‘Tempty’ captures
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
HARRISBURG - It was no
surprise when the veteran
showwoman, Mildred Seeds,
Downingtown, Chester County,
captured the Grand Championship
of the Jersey Show at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show this past
Tuesday.
Her 7-year-old entry, Milestone
Tempty, has seen many, many
championships. A twice-scored
“excellent” daughter of Advancer
Sleeping Milestone, Tempty boasts
records over 14,000 pounds of milk
and butterfat tests to 5.6%. She is
currently milking 68 pounds per
day.
“Tempty” comes from the 12-
head show herd that Seeds has
bred over the years to excell in
both production and type. The
Seeds’, “Top 0 Hill” breeding also
gained Seeds the Premier Breeder
honors at this edition of Penn
sylvania’s finest.
Although missing the Grand
Championship rosette, the Dennis
and Rebecca Hardy family, Rl,
Petersburg, Huntington County,
garnered the Reserve Grand
Championship and the Best Udder
Premier Exhibitors, Dennis and Rebecca Hardy and
Premier Breeder, Mildred Seeds, are presented their awards
by Jersey Princess, Carol Hobaugh.
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other entries to take the Grand tremendous cow - by Guernsey
Championship of the Guernsey enthusiasts watc hing the show.
Champion Guernsey stands on the left with the Reserve
Champion of the Smith family on the right.
Dairy Princess Elizabeth Heald stand for the presentation of
the Premier Breeders Award shared by the Rutter and Smith
family. The Smith family took the Premier Exhibitor honors.
rosette in the open show and the
Grand and Reserve Grand honors
in the youth division.
It is the second Farm Show for
the Hardy’s and their children,
James, Jerome, and Janice.
“They’re very much involved,”
stated Rebecca Hardy about her
children and their 30-cow dairy
operation at home and their
showstring for the fairs and shows.
Practicing at five shows
throughout the year, including the
All American in Kentucky, the
Hardy’s took home the Premier
Exhibitor award from this Farm
Show.
Leading their showstring was
their championship cow, GR El
Prince Betty Dreamer. She boasts
records over 14,000 pounds milk.
The four year old bovine is a
daughter of Bettydon Quicksilver
Dreamer. The Reserve Grand
Champion, GR TK Saint Lilly, is a
three year old daughter of
Favorite Saint. Janice Hardy also
captured the Reserve Junior
Championship of the youth division
with TK ASM Bessy, a daughter of
Advancer Sleeping Milestone.
Junior Champion in the open
show went to Seeds, and the
aged Chedco TH Maxine co
Farm Show Jersey crown
Reserve junior Championship was
taken by the junior yearling, CLV
Gemini Sweet Fea. owned bv
Elizabeth Jenkins. Chester
County.
Complete placings as follows:
JERSEY OPEN
Show Results
Junior Calf
1 Mary Ellen Deaven Newville 2 Marlin
Deaven Newville 3 Karen L Sanner
Dowmngtown
Senior Calf
1 Joyce C Harpster Boalsburg 2 J Hardy
Petersburg 3 Stanley Reever East Berlin
Junior Yearling
1 Elizabeth A Jenkins Toughkenamon 2
Patricia A Jenkins Toughkenamon 3 Janice A
Hardy Petersburg
Intermediate Yearling
1 Mildred Seeds Downmgtown 2 Joyce L
Harpster Boalsburg 3 Stanley Reever East
Berlin
Senior Yearling
1 Mildred Seeds Downmgtown
Junior Champion Female
Mildred Seeds
Reserve Junior Champion Female
Joyce L Harpster
3 and 4-Year Old Dry Cow
1 James P Hardy Petersburg 2 Mildred
Seeds Downingtown 3 Marlin Deaven Newville
Aged Dry Cow
1 Patricia A Jenkins Toughkenamon 2
Mildred Seeds Downingtown 3 Mary Ellen
Deaven Newville
2 Year Old
I Mark Deaven Newville 2 Patricia A Jenkins
Toughkenamon 3 Patricia A Jenkins
Toughkenamon
3 Year Old Cow
1 Helen Ann McCahen Downingtown 2
Jerome E Hardy Petersburg 3 Marlin Deaven
Newville
4 Year Old Cow
1 James P Hardy Petersburg 2 Elizabeth A
Jenkins Toughkenamon 3 Ellen Hanson
Palmyra
Aged Cow
1 Mildred Seeds Downingtown 2 Eugenia Lee
Harpster Boalsburg 3 Jerome E Hardy
Petersburg
Best Udder
James P Hardy
Senior Champion Female
Mildred Seeds
Reserve Sr Champion Female
James P Hardy
Grand Champion
Mildred Seeds
Reserve Grand Champion
James P Hardy
Premier Breeder
Mildred Seeds
Premier Exhibitor
James P Hardy
Exhibitor Herd
1 James P Hardy 2 Patricia A Jenkins
JERSEY-YOUTH
Show Results
Junior Calf
1 Mary Ellen Deaven Newviile 2 Marlin
Deaven Newviile 3 Karen L Scanner
Downmgtown
Shown by David Alexander,
Dauphin County, “Maxine” is
jointly owned by the Alexander
brothers, Don and David, and
Rogelio Muyshondt of El Salvador.
