Guernsey Show Ribbons
HARRISBURG Guernsey
breeders from York, Lancaster
and Lebanon Counties shared top
honors at Tuesday’s Guernsey
show in the large arena of the
Farm Show.
Judge Charles McGinnis of
Mountville, S.C., pulled Rutter
Bros Jupiters June into the grand
champion slot. Owned by Rutter
Brothers of York and shown by
Cindy Rutter-Johnson, the 4-year
old cow was sired by Lone Palm
TH Jupiter.
June freshened on Jan. 1 with a
bull calf. She was a candidate to
come to last year’s Farm Show but
didn’t calve out soon enough and
was out of condition. “We brought
her back earlier last year so she’d
been in condition this year,” Cindy
explained.
The formula worked as June also
captured the champion udder
award. Last year the homebred
champion completed a record in
275 days of 13,000 pounds of milk
with a 5.4 test.
Standing next to the champion in
the reserve position was Lebanon
Valley Star Elsie. Owned by
Robert Smith of Annville, the 3-
year-old champion has been shown
since she was a calf. At last year’s
Farm Show she placed second in
the 2-year-old class ' for her
previous best placing, Dave Smith
said.
Elsie’s other credits include an
EX-91 classification and the
Pennsylvania Guernsey Futurity
title. As a 2-year-old she completed
a record of 14,800 pounds of milk
and 700 pounds of fat.
Lebanon Valley Guernseys
captured the premier breeder and
exhibitor plaques for the second
consecutive year and third time
total. “We’re always pleased when
we do well; Benedicts and Rutters
had two good strings,” Dave ex
plained.
The Smiths had a total of nine
animals at the Show with their
prefix. Two of these animals
belonged to their herdsman’s son,
Thomas Hostetter Jr. Thomas
earned the reserve junior and
reserve grand championships of
the youth show.
Grand champion honors of the
Victory Acres Returns
BY J. EVAN REIFF
HARRISBURG - It was the
championship that almost wasn’t
for Dean and Brenda Daubert.
According to Dean, it took some
are twisting from his sister, a
student at Harrisburg Area
Community College, before he
decided to enter the Brown Swiss
competition at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show.
The trip proved to be worthwhile
for the Dauberts of Bemville,
Berks County, as Windmill Mat
Victoria was named the senior and
grand champion cow of the Brown
Swiss competition by judge John
Morris. A 3-year-old, Victoria won
the same title at last year’s Show.
Four Seasons Gen Surefire
Pam Kindig, Pennsylvania dairy princess, (left)
congratulates open show winners John Kennedy, reserve
grand, and Dean Daubert, grand champion, while judge John
youth show and junior champion of
the open show went to Janice
Garber of Lancaster County.
A senior yearling heifer, Willows
Fayette Toshya is due in March to
Agni. The placing surprised Janice
since milking cows normally do
better than heifers in the grand
championship contest.
Janice noted she is hoping for a
heifer from the Fayette daughter
since all of her other 4-H projects
seem to have bull calves. She also
stated she hopes the champion
develops a good udder so she can
continue showing her. “She did so
well in the past for me and she
leads so weU I’d like to continue
showing her,” Janice said.
On last year’s show circuit,
Toshya placed third out of 18 in the
national junior Jersey show and
ninth out of 33 in the open show in
addition to earning junior
champion status at throughout the
4-H circuit, Janice explained.
Janice’s win also earned her the
Sewickley Trophy which is given
each year to the owner of the best
animal in the youth division.
In the junior show, Tracy Buf
fington of Millersburg, Dauphin
County, showed Don Buff Jem Gin
Gloria to the senior champion slot
followed by Floyd Buffington,
Millersburg, in the reserve spot
with Har Ra Fayvors Diane.
