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- mind would be to eliminate
I .riUTI OTAfi dual entries.
VtlliUI&VO “Should a person be able
to show in both 4-H and open.
shows?” questions the
Columbia County fruit
grower. ‘Td like to see, an
open class that’s truly an
open class.” Another
possibility for dual entries is
that only top 4-H competitors
be allowed to take part in the
open show.
Along the same lines,
Secretary Shelhamer would
like to see more youth
oriented activities at the
annual event.
“Our future is with the
youth,” stated the
agriculture secretary fir
mly, “And, to my
knowledge, we are the only
indoor Farm Show out of 14
with the emphasis in this
area.”
Not satisfied with the
prices buyers have been
paying for the champion
animals at the sales,
Shelhamer is hoping to up
the bids through promotional
lines.
(Continued from Page l)
top quality animals bead for
Harrisburg in January.
Another step toward
improving the Farm Show in
the agriculture secretary’s
Holstein
cow
(Continued from Page 23)
just one. It was all over in
about 45 minutes, recalls
ReifL
The sire of the quadruplets
is Oakland Outstanding Ben.
Trained in artificial in
semination, Reiff bred the
cow himself, saying that she
caught on the third service.
Now at the entrance to her
fourth lactation, the mother
of the calves came into labor
about two weeks before her
due date, which may offer a
partial accounting for her as
yet non-ezistant milk. Reiff
isn’t looking forward to a lot
of milk from her this year,
but he’s willing to overlook
that, reasoning that
wouldn’t be fair” to knock
her after what she’s been
through.
In her previous lactation,
Louann produced 18,000
pounds of milk and 671 of
butterfat. “I will keep her,”
Reiff remarked, adding that
the calves will be giving him
an interesting challenge too.
“They’re doing great,” Reiff
told this writer Friday
morning.
Since a bull calf was
among the multiple birth,
some interest is being
generated about the
probabilities of the heifers
.being Freemartms. -With
-twin births, that’s normally
the case, but not much is'
known about it with triplets
or quadruplets. It is possible
Jto run chromosome tests on
blood samples to determine
the heifers’ sexual com
pleteness. Although the
occurrence of Freemartins
is quite common, not much is
known .about the
phenomenon. ,'
Louann had no history of
multiple births before the
big event on Wednesday. But
she made history that day.
One such birth in around
700,000 leaves this part of the
country with slim odds of it
happening again in the near
future.
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“We can glamorize buying
the 4-H animals through
publicity,” the agriculture
secretary speculated. “For
instance, one possibility is
setting up a special
showcase within the Farm
Show complex, or we could
“give buyers more coverage
throughout the year.”
Up to this point, however,
none of these concepts have
actually been ironed out, but
Shelhamer made note that
he is working closely with a
group of industrymen en
titled the Secretary’s Ad
visory Committee. Relying
on their expertise in the area
of livestock, Shelhamer
believes that they are
equipped to help him firm up
a series of workable changes
in this area.
Shelhamer also asserts
that the Pennsylvania Farm
Show is the number one
Farm Show in the nation in
terms of visitors.
“We are also the oldest,”
he points out, “and, being
the oldest makes ours the
least desireable.”
To upgrade the
desirability of the Com-
monwealth's show, the
agriculture secretary says
that an “effort to change the
appearance of the buildings”
will begin immediately after
this year’s January event.
One of those changes will be
a new paint job.
“We’re going to have some
far out colors,” Shelhamer
says. “Don’t be surprised if
you see a little chartreuse in
some places. After all, why
should the buildings be
'battleship gray? I want to
repaint them bright lively
colors with maybe a few
flowers here and there.”
The exterior will also have
a complete landscaping
program.
Now buildings are also in
future plans. Renovations to
'this point have included
tearing down Butler Bams
and putting up a 66,000
square foot building. In
addition to that, Shelhamer
is also asking for a 72,000
square foot building which
could be utilized separately
or together with other Farm
Show.complex.
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