E2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6,1984
311 entries in Bloomsburg Fair dairy show
BY MARGIE FUSCO
BLOOMSBURG - The weather
may have turned cold, but Scott
Kriebel, of Benton, was having a
hot tune last week. His “K-Dale
Morgan Adrea” Guernsey took
state honors in Harrisburg early in
the week, then copped 4-H Grand
Champion and Senior Champion
titles for him at the Bloomsburg
Fair. K-Dale Telestar Amy
sweetened the pot by taking Open
Class Senior and Grand Champion
honors for Kriebel as well.
With over 100 exhibitors and 311
dairy cattle entered, the dairy
judging was a lively two-day event,
the center of the agricultural
program at the 130-year-old fair.
Exhibitors came from as far away
as the Philadelphia area and
vg, .ith
Grand Champion and Senior Champion Holstein
Reserve Grand Champion and Junior Champion Jersey. She
is owned and held by Julie Hackett, Bloomsburg.
Lamb bid
BLOOMSBURG Bidding was
fast and furious for the Grand
Champion Market Lamb at the
Bloomsburg Fair 4-H/FFA sale on
Sept. 27. When the dust settled. Tod
Laudenslager, of Northumberland
County, walked off with $4-20 a
pound for his 124-lb. lamb. Sunset
Ice Cream, Williamsport, was the
buyer after a close contest against
W.A.DeHart. The $4-20 bid was a
new fair record for Bloomsburg.
The Reserve Grand Champion
Market Lamb, owned by Joyce
Harpster, of Boalsburg, brought
$2.50 a pound for its 92-lb. weight.
It was purchased by Breech’s Agri-
Service, Catawissa. Other lambs,
ranging from 85 to 125 lbs. brought
a range of 75 cents to $l.lO per
pound as winning bids. There were
27 lambs submitted for sale.
Market steer bidding was also
led by Sunset Ice Cream,
Williamsport, which took home the
1225-lb. Grand Champion steer for
$1.72 a pound. The steer was owned
Somerset to compete against the
best of the local talent.
Holstein
In the Open Class Holstein show,
Sansdale Farms, of Wyoming, Pa.,
owned the Grand Champion bull
and the Grand Champion and
Senior Champion cow. The
Reserve Grand Champion bull was
owned by Robert Bronson,
Bloomsburg. Dennis Wolff,
Millville, owned the Reserve
Grand Champion and Reserve
Senior Champion cow. The Junior
Champions were raised by Ben
jamin Wolff, Millville, and Jean
LeVan, Milton (Reserve).
Premier Breeder honors went to
Ritter-Ridge of Muncy, followed by
Franlo-Alken, Bellefonte, and
Globe Run, Petersburg, Pa. The
ter fair 4-H
sets record
by Chad Hummel of Selinsgrove.
Clark’s Feed Mill, Paxinos, won
the bidding for Paul Wertz’s 1245-
lb. Reserve Grand Champion
steer, at $1.09 per pound. Wertz
lives in the Danville area.
The First Place Lightweight
(920-lb.) steer, owned by Nathan
Hampton, of Columbia County,
went for 86 cents a pound to Beale
and Zeisloft Appliances, Millville.
Christine Baker of Nor
thumberland County sold her 1020-
lb. Middleweight First Place steer
for 70 cents lb. to Dick Baumert
Livestock, Herndon. Breech’s
Agri-Service bought the First
Place Light Heavyweight (1090-
lb.) steer from Greg Haladay of
Columbia County for 89 cents a
pound.
Twenty-one market steers were
put on the block. They ranged from
920 to 1420 lbs. and brought 61 cents
to $1.72 a pound. Auctioneer for the
evening was Mark Click. M.F.
Pen-Col winners at Bloomsburg Fair include “Old Quarry Demand Dee," right, Open
Class Holstein Grand Champion, held by Frank Jurbala; and 4-H Class Junior Champion,
“Pen-Col Pete Beth,” owned by Benjamin Wolff and held by his father, Dennis
Premier Exhibitor was Globe Run,
followed by Richard Yule,
Millville, and Ritter-Ridge
Columbia/Luzeme Counties took
first-place herd honors. Second
went to the Nor
thumberland/Montour herd,
followed by the Schuylkill County
herd.
