A34—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 3,1983 SC 4-H’ers parade through Bi, HARRISBURG - One hundred seventy-six 4-H club members from seven counties exhibited 251 blue ribbon winning dairy project animals Monday in the 16th Annual Southcentral District 4-H Dairy Show held at the Farm Show Building, Harrisburg. The entries from the seven Southcentral Pennsylvania counties included, 16 entries from Adams County, 33 entries from Cumberland, 27 entries from Dauphin, 44 entries from Franklin, 62 entries from Lancaster, 28 entries from Lebanon, and 41 entries from York County. Included in the in the animals exhibited were 128 Holsteins, 27 Brown Swiss, 49 Jerseys, 18 Ayrshires, 27 Guernseys and 2 Milking Shorthorns. Type judge for the Brown Swiss, Guernsey and Holstein breeds was Lee Majeskie, Dairy Specialist from the University of Maryland, who coaches the Maryland 4-H and collegiate dairy judging teams. Mike Stiles of Virginia judged the Ayrshire and Jersey type classes. Majeskie and Stiles, judging in side by side rings, worked in a coordinated effort that moved the classes through the ring in good time. They gave the exhibiting 4-H members and ob servers concise and exacting reasons for their placings. During the course of the show, exhibitors who did an outstanding job of fitting and showing their animals were given a Master Fitter or Master Showman Award. No champions were selected in these categories. Judges for these fitting and showing awards were In stiff competition in the Holstein breed, Tom McCauley came out with top honors as his very dairy junior 2-year-old won the Grand Champion. Reserve Champion went to a 4- year-old exhibited by Jennifer Weimer. Pictured with the champs is Judge Lee Majeskie. •'t to Doug Fiedt, for his reserve Champion aged cow, and the Grand went to Judy Mase for her 3-year-oW. Making the presentation was Lan caster County Dairy Princess Boni Gochenaur. Jane Pepple, Oxford, and Jason Myers, Maryland. Glenn Shirk, county agent - agriculture, and show manager, estimated 400 spectators were present during the day. Shirk also noted that the top blue ribbon animals in each class are eligible to compete in the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show which will be held Monday, September 26, at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show in Harrisburg. 4-H members are limited to exhibiting two animals m the Junior Show. The district show was sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State University. Extension personnel did an excellent job of coordinating the show. Classes ran beck to beck, in two side by side rings, without delay or confusion. Adult volun teers working as ring checkers, nng managers, class starters, ring clerks, and sanitary engineers, helped the show run smoothly. A very dairy, extremely sharp, junior 2-year-old exhibited by Thomas McCauley of Elizabethtown, won the Grand Champion of the Holstein breed, in competition with 127 other Holsteins. The young cow, Queen Star Sexy, is a Sexation daughter. She took the Grand Champion title at the Lancaster County 4-H show and was the Junior Champion at last year’s Elizabethtown Fair. McCauley is a member of the Lancaster County 4-H Dairy Club, and is in his third year of showing. Reserve Grand Champion of the Holstein breed went to Jennifer Weimer, New Oxford, Adams County. Jennifer exhibited a Marvex daughter, Elsie Weim- Sharr Marvex, to win the title. In her fourth year of showing dairy cattle, Jennifer will be taking two 4-H animals and two FFA animals to the Junior Dairy Show. Jennifer is a member of the Adams County Dairy 4-H Club and is a sophmore at New Oxford High School. In the Guernsey breed Douglas Layman, 17, a member of the Quincy-Washington 4-H Club, won the Grand Champion with his aged cow, Hoovervilie Winston Janice. Doug has been showing for nine years, he exhibited two animals in Monday’s show, both are eligible to go to the state show. The Reserve Champion, went to McCulloughs Choice Dona, a junior 2-year-old, exhibited by 12-year-old Jeff McCullough. Jeff is a member of the Blue Mountain 4-H Club. Patty Dreisbach, Pennsylvania Jersey Queen, presented a brother and sister team from Hamburg with the Championship