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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<l , M * r D * F * rm
Junior Yearling Beth Reinhart ?* r 9° w i®™"® Ha / d >'
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.