0 Woodson Farm cow tops Montgomery
LANSDALE Woodson
Rorae Gent Evelyn, a three
year old cow shown by
Woodson Farm, Pennsburg,
was the champion cow of the
Montgomery County
Holstein Show held recently
at the 4-H Center, Lansdale.
Reserve champion was E-
Bert Complete Stoiy, an
aged cow shown by Fred L.
Seipt, Freddy Hill Farms,
Lansdale.
Junior Champion was
shown by Daniel and
Timothy Alderfer Du mar
Farm, Harleysville, and
reserve junior champion
was shown by Woodson
Farm.
A total of eight two-prize
inimals were exhibited
jpefore judge Richard
Kauffman, Elizabethtown, a
Lancaster County Holstein
breeder.
Winning class exhibitors
were:
Junior calf class • Danield
and Timothy Alderfer and
Harry C. Wood, HI Penn
sburg.
Intermeidate calf class -
Durrell G. Alderfer,
Harleysville and Robert L.
Freed, Sr., Harleysville.
Senior calf class -
Jonathan Keener, Telford
and Nancy Freed,
Harleysville.
Junior Yearling class -
Mary Renee Slemmer,
Lederach and Woodson
Farm.
Senior yearling class -
Roderick W. Wood, Penn
sburg and J. Harold and
Susanne B. Keener, Telford.
* Three and Four Year Old
i>ry Cow class - Jonathan
Keener and Roderick W.
Wood.
Dry Cow Class - Roderick
W. Wood and Fred L. Seipt.
Junior Two year old -
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Harry C. Wood H, Penn
sburg and Phillip Derstine,
Souderton.
Senior Two Year Old - J.
Harold and Susan B. Keener
and Woodson Farm.
Three Year Old Cow -
Roderick W. Wood and
Danield and Timothy
Alderfer.
Four Year Old - Woodson
Farm and Robert L. Freed.
Aged Cow Class - Fred L.
Seipt and Roderick W. Wood.
Seventy -»ght prize 4-H
dairy cows and calves were
shown in 4-H competition.
Champion holstein was
Will-al Persuader Puddle a
four year old shown by
Jonathan Keener, Telford.
Reserve champion was
Mark Slater Dorothy Deluxe
Star, a four year old shown
by Marcia Slater,
Perkiomenville.
Junior champion Holstein
was shown by Karen Sue
Halteman, Telford and
reserve junior champion
was shown by Jonathan
Keener.
Champion Jersey was
Walebe Prospector Donna, a
two year old shown by
Robert Waltemyer,
Collegeville. Reserve
champion and junior
champion Jersey was also
shown by Robert
Waltemyer. Reserve junior
champion was shown by
Kathleen Kopistecki,
Royersford.
Champion Brown Swiss
was D N Delegate Dainty a
four year old shown by
Kathleen Kopistecki.
Reserve champion Swiss
was Bally Del Angel, a four
year old shown by Ronald
Longacre, Hereford. Junior
champion Brown Swiss was
shown by Jean Gehringer,
Bally and reserve junior
/ strong on performance
Keener tops county 4-H com ,
Swiss was shown by Martha
Gehringer, Bally.
In addition to having their
animals judged for type,
club members are judged for
their job of training their
animal and showing it. They
are also judged on fitting the
animal for show.
Winners of the Senior
Showmanship contest for 4-
H’ers over 13 years of age
were: Jonathan Keener,
Nancy Freed, Harleysville,
Mary Renee Slemmer,
Lederach, Diane Johnson,
Gilbertsville ' and Marcia
Slater.
LAPORTE William H.
Gregory, Sullivan County
Extension director on Penn
State’s extension service
staff, will retire September
30 with 32 years of service.
A native of Brodhead
sville, Monroe County,
Gregory was appointed to
the Sullivan County Ex
tension Service staff m 1948.
He previously served as a
vocational agriculture and
veterans training instructor.
He received a bachelor of
science degree in
Agricultural education from
Penn State in 1940.
Through his leadership,
Sullivan County has one of
the highest percentages of
youth enrolled in Penn
sylvania 4-H work. In recent
years, county 4-H members
have been recognized at
district, state, and national
levels.
Gregory was instrumental
in organizing numerous
educational dairy
management clinics and
introduced the unit
Winners of the Junior
Showmanship Contest for
members ages 9 to 13 were:
Kathleen Kopistecki, Robert
Waltemyer, Brian Bechtel,
Harleysville, Kristen
Keener, Telford and Jean
Gehringer.
Winners of the Senior
Fitting contest were: Diane
Johnson, Mary Renee
Slemmer, Jonathan Keener,
Marcia Slater, and Mary
Alice Rhoads, Obelisk.
Winners of the Junior
Fitting Contest were: Robert
Waltemyer, Kathleen
Kopistecki, Susan Slater,
Sullivan extension agent
to retire September 30
i
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William H. Gregory
demonstration farm ap
proach to management
programs. He developed the
Dairy Herd Improvement
Association milk testing
program and served on all 4-
H dairy show committees at
the district level.
For his educational dairy
programs, Gregory was
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 30,1990—A17
etition
Perkiomenville, William
Seipt, Laitisdale, and Martin
Slater, Perkiomenville.
Type Judging was done by
Richard Hess, Lancaster
County Holstein Breeder.
Fitting and Showmanship
judging was done by Susan
Seidel Beshore, York County
Holstein Breeder.
Thirty-six blue ribbon
animals were selected to
represent Montgomery
County at the Southeastern
Pennsylvania District 4-H
Dairy Show, held at Kutz
town Fair Grounds, August
30.
recipient of the Pen
nyslvania Dairymen’s
Association Extension
Award in 1970.
He assisted in initiating
the annual Bow Hunters
Festival which has attracted
thousands of hunters from
Pennsylvania and nearby
states.
The retiring extension
agent worked closely with all
agricultural cooperatives m
northeastern Pennsylvania
in developing an educational
program for farmer
cooperative leaders.
He also has been a leader
in the selection of scholars
for the annual Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer
Cooperatives Summer Youth
Institute held at Ship
pensburg State College.
In 1974 he received the
Master Educator Award
from the Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer
Cooperatives.
Gregory advocated the
conservation of fuel, tune,
and soil through no-till
systems of agriculture for
corn, small grains, hay, and
pastures. In recent years,
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A typical 4-H dairy project
is carried by the 4-H
member for at least three
years, one year as a calf, one
year as a yearling heifer and
then as a two year old
producing milk. Some 4-H
members elect to keep their
better projects through more
than one lactation of milk, a
new lactation being started
yearly.
4-H dairy club work in the
county is conducted with the
help of volunteer adult
leaders and is supervised by
county agent, Joseph H.
Way.
more than 50 percent of
Sullivan County’s corn
acreage has been grown
using minimum or no-till
systems.
In 1976 be received the
Sullivan County Chamber of
Commerce “Man of the
Year” Award and Lions Club
Certificate of Service for
outstanding leadership m
community resource
development.
For his service to
agriculture, Gregory was
winner of a Distinguished
Service Award in 1969
presented by the National
Association of County
Agricultural Agents.
The retiring extension
agent is a member of the
Sullivan County Chamber of
Commerce, Delta Theta
Sigma and Epsilon Sigma
Phi fraternities, and the
Pennsylvania and National
associations of County
Agricultural Agents.
Gregory and his wife, the
former Jean Lewis, of
Blooms burg, a retired
teacher, are the parents of a
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