B3o—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 25,1982 (Continued from Page B 28) profitable,” states Laudenslager. given the championship ribbons. “With sheep, you don’t get rich but Both sheep were' sired by a you don’t lose money, either.” Brubaker ram out of one of Laudenslager explains he Michele’s Hampshire ewes.- currently runs both sheep and Michele, who owns 55 head of cattle on three farms comprising purebred sheep together with roughly 400 acres, adding “they brother Wayne, also had the complement each other in grazing champion Southdown ewe, the and pasture management. . first-place yearling. This ewe is York County’s Michele Banker! sired by Sky High, the Southdown had the winning entries in the ram who was grand champion at Gratz Fair Hampshire sheep show. Louisville, Kentucky in 1979. Even though school did not permit The champion Southdown ram her to personally show her sheep, was shown by Troy Schreffler, IS, they were in the capable hands of of Gratz. Troy, who is a member of father Preston Bankert. Bankert’s the Upper Dauphin FFA, exhibited yearling ram and ewe lamb were his two head of sheep for the first World Dairy Expo MADISON, Wis. Less than one week after the Pennsylvania All- American, dairy exhibitors will trek westward to the World Dairy Expo at the Dane County Ex position Center in Madison. The country’s largest dairy trade show begins on Wednesday, September 29 and concludes Sun day, October 3. In addition to the cattle shows. World Dairy Expo will feature national In tercollegiate, 4-H and FFA judging contests, a Craft Forum, a diversified women’s program and hundreds of commercial exhibits. The dairy'show schedules are as follows: September 29 Midwest Regional Jersey Show and National Milking Shorthorn Show (all bulls and young females); SMUCKER’S SALES SERVICE, INC. RD #2, BOX 21: NEW HOLLAND. 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In the beef competition, two Lebanon County showmen took grand and reserve grand steer honors, and grand champion female. Seventeen-year-old Dorene Eberly exhibited her Chianina x Angus steer to the grand cham pionship. Her Angus heifers was tagged grand champion female. Older brother Brett Eberly showed his Chi Angus steer to reserve honors, and he was selected as champion fitter and showman of Tuesday’s competition. Dorene and Brett’s parents are Raeu and Dorothy Eberly of Rl Newmanslown. Fourteen-year-old Amy Bowman of Elizabethville, showed her yearling Angus to reserve champion female honors. Amy is the daughter of Paul and Clara Bowman and the proud owner of three purebred Angus. Three breeds of goats were represented at this year’s Gratz Fair. Grand Champion Saanen honors went to a dry yearling _doe exhibited by Mike Brubaker of R 3 Halifax. Sired by Al-Har La David’s Goliath, Millie is out of Roundabout Buffy, a ewe owned by Anna Foster of Liverpool, Perry County. Mike who is the son of Marlin and Ellen Brubaker, purchased Millie' when she was a kid. Millie is one of three goats that call .the Brubaker farm home. These 4-H project animals share their farm with nearly 1,000 head of market hogs raised each year. In the Toggenberg competition, eleven-year-old Duane Peifer showed his dry yearling to the grand championship. Spruceup Sweet Delite is a homebred doe sired by Spruceup Naughtie Ukairah out of Spruceup Bit- Look For The Right One! Vertical-Shaft Pump F. ERNEST SNOOK RD 3 - Box 84, Mifflinburg, Pa. 17844 - Phone: 717-966-2736 tersweet. She is one . ten goats champion Nubian doe, a dry owned by the Truman and Dolly yearling named Cinnamon. April is Peifer family of Pillow. Earlier the daughter of James and Judy this year, Delite was chosen grand Lafferty of Rl Lykens. Along with fhampinn at the Pennsylvania her well-behaved goat 4-H project goats show held in Huntingdon, animal that could win prizes in boats Dolly, a proud mother and obedience class, April also is goat producer. raising a Guernsey heifer as ; April Lafferty, 15, showed the dairy cattle project. April Lafferty, 15, of R 1 Lykens exhibited the champion Nubian doe. Lynn and Dixie Laudensiager captured champion honors at the Gratz Fair with their winning Suffolk entries. The ewe, held by Dixie, was recently named reserve Supreme Champion of the York Fair. Also Available In Stock Tank Models S-3250, S-4500; injectors available. “LIQUID MANURE EQUIPMENT IS OUR ONLY GUSINESS” CALUMET DISTRIBUTOR Open Pit Pump Pumps any size lagoon with 2:1 slope wall so you don't need docks or loading platforms. Delivers 5,500 gallons per minute. Driven 9* 540 RPM from tractor PTO. Heavy-duty 25-ino. impellor. 25' length, with optional extension to pump the deepest pits. 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