A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1987
Pansy Blooms At Somerset County Holstein Show
BY BETH GRAY
Bedford Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE In her first
show ring outing, senior 2-year
old Hillmont Chairman Pansy
earned grand championship hon
ors, best animal bed and owned,
best udder in her class, and helped
her owners, Hillmont Farm, to be
premier exhibitor banner at the
Somerset County Holstein Show
here July 22.
Tom Dum 111, Perry County
Holstein breeder, placed over 110
head in the evening event.
Hillmont Farm is a father and
son partnership owned by Jay L.
and Kiik A. Hillegass. Kirk noted
that their grand champion, sired by
Rockalli Son of Bova and out of
Hillmont Glendell Pinky, had been
scored officially just the day
before the show and classified 88
with an Excellent mammary sys
tem. The Hillegasses plan to show
the female across the state in com
ing months.
While Hillmont Farm has oper
ated as a partnership since 1980, it
is one of Pennsylvania’s Century
Farms. Father Jay said the opera
tion always has been dairy, always
Holsteins, and the last seven to
eight years has accomplished a
100-percent registered herd with
120 cows in milk.
Leonard Maust of Meyersdale
exhibited the reserve grand
champion, Vonderbar Bell Amber,
a 4-year-old cow showing dry. She
is sired by Carlin-M Ivanhoe Bell
and out of Vonderbar Magic
Andrea.
Junior champion honors in the
open and junior divisions went to
Ryan L. Weimer of Boswell for his
senior calf, Quaker-Farm Simon
Treasure sired by Harmony-
Comers Simon out of Quaker-
Farm Thunder Storm.
Stepping into the winner’s circle
with the reserve junior champion
qf the open show were Paul and
Sharon Fox of Rockwood RD. The
senior yearling heifer, Golden-
Circle TT Sallie, is by Hanover-
Hill Triple Threat out of C-
Ryan L. Weimer.showed\.ie Junior champion in
both the open and junior divisions at Somerset Coun
ty Holstein Show.
Hanover-Hill Fond Sallie.
Premier breeder honors went to
Sec-Win Farm of Somerset, own
ed by James W. Sechler and Brad
win C. Winters.
Paul Carr of Somerset ranged
without a peer in the junior divi
sion judging as he marched his
senior champion female to the
grand championship, a summer
yearling heifer to the reserve junior
championship and captured the
honors as premier breeder and pre
mier exhibitor.
Pacing Carr’s wins was 6-year
old Candale-P Triple Threat Mar
cy, the result of his own mating of
Hanover-Hill Triple Threat to
Carrdale-P Pete Misty. She also
earned best udder in her class.
Carr’s reserve junior rosette was
awarded to Carrdalc-P Valiant
Michelle by S-W-D Valiant out of
Carrdale-P Pete Misty.
Paul, 19, is the son of Gerald and
Patty Carr, and farms full time
with his parents and assistance of
brothers Dan and Mike. Paul is in
charge of showing the Carrdale
Holsteins.
The remaining purple honor,
reserve grand champion in the
junior division, went to Daniel
Kimmel of Berlin with his junior
2-year-old Red and White cow.
The entry, by Kimder Sophia out
of Kimder Houdini Snowball, also
earned first place and best udder in
the open show as well as the junior
judging.
Entries in this year’s show,
according to Somerset County
Extension agent Robert Brown,
were less than usual. He attributed
it to the fact that Garret County,
Md„ from where the Somerset
event traditionally draws exhibi
tors, had scheduled its own show
just a day later.
County Dairy Princess Jenny
Bennett presented ribbons to win
ners, including the following,
listed in descending order of
placing:
Opan Division
Junior Bull Calf
1 Hillmont Farm
Dairy Princess Jenny Bennett, left, presents premier exhibitor banner to
Hlllmont Farm owners, from left, Jay Hlllegass, Kirk and Tine Hlllegass.
