Tim Seedorf shows the grand champion female Slmmen
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champion heifer. Officials stand with her In
congratulations.
of the Pa. Capital Futurity.
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Slmmental bull.
and Blrchwood Farms, Ohio, show the grand champion
Limousin bull
Dramatics Characterize KILE Beef Shows
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HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Simmental, Polled Here
ford and Limousin beef breeding
shows of the 1990 Keystone Inter
national Livestock Exposition
(KILE) proved dramatic for sever
al exhibitors.
Among the highlights of the
events, was deciding the Pennsyl
vania Capital Futurity prior to the
start of the Simmental show.
Grand champion heifer and bull
premium was $1,500. Reserve
titles brought a premium of $750
and $4OO was paid to each class
winner.
Tbe champion futurity heifer
belonged to Alissa Cowell, of
Frosty Springs Farms, in Waynes
burg. Cowell’s heifer was bom
Jan. 13 and was sired by Kingpin.
The champion bull was owned
by Circle S Farm, in Deshler,
Ohio. Bom Sept. 15, 1989, the
bull Circle S Tracker was
sired by Papillon.
Showing the reserve grand
champion futurity heifer was Mes
sick Farms of Middletown. The
Messick heifer MF Miss Triumph
was bom March 16 and sired by
Triumph.
Reserve champion bull title
went to another Triumph-sired
March birth, Hilltop Ace. Ace is
owned by Ackerman’s Simmen
tals in Meadville.
Entered in the futurity were 19
breeders representing five states.
Judges were Don Boggs of South
Dakota State University, Dan
Eversole of Virginia Polytechnic
and Slate University, and Tom
Turner of Ohio State University.
Turner and Boggs judged the
Simmental show, Eversole judged
the Polled Hereford show.
Id, the regular KILE Simmental
show, 18-year-old Tim Seedorfs
entries captured both the top heifer
and bull titles.
Seedorf, from Ohio, won with
his heifer Tawney. His bull was
Tracker.
Taking reserve heifer of th**
Simmental’s was Simme Valley
Sivler Fox, owned by Jeanne and
Ken White of Simmel Valley
Farm, N.Y.
The reserve grand bull was
shown by Jamie Cowell, sister to
Alissa, who showed the futurity
heifer winner.
In the Polled Hereford show,
entries from Kings Row Farms, in
Asbury, N.J., took both the grand
champion heifer and bull titles.
Relatively new to the beef
breeding business, the 400-acre
Kings Row Farms is owned by
John, Jim and Frank Rocco.
According to Jim, the beef busi
ness is more of a “hobby.” Mana
gers of a development company,
the Roc cos entered into the bce f
breeding business about 4 years
ago. he said.
Hafer Will Address
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
—The Pennsylvania State Grange
expects more than 1,000 Grangers
from across the state at its annual
state convention, which opens at
the West Chester Inn in Chester
County October 21 and runs
through October 26.
Gubernatorial candidate Barba
ra Hafer, state auditor general,
will address the Grange’s delegate
body at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 24, and will be available for
questions following her address.
U.S. Congressman Richard
Schulze (R-5) is scheduled to
speak to Grangers at 3:20 p.m.
Monday, Oct 22.
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Jim Rocco of Kings Row Farms shows the grand champ
ion Polled Hereford heifer.
The judge selects this winter calf to be the 1990 grand
champion Limousin female of KILE. Representatives of.
Circle L Farm, Ohio, stand with the calf.
The grand champion Polled Hereford bull Is selected.
Members of the Rocco family of Kings Row Farm accept the
banner.
For the past year, the farm’s
management has been done by
Peter Lohr. Kings Row Farms also
won the title of premier breeder
and premier exhibitor.
The champion heifer, KRF Roy
al Lady 88, is a full sister to the
champion bull, KRF Royal Flush
12X.
In the Limousin show, the grand
champion female. Sprite, was
shown by Circle L Limousins,
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of
Agriculture Boyd Wolff will
speak to the Grange at 2:15 p.m.
Oct. 23 and will attend the All
Granger Banquet that evening.
The keynote speaker at the All
Granger Banquet will be Dr. Stan
ley Evan Curtis, the newly
appointed head of the department
of dairy and animal science for
Penn State’s College of Agricul
ture. He is expected to speak on
“Science in Times of Plenty.”
“Those attending this year’s
Grange convention can expect a
number of important issues to be
voted on by the delegate body and
addressed by the various speak-
Livestock
West Salem, Ohio. The grand
champion bull, WLCC Wall
Street, was shown by Quail Run
Ranch, of Slippery Rock, and Bir
chwood Farms, Ohio.
The reserve champion bull was
jointly owned by Circle L Limou
sins and J&L Talsma, while the
reserve grand champion female
was owned by Green Pasture and
Fairlane farms.
Grange
crs,” said William H. Ringler,
state Master of the Pennsylvania
State Grange.
For additional information or
reservations for the banquet,
please contact Julie Franklin at
(800) 552-3865.
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