Winners in the 4-H Class judging
were: Sandy Shuman, Bloomsburg
- Grand Champion and Senior
Champion; Darin Holdren,
Millville, Reserve Grand Cham
pion and Reserve Senior Cham
pion; Benjamin Wolff - Junior
Champion; Carey Jurbala,
Orangeville - Reserve Junior
Champion.
Jersey
Jersey Open competition was
nearly swept by Mildred Seeds of
Downingtown, who took all but the
Reserve Junior Champion honors,
which went to Joyce Harpster of
Boalsburg.
In the 4-H Jersey judging, Suann
Wech of Stillwater owned the
Grand Champion and Senior
Champion. Julie Hackett, of
Bloomsburg, -led her calf to the
Reserve Grand Champion and
Junior Champion titles, and her
sister Amy owned the Reserve
Junior Champion.
Ayrshire Open-Class honors
went primarily to Samuel Diehl of
Bedford. Diehl took Grand
Champion bull, as well as all the
cow honors except for Reserve
Junior Champion, which went to
Marian Dent of Berwick.
Brad Shultz, Danville, took 4-H
Grand Champion and Junior
(Turn to Pago E 3)
Bloomsburg sheep winners listed
BLOOMSBURG - Although
poultry and swine were missing
from this year’s Bloomsburg Fair,
there still was plenty of sheep
action in the livestock bams. This
year, the sheep comfortably took
over the hog bams and were happy
to show their stuff in the new
surroundings.
Eight breeds of sheep were
shown in the Open Class, and most
of the championship honors went to
the Moore family of Rome, Pa.
Ken and Ruth Moore owned the
Dorset, Hampshire, Shropshire,
and Rambouillet champions. Their
son Ken, Jr., had the champion
Cheviot ram and ewe.
Other awards went to Emil
Millott of Needmore for the
champion Corredale; Harold
Royster of Boalsburg, champion
Southdown ram; Frederick
Stillwagen, champion Southdown
ewe; and Max DeHart of Milton,
champion Suffolk.
Fairwood Astro Harriette, 4-H Holstein Grand Champion
and Reserve Senior Champion at Bloomsburg Fair is shown
with owner, Darin Holdren, Millville; and Stephanie Holdren-
Stackhouse.
Championship and Senior Championship at Bloomsburg Fair,
with owner Sam Diehl. Bedford, and granddaughter, Cathy
Diehl Kieffer.
Livestock 4-H sheep awards
were taken by: Jim Kodlick,
Beaver Springs - Southdown
Dorset ram; Kyle Brown,
Klingerstown - Dorset ewe;
Michael Troxell, Beaver Springs -
Hampshire Ram; Joyce Harpster,
Boalsburg - Shropshire ram and
ewe; Duane Bassett, Sunbury -
Suffolk ram and ewe.
The market lamb winners were
Todd Laudenslager, Dalmatia
(Grand Champion) and Joyce
Harpster, Reserve Grand
Champion.
Sheep showmanship awards in
the senior division went to Joyce
Harpster, First Place, followed by
Kyle Brown, Amy DeHart of
Milton, Jim Kodlick, and Sandra
Troxell of Beaver Springs. Junior
showmanship winners were Todd
Laudenslager, First Place,
followed by Kristen Gale of Ben
ton, Duane Bassett, Bess DeHart
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of Milton, and Troy Laudenslager.
Goats were also judged in the 4-H
Class. Debbie Smeltzer of
BeUefonte took Best of Show with
her two-year-old Alpine. She also
took top Alpine and LaMancha
honors. Harold Harpster,
Boalsburg, took second place
honors in the Alpine class and in
the Toggenburg judging, where he
had the Reserve Grand Champion.
Other winners were: Dana Harter,
BeUefonte - Grand Champion
Toggenburg and other Toggenburg
honors; Rosemary V. Zartman,
Vicksburg • Senior and Grand
Champion Nubian; Dana Marie
Holder Walker, BeUefonte - Junior
and Grand Champion a Saanen and
Reserve Grand Champion Nubian;
John Dugan, TurbotvUle - Reserve
Junior and Senior Champion
Nubian.
Judging the event were George
Hunger of State CoUege (Sheep)
and A.J. MUler of Furlong (Goats).