Brown victorious UNIONTOWN After wmning 10 firsts, two seconds and one third placing, Walter Brown, Con nellsville, was well on bis way to earning both the grand champion and reserve grand champion honors at the 14th annual Fayette County Black and White Show, Aug. 2. From his seven individual first place winners, Brown’s 3-year-old entry was named senior champion and grand champion overall. Cirde-B Carlo Pnncc Vickie was sired by Kanzabrook Mutt Carlo. Keserve honors went to Circle-B Carlo Marlene Lurie, a 4-yeai -old also sired by Carlo. Brown’s remaining three first place earnings were in the best three females, produce of dam, and the dam and daughter classes. Showing the junior champion winner was Raymond Brown, Acme. Brown’s senior yearling calf, Circle-B Michele Bootmaker, sired by Circle-B Bootmaker ■arty, won the honor. The reserve Waiter Brown, Connellsvilie, and his 3-year-old Holstein Were named the grand champion winners at the 14th annual Fayette County .Black and White Show. The cow, named Circle-B Carlo Prince Vickie, was sired by Kanzabrook Matt Carlo. Hort germplasm bank UNIVERSITY PARK - The science of horticulture needs a “germplasm” bank to preserve the best basic plants and to move ahead in creating superior new varieties, declared the director of the U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C., during an in ternational meeting of seedsmen recently at Penn State. “We have no germplasm bank of a single bedding plant,” stated Henry M. Cathey, keynote speaker jjka banquet heralding the 50th “niversary of All-American Selections, the national non-profit educational organization that evaluates new varieties of flowers and vegetables. “Agronomists, on the other hand, are storing away their ar senal of prime plant species,” he said. “These agromonists are exploring and collecting plants from their total geographical range and are preserving them for future generations of breeders.” Seedsmen from eight countries heard Cathey describe radical changes in product handling and heifer was an intermediate calf, Stonee-Kidge Persuader Amy Uem, owned by Kandy Brown, -Acme, and sired by Plushanski Persuader. Named the show’s grand champion bull was Feren-Valley Boots Kyan, a senior bull calf owned by Albert Michael Kerens, Dunbar, and sired by Sweet-Haven Lociunvar Boots. The reserve title was won by Michael Kuby, Smock, and his junior bull calf, Ku-Be Charlene Marvex Conquest, sired by Lawcrest Marvex-Twm. Lloyd Ebersole. of Sire Power, Tunkhannock, served as show judge. Championship trophy sponsors were Kevin Brown Tractor Sales, Southwest Dairy Supply, Union town Farm Equipment, Taurus Service Inc., Jackson Farms, American Breeders Service, W.C. Widdowson, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leonard. needed variety of plants through the years. He claimed “great interest” exists among gardeners in plan ting hardy grasses, hardy ferns, and wild flowers that will clothe a garden for all seasons. Gardeners want plants that need only a minimum of transplanting, pin ching, spraying, and pest management. He noted that Ladybird Johnson, wife of the late president, has helped organize and fund a national organization to conduct research and distribute in formation on native wild flowers. The Inemational Seedsmen’s Conference at Penn State was attended by representatives of seven foreign countries Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, India, the Netherlands, and West Germany. Fleuroselect, the European counterpart of All-America Selections (AAS), honored AAS with a certificate for 50 years of leadership in evaluating new varieties of vegetables and flowers. at Fayette Co. Holstein Show FAYETTE COUNTY SHOW Junior Bull Calf Michael J Ruby Senior Brin Calf Albert Michael Ferens Grand Champion Bull Albert Michael Ferens Res Grand Champion Bull Michael J Ruby Junior Heifer Calf 1. Raymond Brown. 2, Randy Brown. 3. Herring Farms intermediate Heifer Calf I. Randy Brown, 2. Robert Zitney. 3. David Wascafc Senior Heifer Calf 1, Jamison Poorbaugh, 2, Walter Brown. 3 Raymond Brown Junior Yearling Heifer 1. Walter Brown. 2. Chris Herring, 3. Robert W Zitney Senior Yearling Heifer i. Raymond Brown, 2. James Poorbaugh. 3, Jackson Farms Junior Champion Raymond B Brown Reserve Junior Champion Randy Brown 4*Year>Old and Under. Dry I. Allen Hill Dairy. 2, Robert Zitney. 3. Jackson Farms 5-Year-Old and Over, Dry 1. Walter Brown. 2. Jackson Farms. 3. Allen Hill Dairy * Junior 2-Year-Old *l. Allen Hill Dairy, 2. Kristi Brown. 3. Jackson Farms Lancaster Faming, Saturday, Augast 27,1983—A21 Reserve Grand Champion Walter Brown Best 3 Females 1. Walter Brown, 2. Allen Hill Dairy. 3. Jackson Farms Produce o<0»ro 1. Walter Brown, 2, Randy Brown. 3 Pat Wascak OamandOaufhter 1. Walter Brown: 2. AJlervHill Dairy, 3. Randy Brown
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