By Lee Smith
ELVERSON - A group of 175
Ayrshire breeders and just plain
folks met at the farm of Charles
Gable and family last Saturday to
enjoy a little fellowship and
examine the dairy operation
Conebeila Farm owner Charles v ieit jr Saturday, .is received 23 consecutive
a 2-year-old in the judging competition. Gables breeder awards and developed 36 cows with
farm, which hosted the Ayrshire Field Day on more than 100,000 pounds of milk.
Ayrshire breeders gather at Conebella
known as Conebella Farm m West
Nantmeal Township in Chester
County. Charles Gable lives on the
farm with his wife Josie, a son, a
daughter and his parents.
“Dairy fanners have not yet
learned that our product must be
sold,” was the comment of Earl
Keefer, president of The National
Ayrshire Breeders Association.
Some of those seated in the dairy
machinery shed nodded id
agreement.
The crowd was invited to take
part in some educational contests A feed identification contest was
and many of them responded, won by Roy E. Mentzer with the
There was a milk tasting contest, second place going to Laveme
presided over by the lovely dairy Mentzer.
princess of Chester County, A third contest was to judge
Charlene Rohrer. The object was which daughters belonged to which
to guess which breed made the dam; again it was a ttiree way tie
milk. There were a number of between Eugene Kulp, Delphine
breeds of cow milk represented Martin, and Linda Spickler.
and one sample of goat milk. Dairy Judging was next and the
Harold Kulp, J. Dodds and participants were to evaluate two
Charlie Kulp shared first place groups of four cows, two-year-olds
honors. When the awards were and aged cows, and compare their
presented not one person in the scores to the judge Peter Morns
crowd would confess to mistaking findings. In the youth division the
goat milk for cow milk. (Turn to Page A 39)
Mielke Heinz, right, a representative from Ardrossan Farm.
Villanova, accepts the top producing herd award from Ayr
shire Treasurer Milton Brubaker, Lititz.
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