i MQpMjf ws l^NPab , , '. • -r *—" V t r■“ "“ -*• >'=»?- j_. / ’ -f v -r" Orndorffs horse around at Farm Show -■ *> GINGER SECRET MYERS Staff Correspondent McKNIGHTSTOWN - Nine years ago Larry “L. 8.” Orndorff and his wife Regina, Pine Valley Ranch, bought a registered Belgian filly and a grade Belgian Stallion. That was when they caught the “fever”. “Belgian horse fever” that is and as the Orndorff family prepares to exhibit their prize winning equine beauties at the 1982 Farm Show for the sixth year, it is evident to anyone who talks with L.B. that their fever has never cooled off. Larry “L. 8.” Orndorff,' left, and horse trainer Ken Reid, right, take a pair of Pine SPECIAL FARM SHOW PRICE ON 40' FARMSTEAD I BUILDINOS i Brer mfg. co. I Attn. P.E. Hess C | Bo* 337, Oxford, PA 19363 | Dealer Inquiries Available in; Pennsylvania Counties: | Armstrong, Indiana, Lne, Crawford, Warren, Elk, ■ Cameron, McKean, Clinton, Lycoming, ■ Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, Butler, Mercer, ■ Lawrence, Beaver, Bradford, Susquehanna New Jersey I Counties - Sussex, Morris, Passaic, atlantic.Cape May I No Dealer fees. I Name • I I Address j County • City _ L. 8., his sons Brad and Richard, and a horse training associate Ken Reid of Hanover, have been busy for weeks preparing the three mares and' three stallions that make up the Omdorffs show string. TTiey have been groomed daily and taught to lead and pose properly for the show. Corrective hoof trimming and shoeing has all been done in advance of the competition. Mrs. Orndorff has been busy getting the show equipment in shape and preparing all the decorative ribbon used to braid the horses’ manes and tails all this Farmsted I Buildings - 40’ or larger with galvalume walls i Bethlehem State. .V Valley Ranch Belgium mares out for a workout as a hitched team. and roof and 20’xl3’ double slide door. More good news when specified as roofing or siding Galvalume is warranted, under exposure to normal atmospheric conditions, for a period of twenty years against rupture, perforation, or structural failure I KNOXVILLE B.T. LEROY E. MYERS. I CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION INC. j Knoxville, Pa. 16928 P.0.80x 535 Route HI, Box 163 I PH: 814-326-4188 Biglerville, Pa. 17307 Clear Spring, Md. 21722 I PH; 717-677-6121 PH: 301-582-1552 A. E. ENGEL. INC P.0.80x 216 Martton, N.J. 08053 PH: 609-983-4404 in preparation for their, trip to Harrisburg on Friday and the horse judging competition next Monday. Although son Bradley will be showing for a neighboring farm. Pheasant Hollow Farm, L.B. says that he doesn’t really mind. You see, L.B. sold Pheasant Valley' Farm their entire showstring including a filly “Sherrie” who was Grand Champion Filly at the 1981 Expo plus six of his 1981 foals, all by his own breeding. Says L. 8., “Actually the better they do, the better we do since it all promotes our breeding stock. And, m 20 YEAR WARRANTY C&M SALES INC. R.D.HI Honesdate, Pa. 18431 PH;7I7-253-1612 •y . Orndorffs L.B. is expecting six foals all sired by Sonny later this spring. since all the animals are related we can combine our entries and get into more of the group classes.” Next year the Orndorffs say they hope to have enough-horses to enter a six-horse hitch team plus individual class entries. , As to why the Orndorffs exhibit at the Farm Show, L.B. quite emphatically puts it, “There’s no money in showing. In fact my wife figures that it will cost us close to $7OO for the week including tran sportation, meal and such for the family and horses. But, it’s fun and you meet a lot of nice people. It’s sort of like our vacation.” ' It’s also good advertising. Orn dorff who sells almost exclusively by private treaty finds that the Farm Show brings in buyers from „ v V} * ORVILLE MACK P.0.80x 47 Nazareth. Pa. 18064 PH: 215-759-1331 Canada and Virginia' and even helps the grade horse sales business. gfe f Says Orndorff; • ‘We receive v for horses all year long. They see our name in the Pa. Draft Horse Journal or at Farm Show and they call us or just stop in. "It’s amazing how horse'prices have gone up in spite of the economy. Horses that were selling for $1,600 seven years ago are now bringing around $7,000 a piece. The demand for quality breeding stock is high and if you can’t sell them around here, just take them west to Ohio or lowa and they snatch them right up.” Although L.B. buys and sells horses and livestock for other (Turn to Page A3O) D. E. SMITH, INC. Miftlintown, Pa. 17059 PH: 717-436-2151 W.R. 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