Lancaster Guernsey makes comeback-‘champion-style’ BY DONNA TOMMRI I.RO FARM SHOW Guernsey show judge John Morris said Elsie and Scott Wolff’s Guernsey was “a real working cow,” Tuesday morning and with that, the Farm Show had another grand champion. But the Lancaster County couple Hess to say, Elsie Wolff is grateful her top milker survived a severe allergic reaction at last year's Farm Show. To show her appreciation, the 7-year-old Guernsey put 75 pounds of milk in the bucket the day she was crowned this year. Sheaffer’s Holstein (Continued from Page Al) named grand and senior champion in the youth division. Hi-Lev Minnie Elevation Pam was the 3- year-old entry of Don Jenkins of Troy. Behind Jenkins’ entry, judge Hagan named Kerchenhill Snowbird as reserve grand and reserve senior champion. The aged cow, a Bootmaker daughter, was exhibited by Helen Seidel of Kutztown Pennwood Farms, owned by Harvey Stoltzfus of Morgantown won the Premier Exhibitor award. Additional results of the Farm Show open Holstein competition follow. HOLSTEIN Junior Calf 1 Thomas A McCauley. Elizabethtown, 2 Jennifer Weimer, R 2 New Oxford, 3 Lesley King, R 2 Delta. 4 David A Manng. R 9 Gettysburg. 5 M Thomas &C Sheaffer. R 5 Carlisle Junior Calf Youth 1 Jennifer Weimer. 2 David A Manng, 3 Don Jenkins, R 2 Troy, 4 Laurie Ridinger, R 2 Bigler vide, 5 Richard Bupp. R 2 Seven Valley Senior CaH 1 Todd E Reed. Rl Remholds, 2 M Thomas S C Sheaffer. 3 Robert E Gitt. R 2 Littlestown. 4 Rhonda L Fahrney. Waynesboro, 5 Robert H Kauffman. Elizabethtown Senior Calf Youth 1 ToddE Reed. 2 Rhonda L Fahrney, 3 Lesley King, 4 Kenneth Long. R 1 Elizabethtown, 5 Scott D Shertzer. Rl Millersville Jr. Year Heifer 1 Russel L Kline. R 2 Denver, 2 John Paul Wensel, Rl Petersburg, 3 Todd E Warner, Rl New Park, 4 P & Barrett D Miller, Harrisburg, 5 Jeffersono 4CJ Yoder, Rl Elverson Jr. Vr. Herter Youth 1 John Paul Wensel. 2 Todd E Warner, 3 Karen Freese, Oxford, 4 Todd R Martin. Rl Volant, 5 Daryl L Balmer, R 4 Lebanon Sr. Year Heifer I M Thomas 4 C Sheaffer: 2 Judy Zim merman, Rl Elizabethtown, 3 V E & John A Foster Jr, Rl Petersburg, 4 Robert H Kauffman, SAW Moore, R 6 Mercer Sr. Year Heifer Youth 1 Judy Zimmerman, 2 Thomas A McCauley, Elizabethtown, 3 Todd R Martin, 4 Glenn H Stoltzfus, Rl Morgantown, 5 Amssa Kensmger, Rl Ebensburg Jr. Champxm Female 1 M Thomas SC. Sheaffer. Jr. Champion Youth 1 ToddE. Reed Reserve Jr. Champion Female 1 ToddE Reed Reserve Jr. Champion Youth could have received a ’’thank you for entering” instead as a result of a dreadful night during last year’s Farm Show. The Wolffs’ grand champ, England Farms H. Mill arrived at Farm Show 1981 with a sore foot. The night before the Guernsey 3or4Dry Cow 1 M Thomas & C Sheaffer. 2 Kenneth Mowry, R 1 Roaring Spring 3 John SAnnabelle Foster. Rl Petersburg. 4 Paul R King, R 2 Delta, 5 Racquelle A Fava, Scenerj Hill k 3 or 4 Dry Cow Youth 1 Stanley M Wensel 3rd. R 1 Petersburg 5 or Over Dry Cow 1 Stanley Helman. Chambersburg. 2 Christine I Gilt. R 2 Littlestown. 3 P & Barrett D Miller. 4 John Stamy 111. R 2 Mechamcsburg. 5 Paul E Miller & Sons. Harrisburg 5 or Over Dry Cow Youth 1 David King. 2 Donald L Stoltzfus. RI Morgantown, 3 Doyle Stump. R 3 Bernville 2 and Under 3 Cow 1 Leroy & Joyce Bupp, R 2 Seven Valley, 2 Harvey W Stoltzfus, 3 IdaJ & L Leroy Fiance, R 3 Wellsboro. 