Top Acres Tops Brown Swiss Contest At All American
BY LISA RISSER
HARRISBURG In her sec
ond appearance at the Pennsylva
nia All American, Top Acres Ster
ling Lolly was tapped by judge
Steve Hendress to be the 25th Pen
nsylvania All American senior and
grand champion Brown Swiss
female.
Owned by Wayne Sliker and
Associates of Top Acres in St. Par
is, Ohio, Lolly was the winning
junior yearling at last year’s show.
In addition, she was the grand
champion at the 1988 Ohio Slate
Fair. Top Acres acquired Lolly at
the Review Royale in April, where
she was the highest-selling Brown
Swiss bred heifer.
Lolly is a Top Acres Sterling ET
daughter out of Top Acres Success
Lusty.
Another Top Acres cow. Top
Acres Stretchy Jade ET, was the
show’s reserve senior and grand
champion. The six-year-old cow
was sired by Welcome In Stretch
out of Blumfield Acres Jewel. In
her latest lactation she recorded
17,740 pounds of milk and 5.0
butterfat.
Junior Brown Swiss champion
was the junior yearling heifer
shown by Top Acres. A March ’B7
daughter of Bridge View Elegant
JadeET, Top Acres EJ Alma is out
of Top Acres Dream Maker
Alison.
The summer yearling heifer
shown by K-Land Farm in Streets
boro, Ohio,*was selected as the
reserve junior champion. Glenn
Brown Swiss bull, which is owned by R-Hart Farm and Wil- " svuroid
liam Schroer. The reserve grand champion bull, owned by i TopAcres.2 BeechhiiiFarm,3 pneas-
Betta Vue Farm in Ohio, was shown by Corban Rlggenbach, ant Rldfle Farm ßtlt Udd#r
right. Congratulating them was the Pennsylvania Dairy 1 Top Acres, 2 Beech Hill Farm, 3. Snells
Princess, Kim Bonzo. Swtss
I Three Year
BY LISA RISSER
HARRISBURG —A three-year
old owned by a partnership of three
farms, Innisfail Lobelia 72D-EXP
was named the grand champion
female of the Milking Shorthorn
competition at the Pennsylvania
All American Show.
Lobelia 72D-EXP is owned by
Pinehurst Farm in Daleville, 111.;
owner of the reserve grand champion Milking Shorthorn.
Helping him with his trophy Is alternate state dairy princess,
Laurie Sterner.
Heritage Jade Ashly also was sired
by Bridge View Elegand Jade ET
and she is out of Glenn Heritage
Titan Angel.
A partial list of the results
follows.
BROWN SWISS
Junior Bull Calf
1 TopAcres,2.BettaVuFarm,3 Wind Mill
Farm
Sanior Bull Calf
1 R-Hart Farm & W. Schroer, 2 Don-A-
Jon Farm, 3. Old Mill Farm
Junior Yaarllng Bull
Betta Vu Farm, 2 Beech Hill Farm
Senior Yearling Bull
1. Bottom Line Brown Swiss, 2 Bottom
Line Brown Swiss
Champion Bull
R-Hart Farm & W Schroer
Reserve Champion Bull
Betta Vue Farm
Junior Heifer Calf
1 Shen-Val Farm, 2. Lazy Acres Farm, 3
Hill's Valley Farm
Intermediate Calf
1 Top Acres, 2. Betta Vue Farm, 3 Top
Acres
Senior Heifer Calf
1 Top Acres, 2 Lazy Acres Farm, 3 Gar
bro Swiss
Summer Yearling
1 K-Land, 2 lop Acres, 3 Don-A-Jon
Farm
Junior Yearling
1 Top Acres, 2 Betta Vue Farm, 3 Betta
Vue Farm
Senior Yearling
1 Shen-Val Farm, 2 Top Acres, 3 El-A-
Ray Farm Inc
Junior Champion
Top Acres
Resorva Junior Champion
K-Land
Best Junior Brad It Ownad
1 Top Acres, 2 K-Land, 3 Top Acres
Junior Bast Thraa Famalas
1 Top Acres, 2 OldMillFarm,3 Bella Vue
Farm
Dry Cow, 4+ Years
1 Victory Acres, 2 Top Acres, 3 Top
Acres
2 Year Old
1 Top Acres, 2 Beech Hill Farm, 3 Don-A-
Jon Farm
Old Is Champion All American Milking
Wiedner Prairie Farm in Dalton
City, 111.; and Oakgrove Farms in
Albin, Texas. She was the top
selling consignment at this year’s
National Milking Shorthorn Sale,
and the partnership paid $5,400 for
her, sight unseen.