Jeffrey Benedict of Waynesboro,
Franklin County showed the
reserve junior champion in the
open show-
The first three placings in each
class follow:
GUERNSEY
v Junior CaH - Open
1 Michael Benedict 2 Rutter Bros 3 D
Marion and M K Benedict
Junior CaH- Youth
1 Charity Hostetter
Senior CaH - Open
1 Krystal L Benedict
Junior Yearling • Open
1 Robert B Smith 2 D Marion and M K
Benedict 3 Brenda Wolfgang
Intermediate Yearling Open
1 Jeffrey D Benedict 2 Phillip D Laughman
3 Thomas Hostetter
intermediate Yearling Youth
1 Thomas Hostetter 2 Floyd Buffington
Senior Yurlinc - Open
I Janice Garber 2 Rutter Bros 3 Robert B
Smith
Senior Yearling • Youth
1 Michael Dean
Junior Champion ■ Open and Youth
Janice Garber
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walked away with reserve grand
and senior honors in the open show
and grand champion honors in the
youth show for 14-year-old John L.
Kennedy of Butler County. John’s
father, James, praised his son’s
dedication to the dairy.
“He’s a great help and does a
terrific job,” Kennedy said. “He
works with his cows and they do
what he wants in the showring.”
The Kennedy family operates a
175-head, fourth generation dairy
farm. They were named the Brown
Swiss show’s premier breeder and
exhibitor for the second con
secutive year.
The first three places of each
class follow.
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Shared B~ Several Breeder
..<e . ennsylvania Guernsey queen, congratulates grand champion Cindy
Rutter-Johnson and reserve' and David Smith.
Lebanon Jey Guernseys captured the premier breeder and exhibitor titles for the
second consecutive year at the Farm Show. Pictured from right, Thomas Hostetler, Dale
Smith, Tom Smith, Robert Smith, Pennsylvania Guernsey Queen Elaine Hill, and David
Smith.
Victory In Brown Swiss Show
To
Judge John Morris (left) o. '■•''viand and Heidi O'Neal, Pennsylvania alternate dairy
princess (right), congratulate the rw"-edy family of Butler for their premier exhibitor
and breeder titles. Representing the Kei "dy family are John, Rita, Janelle, Jason and
James
BROWN SWISS
Junior Call Open
1 Dean and Brenda Daubert 2 Michael Kunkle
3 Jill Kennedy
Junior Calf Youth
I Jason L Kennedy 2 Diane E Goshorn 3
Shelly L Shatter
Senior Call • Open
1 Kelly Jo Myers 2 Dean and Brenda Daubert
3 Michael Kunkle
Senior Calf Youth
1 Kelly Jo Myers 2 Michael Kunkle 3 Joy
Hess
Junior Yearling Open
I Janelle L Kennedy
Junior Yearling Youth
1 Janelle L Kennedy
Intermediate Yearling Open
1 Delaware Valley College 2 PaulJ Gehnnger
3 Gregory Moser
Intermediate Yearling - Youth
I Paul J Gehnnger 2 Gregory Moser 3 John
L Kennedy
Senior Yearling Open
1 Michael Kunkle 2 Fmihe Welsh
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Senior Yearling Youth
I Michael Kunkie
Junior Champion Open and Youth
Michael Kunkie
Reserve Jr Champion Open and Youth
Kelly Jo Myers
Dry 3or 4 Year Old Open
1 Jill Kennedy
Dry 3or 4 Year Old Youth
I Jill Kennedy
Dry Aged Cow Open
1 Mike Welsh
2 Year Old Open
1 Dean and Brenda Daubert 2 Jason Kennedy
3 Michael Kunkie
2 Year Old Youth
I Jason Kennedy 2 Brian Hetrick
3 Year Old Open
I Dean and Brenda Daubert 2 Delaware
Valley College 3 James-L Kennedy
3 Year Old Youth
1 JanelleL Kennedy
4 Year Old - Open
I John I Kennedv 2 Mike Welsh 3 Mike
Welsh
4 Year Old Youth
1 John L Kennedy
Aged Cow Open
I Dean and Brenda Daubert 2 James Ken
nedy 3 Delaware Valley College
Aged Cow Youth
I Christie Booher
Champion Udder
Dean and Brenda Daubert
Sr and Grand Champion Open
Dean and Brenda Daubert
Sr and Grand Champion Youth
John L Kennedy
Reserve Sr and Grand Champion-
Open
John L Kennedy
Reserve Sr and Grand Champion-
Youth
Christie Booher
Premier Breeder
John L Kennedy
Premier Exhibitor
John L Kennedy
Exhibitor Herd
1 Dean and Brenda Daubert 2 James L
Kennedy 3 Mike Welsh