A24-UncMter Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1986 Kulp-Dale Cow Tops Manheim Dairy Show MANHEIM - Robert Kulp knew he had a good cow in his EX-91, 9 year old, but he never expected her to claim grand champion honors at the Manheim dairy show. Yet, this is where the Rocby Fawn Honor daughter stood at the conclusion of the Holstein show. Judge Jed Beshore com plimented her on being tremen dously dairy with a well-attached udder. Robert, who operates Kulp- Dale farm with his two sons, Dennis and Dave, explained that they haven’t shown at many shows. However, this year they thought they had something worthwhile. The results of the show proved their assesment to be accurate. The champion who also captured best udder honors produced a best record of 24,914 milk and 927 fat. This show was the first test for the cow who keeps getting better with age. She originally classified at 76 points as a 2 year old and has since improved to her current classification, Dennis noted. Kulps maintain a rolling herd average of 19,000 milk and 670 fat on 90 head as well as a 104 BAA at BY JACK RUBLEY MANHEIM Compared to the rest of the competition he was a youngster. He wasn’t even descended from royalty. But Shasta was the pick of the Manheim Fair steer show litter, as far as judge Cliff Orley was con cerned. Orley, who owns the Lebanon based Keystone Cattle Service, singled out a champion in each of the fair’s FFA and 4-H com petitions, before making the 4-H entry owned by Angie Longenecker his overall grand champion. This is the second year in a row that Angie, the daughter of Barry and Jackie Longenecker of Lititz, has taken top steer honors at Manheim. Being a July calf made Angie’s Angus-Chianina steer named Shasta one of the show’s youngest entries. And unlike many fancy club calves these days, Shasta Angie Longenecker’s steer named Shasta took top honors in Manheim's 4-H show before being named grand champion over both 4-H and FFA shows. Becker Shows Manheim Fair Champion Hog MANHEIM For the second consecutive year, 12-year-old Karen Becker of R 3 Manheim claimed the championship trophy at the Manheim Fair hog show Monday. Becker’s 238-pound Hampshire cross caught the eye of judge Gary Dean, who placed her entry above Chad Folker’s entry in the heavyweight and champion classes. Becker, the daughter of Marlin and Nancy Becker, said she was surprised at the outcome of the show and was excited about winning. A seventh-grade student at Manheim Central Junior High School, Karen said her school friends have been very supportive of her at the fair and have stopped in to check on her entries. . their Manheim farm. An entry owned by Lowell Fry stood in the reserve grand champion position. His 5 year old classified VG-68 and is projected at 19,000 milk and 800 fat. Fry describes his champion as the “best looking cow in the bam.” She is a homebred surprise, he said. While the Reliance daughter has a deep pedigree, her dam never classified higher than 76 points. Junior champion honors went to the intermediate calf shown by Greg Hamish of Manheim. The son of Robert and Marty Hamish is the freshman president of the Manheim FFA chapter. In his first year of 4-H, he also captured junior showman honors of. the show. Grand champion Ayrshire honors went to the senior yearling owned by Angela Spickler of Mt. Joy. Earlier this year, the Donegal sophomore showed her champion to the junior champion position at the Southcentral District 4-H Show and placed second in the class at the state show. Randy Fox showed the grand champion Jersey as also won the grand champion showman title. A couldn’t even boast a big-name sire in his pedigree. In fact, the steer’s sire was a cleanup bull owned by Wayne Miller and his son Jeff, the Indiana cattlemen who bred and sold the calf. Actually Miller’s herd of Angus based commercial cattle has been the source of a surprising number of winning steer show entries here in Pennsylvania. Abe Flory, of Lititz, began shopping for club calves at Miller’s sale two years ago. Flory’s niece, Kelly Rohrer, campaigned one of her, uncle’s purchases to grand champion honors at the State Farm Show in 1985, and Kelly wound up in the reserve spot at this year’s Farm Show with yet another Miller calf. To her own credit, Angie knows how to present her cattle to best advantage and demonstrated her talents by topping the intermediate division of Manheim’s showmanship contest. Karen has a total of 15 hogs. The champion was one of six purchased from breeder Frank Feeser of Taneytown, Md. With the money she earns from this year’s hogs, Karen said she plans to buy pigs for the Farm Show and her first steer. The reserve championship went to a 236-pound Hampshire Duroc cross owned by Chad Folker of New Holland. His champion was a littermate of the pigs he and his sister, Laura, have shown very successfully in other county fairs earlier this year. Chad and Laura have earned champion