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Three families dominate Holstein show
By DIETER KRIEG
QUARRYVILLE - Several
of Lancaster County’s best
known Holstein breeders
TNeNathan Stoltzfus familyof Gap R 2- owners of Con-Noil Holstelns, were in
the spotlight Thitf as they won several titles in and numberous
ribbons in the Gncaster Cdunty Open Holstein Show. Their 18-year old
daughter, Joyce, at the halter of her reserve grand champion, is the 1978-79
Lancaster County Dairy Princess. Holding the banner is Jane. 15, and looking on
are Leonard, 16,indlkeir parents.
Good shows FFA hog champ
By JOANNE SPARE
LANCASTER - In
February the Paul Good
family, lititz R 6, finished up
a new farrowing house and
began farrowing for the first
time. Five months later (on
Tuesday) Tom Good, age 16,
was named the champion
Jerry Clemens, (left) chief buyer for Hatfield Packing Company, Hatfield, came
to Tuesday’s Lancaster FFA hog show and sale prepared to buy. He purchased
Tom Good's 210 pound gilt for $2.50 per pound, which totaled $525. Hatfield
also bought the reserve champion for $1.32 per pound.
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shared the top prizes in
Thursday’s Lancaster
District Holstein Show, held
here at the Solanco
breeder/exhibitor of the 16th
annual Lancaster County
FFA hog show. Then, later
on in the day, the same 210
pound gi»4 that won the
breeder/extubitor title for
him also earned the grand
champion of show over all
273 hogs entered. Adding to
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 29,197 t
Fairgrounds. The Nathan
Stoltzfus family of Gap R 2
won the coveted Premier
Exhibitor banner, narrowly
Good’s impressive list of
winnings, a 205 pound lit
termate to the grand
champion was named
champion carcass on foot at
the Tuesday show.
Needless to say, it was a
pretty good day, considering
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edging J. Mowery Frey and
his family, who were
awarded the Premier
Breeder trophy.
The grand champion
female of this year’s show
was Andfar Astronaut
Cinderella, owned by Robert
Kauffman of Elizabethtown.
It was the third time in four
attempts that the stylish
female won the title here.
She was chosen as reserve
grand champion last year.
Stoltzfus, like Frey, and
Kauffman, has been one of
the top exhibitors at this
event for the past several
years. He won both the
Premier Breeder and
Exhibitor banners in 1976.
Last year J. Mowery Frey
won both banners.
Stoltzfus and his family,
whose Holsteins are known
by the Con-Noil prefix,
exhibited a total of 16
animals here. Blight of them
were entered in the 4-H show
which was held the day
before. In addition to their
reserve grand champion and
Premier Exhibitor banners,
the family also had the first
place herd, best three
females and first senior get
of sire.
Stoltzfus and his wife,
Esther, are the parents of
this year’s Lancaster County
Dairy Princess, Joyce, who
is owner of the reserve grand
champion Holstein of this
year’s show. She is Con-Noil
Gay Rosene, a 3-year old
daughter of Harrisburg Gay
Ideal who is classified VG-87
and has a projected record of
19,000 pounds of milk and 800
pounds of butterfat.
The honors for junior
champion went to Paul
Horning of Stevens, with the
reserve ribbon going to the
Robert Kauffman family of
Elizabethtown.
Kauffman’s Cinderella,
which he purchased four
years ago at the National
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In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
My Thoughts 10
Homestead Notes 42
Doris Thomas 43
Joyce Bupp 44
Home on the Range 46
Jr. Cooking Edition 48
FFAnews 51,53
Farm Women Calendar' 52
Kendy’sKollumn 52
Ida’s Notebook 54
Classifieds 56
Berks County DHIA 90
Windmills 97
Egg pricing challenged 98
Nat. Living Convention 99
Cattleman feature 100
Lebanon DHIA 104
Lancaster DHIA 107
HFAA news 108,109,117
Canadian visitors 112
Michigan dairy tour 118
Combining experience 120
' Facts for dairymen 128
Jay Garber, 12, is all smiles over his winnings in
the Guernsey show during the 4-H Dairy Round-up
on Wednesday
Balmers, Garber win
4-H Guernsey titles
QUARRYVILLE -
Twelve-year old Jay Garber,
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Garber, Willow
Street R2,and two sisters
from lititz were the big
winners in the Guernsey
Show of the Lancaster
County 4-H Dairy Round-up.
It was held here Wednesday
at the Solanco Fairgrounds.
The young man was all
smiles after having collected
ribbons for junior champion,
junior showmanship, and
grand champion junior
Binkley wins plowing
trophy for third time
By KENDACE SORRY
MOUNT JOY This year
he gets to take the trophy
home and keep it there.
Richard O. Binkley,
Columbia R 2, won the
Lancaster County Con
servation District’s field day
plowing contest for the third
year. He had previously won,
it in 1975 and 1977. As a result
Many ag activities
slated for next week
LANCASTER A number
of field days, conventions
and special agricultural
events will be taking place in
southeastern Pennsylvania
and surrounding areas this
coming week which farmers
may want to consider at
tending.
On Tuesday, August 1, for
example there will be a field
aware
$6.00 Per Year
showman in all-breed
competition.
Jay is in his fourth year of
4-H membership and comes
from a 60-cow Guernsey
farm near Willow Street
Also big winners at this
year’s 4-H Guernsey Show
were Connie and Carol
Balmer, the daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Balmer
of lititz. They had the grand
and reserve grand cham
pions of the breed, respec
tively, and were champion
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he retires the plowing
trophy.
The contest was held at the
farm of J. Harold Esben
shade, Manheim R 7, on
Thursday of this week under
cloudy skies that let the sun
shine long enough to keep
everyone, happy. There
„ Binkley and his competitor
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day at Penn State Univer
sity’s research farm near
Landisville, and both
Chester and Lancaster
County Holstein breeders
will hold their annual picnic
and judging contests. Next
Saturday, August 5, cat
tlemen will hold their annual
field day at two noted farms
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