A22-Lancastor Famine, Saturday, August 2,19*6 South-Central Dist. Holstein Champion Is ‘Just A Beauty’ BY GINGER SECRET MYERS Adams County Correspondent SHIPPENSBURG - Just as the name implies, Jnsta-Beauty Holsteins, Creedin and Steve Cornman, Carlisle, led out a beauty to capture the grand champion rosette at the 1986 South- Home-bred is the byword of the Central District Holstein Show Cornman herd, and their held July 24, in conjunction with * showstring netted them enough the Shippensburg Community points to be named premier Fair. Judge °au!King, Delta, cited breeder of the show. They tied with Comman’s winner from the aged Penn Gate Farm, Littlestown, for cow class, Justa-Beauty Trixie the premier exhibitor’s banner. Roxy EX • 92-2 E, as the cow Reserve grand champion went to showing the most frame and dairy Mandr-Grove Farm with Manor character and having the most Grove Beatnik Mellisse, a five capacity of udder among the cow year-old shown by John Stamy IV, class winners. Mechanicsburg. Sired by Royal- Justa-Beauty Holsteins and Penn Gate Farm tied for premier exhibitor award, with Justa-Beauty also winning premier breeder banner. From left are Steve Wood and Christine Gitt, Penn Gate Farm; Butch Cordell of Franklin Co. Holstein Club; Mark Naugle, Cumberland Co. Holstein Club presenting banner to Creedin and Steve Cornman. BY GINGER SECRIST MYERS Adams County Correspondent SffIPPENSBURG - It was the biggest and best Jersey show held here yet. Thar the general consensus among the Jersey Show exhibitors at the District II Jersey Show held July 22 in conjunction with the Shippensburg Community Fair. There were 142 cataloged entries representing a dozen dif ferent farms. Dale Diver, Atlantic Breeders Cooperative, served as the judge. He continually com mented on the depth of quality in all of the classes. Capturing the grand champion title as well as the champion rosette in the 4-H division was GR TK Saint Lily, shown by Jerome Hardy, Petersburg. Lily won these same two awards at last year’s District II Jersey Show champions included Becky Hardy (left) and grand champion GR TK Saint Lily; Jerome Hardy, reserve champion Mar-De BMP Crystal; Mark Deaven. “Roxy” is home-bred on both sides of her pedigree and traces bade to the “Trixie” cow, a herd foundation animal Cornman purchased in 1959. Her best rescord is over 18,000 pounds of milk. ‘Lily’ Retains Title In District U Jersey Show show. Scored VG 88 as a three year-old, she produced over 12,000 pounds of milk as a senior two year-old in 305 days. She was bred by Thomas Colpetzer, Salem, Ohio. Lily was also designated Best Uddered Cow of the Show. Following in the reserve grand champion slot was Mar-De BMR Crystal, shown by Mar-De Farm, Newburg. This senior two-year old, sired by Belles Merry Rudolph, is a daughter of Faithful Advancers Collen, a perennial champion at this show in previous years. The junior champion of the show came from the largest class of the day, the junior yearling class. Serandan of Commonwealth, shown by Commonwealth Jerseys, Lemasters, received the honor Paul King (left) judge of South Central District Holstein Show, picked Justa-Beauty Trixie Roxy, shown by Steve Cornman, for grand champion honors. Manor Grove Beatnik Mellisse, shown with John Stamy 111 and Dian Stamy, was reserve. Haven Elevation Beatnik and out of a Molly Chief dam, she was also named best uddered cow of the show and grand champion of the 4- H division. “Mellisse” is scored VG-87 and has records to the 20,000 pound mark. Penn Gate Farm, Robert and Christine Gitt, Littlestown, picked up all the marbles in the Junior champion competition. Their senior calf, Penn Gate Columbus Patty, was pinned junior cham pion, while their senior yearling, Penn Gate Columbus Dutcheso followed as the reserve junior champion. Both heifers are sired by Leadfield Columbus. These two heifers coupled with Penn Gate’s over the first-place senior calf, shown by Linda Rock, Landisburg, who picked up the reserve junior champion award. Olver granted the yearling, sired by Soldier Boy, strength of topline and style on the move over the younger heifer. In the youth division Jerome Hardy had the grand champion in FFA and his sister Janice exhibited the grand champion in 4- H. James Heeter, Shade Gap, showed the reserve FFA cham pion, and Denise Martin, Cham bersburg, had the reserve 4-H champion. Individual Class winners were Champion Bull Pleasant Valley Jerseys Reserve Champion Bull Carolyn Smalt Junior Calf Pleasant Valley Jerseys Intermediate Calf Mar De Farm Senior Calf Linda Rock winning Junior Calf also won the junior best three females class. The remaining champions for the evening included Mike Smith, Shippensburg with