Grand Champion Bull
Hlllmont Farm
Junior Halfar Call
1 Jonathan Smiley. 2 Raymond Brown, 3
Craig Glessner
Intarmadlata Haller Cali
1 Paul and Sharon Fox, 2 Daniel Ream, 3
Sarah Schwarm
Senior Haller Cali
1 RyanWeimer,2 Magic Partners, 3 Paul
and Sharon Fox
Summer Yearling Haller
1. Paul Carr, 2 Brett Sechler, 3 Suzy
Stutzman
Junior Yearling Heller
1 Hlllmont Farm, 2. Raymond Brown, 3
Ryan Weimer
Intermediate Yearling Heller
1 Matthew Brown, 2 Lewis and Barbara
Berkley, 3 Jennifer Rmgler
Senior Yearling Haller
1 Paul and Sharon Fox, 2 Brett Sechler, 3
Corey Will
Bast Thrss Junior Fsmalss
1 Paul and Sharon Fox, 2 Hillmont Farm
Dry Cow 4 Ysars and Undar
1 Leonard Maust, 2 Nancy E Berkley
Dry Cow 5 Years and Over
1 Laura Hillegass
Junior 2 Year Old
1 Daniel Kimmel, 2 Christopher Winters,
3 Ronald P Kimmel
Senior 2 Year Old
1 Hillmont Farm, 2 Hillmont Farm, 3 Paul
and Sharon Fox
3 Year Old
1 Gina Berkley, 2 Helen Knepper, 3 Jen
mfer Brown
4 Year Old
1 Sec Win Farm, 2 Michael Walker, Doug
Sheeler
5 Year Old
1 Lewis and Barbara Berkley, 2 Paul Carr
6 Ysars and Over
1 Paul Carr, 2 Sec-Win
Bast Three Females
1 Hillmont Farm
Produce of Dam
1 Nancy Berkley, 2 Paul Carr, 3 Terry
Wayne Landis
Manure Management Book Released
HARRISBURG The Pen
nsylvania Department of Environ
mental Resources has released an
eight-booklet Manure Manage
ment Manuial for use by farmers,
DER personnel and others con
cerned with environmentally
sound agricultural practices.
“The publication of the manual
is especially important in light of
Pennsylvania’s focus on the Che
sapeake Bay,’’ accdrding to Paul
Swartz, director of DER’s Bureau
of Soil and Water Conservation,
which assisted the Agricultural
Advisory Committee to DER in
the development of the manual.
“Such a manure management
program provides guidance to con
trol excessive application of soil
nutrients, a key to a cleaner Bay.’’
The manual explains how to use
livestock manure to provide crop
nutrients, improve soil structure,
minimize fertilizer costs, and
Paul Carr exhibited the senior champion of the
junior division show.
Dam and Daughter
1 Hillmont Farm, 2 Helen Knepper, 3 Jen
nifer Brown
Junior Division
Junior Heifer Calf
1 Jonathan Smiley, 2 Raymond Brown, 3
Craig Glessner
Intermediate Heifer Calf
1 Daniel Ream, 2 Sarah Schwarm, 3
James Glessner
Senior Heifer Calf
1 RyanWeimer,2 Jennifer Brown, 3 Cell
a Ott
Summer Yearling Heifer
1 Paul Carr, 2 Brett Sechler, 3 Suzy
Stutzman
Junior Yearling Heifer
1 Raymond Brown
Intermediate Yearling Heifer
reduce soil erosion potential.
Additionally, such a program sup
ports beneficial soil organisms,
provides compost for nurseries,
gardens or cropland, serves as a
fuel substitute and functions as
part of a refeeding program.
“A well-run program will pro
vide economic benefits and protect
the environment at the same
lime,” Swartz explained:
Several methods of manure
management have been developed
to handle, store, use or dispose of
manure. The approaches involve
returning the manure to cropland
as part of a crop management prog
ram. A manure-handling system
can improve labor and equipment
use and reduce costs, Swartz said.
The publication consists of a
series of booklets, which can be
ordered separately from DER.
They are:
—“Manure Management for
1 Matthew Brown, 2 Jennifer Rmgler, 3
Chnstopher Winters
Senior Yearling Heifer
1 Brett Sechler, 2 Corey Will, 3 Scott
College
Junior 2 Year Old
1 Daniel Kimmel, 2 Christopher Winters,
3 Ronald Kimmel
Senior 2 Year Old
1 Ryan Weimer
3 Year Old
1 Jennifer Brown, 2 Andrew Lynch, 3
Michael Lynch
4 Year Old
1 Michael Walker, 2 Doug Sheeler
5 Year Old
1 Paul Carr
6 Years and Over
1 Paul Carr
Environmental Protection”
includes information on legal and
management aspects, safety, con
struction, operation and fly control
for manure systems.
—“Field Application of Man
ure” discusses the use of manure
for improving crop growth while
protecting environmental quality.
—“Dairy Manure Manage
ment” provides information on
basic handling and storage sys
tems, odor control, system sizing,
and milking center wastewater and
runoff control.
—“Swine Manure Manage
ment” considers management
alternatives, methane gas produc
tion and odor control.
‘‘Beef Manure
Management”
‘‘Veal Calf Manure
Management”
—“Horpe, Sheep, Goat and
Small Animal Management”