A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1987
Knob-View Cow Takes Top Spot In Maryland Futurity
Maryland held it’s 4th annual
Holstein Futurity on Sunday, Sep
tember 6th at the State Fair in
Timonium. It was a show for the
best 3 year olds which had calved
at least once. This year 27 entries
competed for a total purse of
$3,960 with $7lO going to the first
place winner. The tension was
high as the lights were dimmed to
bring in the honorary guests by
horse drawn buggy. Dairy Princes
ses and Fair Board officials arrived
with the help of a spot light Judge
Harry Papageorge from Ogden,
Utah was assisted by ringmen John
Morris and Marion Andrew in full
tuxedo.
The cows were then paraded
into the spot light one at a time.
Coldsprings Valiant Next-et was
White Qak Mills Appoints
Kevin Hampson
Cumberland Valley
To
ELIZABETHTOWN Kevin
Hampson, who graduated from
Ellsworth Community College,
has been named White Oak Mills’
sales and service representative for
central and south-central Pennsyl
vania. Kevin will work with swine,
dairy and beef fanners throughout
the Cumberland Valley.
White Oak manufactures a com
plete line of feeds and concentrates
for swine, beef, and dairy opera
tions under the White Oak label.
Their main location is in Eli
zabethtown, and they also have a
retail store and warehouse in the
Shippcnsburg area.
Hampson has a farm back
ground with four years of swine
experience in genetics and herd
health. He has worked for an lowa
producer, Delmarva Farms on the
Eastern shore, and Genesis swine
units. He also has had training in
management practices.
Hampson will work with the
growers on the nutritional and
housing needs of swine, as well as
the purchase of feeder pigs, the
marketing of hogs, and the sale of
Genesis breeding stock. Custom
ers also will be able to have their
homegrown forages tested to help
determine the most profitable feed
mixes for individual herds.
Hampson was bom in Cumber
land, Maryland, and grew up on a
farm in Bedford County. He gra
duated from Bedford High School
where he was active in the Vo Ag
program and FFA. Kevin was
president of the FFA chapter for
the school year 1982-1983, and
showed pigs in county fairs and
also at die PA Farm Show.
Kevin Hampson
the first Holstein in the ring. She
was the top production winner
from all the entries with 26,073
pounds of milk.
As the final cows arrived into
the ring, the lights were turned
back on. Judge Papageorge then
went to work examining each cow
for quality, strength, dairy charac
ter, and correct mammary system.
Knob-View Tony Patti owned by
Richard Kepler was placed on top.
Patti is a Marsfield Elevation Tony
Daughter. "She exhibited the qual
ity udder, the correct teat place
ment, the openness of rib and the
stature we all would like to see in
our own herds,” said Papageorge.
For the Keplers from Middletown,
Maryland, this was a memorable
evening.
Kevin is married to Diana, and
they have a baby daughter,
Amanda.
Winner of the 1987 Maryland Holstein Futurity. (From left) Knob-View Tony
Patti 3 year old cow; Richard Kepler, owner; Pat Kepler, wife; Teresa Sum
mers, alternate Maryland Dairy Princess; Christine Pieper, 1987 Maryland
Dairy Princess; Karen Knutsen, alternate Maryland Dairy Princess; Patricia
Marsh, Maryland Farm Bureau Queen; Harry Papageorge, Judge.