PERIODICALS DIVISION f e rNSrv T AN E .. L S?M %^^fo r” - LNIVERSITVJHRK. PA 16302 n (iI iTnTr tjWm tiQßUsifv of. A s»wj'i|-iniiL...^Wllr ,, "‘‘^*l^ l *gg*M^ VOL 29 No. 45 Doeberiener sweeps Holstein championships W. Pa. champs snitch; red cow takes grand BY WENDY WEHR and ROBIN PHILLIPS KUTZTOWN - The 4th Penn sylvania Holstein State Cham pionship Show culminated with a first this year - Senior and Grand Champion honors were captured by a red & white cow, C Gala Hill Kelly Ned-Red, owned by Queens Manor Holsteins of Jamestown. Paul King, judge, remarked, Tm not really a red enthusiast, but I liked this cow when she first walked into the ring. ” The Doeberiener’s of Queens Manor took home the Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion titles as well. The reserve champ, 2-year-old C Houdale Tempo Rachael, owned by Justin E. Doeberiener, was clearly a close second. As show judge Paul King announced the Wehr gets LF dairy post LITITZ - Wendy C. Wehr joins Lancaster Farming this week, replacing Laura England as dairy editor. She is a graduate of Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in communications studies. Wehr began agricultural writing while a student at Penn State. During her senior year and following graduation she wrote and edited stories in the Agricultural Communications Department of the College of Agriculture. More recently she has worked as an editor for the College of Human Development and as an editor of continuing education materials at Penn State. Formerly from Mifflinburg, 3 states share top honors at Md. Fair Holstein Show Senior and grand champion at the Md. State Fair Holstein Show is Hickory Green Lynn Conductor, owned by E.B. Lee and Sons, and exhibited by George Edgerton. Offering congratulations are judge Loren Elsass, State Dairy Princess Tarra Woodfield and Jim Hill. Four Sections winners, he remarked, “I hope this doesn’t take anything away from the 2-year-old. She certainly is a beautiful cow.” In the Western Pennsylvania Championship Show, the closely matched Queens Manor duo reversed the titles. Rachael won the senior champion and grand champion titles, while Kelly Ned- Red finished as the reserve champ. The grand champion was sired by Agro Acres Marquis Ned. Her dam is Gala Hill Dale-Red. She was bred by Robert D. Blair. At age 2 years and 3 months she tested at 4.5, and as a 3-year-old she had 4.3 butterfat. Sired by Roybrook Tempo, Rachael is the daughter of Richrivef Chief Gandi. Justin (Turn to Page A3O) Wendy Wehr Union County, Wehr comes from a family of dairy farmers. Her brother Mark currently manages a (Turn to Page Al 2) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8,1984 The Doeberiener's of Queens Manor Farm, captured Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion honors in the State Holstein Show. Justin Doeberiener, left, holds the reserve winner; Harvey Clem with grand champion and Ed Doeberiener. Pa. Bottle Bill dilemma - job loss fear vs. ag problem BY DICK ANGLESTEIN HARRISBURG - The lines of the proposed mandatory deposit bottle bill issue were clearly drawn at the opening of committee hearings Thursday at the Capitol. And this bottle bill issue presents something of a no-win dilemma, according to legislators con sidering it. The issue centers on the fear of job losses principally in the glass industry versus an ag problem that includes equipment damage, downtime and livestock losses. And from comments and questions of the legislators at Thursday’s opening session of Glass workers came ap propriately dressed for Bottle Bill hearing. The Lees of Fa., Hoffs of Md ., Gitts of Pa, exhibit champions BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent TIMONIUM, Md. Top awards in the Maryland State Fair’s Labor Day Holstein show were split among three states, with Virginians taking home a lion’s share of the big prizes. E.B. Lee and sons, of White Post, Va., carried off the senior and grand champion banners, along with the junior champion title, when judge Loren Elsass of Wapakoneta, Ohio, had finished lining up the 200 head in this out standing show. Topping the competition was Hickory Green Lynn Conductor, a stylish, homebred five-year-old trailing a string of previous awards through her show career. $7.50 per Year hearings, their apparent dominant position might be described as: Sincere sympathy lies with farmers and there’s a realization that something must be done about litter, but in view of the possible losses of glass industry jobs primarily in Western Penn sylvania, the weight of decision is tipped against the bottle bill. Thursday’s session, which ran much later than the agenda schedule, featured container in dustry representatives lined up against the proposed bill and ag, outdoor and environmental in terests favoring it. The glass industry was sup (Turn to Page A 24) She was All-Virginia as a three and four-year-old, and nominated for All-American last year as a four-year-old. At the Virginia Spring Show, her only other competition yet this year, she topped the five-year-old class and earned the judge’s nod as best uddered. Sired by Wapa Arlmda Con ductor, Lynn produced 21,000 lbs. as a heifer, 25,000 in her second lactation and is currently working on a 27,000 record. Her dam is a VG Astronaut, and the second dam is alsoVG. The Marlin Hoff family’s Coldsprings Farm at New Windsor claimed the reserve champion honors with their homebred (Turn to Page A 22)
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