UNIONTOWN Walter
Brown of Connellsville swept
many of the top honors at the 18th
Annual Black & White Show of
Fayette County held on Tuesday,
August 4. Brown’s 5-year old,
Circle-B Boatmaker Ruth Ellen,
took grand champion and fust in
her class. Event judge was John
Marchezak of Bentleyville.
Brown’s Senior Yearling Heif
er, Circle-B Art Maple Sally Mar
ici took junior champion. Reserve
grand champion was Patrick M.
Wascak’s 3-year-old, Circle-B
Ruley Amelia from Dunbar.
In the colored breeds dairy show
Bryan Herring of Farmington took
grand champion in the Ayshire
division and Chad Miller of Scot
tdale took grand champion in the
Guernsey division. Richard Love
of Scottdale took grand champion
in the Brown Swiss and Sara Piwo
war of Uniontown took the top
spot in the Jersey division.
Junior Bull Calf
1. Stephanie Kerber.
Senior Bull Call
1. Walter Brawn, 2. Walter Kerber.
Junior Yearling Bull
1. Raymond B. Brown
Junior Hailar Cali
1 Raymond B Brown, 2. Jason Harvey, 3. Jill
Jackton.
Intermediate Heller Call
1. Walter Brown. 2 Adam Derr, 3 Tom
Potkabla
Senior Haller Call
1 Herring Farms, 2. Raymond B. Brown, 3
Charles Steyer.
Summer yearling Halter
1. Raymond B. Brown, 2 Johnny Steyer, 3
Dustin Kerber.
Junior Yearling Heller
1 Jay A. Vance, 2 Raymond B Brown, 3
David B Wascak
Intermediate Yearling Hailar
1 Steve Herring, 2 Walter Brown, 3
Jonathan Poorbaugh
Senior Yearling Hailar
1 Walter Brown, 2 Adam Vance, 3 Albert
Michael Ferens
Junior Champion Female
Walter Brown
Reserve Junior Champion Female
Walter Brown
Junior Bast 3 Females
1 Walter Brown, 2 Herring Farms, 3 Adam
Vance
The Premlerßreeder,Walter Brown (left) and Premier Exhibitor, Rick Allen
(right) at the Fayette County Holstein Show.
Fayette County Black & White Show
Dry Cow 4-Yaara A Undor
1. Jackson farms, 2. Allan Hill Dairy, 3 Walter
Brown.
Dry Cow 5-Yaars & Over
1 Allen Hill Dairy, 2. Walter Brown
Junior Two Year Old Heifer
1. Allen Hill Dairy, 2 Robert Junk, 3 Herring
Farms
Senior 2-Ysar Old Heifer
1 Walter Brown, 2 Herring Farms, 3 Walter
Brown
Three Year Old
1 Patrick M Wascak, 2 Allen Hill Dairy, 3
Walter Brown Four Year Old
1 Walter Brown, 2 Allen Hill Dairy, 3 Jack
son Farms.
Five Year Old
1 Walter Brown, 2. Paul Andrew
100,000 LB.
1 Walter Brown
Six Years A Over
1 Allen Hill Dairy, 2 Brent Brown, 3 Adam
Derr
Produce of Dam
1. Walter Brown, 2 Walter Brown, 3 Bobbi
Harabaugh
Dam A Daughter
1. Walter Brown, 2 Herring Farms, 3 Jack
son Farms
Senior Gat ol Sire
1. Allen Hill Dairy
Grand Champion Female
Walter Brown
Reserve Grand Champion
Patrick M. Wascak
Best Uddar
1 Walter Brown, 2. Steve Herring.
Bast Three Females
1. Allen Hill Dairy, 2 Waller Brown, 3. Hernng
Farms.
Dairy Hard
1. Walter Brawn, 2. Allen Hill, 3 Hernng
Farms
Fayette County Fair
Dairy Colored Breeds
Ayshirs
Grand Champion Female
Bryan Hernng
Guernsey
Junior Champion Famala
Victoria An sell
Rsserva Junior Champion
Steve Rugg
Senior Champion
Chad Miller
Reserve Senior Champion
Adam Kerber
Grand Champion
Chad Miller
Reserve Grand Champion
Adam Kerber
Brown Swiss
All champions exhibited by Richard Love
Jersey
Junior Champion
Charles Johnson
Grand Champion
Sara Piwowar
Reserve Grand Champion
Charles Johnson
lyette County Holstein Show grand champion, Clrcle-B Boatmaker Ruth
Ellen, was exhibited by Walter Brown of Connellsvllle.
Chad .Her of
Fayette County
ottdale captured the Guernsey grand champion at the 1987
Fair Colored Breeds Dairy Show.
Dairy and livestock producers
may unwittingly poison their ani
mals with nitrate if they try to sal
vage usable feed from drought
stressed fields.
Farmers can protect their lives
tock with a free nitrate test through
The University of Maryland
Cooperative Extension Service.
This program is funded by the
Maryland Department of Agricul
ture as part of Governor William
Donald Schaefer’s effort to assist
drought striken farmers.
According to Dr. Lester Vough,
Extension forage specialist, this
summer’s drought may cause a
deadly build-up of nitrate in the
stalks and stems of com and other
crops such as sudangrass and
sorghum.
“It’s going to be a spotty situa
tion - a lot like the thunderstorms
have been,” said Vough, “We
don’t expect every producer to
have nitrate problems, but farmers
should be wary if they’ve been hit
hard by the drought.”
High nitrate levels in feeds can
poison livestock by interfering
with the blood’s ability to carry
oxygen - causing the animal to
literally suffocate. Symptoms
include: blue gums and mucous
membranes, rapid pulse and brea
thing, muscle tremors, staggering
and blindness. Animals usually die
3 or 4 hours after eating contami
nated feed.
Nitrate testing will be conducted
University Of Maryland
Offers Nitrate Testing
at the Wye Research and Educa
tion Center in Queen Anne’s
County. According to Kevin Mor
rissey, laboratory supervisor, far
mers should have test results
phoned to them within 24 hours.
“But,” he added, “if a producer
has sick livestock, we can cut that
time to 10 hours -- We will respond
to someone who has a problem.”
The key to an accurate nitrate
analysis, according to Dr. Lester
Vough, Extension forage special
ist, is collecting a representative
feed sample.
To sample com before harvest
ing, you should; randomly collect
10 to 20 plants from a field; run
them through a chopper, and take a
one gallon sub-sample from this
mix.
If com has been cut and baled,
take core samples from 18 or 20
bales in each field. Many county
Extension offices have sampling
tools available for loan.
Collect samples of corn that has
been chopped for silage as the silo
is being filled. The silage fermen
tation process can reduce nitrate
levels from 20 to 60 percent. But, if
analysis of these initial samples
indicate high nitrate levels, you
should plan to sample again before
feeding to livestock.
When sampling silage, be sure
to collect grab samples over a per
iod of 3 or 4 days instead of just a
surface layer sample -- this will
ensure a more accurate analysis.