the grand champion in FFA and Tim Smith, Shippensburg, with the reserve grand champion in FFA. The reserve grand champion in 4-H was shown by Debbie Hall, Shippensburg. Individual Class Winners were Bull Calf • Smithdalt Farm Grand Champion BuN • Smithdale Farm Baa. Champion Bull • Janot Ludwig Jr Heifer Calf • Penn-Gate Farm Int Heifer Calf Beverly Myers Sr Heifer Calf Penn-Gate Farm Summer Yearling Heifer • Paul 0 Dyarman Jr Yearling Heifer-Jennifer Reasner Int Yearling Heifer tailStamy Summer Yearling Beth Remhart S®"™* * r ol' Intermediate Yearling-Jerome Hardy 9 0W |®*h Reinhart Senior Yearling Pleasant Valley Jerseys 9 ? Pleasant Valley Jerseys Junior Best Three Females Pleasant Valley 6Yr Old and Over-Janice Hardy Jerseys Best Udder Jerome Hardy Dry Cow 4 Yrs Old and Under Jack Raker Premier Breeder Mar De Farm Dry Cow 5 Yrs and Over- Mar De Farm Premier Exhibitor Mar De Farm and Pleasant Junior 2Yr Old Mar De Farm Vall ®Y Jers *Y s Meadow Voles Damage Gardens, Orchards NEWARK, Del. - The meadow vole-a compact little rodent that resembles a furry cigar-is no newcomer to Delaware gardens and orchards. But it’s currently enjoying a population explosion that has made it much more noticeable. Reports have been coming into county extension of fices from all over the state that the little fellows are hungry this year. This is bad news, says Delaware State College extension agent Glenn Layton, for they can be very destructive to ornamental plantings, including annual and perennial flowers, turf, shrubs and small trees. The vole (also called the meadow mouse and sometimes confused with the field mouse) has a stocky body, short legs, and stubby tail, small eyes, and ears that are partially hidden. Usually brown or gray, its dense undercoat is covered with longer guard hairs. An extensive runway system through surface debris and vegetation is the most obvious sign of a vole infestation, Layton says. The system has numerous openings and nearby vegetation may be clipped close to the ground. There may be feces and scraps of vegetation in well-traveled run ways. They also dig shallow un derground tunnels that can damage plants. Voles are active day and night year-round. Several adults and young may live in one tunnel system. Populations seem to peak every two or three years, Layton says, depending on food availability, climate, predators and other stress factors. Sr Yearling Haiftr ■ Penn-Gat# Farm Junior Champion - Open. Penn-Gate Farm Junior Champion - 4-H - Beverly Myers Junior Champion • FFA ■ Michael Cordell Reserve Junior Champion • Open - Penn-Gate Farm Rea. Junior Champion-4-H ■ Neil Stamy Rat. Junior Champion - FFA - Todd Hoch Jr Bast Three Females - Penn-Gate Farm Dry Ows 4 Yrs Old A Under ■ Merle I Craig Woodnng Dry Cows 5 Yrs Old and Over - Brad Beidel Jr ZYr Old Cow-John Stamy 111 Sr 2Yr Old Cow ■ Anita Cornman Weaver 3Yr Old Cow - Penn-Gate Farm 4Yr Old Cow • Penn-Gate Farm 100,000 Pound Class - Frances Cornman SYr Old Cow - John Stamy IV 6 Yr and Over Cow - Steven Cornman Best Udder Class - John Stamy IV Grand Champion-Open Steven Cornman Grand Champion - 4-H - John Stamy IV Grand Champion - FFA - Mike Smith Res. Grand Champion-Open John Stamy IV Ret Grand Champion ■ 4-H - Debbie Hall Ret. Grand Champion- FFA Tim Smith Voles damage plants both by their feeding habits and their tunnels, which can ruin turf as well as interfere with irrigation water patterns. They often girdle fruit and forest trees, causing damage to commercial stock. Their teeth marks are haphazard, leaving no particular pattern on the bark or inner portion of plants chewed. Voles feed on bark year-round, but are particularly destructive to trees in fall and winter. In late summer and fall voles also store seeds, tubers, bulbs and rhizomes for winter feeding. This is when you may find them trying to pull flowers or vegetables into their holes, or gnawing their way through late-season beets or turnips. To prevent vole damage, the county agent suggests using hardware cloth as a barrier around young trees. Since voles are ex cellent diggers, place the bottom of the wire 6 inches below the soil surface. To discourage them further, clear away dense vegetation or litter piles in the garden so the little rodents can’t use them for food and cover. Snap-type mouse traps may help eliminate small vole infestations. Bait traps with peanut butter and oatmeal, or apple slices, and place them with the bait side in the runway. Layton says pelleted baits such as Rodenticide AG or Mole or Mouse Knots that contain zinc phosphide or strychnine can be effective against voles when stragetically placed. Repeated uses of anti-coagulant baits such as Havoc or de-Con can also be ef fective.