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Double sweeps
in dairy, sheep
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at Manheim Fair
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
MANHEIM - It was a day
of sweeps in the dairy and
sheep competition at the
Manheim Community Farm
Show on Thursday.
Cows from the Holstein
herd of Harold Witmer, R 2,
Maicieim, took both the
grand championship and
reserve grand championship
honors, along with at least a
half-dozen other ~ major
honors.
In the sheep competition,
entries by 17-year-old Jim
Stauffer, 345 Weaver Rd.,
Lancaster, also captured
both the grand cham
pionship and reserve grand
championship trophy and
rosette. (For story on sheep
show and full results, see
page A 32.)
The Witmer entries were
NEDCO and AMPI flirting
BY CURT HAULER
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -
Like a shy couple courting,
representatives of two dairy
cooperatives have been
watching each other closely.
While both confirm
something is going on, both
deny they started it.
Behind the coy exterior.
Northeast Dairy
Cooperative Federation, Inc.
and Associated Milk
Producers, Inc. have begun
talks which could lead either
to a joint venture between
the two or the eventual
merger of the coops.
AMPI, with home offices
in San Antonio, Texas, is the
nation’s largest dairy co-op
with 32,000 farmer mem
bers.
NEDCO, based in
Syracuse, N.Y., is a
federation of small
cooperatives serving far
mers in northern Penn
sylvania and New York.
“At this point anything
done was strictly initiated by
NEDCO,” " said Leland
Anderson, AMPI’s assistant
to the general manager.
“AMPI wants a
In this Issue
SECTION A: Editorials, 10; Cloud seeding, 16; KILE
beef, 22; KILE junior showmen, 27; Manheim fair, 30;
Livestock Man of Year, 36.
SECTION B: New disaster law, 2; Berks 4-H lamb
sale, 4; PSU renews China ties, 5; FIFRA extension
approved, 6; ASCStour, 7; Md. Grange to meet, 8.
SECTION C: Homestead notes, 2; Joyce Bupp, 10;
$6260 per acre farm, 14; KILE hogs, 16; Farm Women
Society 33, 21; Keystone quarter horses, 23; Adams
farmers meet, 31.
SECTION D: Cumberland DHIA, 2; Blair DHIA, 3;
Franklin DHIA, 5; KILE sheep, 8; Lebanon DHIA, 13;
Dairy Business, 14; Huntingdon DHIA, 21
shown in the Holstein
competition by son, Lamar
Witnier, who also maintains
a herd on the family farm
located on the Lancaster-
Lebanon county border near
Lawn.
The grand champion was a
five-year-old, who- Lamar
described as a slow
developer. Taking both the
aged cow and senior
champion honors, Lan Lebco
K Builder Suzette is milking
about 100 pounds a day,
being fresh about six weeks.
As a three-year-old, she
placed third at Manheim,
was first as a four-year-old
last year and came on to
take the top honors this year.
Her dam is Lisa Harmony
Pride, who was bred to Tiho
Kit’'Bhilder J still as an un
w .-rturn to Pace A 32)
representative in the Nor
theast. I think they ap
proached us,” said
NEDCO’s Calvin Cobb.
No matter who started
making eyes at whom first,
both NEDCO and AMPI
maintauTthey will do only
what is best for their in
dividual members.
Both (agree there is no set
timetable and that the talks
$lO,OOO bull calf tops Guernsey sale
LANCASTER Out-of
state buyers kept the bidding
lively at the 55th Renewal
and Pennsylvania State
Guernsey sale held Thur
sday afternoon.
Still, some fine Guernseys
sold at reasonable prices to
those bidding.
A total of 35 Guernseys
sold at an average price of
$3039.
Top animal in the sale was
Green Manor Mavis Legend,
a bull calf born April 27,1980.
He sold for $lO,OOO to Curtiss
Lancaster Farm 5 "?, Saturday, October 11,1980
Top honors at Manheim Fair Thursday' went to
Harold Witmer, R 2, Manheim, with grand
champion, an aged cow held at left by Lamar
Pa. livestock take top honors at KILE
BY SHEILA MILLER
HARRISBURG Penn
sylvania livestock producers
exhibited some of their finest
animals at the 24th Keystone
International Livestock
Exposition held here last
week at the Farm Show
Complex.
are only at the discussion
stage.
NEDCO and AMPI have
had business dealings in the
past. On occasion AMPI has
purchased butter from
NEDCO and has been active
in NEDCO’s processing
operations.
Neither co-op has brought
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Breeding Industries, Inc., of
Elbum, Illinois.
Curtiss outlasted a group
of Pennsylvania Guernsey
cattle breeders who had
formed a syndicate in hopes
of keeping Legend in the
state. Contending bidder
representing the syndicate
was John Marchesak.