She was just moved from Indiana
two weeks ago to the new
Alexander farm, A Grand View
Farm, in Middletown.
“We picked her out to be what
she is,” stated Don Alexander,
about the champion. The
Alexanders purchased “Maxine”
as a two year old in a private deal
with her breeder, C.E. Cotting, of
Massachusetts. From that point
on, this champion has made breed
history.
With records of 305 days, 23,699
milk, 6.7%, and 1597 fat, and a
record of 365 days, 26,089 milk,
6.7%, and 1737 fat, “Maxine” holds
the butterfat production record for
the breed. She has also proved her
type to be .'excellent” after being
named All American 2-year old in
1982; All American 3-year-old in
1983; Honorable Mention All
American 4-year-old in 1984; and
Grand Champion of the Eastern
and Central National Shows m
1985
It was in 1984 that she gained
worldwide notoriety at the World
Premier Sale in Madison, Wi.
Attracting the attention of her
current three-quarter interest
owner, Rogelio Muyshondt, El
Salvador, “Maxine” topped the
sale She sold for the record price
of $51.000 00, and cunentiv holds
the record for high selling female
Guernsey at auction.
This year marks the first time at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show for
the Alexanders and their
illustrious cow. Because of their
involvement in the successful
management of this six year old
daughter of Clovelly Top Hornet,
The judge stands with the Grand Champion and Reserve
Grand Champion of the Jersey Show in the youth division.
James Hardy exhibited the Grand Champion and Jerome
Hardy exhibited the Reserve.
Judge John Ayers stands with his choice for Grand
Champion Jersey, aged cow entry of Mildred Seeds, and the
Reserve Grand Champion of James Hardy. Jersey Princess,
Carol Hobaugh presents awards.
senior can
1 Stanley Reever East Berlin 2 Ellen Hanson
Palmyra
Junior Yearling
1 Janice A Hardy Petersburg 2 Joyce L
Harpster Boalsburg 3 Kathy Reever East Berlin
Intermediate Yearling
1 Joyce L Harpster Boalsburg 2 Stanley
Reever East Berlin 3 Missy Gebhart Hanover
Junior Champion Female
Joyce L Harpster
Reserve Junior Champion Female
Janice A Hardy
2 Year Old
1 James P Hardy Petersburg
Grand Champion Guernsey of the youth division was shown
by Brandon Snider with his sister, Julie, exhibiting the
Reserve Champion. Awards are presented by Elaine Hill,
Director of the Pennsylvania Junior Guernsey Breeders
Association.
the Alexanders are currently
collecting 700 head of young
Guernseys for shipment to El
Salvador. “It all came about
because of her,” Don Alexander
stated about their cow.
The 4-year-old, Lebanon Valley
Fayvor Clover, owned by the
Robert Smith family, Rl, Annville,
Lebanon County, took the Reserve
Championship honors and Best
Udder of the show. The Smith
entry boasts records over 17,000
milk and 800 fat.
A daughter of Housleys Dari
Fayvor, the homebred entry led
the way for the Smith family to
take Premier Breeder honors
along with the Rutter family, and
also to capture Premier Exhibitor
Honors in the Guernsey Show.
Showing for over 30 years at the
Farm Show, the Rutter family of
York County, is accustomed to
trophies and ribbons. Their 80-cow
milking herd at home is almost
entirely homebred and their
showstring, boasting tvfo first
3 Year Old Cow
I Jerome E Hardy Petersburg 2 Marlin
Deaven Newville 3 Mary Ellen Deaven Newville
4 Year Old Cow
1 James P Hardy Petersburg 2 Ellen Han
son Palmyra
Aged Cow
1 Janice A Hardy Petersburg
Senior Champion Female
James P Hardy
Reserve Sr Champion Female
Jerome E Hardy
Grand Champion
James P Hardy
Reserve Grand Champion
Jerome E Hardy
title
places, gained them a tie with the
Smith family for Premier Breeder
honors.
In the youth division of the
Guernsey show, the Snider siblings
took top honors. Brandon Snider
with his 2-year-old, Sniders Jeds
Goldie captured the championship.
His sister, Julie and her aged cow,
Sniders Fayvors Irate took the
reserve ribbons.
The Sniders, Rl, New En
terprise, Bedford County, also
captured the Junior Championship
of the open and youth 1 divisions,
leaving the reserve junior
championship in the open show to
Dale Smith, Rl, Annville, Lebanon
Valley Farms, and the reserve
junior championship of the youth
division to Jenelle Boyer, York
County.
Complete placings follow;
GUERNSEY OPEN
Show Results
Junior Calf
1 Phillip D Laughman Thomasville 2 Scott 4
Elsie Wolff Quarryville 3 Jacob & Robt Smith
Annville
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