Shearer Named Top Indiana Co. Showman BY BETH NEBBIT Indiana Co. Correspondent INDIANA On the evening of Aug. 28, the livestock show arena at the Indiana County fair was the setting for the second annual premier showmanship contest. Outside the show arena, the weather was very brisk and dark, but the atmi f Bill Ewen, right, representing the Indiana County Kiwanis Club, presents each of the 4-H breed champions with a show halter supplied through the agricultural committee. Winners are: back row left, Lori Winsheimer, grand champion Guernsey; Holly Edwards, grand champion Holstein; Lisa Coleman, grand champion Ayrshire and Brown Swiss. Front row, Christopher Zagrodnichek, grand champion Jersey; and Patrick Zagrodnichek, grand champion Milking Shorthorn. Indiana Co. Fair (Continued from Page 09) Produce of Dam Susan Nehng Dam and Daughter Lon Winsheimer HOLSTEIN Junior Bull Calf Tncia Farmery Junior Calf Green Slope Farms Intermediate Calf Green Slope Farms Senior Calf Brenda Nesbit Summer Yearling Green Slope Farms Junior Yearling Brett Nesbit Intermediate Yearling Joyce Coleman Senior Yearling Hotly Edwards Junior Champion Holly Edwards Reserve Junior Champion Brenda Nesbit Dry Cow 2 Years and Over Ken Kirland Jr 2 Year Old Cow Holly Edwards Sr 2 Year Old Cow Holly Edwards 3 Year Old Cow Tncia Farmery Grand Champion Holly Edwards Reserve Grand Champion Holly Edwards Best Udder Holly Edwards Best Three Females Green Slope Farms Produce of Dam Brett Nesbit Junior Get of Sire Neil Stewart Dam and Daughter Penny Farmery JERSEY Junior Calf Chris Zagrodmchek Corn for Silage Corn harvested for silage will yield about one-third more feed nutrients per acre than corn harvested for grain. Com for silage should be managed as follows: • Use a high grain yielding hybrid of the same maturity or just slightly later than one best suited for grain production on your farm. • Com in the full-dent stage produces 50 percent more feed than in the milk stage and 100 percent more feed than in the silking stage. Com harvested in the milk or silking stage produces silage of poorer quality. • Com planted at very high populations (40,000 or more) will not make high-quality silage. Use only for green feed. • Male-sterile corn, grown for high stalk sugar content, produces no grain and usually yields considerably less dry matter than adapted grain-produci ng com hybrids. of excitement and warmth for the six competitors in the contest. The competitors included: James Scott, a 17-year-old member from the Gordon 4-H club. Jim the champion swine showman; Cheryl Hoy, a member of the Mahoning Riders 4-H horse club, the recipient of the champion Intemediate Calf Bryan Lukehart Senior Calf Jennifer Lydic Summer Yearling Lisa Coleman Junior Yearling Chris Zagrodnichek Intemediate Yearling Allen Deabenderler Senior Yearling Jennifer Lydic Junior Champion Lisa Coleman Reserve Junior Champion Jennifer Lydic Dry Cow 2 Years and Over Jennifer Lydic Sr 2 Year Old Cow - Wendy Allison , 3 Year Old Cow Chris Zagrodnichek 4 Year Old Cow Chris Zagrodnichek Grand Champion Chris Zagrodmchek Reserve Grand Champion Wendy Allison Dam and Daughter Chris Zagrodmchek Best Udder Chris Zagrodmchek MILKING SHORTHORN Junior Yearling - Patrick Zagrodmchek 3 Year Old— Patrick Zagrodmchek Cow— Amy Brant Grand Champion Amy Brant Reserve Grand Champion mchek BEST OWNED AND BRED IN SHOW - Rebecca Meyer Guernsey Shearer, the champion beef showman; Lori Winsheimer, the daughter of Burtdn and Eleanor Winsheimer, the champion dairy showman; 16-year-old Bryan Lukehart, a Future Farmer from the Marion Center area, represented the sheep breeders; and Shelly Novak, a member of the Lucky Clover Bunch 4-H dairy goat club, represented the dairy goat members. Roy Shearer, champion Senior showman in the beef category, a FFAer from Avonmore captured the top award for the evening. Roy received this award after a vigorous competition with five other champion showmen. The evening began with each of the six contestants showing swine to swine judge Wendall McKissick, a hog breeder from Slippery Rock. Following the swine competition the contestants presented their horse showing skills to horse judge Dr. William Wise, veterinarian from Punxsutawney. Following the horse competition Roy exhibited his beef showmanship skills to beef judge Dennis Stockdale of Stockdale Hereford Farm in nearby Arm- Patrick Zagrod I.H. RISSLER MANUFACTURING CO. RD 3, Box 64, Denver Rd. Denver, PA 17517 (215) 267-2453 RISSLER FORAGE BLENDERS For Your Total Mixed Ration Requirements Beam Scales w/Signal Light • Fast 2-3 Minute Mix Time Mixer Can Be Filled Anywhere Without Being Run All The Time Cu Ft. 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