A3D—Lmcwttr Farming, Saturday, January 12,1980
HARRISBURG - Pigeon
Hill Farm, Abbottstown,
York (bounty, made a clean
sweep of 'the Hereford
breeding cattle show held on
Wednesday afternoon.
The York County farm
captured the grand and
reserve champions in both
the female and bull classes.
PH MSLI Northern 39 was
tagged as the top female.
Her three-quarter sister, PH
MSLI Northern 29, was the
reserve champ. The calves
were out of sister cows and
were sired by BHLI Real
126.
In the bull division, Pigeon
Hill’s TH Mr. Advance 33
was the grand champion,
with PH Big Northern 408,
taking the reserve honors.
This is the fifth year
Pigeon Hills has shown at
the Farm Show. Out of those
HARRISBURG - As
usual. Western Penn
sylvanians took most of the
honors in the wool produc
tion competition at Farm
Show.
Winners were as follows
Medium Wool
Purebred Ram
1 ( 2 Calvert Farms Spraggs 3 Jeff
Meiiott Needmore 4 Martin Brothers
Berlin
Purebred Ram
1 Jeff Mellott Needmore 2 Steward
oersole&Son R3York
Commercial Medium Wools
Three-Eights blood
1(2 Lawrence County Sheco & Wool
Newcastle 3(4 Steward Ebersole &
Gon R 3 York
One-Fourth Blood
1 Lawrence County Sheep ( Wool
Newcastle
Low One-Fourth Blood
I & 2 Lawrence County Sheep t Wool
f»ewcastte
Champion Medium Wools
Champion Fleece
1 Calvert Farms Spraggs
Reserve Champion Fleece
1 Lawerence County Sheep 4 Wool
Newcastle
Fine Wool
Purebred Ram
1 & 3 Calvert Farms Spraggs 2 4 4
George Hunter R2Stoneboro
Purebred Ewe
14 3 Calvert Farms Spraggs 2
George Hunter R 2 Stoneboro 4
Belmont Ridge Farm R3Gettysourg
Commercial Fine Wools
142 George Hunter R 2 Stoneboro
One-Hall Blood Commercial
1 Mercer County Sheep 4 Wool
Mercer
Champion Fine and
One-HaH Blood Wools Champion
1 Calvert Farms Spraggs
Reserve Champion
1 George Hunter R 2 Stoneboro
Special County Exhibit
Five Fine i One-Half Blood
Wool Fleeces
1 Greene County Sheep 4 Wool
Waynesboro
Five Medium Wool Fleeces
1 Mercer Countv Sheep 4 Wool
Mercer 2 Lawrence County Sheep 4
Wool Newcastle
Shropshires
1 to 2YR RAM
1 Wey Shropshires Maple St Kulz
town 2 Gerald Tracy Centre Hall
UNDER 1 YR RAM
1 Shober 4 Calvert Farms Rl Berlin 2
Kenneth T Moore R 2 Nichols 3 Charles
4 Qarba'a Platt R 3 Gettysburg 4 Wey
Shropshires 5 David 4 Gail Schultz
2 RAM LAMBS
1 Shober A Calvert Farms 2 Kenneth T
Moore 3 Charles t Barbara Platt 4 David
4 Ga»l Schott* 5 David L Harpster
80-lsburg
CHAMPION RAM
1 We/ Shropshires
RESERVE CHAMPION RAM
1 Shober A Calvert Farms
1 TO 2 YR EWE
1 Wey Shropshires 2 Kenneth T
Moore 3 Wey Shropshires 4 Kenneth T
Moore 5 David L Harpster
UNDER IYR EWE
1 Kenneth T Moore 2 Shober A Catvert
Farms 3 Kenneth T Moore 4 Wey
Shropshires 5 Wey Shropshires
2 EWE LAMBS
1 Kenneth T Moore 2 Shober 4 Calvert
Fa'ms 3 Wey Shropshires 4 Frank B
Da r c ty Jr Fairfield 5 Charles & Barbara
Pia f r
CHAMPION EWE
1 Wey Shropshires
RESERVE CHAMPION EWE
i Kenneth T Moore
BREEDERS YOUNG FLOCK
1 Kenneth! Moore 7 Shober A Calvert
Farms i Charte' A Barpara Plat’ 4 Fran*-
BD or df Jr 5 Ernest Barre
York Co. farm takes
five years, the farm has only
taken one reserve champion,
noted Terry Shearer, herd
sman. That was in 1977, and
the rest of the time they have
always had all of the
champs, he said.
Pigeon Hills’ herd of 60
registered Hereford cows is
owned by Dr. F. Malcolm
Wright and his wife Susan.
Assisting in fitting and
showing the cattle was Don
Sunday. SM.
