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VOL. 26 No. 48
Sale brings record-high $348,900
O.W. Spoonaugle, Lancaster, center with
child, purchased the top-selling Holstein,
Elkspn Glendell Pioneer, for f 65,000 at the PA
All-American Holstein sale,' Thuadauin Thoa
Inside
This
Week’s...
This week’s issue is loaded with highlights of the AulAraencan Dairy
Show. Find them from SectionA to D. ' "
West Lampeter held their annual fair this past week. For all the hap
penings, seepage A 24.
Lancaster Panning welcomes a new columnist- David Sauder of
Trade Tech Management, Inc.,Lancaster. Each week he will be bringing
Farming’s Futures to our readers. David’s story and column appear on
page Al 9 and €22.
For many interesting stories of the AU-Amencan Junior Show, turn to
D24and2s. - '\ : 2
Charlene Rohrer, Chester County, was named the 1981-82
state dairy princess following ceremonies at the fienn Harris
Motor Inn, Tuesday night... For details seepageC24.
New York Hotsteins take champion banners
Glendell daughter also sold with her two-week
old heifer, a C Tamlane Rockman Senator
daughter.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 26,1981
Catnims
„ Editorials, AID; Now is.the time,
Alo;’Ladies have you heard?, C 5;
Ida’s Notebook, CI6; Joyce Bupp’s
column, C 34; 'Hie Milk Check, C 33;
Farm Talk, Dl9.
Ephrata livestock shows feature
____ -
Strauss, Witmer, Herr nights
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
EPHRATA It was a trio of.
nights at the Ephrata Fair that
three young' Lancaster County
agriculturists will never forget.
Tuesday night was Strauss night.
Steve, ill, Ephrata, swept the
market hog show.
Wednesday night was' Witmer
night. Carolyn, R 2, East Earl, just
about swept the lamb show. .
Thursday night was Herr night.
Barb, Rl, Narvon, took the baby
beef grand championship and she.
wasn’t even there. Older brother,
Chris, showed the “partnership”
Angus; while Barb was stuck by
the telephone at Penn State after
sweating out a biology final earlier
in the day.
And here’s a little bit more about
each of the nights.
Strauss, the last of three
brothers who have maintained an
£phrata hog dynasty since the
nud-70’sV was a shoo-in for the
grand championship after
sweeping the. three weight
champions. ‘ - 7 ,
It was his last year of showing
and he'went out in style with-the
grand, reserve and three weight
champions. ,
The four-way mostly biacK
crosses ghstehed to perfection in
the setting sun as judge Gene
Sweigard, of Halifax, kept coming
back to them.
“T took them off the self-feeders
(Turn to Page A 22)
■ HARRISBURG - Bidding was
'fast and furious at Thursday
night’s record-breaking All-
American Holstein sale, which
grossed $348,900 in-front of .an
estimated 70ff bidders, buyers and
spectators.
' 'The following morning, Holstein
breeders watched as Shadow Cliff
Gina; was grand
champion of the All-American
Holstein show -Ijy ; Judge Bertram
Stewart of Ontario, Canada. See
story page A2L
The exciting atmosphere for the
climaxing- r Holstein show was
created Thursday with thestaowing
of junior cattle and bulls, starting
early in the morning and wrapping
up by about 2 p.m.. .
The sale crowd began trickling
into the Farm Show complex by
late afternoon. Shortly before sale'
Home mi Veutii
-- Homestead Notes, C 2; Home .on
Women, GB;'- Adams. f-H idaii%!
Cl 4; York Steer-Show’ C 9; York
Swine Show, D 8; York Sheep Show,.
D 29.
Carolyn Witmer, R 2, East Earl. has tWo armsful of grand
and reserve grancflambs at EphrataFair.
$7.50 Per Year
time, it was standing room only as
catolog-toters lined shoulder to
shoulder in front of the 47 con
signments which represented
many oftbe top Holsteinfarms In
the East.
Co-managed by R. Austin
Backus, Inc. and the PA. Holstein
Association, the highest All-
American sale to date averaged
$7,423 per head. Prices ranged
from |l7OO to the sale topper,
|65,000.
Just moments after Elkson
Glendeli Pioneer, the top-seller,
, stepped into the sale ring, the
gavel sounded for the last time and
D.W- Spopnaugle, Lancaster
bought the fr-year-old for |BS,OOO.
In fact, Spoonaugle’s bid in
' eluded Holstein’s 2-
week-old. heifer, sired by Thmlane
Rockman Senator.
Consigned by Cochranton
. (Turn to Page A2l)
- Gig£i Junior Dairy Show, A 34;
Dairy Photo Album, Cl 3; York
D 2; Adams DHIA,
Krafff! fTpfer SiiViiiphapna,. ;oi2;
;■ Juniata DHIA, Dl4; Aii-American
-inmior.Show; D 24; Potter DHIA,
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