“We bid on the ‘pick of the herd’
lot at the sale,” said Mike Reed,
owner of Pinehurst Farm. “The lot
Both grai .at reserve grant _mplon Brown Swiss were owned by top Acres
Farm. From left, Jennifer Keilholtz, Maryland Swiss Miss; Kim Bonzo, state dairy prin
cess; Tom Schaeffer, handler; and Wayne Sliker.
p Acres E . a, owned by Wayne Sliker, second from was the junior'
champion Brown Swiss. Sherri Glenn, right, held the reserve junior owned
by K-Land. Maryland Swiss Miss, Jennifer Kellholtz and judge Steve Hendress offer
their congratulations.
Best Uddsr
1 Top Acres, 2 Beech Hill Farm, 3 Don-A-
Jon Farm
3 Year Old
1. Rowntree Farms, 2. Top Acres, 3 Top
Acres
Best Udder
1 Top Acres, 2 Rowntree Farms, 3 Top
Acres
4 Year Old
1 Long View Farm, 2 Top Acres, 3 Kelly-
View Farm
Bast Udder
1 Long View Farm, 2 Top Acres, 3 Little
Hill Farm
was offered by Innisfail Farm in
Davis, Calif.”
Lobelia 72D-EXP is part of the
breed’s genetic expansion prog
ram; her dam, Innisfail Lobelia
The grand champion Milking
three-year-old owned by a three-way partnership. From left owner Shirley Harris of
Weldner Prairie Farm In Illinois; owner Danny Huddleston of Oakgrove Farms In Tex
as; handles Bill Marsh; owner Mike Reed of Pinehurst Farms In Illinois; and alternate
Pennsylvania dairy princess Laurie Sterner.
i
,v'f
„ i 1
% f
6+ Years Old
1. Top Acres, 2 Top Acres, 3 Waynedale
Swiss
Best Udder
1 Top Acres, 2 Top Acres, 3. Waynedale
Swiss
Senior Champion
Top Acres
Reserve Senior Champion
Top Acres
Bast Senior Bred It Owned
Top Acres
Grand Champion
Top Acres
Reserve Grand Champion
Top Acres
Total Performance
1 Top Acres, 2. Top Acres
Bast Three Females
1 Top Acres, 2. Wind Mill Farm, 3 Four
Seasons Farm
TOTH, is half Holstein and a third
generation Excellent. Lobelia
72D-EXP coincidentally was bred
by the show’s judge, Stuart Rowe,
who consulted with an impartial
the Pennsylvai
I *
Gat Of Sir*'
1. Top Acres, 2. Long Vi*wfarm, 3 Burnt
Mills Farm
Dairy Hard
1 Top Acres, 2 Long View Farm, 3. Burnt
Mills Farm
Produce of Dam
i. Top Acres, 2 Betta Vue Farm, 3 Burnt
Mills Farm >
Dam-Daughter
1. Top Acres, 2 Burnt Mills Farm, 3 Lazy
Acres Farm
State Herd
1 Ohio, 2 Maryland, 3. Pennsylvania
Premier Breeder v
Top Acres
Premier Exhibitor
Top Acres
Premier Sire
' West Lawn Stretch Improver and White
Cloud's Jason's Elegant
Shorthorn
party on her judging. She also was
named grand champion at the Illi
nois and Indiana State Fairs this
year,
(Turn to Pag* A 23)
-
' / •'
;an was