Show results are as
follows:
1 Earl4Wm Renner R 3 Waynesburg
2 4 3 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown
1 EarlAWm Renner R3Waynesburg
Spring Yrlng Bull
I Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown
Jr Yearling Bull
2 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown 2
Ear! & Wm Renner R3Waynesburg
] Prj'o-'r Hflf Farm Rl Abbottstown
Western Pa. farmers
dominate wool show
1 Shober ( Calvert Farms 2 Kenneth I
Moore 3 Charles (Barbara Platt 4 David
(Gail Schultz 5 David L Harpster
1 Kenneth T Moore 2 Cinda B Corl
Pine Grove Rd State College 3 David L
Harpster
2 Kenneth T Moore 2 Wey Shrop
shires 3 Cinda B Corl 4 David L Harp
ster
SHEEP MERINO
ITO2YR RAM
1 George Hunter R 2 Stoneboro 2
Charles & Barbara Platt R 3 Gettysburg
3 George Hunter 4 Charles ( Barbara
Platt
UNDER IYR RAM
1 George Hunter 2 Charles ( Barbara
Platt 3 Charles (Barbara Piatt 4 George
Hunter
2 RAM LAMBS
1 George Hunter 2 Charles ( Barbara
Platt
CHAMPION RAM
1 George Hunter
RESERVE CHAMPION RAM
IGeorge Hunter
ITO 2YR EWE
1 George Hunter 2 George Hunter
UNDER 1 YR EWE
1 George Hunter 2 Charles 4 Barbara
Platt 3 George Hunter 4 Charles 4
Barbara Platt
2 EWE LAMBS
1 Gecrge Hunter 2 Charles 4 Barbara
Piatt
CHAMPION EWE
1 George Hunter
RESERVE CHAMPION EWE
1 Charles 4 Barbara Platt
BREEDERS YOUNG FLOCK
1 George Hunter 2 Charles 4 Barbara
Platt
PEN OF LAMBS
1 George Hunter 2 Charles 4 Barbara
Platt
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HEREFORD
Spring Bull Call
Junior Bull CaH
Champion Bull
PEN OF LAMBS
GET OF SIRE
FLOCK
Ford Walk Behind Mowers
Kubota Tractors & Equip
New & Used
Sales Parts Service
Reserve Champion Bull
1 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown
2 Bulls Bred And Owned
1 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown 2
EarlAWm Renner R3Waynesburg
Spring Heifer CaH
Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown 2 I
3 EarltWm Renner R3Waynesburg
Jr Heifer CaH
1 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown
Winter Heifer Caff
1 Ear)4Wm Renner R 3 Waynesburg
Senior Heifer CaH
1 Earl4Wm Renner R 3 Waynesburg
Spring Yrlng Heifer
1 A 3 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Ab
bottstown 2 Earl 4 Wm Renner R 3
Waynesburg 4 James Esienhour Jr Rl
Wellsville
Champion Female
1 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown
Reserve Champion Female
1 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Abbottstown
Pair of Yearlings
14 2 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Ab
bottstown 3 Earl & Wm Renner R 3
Waynesburg
Pair of Calves
1 A 2 Pigeon Hill Farm Rl Ab
oottstown 3 44 Earl 4 Wm Renrer R 3
Waynesburg
Get of Sire
1 Pigeon Hill Farm R 1 Abbottstown 2
EarlAWm Renner R3Waynesburg
Best 6 Bred And Owned
1 Pigeon Hill Farm R 1 Abbottstown 2
EarllWm Renner R3Waynesburg
GET OF SIRE
1 George Hunter
FLOCK
1 George Hunter
SHEEP CHEVIOT
ITO2YR RAM
I Erdenheim Farm Flourtwn Rd
Lafayette Hill ,2 Harris Cheviots R 1
Stillwater, 3 Lake, ew FFA R 2
Stoneboro
UNDER IYR RAM
1 Erdenheim Farm 2 Harris Cheviots 3
Erdenheim Farm 4 Harris Cheviots 5
Jeff Mellott Needmore
2 RAM LAMBS
I Erdenheim Farm 2 Hams Cheviots 3
Jeff Mellott
CHAMPION RAM
1 Erdenheim Farm
RESERVE CHAMPION RAM
1 Harris Cheviots
ITO 2YR EWE
1 Harris Cheviots 2 Teresa Fink R 2
Slatmgton 3 Erdenheim Farm 4 Teresa
Fink 5 Erdenheim Farm
UNDER IYR EWE
1 Lakeview FFA 2 Harn§ Cheviots 3
Erdenheim Farm 4 Jeff Mellott 5 Teresa
Fink
2 EWE LAMBS
1 Hirns Cheviots 2 Erdenheim Farm 3
Teresa Fink Jeffmellott
CHAMPION EWE
1 Harris Cheviots
RESERVE CHAMPION EWE
1 Lakeview FFA
BREEDERS YOUNG FLOCK
1 Erdenheim Farm 2 Hams Cheviots 3
JeHMellott
PEN OF LAMBS
1 Hams Cheviots 2 Erdenheim Farm
3 Jeff Mellott
GET OF SIRE
1 Erdenheim Farm 2 Harris Cheviots 3
Jeffmellott
FLOCK
1 Erdenheim Farm 2 Hams Cheviots 3
Jeff Mellott
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top Hereford honors
Pigeon Hill Farm, Abbottstown, York County, exhibited the grand champion
and reserve champion Hereford bulls. Pictured with the reserve champion, left,
is Jim Eisenhaur and at the grand champion's halter is Terry Shearer, herd
sman.
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The grand and reserve champion females in the Hereford show were shown by
Pigeon Hill Farm. Holding the grand champion, left, is Don Sunday and with the
reserve champion is Chris Klindenst.
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