or reserve champion placings in most shows they have attended this year. At the conclusion of the show, judge Gary Dean congratulated the youthful exhibitors on the member of the Cloister FFA, Randy learned his showmanship skills at his parents 80-acre daily farm. Results of the show follow. Jersey Grand Champion Randy Fox Best Udder Randy Fox Ayrshire Junior CaH 1 Anthony Spickler Senior Calf 1 Angela Spickler 2 Anthony Spickler Junior Yearling 1 Randy Fox 2 Elizabeth Spickler Senior Yearling 1 Angela Spickler Junior Champion Angela Spickler Reserve Junior Champion Angela Spickler Holstein Junior Caff 1 Marvin Landis 2 Harold Witmer 3 Harold Witmer Intermediate Caff 1 Greg Harmsh 2 Danny Landis, 3 Donald Hershey Senior CaH 1 Robert Kulp 2 Lowell Fry 3 David Landis Junior Yearling 1 Marvin Landis 2 Harold Witmer 3 David Landis Intermediate Yearling 1 Lamar Witmer, 2 Lamar Witmer 3 Loren Fry Senior Yearling 1 Ruby Bollinger, 2 David Landis. 3 Robert Kulp Junior Champion Greg Harmsh Longenecker Repeats Manheim Fair Beef Victory Shasta’s next stop will be the county roundup, then, hopefully, on to Farm Show, says Angie. Meanwhile, the Longeneckers, along with at least four other Lancaster County families, plan to attend Miller’s sale later this month in quest of their 1987 showring prospects. For Ids reserve overall cham pion, Orley went with a 1,153-pound entry appropriately named Champ by her owner, Rhonda Gibble, daughter of J. Robert and Ruth Ann Gibble of Manheim. “I feel great,” said the 17-year old Manheim Central senior who chalked up her first grand champion title in four years of Manheim competition. Like Kristin Chupp, who won the New Holland Fair’s steer show last week, Rhonda uses one of her two horses to get her show steers in shape. “When I was first breaking him I tied the rope around the saddle hom and let him walk along,” says Gibble. Gibble’s brown calf was an Angus-Chianina-Charolais cross sired by a Chianina bull named Sugar Ray. And who bred Champ? Wayne Miller, of course. The reserve champion FFA steer was shown by Leon Heisey, son of Miriam Heisey, Manheim. The 1,048-pound lightweight entry was a purebred Angus bred by Dr. Spencer Street of New London, Pa. In the 4-H show, the reserve champion was another straight Angus calf shown by John Ket tering, son of James and Jody Kettering of Manheim. the 1,210- pound steer was bred by Glenn Eberly of State College. Following are the placings for the steer show and showmanship classes. FFA Steers Lightweight 1 LeonHeisey 2 JonSummy quality of their entries. Manheim Fair Hof* Class 1 1 Jeff Wagner 2 Tracy Bollinger 3 Brad Wagner Class 2 1 Karen Becker 2 Laura Folker 3 Jeff Wagner Class 3 1 Karen Becker, 2 Karen Becker 3 Doug Musser Clast 4 1 Doug Musser 2 DaveCassel 3 Greg Hoover Clast 5 1 Laura Folker 2 Brad Wagner 3 Greg Hoover Middleweight Champion Laura Folker Reserve Middleweight Champion Karen Becker Claud 1 Karen Becker 2 Chad Folker, 3 Tracy Bollinger Champion Karen Becker Reserve Champion Chad Folker Champion Pair Tracy Bollinger Reserve Champion Pair Karen Becker Dennis, left, Robert and Dave Kulp pose with their grand champion of the Manheim Dairy Show, Kulp-Dale Honor Dana. Reserve Junior Champion Lamar Witmer Jr. 2-Year-Old Com 1 Lamar Witmer 2 Ruby Bollinger. 3 Lamar Witmer Sr. 2-Year-Old Cow I Ruby Bollinger, 2 Ruby Bollinger 3 Greg Harmsh 3- Cow Senior Fitter 1 Lamar Witmer 2 Robert Kulp, 3 Lowell Fry i Randy Fox, 2 Danny Landis, 3 Darvm Landis 4- Cow Junior Showman 1 Harold Witmer 2 Ruby Bollinger 3 Loren i Greg Harmsh 2 Marvin Landis 3 Anthony Fry _ Spickler 5-YearOWCow 1 Lowell Fry 2 Lamar Witmer Aged Cow 1 Robert Kulp 2 Dennis Kutp 3 Robert Kulp Dry Cow 1 Robert Kulp 2 Harold Witmer. 3 Donald Reserve overall champion and FFA show champ was shown by Rhonda Gibble (right). Fair Queen Michelle Mylin presents trophy. Mediumweight 1 John Hess Heavyweight 1 Rhonda Gibble 2 Greg Harnish Champion FFA Steer Rhonda Gibble Reserve FFA Champion Leon Heisey 4-H Steers Lightweight 1 Marcy Harnish 2 Jeremy Longenecker 3 GregHarmsh Mediumweight I Angie Longenecker 2 John Kettering 3 Sharon Harnish Heavyweight Senior Div 1 Kelly Rohrer 2 John Hess 3 Elizabeth Hess 1 Kelly Rohrer 2 Leon Heisey Karen Becker receives congratulations from 1985 Manheim Fair Queen Rosie Wenger after showing her hog to the championship Monday evening. Hershey Grand Champion Robert Kulp Rasarva Grand Champion Lowell Fry Junior Fitter I Greg Harmsh 2 Marvin Landis 3 Robert Fox Senior Showman 1 Randy Fox 2 Angela Spickler 3 Denise Heiiand Grand Champion Showman Randy Fox Champion 4-H Steer Angie Longenecker Reserve 4-H Steer John Kettering Grand Champion Steer Angie Longenecker (4 H) ' Reserve Grand Champion Rhonda Gibble (FFA) Showmanship Junior Div 1 Elizabeth Hess 2 Marcy Harnish 3 Jererm Longenecker 'ntermediate Div 1 Angie Longenecker 2 John Hess 3 Johr Kettering
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