Top female in the show
was England Farms H Mill,
with records over 13,000
pounds milk and 635 pounds
fat. She sold for $5lOO to J.
Hannond Oungan, Long
Meadow, Mass. Dungan was
a major buyer at the sale.
The Legend bull calf was
bred and consigned by John
D. Myers and Marvin
Sanner, R 1 Littlestown. An
embryo transfer calf, he is
line bred to the old Fame
bull. His dam, Sniders
Prince Lily, is an Ezcellent
-91 cow and a two time
national class leader.
Legend was /Sired by
Olympic View B Maverick, a
bull with a plus predicted
difference of 1158 pounds
milk and 52 pounds fat with
93 percent repeatability.
In cattle competition,
Royal Charolais swept the
championships, taking both
the heifer and bull grand and
reserve grand cham
pionships along with other
top awards.
Earl and William Renner,
Waynesbarg, showed the
reserve grand champion
Hereford bull in their
breed’s Open Show. And, in
the Polled Hereford com
petition, 4-K Cattle Co. and
Y-Not Farm of Northpoint,
Armstrong County exhibited
the reserve grand champion
bull, Walking Tall.
In the Junior Angus
Breeding Cattle Show, York
County’s Christine Shive
continued on her winning
way with her heifer B V
Pinkie Pride 49, tagged the
reserve grand champion
female.
Legend’s selling price may
have been helped by a
promotional movie showed
before the sale which
boosted the Guernsey breed
and, among other amimals, -
featured Legend.
The top cow, bred by T.
Howard England, North
East, Md., was consigned by
Scott, Elsie and Dennis
Senate passes bill
to cut farm stock tax
HARRISBURG - A
measure which could save
family farm corporations
$5OOO a year passed the state
Senate Monday and awaits
the Governor’s sigmture.
HB 1608, sponsored by
Lancaster County
Representative Noah
Wenger, exempts closely
held family farm cor
porations frorh the state’s
capital stock franchise tax.
Witmer, and the reserve grand champion, a four
year-old held by Jeff Witmer.
Ten-year-old Scott Hazlett,
from State College, Centre
County, upset the veteran
swine showman in the
Harrow On-Foot com
petition. The young son of
Penn State’s swine herd
sman, Vernon Hazlett,
showed his mSvyweight
Duroc barrow to the grand
champion” honors. The
barrow was the Junior
champion and defeated the
Open champion exhibited by
LaVem Weller and Sons
from Dwight, Illinois.
A number of Pennsylvania
swine producers took breed
champions with their barrow
entries. See related story on
page C-16.
A Berks County farmer
showed the grand champion
Shropshire ewe in the Open
Breeding Sheep Show at
KILE. William E. Yoder of
Wolff, R 2 Quarryville.
Next high seller was Merit
Wistar Mabel, an open heifer
born December 3, 1979. The
calf, consigned by Richard
and Pauline Merritt, Far
mington, Conn., was first
place junior calf at both the
Connecticut and
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Legislative roundup
Obtaining the Governor’s
signiture should be no
problem. “He promised me
earlier he would sign the bill
irifo law,” Wenger noted.
The measure passed the
Senate unanimously, 48-0.
Stalled was HB 1176,
sponsored by Joseph Pitts,
which would require
Valuation of farmland at its
agricultural use rather than
for other uses such as
$7.50 Per Year
Kutztown took the top honors
with his WEY Shrops entry.
And a Bradford County
shepherd swept the Ram
houillet competition, taking
both the ram and ewe grand
and reserve grand cham
pionships. See story on page
D-8.
Don and Wende Swartz of
Hummelstown, Dauphin
County showed the cham
pion Appaloosa stallion in
the equine division of KILE.
The grand champion Ap
paloosa mare was exhibited
by Wane Marmelo of
Bethlehem, Nor
thampton/Lehigh County.
Crystal Garvin, Penfield,
Clearfield County, and her
two-year-old colt captured
the reserve grand champion
stallion honors in the Paint
Horse Show.
Two Pennsylvania
Arabian horse exhibitors
took home reserve champion
trophies in' the mare and
gelding division. Wilfred
Stevens of Bangor showed
the reserve champion mare,
three-year-old Wil-Or-El
Garenza. And Carole
Friendy, Macungie, showed
the reserve champion
gelding, Aazzy.
In the Quarter Horse
competition, Bill Dickerson
of New Hope, exhibited the
grand champion stallion.
development for homes.
It passed the Senate last
week and was returned to
the House for concurence on
an amendment which in
cludes forest land in the
valuation provision. Ob
servers say it probably will
move when the legislature'
reconvenes November 17.
Also important to farmers
and ready to move at that
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