 animals sold. Two days later, a five year-old daughter of Paclamar Bootmaker outdid the world premier price by $22,000 when she com manded a whopping $42,000 at the Americana sale. Both animals were purchased by Hilltop Hanover Farms, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. For the World Premier sale, however, Hanover Hilltop Farms teamed up with Stanley Cheslock to make the top bid. Both sales had good at tendance for the auctioning of the fancy pedigreed animals. The World Premier sale, which totaled $317,000, drew (Continued on Page 98) M ■'h'P *
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