titles in the Jersey breed. It was the second consecutive year that Doug and Tina Martin stood side by side in the winners circle. Doug, 18, captured the Grand again this year with his 4-year-old, Top-O-Hill Milestone Faithful, who claimed the same title last year. Tina won the Reserve Grand Champion with her junior 2-year-old, Cowdale Samsonite Delight. Doug and Tina are both members of the Green Castle Atrium 4-H Dairy Club. Both exhibited four animals each in Monday’s show, and both will taking two animals each to the state show. Judy Mase, 11, a member of the NoSoAn Dairy Club in Lebanon took the Grand Champion in the Brown Swiss breed with a 3-year old, Jessie Improver Lena, bred by her brother Gary. The Reserve Grand went- to David Feidt, 18, for his aged cow, Ramy Design Rochelle. Feidt is a veteran showman, having exhibited dairy cattle for 11 years. He is a member of the Dauphin County 4-H Dairy Club. And, another brother-sister team from Millersburg took the championship titles in the Ayrshire breed. Debrorah Shetterly took the Grand with her senior 2-year-old, Sycamore Meade Champ’s Luvie, as her brother, Steven next to her with the Reserve Grand, Sycamore Meade Champ’s Bessie, a 3-year old. A listing of the top three winning exhibitors in each class follows: MILKING SHORTHORN Show Result* Junior Calf 1. Christine Young, Newville. S-Year-CHd 1. Christine Young. Junior, Senior, Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Christine Young HOLSTEIN Show Results Junior Heifer Call 1 Jody Reasner. Shtppensburg, 2 Eric KeMer Gettysburg, 3 Stephanie Wagner, Jonestown Intermediate Heifer Calf 1 Robert Barley Washington Boro 2 Bryan Hostetter. Annviile. 3 Rodney Myers Cham bersburg Senior Heifer CaW I Lela Mummert. East Berlin. 2 Thomas Barley, Washington Boro, 3 Amy Shoemaker, Dover Junior Yearling Heifer 1 John F Stamy IV. Mechamcsburg. 2 April Wmgert. Chambersburg. 3 Bndgett Boyer York Senior Yearling Heifer t Bndgette Boyer. York. 2 Nelson Bomgardner, Ono. 3 Beverly Meyers. Chambersburg Junior Champion Bngetie Boyer Reserve Jr. Champion Nelson Bomgardner Jr 2-Year-Ofd 1 Thomas McCauley. Elizabethtown 2 C E Hubbard HI. New Cumberland 3 Steve Eckstine Mercersburg Sr 2-Year-OW 2 C £ Hubbard 111. 2 Bonita Eshleman, Chambersburg 3 Dale Balmer. Lebanon 3-Year-OW Cow 1 Kelly Krebs Glen Rock 2 Adam Sonnen, Richland 3 Michelle Corman Mechamcsburg A-Year-OW Cow 1 Jennifer Werner new Oxford 2 Rebecca Dyarman Shippensbprg 3 Karen Shertzler Lancaster Aged Cow 1 Kathy Ourboraw Gettysburg 2 David Lentz. Lebanon. 3 JenmferStauffer. Ephrata Semor Champion Thomas McCauley jdg(_ Deborah as the Grand Champion of the Ayrshire breed. Deborah's brother, Steven, won the Reserve Champion with his 3-year-old. ig „ ... Grand Champion aged cow. Jeff McCullough on the right won the Reserve Champion for the Guernsey breed for his junior 2 ild, M ' Pa. Jsrsey Queen Patty Dreisbach presented Doug Martin with the Grand Champion trophy for the Jersey breed, his sister, Tina, won the Reserve Champion with her junior 2- year-old. Reserve Sr. Champion Jennifer Werner Grand Champion Female Thomas McCauley Reserve Grand Champion Female Jennifer Weicner County Group 1 York. 2 Lancaster. 3 Lebanon. 4 Adams. 5 Cumberland, 6 Franklin, 7 Dauphin AYRSHIRE Show Results Junior Heifer Caff 1 Michelle Kerdeman Manheim. 2 Donna Sbetlerly. Millersburg Intermediate Heifer Calf 1 Lisa Keefer, Millersburg 2 Fred Esbenshade Quarryville Senior Heifer Calf 1 Anita Brommer, Conestoga Junior Yearling Heifer 1 Deborah Shetterly Millersburg. 2 Anita Brommer Semor Yearling Heifer 1 Sherry Keefer; 2 Earl Eshelman. Quarryville Kristina Esbenshade. Quarryvilie Junior Champion Sherry Keeler Arena Reserve Jr. Champion Deborah Shetterly Jr. 2-Year-Old 1 Heather Hemley, Lebanon Sr. 2-Year-Otd 1 Deboray Shetterly; 2 Anthony Spnchler, Mt -toy 3-Year-OWCow 1 Steven Shetterly, Millersburg. 2 Angela Spickler, Mt Joy 4-Year-Old Cow 1 Max Brommer, Conestoga Aged Cow 1 Heather Hearnley Senior Champion Deborah Shetterly Reserve Sr. Champion Steven Shetterly Grand Champion Deborah Shetterly Reserve Grand Champion i'\v Steven Shetterly %J) County Group 1 Dauphin 2 Lancaster (Turn to Page A 35)
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