Lisa Miller named
Pennsylvania dairy princess
rByJOVCEBUPP
Staff Correspondent
(HARRISBURG - Shortly
after presenting her crowd
pleasing dairy promotional
magician act, lisa Miller
pulled off the best trick of
all: the coveted crown and
banner of the Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess appeared
and magically transformed
First of a kind Holstein
sale averages $4162
[ By DIETER KRIEG
' MIDDLETOWN - The
■Pennsylvania Holstein
l isociation’s all-new show,
I \ and export facilities
| . v. opened to the public for
[the first time on Thursday
.night when the first AU
[Amencan Sale was held
[there. Hundreds of visitors
Eastern Milk Producers will
build $lO million cheese plant
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - One of
the world’s largest
mozarella cheese
manufacturing plants has
: found a home in Wysox, Pa.
Arden Tewksbury,
Meshoppen, Pa. dairy
farmer and president of
Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative, made the
announcement last week.
Hess shows champion steer
at Lampeter for third time
■ By KENDACE BORRY
■ — Robert
■ Hess, a Lancaster County 4-
■” er m his final year of club
■work, captured the' grand
■championship in the Lam
■{Jf te T Fair Steer Show for the
■third year.
■w^ e s h° w > which was held
■Wednesday, found Hess’
■steer P i aced nght
Huyard wins championship
at Ephrata Fair steer show
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HuyarT TA " Darlene
m££ « M year old
Babv r. °/ the Red Rose
Clutf ® f f . and Sheep 4-H
cha niDi r !? Ub f lted 0)6 grand
at the P p, n K St t er s h°w
PF Ast E p J rataFair4 - Han d
28 eer sh °w, September
Show judge Ronald Bolz, a
and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland , New Jersey and Delaware
m. 23 N0.47-U V
the lovely blonde young lady
into the state’s new leading
lady of the dairy industry.
Lisa is the 17-year-old*
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Miller, dairy
farmers from Armstrong
Drive, Washington. The
current Washington County
Dairy Princess, Lisa won
her crown as the highlight of
were on hand to bid and
browse.
The top-selling animal of
the sale was Woodbine Astro
Molly-OC, a 5-month old calf
sired by Paclamar
Astronaut out of Woodbine
Rockmao Millie, a cow
which is classified Ex
cellent-91 and produced
following a special board of
directors meeting of the
cooperative in Towanda, Pa.
Eastern’s site selection
committee, which had been
studying several locations
over the past few months,
decided on the Pennsylvania
location because of
availability of needed milk
supplies. Cortland, N.Y. was
heavyweight class, where it
was taken to the top of the
placings. Then it was named
4-H champion, and finally
competing against the best
of the FFA steers, it was
declared best of the show.
Hess, 19, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald and Martha
Hess, Lancaster R 2. He
showed a Chianina Angus
beef breeder from Perry
County, described Darlene’s
winning Angus as being the
most complete steer of,.the
show. “A steer that has a lot
of potential” he said “just as
smooth as you’d ever want
him to be.”
Darlene, daughter of
Naomi and Mel Huyard,
Lancaster, was also selected
l.mcaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1978
an intensive two days of
interviews and presentations
for the 43 talented and
personable county com
petitiors.
A senior at Trinity High
School, Lisa serves as the
senior class treasurer, and is
a member of the school’s
N drill team, concert choir,
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25,939 pounds of milk and 899
of butterfat as a 5-year old.
Buyer of the young calf
was Robert Morris of Fawn
Grove. The sale price was
listed as $19,000, with seller
George Knight, Jr. of
Woodbine 'retaining part
interest.
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the other site which was
being seriously considered
recently.
Tewksbury hailed the
decision as, “Another
positive step in the
realization of stable
marketing conditions for
Eastern members
throughout the Northeast.”
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crossbred as his winning
entry.
The steer had been pur
chased at a Maryland sale.
The reserve grand
champion steer was a Maine
Anjou-Shorthom crossbred
that was shown by FFA’er
James Frey, Willow Street.
This was Frey’s first year
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as having the best fitted
steer of the show. This was
Darlenes fifth year showing
a 4-H project. She keeps her
steers at a friends farm and
goes “over every night to
feed and work on them” she
said.
Reserve champion of the
show went to 11 year old Jay
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Lisa Miller is the new Pennsylvania Dairy Princess. She was
selected Wednesday evening during the recognition banquet of the
Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show. She is the former Washington
County Dairy Princess.
N. Alan Bair joining ABC
LANCASTER - N. Alan
Bair has been named
director of member relations
for Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative at Lancaster,
Pa., effective October 1, by
general manager David
Yoder. Bair’s duties include
the full coordination of
educational programs and
functions involving Atlan
tic’s member services and
the agricultural and
livestock breeding in
dustries.
A native of York County,
National
4HWeek
Oct 1-7,1978
Bair has served seven years
ns county agricultural agent
for dairy with the
Cooperative Extension
Service in Lancaster County,
one of the major dairy
counties in the nation. He
was responsible for con
ducting educational dairy
programs, the county’s
dairy herd improvement
program, and coached
several winning state 4-H
dairy judging teams - in
cluding the 1978 team.
Bair graduated from Penn
In this issue
National 4-H Week Is Oc
tober 1-7. To help mark the
occasion, this Issue of
Lancaster Fanning has
more than a score of news
articles and features about
this area’s 4-H’ers. Readers
may find major stories in the
front section, as well as on
pages: 42, 108, 130, 131, 132,
134,137,138,139,140,145, and
146.
The Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show was
held this week in
Harrisburg. News and
features about it appears in
the front section. The Junior
Show is featured in several
articles in the front section,
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State in 1967 with a bachelor
of science degree in dairy
science and earned his
master of science degree
from Penn State in 1971, with
emphasis on animal
breeding. While a student, he
was a member of the dairy
judging team and received
the William R. Davey award
for outstanding judging
ability. He was also active in
the Dairy Science Club and a
member of the American
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with placings appearing on
the following pages: 95, 96,
106,107,124,128,136.
Also featured this week are
results of the Ephrata, and
West Lampeter Fairs, and
some final wrap-ups on the
Elizabethtown, Grata, and
Reading Fairs.
Farm Calendar io
Editorials io
Classifieds 45
Homestead Notes 82
Joyce Bupp 83
Ida’s Notebook 84
Jr. Cooking Edition 89
Home on the Range 90
Outstanding FFA’er 109
Chester Co. DHIA 122