4,5 Robert E Gitt, R 2 Littlestown 2to3Yr Cow Youth 1 Don Jenkins, 2 Ed Hostetter, R 3 Aannville, 3 Christine L Wensel. 4 Charles L Peffer, R 6 Carlisle. 5 Michelle L Cornman, R 2 Mechanic sburg 3 and Under 4 Cow 1 Jefferson D Yoder. Rl Elverson, 2 Daryl L Balmer. R 4 Lebanon. 3 Don Jenkins, 4 Russel L Kline, 5 Harvey W Stoltzfus 3to4Yr Cow Youth 1 Daryl L Balmer, 2 Donald L Stoltzfus. 3 Andrea Bednarski, RX Avella, 4 Robert Steven Kauffman, 5 Linda Buffington. Rl Millersburg 4 and Under 5 Cow 1 Kenneth Mowry. 2 Harvey W Stoltzfus 3 Russel L Kline, 4 David King, 5 Jefferson 0 Yoder 4tosYr. Cow Youth I David King, 2 Denise Stump, R 3 Bernville 5 and Over Cow 1 M Thomas & C Sheaffer. 2 Ida J & L Leroy Plance. 3 Christine L Gitt, 4 Jed & E Wayne Beshore, New Cumberland, 5 Paulß King 5 and Over Cow Youth 1 Helen L Seidel, Kutztown, 2 Donna M Stump. 3 Kathy E Durboraw,R9 Gettysburg Championship Udder 1 Ida J & L Leroy Plance Sr. Female Champion 1 M Thomas SC Sheaffer Sr. Champion Youth 1 Don Jenkins Sr. Female Reserve Champion 1 IdaJ 4L Leroy Plance Reserve Sr. Champion Youth 1 Helen J Seidel Female Grand Champion 1 M Thomas & C Sheafler Female Reserve Grand Champion 1 IdaJ 4L Leroy Plance Grand Champion Youth 1 Don Jenkins Res. Grand Champion Youth 1 Helen L Seidel Premier Breeder 1 Harvey W Stoltzfus Premier Exhibitor 1 M Thomas 4 C Sheaffer Exhibitor Herd 1 Ida J 4 L Leroy Plance, 2 Harvey W Stoltzfus. 3 Jefferson D Yoder, 4. Robert E Gitt,, 5 Kenneth Mowry Elsie Wolff, Quarryville and her 7-year-old real working cow” by the show judge, England Top Hornet daughter share the limelight Farms H Mill triumphed over a near-fatal following the Guernsey’s Grand and Senior setback at last year’s Farm Show. Champion win on Tuesday. Described as “a show, she received a penicillin shot tihistamine to counteract the Elsie. and almost immediately broke into hives, but her conditioned wor- The cow began hallucinating, hives, a sign of an allergic reac- sened. broke a few halters and managed tion. Elsie Wolff watched in horror as to run free. Lee Yost, business The show vet, said Elsie, was her top animal fought to breathe. manager for the Pennsylvania temporarily out of the building, “Her udder and vein turned blue Guernsey Breeders retrieved the when Mill received a dose of an- almost purple,” remembered (Turn to Page Al 9) Lt. jvernor William Scranton, second from of Seven Valleys and his entry Bupplyn Marvex left, was on hand to present ribbons during Patty. Scranton and Bupp are joined by state Tuesday’s Holstein competition. Receiving the Dairy Princess Charlene Rohrer and Secretary top blue in the 2-year-old class, is Leroy B; °* Agriculture Penrose Hallowed. 41',* Holstein Don Jenkins of nai grand champioi Bradford County and Helen Seidel of Berks while Seidel’s 4-year-old Bootmaker daughter County receive special recognition from the claimed the reserve spot. The winners are Pennsylvania Holstein Association following joined by state Dairy Princess Charlene big wins during Tuesday’s competition. Rohrer and PHA representative Diane Bliss. Jenkins’ 3-year-old Elevation daughter was Lancaster farming, saturoay; lanuary it, i9BZ-Ai) sr —‘ **
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