Spinners Jean Ware, Kathy Furlong and Linda Williams (left
to right, foreground) were on hand to demonstrate their skills
with wool.
Sheep Field Day
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PSU’s Dept, of Ag Engineering to
any Ag Extension office with' an
Apple HE computer.
Another highly informative
demonstration was on sheep
pasture forage, featuring the
brassicas. According to Dr. Sid
Bosworth, Extension Agronomy
expert, brassicas - namely turnips,
kale, swede, and rape - are so tasty
to sheep that you have to “force
them to eat tall fescue grass.”
Recommended varieties of
brassicas include Green Globe
turnip, York Globe turnip, Sirius
trunip, Rangi rape, Fora rape,
Wairoa rape, Tyfon rape, Calder
swede, Sensation swede, Marrow
stem kale and Gruner kale.
Specific planting and cultural
notes were available at the
demonstration or can be obtained
from local Extension offices.
Dr. Gerald Jung, of the U.S.
Regional Pasture Research
Laboratory, states there is just
“one problem with these, they are
too good. Brassicas are loaded
with protein, sugar and starch, but
don’t have much fiber." He
recommends that, to avoid any
digestive problems, pasture grass
or hay should be fed along with
brassica forage.
Brassicas are suitable for dairy,
sheep, and beef animals.
A very popular event with the
public were the working dog
events, held Friday and Saturday.
On Saturday, border collies named
Perky, Tiny, and Kim demon-
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strated their natural herding
abilities on both flocks of sheep and
ducks, heeding the verbal com
mands and whistles of their
trainers/owners Walt Jagger and
his daughter Cheryl. Jagger is a
Dorset breeder and sheep dog
trainer at Sheepy Hollow Farm,
Hop Bottom, Pa.
According to Jagger, when his
four children grew up and left
home he decided to “get herd dogs
to chase after the sheep so I didn’t
have to. Each herd dog is as
valuable as 10 good men”, in his
estimation. He demonstrated, that
a properly trained herd dog can
move sheep without abusing them.
“See, the sheep aren’t even
breathing hard,” he pointed out.
To round out the two-day event,
the Pennsylvania 7th annual
Performance Tested Ram Lamb
and Invitational Ewe Sale was held
Saturday evening, adjacent to the
Ag Ar£na at the Pa. Dept, off
Agriculture’s Meat Animal
Evaluation Center.
MILLPORT Supreme
champion of the 96 animals shown
at the Potter County Open Dairy
Show, last week, was Ivajen Creek-
Bluff Ina, a 4-year-old Holstein
owned by Snyder Farms, West
field, and shown by Don Thomp
son.
The cow won a first place blue
ribbon in its class and was also
senior champion female. Head
waters Production Credit
presented the award to the owners
of the Supreme Champion.
Reserve senior champion and
reserve grand champion was
Barkview Camaro, a junior 2-year
old, shown by Ron and Candy
Cooney.
Millerdale Farms, owned by
Alvin and Donald Miller, was
named premier breeder and
premier exhibitor. Millerdale took
first place in dam and daughter
class as well as in produce of dam.
The best three females trophy
was won by Candy and Ron
Cooney. Top dairy herd was shown
by Allegen Farms, Genesee.
First place ribbon for Holstein
junior heifer calf went to Barkview
Napoleon Champagne, shown by
Ron and Candy Cooney.
Snyder Farms’ Snyder Marc
Pokey Poppy was named first
place winner in the intermediate
heifer calf class, while David
Angood showed the top senior
heifer calf, Ansdale Escalator
Coralea.
George and Bonnie Barker of
Barkstead Farm took top honors in
the junior yearling heifer class
with Barkview Brooks Vanity,
while Ron and Candy Cooney with
Barkview Sexy Bamboo took the
intermediate heifer class. Jeff
Pirrung, Ulysses, showed the top
Holstein senior yearling.
Junior champion female was
Snyder Marc Pokey Poppy of
Snyder Farms and Reserve
Champion was Millerdale Elective
Shana. Millerdale also took the
award for junior get of sire.
