BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent CARLISLE “Wmdy-Knoll View Kit Jacquelyn,” a three-year old Tiho Kit Builder daughter, entered by James- and Nina Burdette, Mercersburg, got judge Obie Snider’s nod for the senior and grand championship during. last Saturday’s Southcentral Championship Holstein show at the Carlisle Fairgrounds. She puts it aB together and is showing more maturity today,” praised Snider of the well-balanced young cow with impressive size and scale. He also complimented her for her cleanness, and for her weU attached udder, both fore and rear, and named her the best bred and owned animal at the com petition. Still milking in her first lactation, the champion is projected to 17,000 pounds with a 3.8 percent butterfat test. Her second dam was an Ex-91 daughter of the well-known Kingpin. Pulled into the reserve senior and grand spot was the senior two-year-heifer exhibited by the Robert Kauffman family’s Penn Springs Farm, Elizabethtown. “Penn Springs Milestone Ada,” is sired by Poverty-Hollow Milestone. Also in her first lac tation, she’s projected to 21,000 of milk. Her dam was a VG daughter of Paclamar Astronaut, and the grandam was scored Excellent. Judge Snider prasied the young cow for her stretch and scale and her sharpness, and noted she has a very high and wide rear udder with a strong suspensory ligament. Delmer Cornman, Mechamc sburg, earned the junior champion honors with his tall and growthy Straight-Pine Elevation Pete senior yearling heifer, it was not STOLTZFUS SPREADERS WET LIME SPREADER SAVE: Farmers in some areas can get lime as much as $l6 per ton cheaper if they spread it themselves. LESS HEADACHES: Spread it when you want it spread. 24” wide bottom 7. to keep stockpile lime from bridging 53° sloped sides J Rugged construction 5 & 8 Ton tractor drawn models Also spreads fertilizer, poultry waste, etc. Truck mounted or tractor drawn 6 Ton Stainless Steel Tender SPREADERS ARE OUR BUSINESS (Not a sideline) WE'VE BEEN IN THE SPREADER BUSINESS FOR 35 YEARS. dette ent Le-lda Holsteins, the Leroy Showaker family dairy daughter Doris, granddaughter Stacy Cornman, daughters operation at Newville, snagged both the Premier breeder and Cindy Showaker and Deb Varner, son Ed, and sons-in-iaw exhibitor banners as the climax to the Southcentral Cham- Greg Varner and Clarence Cornman, Jr. pionship show. From left are Mrs. Ida Showaker, Leroy, the first junior win for “Corlan Farms Pete Penny.” She also took the Carlisle Fair competition earlier last week, the Ship pensburg show, and the April Pennsylvania Holstein state show at Harrisburg. Reserve junior champion rib bons went home with Phil and Karen Laughman, Thomasville, for “Philka Marvex Rockman Rhonda.” An intermediate class Distributor for Willmor Mfg. - Top Quality Fertilizer Handling Equipment At So-Central Holstein Show I ” c * st ‘ r F.nnim, satunUy, August 22. i«wi-A37 heifer, she’s sired by Lawcrest Marvex-Twm. Le-Ida Farm, of R 4 Newville, walked off with a matching set of purple premier breeder and exhibitor banners. It was the first such win in eight years of showing Holstems for the Leroy and Ida Showaker family. “I was really shocked,” Mrs. Showaker commented later, ad ding that their operation was truly 1 Ton Articulating Loader takes »■ Excellent for dry, free-flowing materials such as: dry lime, rock phosphate, fertilizer Extremely accurate - Tractor drawn or truck mounted y*r*»*e fo * inf*" 10 ' 100 WE SELL DIRECT d honors a family one, where “everyone helps out.” With a string of cattle m the show barn, everyone also turned out to help with the show, including their son, four daughters and two sons-m-law. “Le-lda Apollo Gac Chuck- Twin,” a jr. yrlg. son of Glendell Arlmda Chief, took champion bull honors for Le-lda Farms. His twin brother, “Charles-Twin,” was the reserve champion bull.” Spreader you put it where you want it. C.U. STOLTZFUS MFG. INC. P.O. Box 296 Morgantown, PA 19543 Ph: 215-286*5146 -5V' -w i The Showakers have been (burying for 29 years and are milking a herd of about 60 head of registered Holsteins, with a herd average of over IS,OOO pounds of milk and 580 butterfat. About 190 acres m the operation are cropped m com and hay for the herd. Over 150 registered Holsteins were exhibited in the cham pionship show, one of several SOWER SPREADER Why Waste Fertilizer With Today’s Prices? No need to fertilize the fence rows or spread it unevenly. With a Stoltzfus Sower 5 Ton Spreader, Tender Combination (Turn to Page A3B)
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