BY GINGER SECRIST MYERS Staff Correspondent CLEAR SPRING, Md. - Franklin County Guernsey breeders have found a delicious way to make a dent in their milk surplus and, at the same time, provide one of the highlights of their annual summer, barn meeting. While this year’s event, held Aug. 6 included the traditional guest speaker and judging contest, interest also was centered on the refreshment area with ten freezers of home-made ice-cream con taining five different flavors. Hosting the event was the Seth K. Schnebly family, Crown Stone Guernseys, Clear Spring, Md. Seth, a former National Director on the Board of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, noted that the farm is a family operation which includes his sons, William and John and their wives. Their 45 registered cows have a rolling herd average of 13,600 pounds of milk and 620 pounds of butterfat and have collected a number of championship rosettes with their | . 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For arrangements for special sales or herd dispersals at our bam or on your farm, contact: Abram Diffenbach, Mgr. 717-354-4341 OR Ajf. Norman Kolb \ 717-397-5538 Millie Linde, left, guest speaker at the summer barn meeting of the Franklin County Guernsey Breeders, is shown with winners of judging contest, from the left, Laban Garber, Crystal Benedict, Robert Eckstein and Nancy Myers. including agriculture. One highlight of the trip was attending the county’s National Guernsey Show which is held bi annually. Linde noted that show practices are very different in South Africa. While the cattle are washed for the show, they are not clipped, bagged, or fitted for the show in any other manner. Only the farm owners are permitted to show the animals and women are barred from entering the showring. The cattle are exhibited at their natural gait and are not even posed for pictures, according to Linde. 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