Kevin Risser showed the top dry
cow 3 and 4 years old, Marvelea
Star Honey, as well as the top dry
cow, five years and over, Mar-
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Snyder Farms cow wins
Potter Dairy Show honors
benview Pet Don Pat,
Ron and Candy Cooney’s
Barkview Camaro was the top
junior two year old while Miller
dale Bennett Wilma was the top
senior two year old Holstein.
Top 3-year-old Holstein was
-Barkview Triple T. Carmel shown
by Ron and Candy Cooney. Snyder
Farms had the top four-year-old
Ivajen Creek-Bluff Ina, while
Millerdale Conductor Ruth was the
top cow five years and over.
Snyder Farm’s Ivajen Creek-
Bluff Ina also took the best udder
award.
The top bull calf, Dunlea Jay,
was also the grand champion bull.
It was shown by Ken Dunn,
Coudersport.
Grand champion and senior
champion Brown Swiss was
Conover Hill Dona Gertrudis
shown by Diane Prince. Diane also
had the reserve grand champion
female and junior champion
female, PrinFarm Impro Foxy
Lady.
The two cows, a dry cow three
and four years old and senior
heifer calf won their owner a first
place blue award for the dam and
daughter class. Diane’s brother,
Patrick Prince, showed the
reserve junior champion an in
termediate heifer.
Grand champion female Ayr
shire and senior champion female
was a three year old cow, Gainey
R. Julia, shown by Georgie
Barker. The reserve grand
champion and reserve senior
champion was Ash Avenue
Roman’s Julia 12M, shown by
Karmen Tomb. Junior champion
female was Chestnut Grove
Liberal Jenny, shown by Georgie
Barker, while reserve junior
champion female was Com
manders Honey Avenue Karmen
shown by Karmen Tomb.
Kevin Kosa’s, Laureldon
Minister Colleen, was the grand
champion female and senior
champion female Jersey. She is a
senior two year old. Reserve senior
champion female Jersey was
Laureldon Min Irene, a three year
old cow shown by Luke Crossley.
Laureldon Minister Colleen was
judged to have the best udder, and
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Kevin Kosa also took first place in
the dam and daughter class.
The junior champion female was
Minister Noble Mauleen, shown by
Kevin Kosa and was an in
termediate heifer calf. Jeremiah
Kosa’s senior heifer calf, EDKO
Missy Yolanda Nippersink, was
the reserve junior champion
female. First place blues went to
Luke Crossley, junior heifer calf;
Kevin Kosa, intermediate heifer
calf; Jeremiah Kosa, senior heifer
calf; and Luke Crossley, in
termediate yearling heifer.
In the open beef show, Louise
Crossley’s senior yearling heifer
was named champion Angus
female while Judy Erway’s,
Christi, was reserve champion
female. Both girls took first place
blue ribbons in their class.
Gina Spees had the champion
Charolais-Holstein, Cinnamon,
which took a first place blue ribbon
as a junior heifer calf. Champion
female Hereford was a three year
old cow, Buford, owned by Janet
Matthews. Kevin Kosa’s Daisy, a
summer yearling heifer, took
reserve champion female. Janet
also took a first place blue with
Biscuit, while Alan Cornell had a
first place with his junior yearling
heifer, Lade.
Stephanie Carpenter’s Patches a
7/8 Simmental took a first place
blue and was the champion female
of its breed.
The overall grand champion beef
female was Stephanie Carpenter’s
Patches, while the reserve
champion was Louise Crossley’s
Angus, Trudy.
Grand champion market steer
was Parmalee, a heavyweight
polled Hereford. Joel Kosa had the
reserve champion steer, a medium
weight, Bubba Beefer. Matthews
and Kosa took first place blue
ribbons as did Nedra Matthews in
the lightweight class with Tubbs.
Leroy Plance was dairy judge
and Jack Erway, beef judge. Tom
Kibbe was ringmaster and Roland
Dupe iron announcer. Catelinn
Farm presented the Grand
Champion Holstein trophy. Donors
of show healters for prizes were
Iva-Jen Farm, Alfred Tomb,
Millerdale Farm, Dennis Snyder,
Buckstead Farm, Sarah Gilliland,
Knoxville Purina, Aliegen Farm,
Gene and Phyllis Thompson, Kevin
and Martha Risser and Guy Dunn.