m-UTOMT Fuming. Saturday, July a 196» LaflCttSter 4-H Dal Sounds Of Summer At Solanco BY PAT PURCELL QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster Co.) — The sounds of summer were all over the Solanco Fair grounds on Wednesday. No, there were no waves crashing onto warm sandy beaches. Neither were there the sounds and screams coming from amusement rides to be heard. The sounds of summer were for 4-H’ers - bellowing cattle wanting to be fed, the whirrrrring of clippers trimming those few stray hairs and the sound of hair dryers in those final few minutes used to fluff those tails the way the judges like to see them. These are the sounds of summer when you are a 4-H’er. Although the young competi tors seemed unattentive as Dairy Agent Glenn Shirk gathered them in the ring to explain the show -<ng age. cow, Hillacres Maxwell Bltsy B (left) owned by Helen Arrowsmith. Karen Shaub (right) exhibited the reserve senior champion. Arrowsmith also took champion owner breeder. Feed Your Dairy Cows On Their Own Indivi isuhcel 1. Individual cow identification at stall |gSS^ technology “HANDS'^ plan, by the time they entered the ring at showtime, each competitor had put on a serious look and focused his and her attention on winning in the Lancaster County 4-H Dairy Show. Dr. James McCaffrey of York, judged the Holstein and Guernsey shows. Amos Rudderow of Mary land judged the other colord breeds. Judging for fitting and showmanship were Steve and Christine Wood from Penn Gate Farm in Adams County. Holsteins Junior champion for the Hols tein show was the long, tall handy winner of the junior yearling class. McCaffrey selected Sukavin Star buck Jessica on her size, scale and length of body. Jessica earned the title of owner-breeder champion in the junior show and became the ■ Cow Identification mod* ■ Milk mater in alarm mode Computerized Feeding And Milk Ayrshire champions of the Lancaster County 4-H dairy show were exhibited by (from left) Angela Spickler with grand champion; reserve grand Heather Becker’s sr. 2-year-old; Becker captured the junior champion title and Spickler picked up the reserve junior title. Beth Spickler is at the halter of the reserve junior champion. grand champion in the owner-bred attachment, with fine feet, legs animal competition of the Hols- and plenty of size and scale took tein show. Jessica was sired by the title. Sukavin Valiant M Jen, Hanoverhill Starbuck and is own- sired by Mel-est Valiant Irose ed by Karen Kauffman of Peach Melvin became champion. Bottom. Reserve grand champion was Reserve junior champion was an easy winner in the summer yearling class with a lot of dairy ness showing and impressive length of body, size and sub stance. Matthew Welk owns Welk-crest Camaro Balboa. Bal boa was sired by lona-Farm Camaro-ET, and bred by Paul Welk of Peach Bottom. Grand champion was owned by Bethany Kauffman of Peach Bottom. A tre mendous dairy cow with excep tional teat placement and udder 'isxa* Show ai exhibited by Thomas McCauley. His dry cow an exceptionally well-built frame and strong udder attachment for an aged cow in the dry senior 2-years-and-older class. Metcalfs Valiant Beauty-ET’s breeder is Bryce Metcalf. Sire was SWD Metcalf. Holstein owner breeder reserve champion was owned by Thomas Wiker. Misty Manor Mark Mandy, a tall, long heifer won the junior 2-ycar-old class with her deep rib and overall dairyness. 2. Milk weighing E <V| jfog'-W * ■*p*r»-ee ounds Jersey Helen Arrowsmith took junior champion with Hillacres Silver B. Starlight sired by Valleystream Silver Beacon. Beacon, a junior calf class winner, was impressive with her tremendous strength and tightness throughout the body. She had a definite advantage in her hind legs. Reserve junior title went to Jud son Wagner with junior yearling winner, Faithful Golden Starlctte sired by Golden Faithful. Wagner is from Quarryville. Grand champion also went to Helen Arrowsmith of Peach Bot tom. Hillacres Maxwell Bitsy B (Turn to Pag* A3O) ■ Milk weight display mods ■ Milk weight alarm mode INFARMATIO
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