SSersity park PA ■— • i VOL 36 No. 38 Show Experience Grants Hitz Beef Championship ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff CORNWALL (Lebanon Co.) Show judge Gail Long called some of them “cantankerous” steers, but champion Leigh Hitz knows better. Leigh’s supremely bred, shown, and well-behaved 1,230-pound Chianina/Angus April 14 calf, bred in the county, won champion overall market honors Wednesday at the Lebanon Fair Beef Show. And experience in several beef exhibitions, including recent shows in Louisville, Ky. and other locations, helped Leigh win sever al other honors at the Lebanon show, including champion block- 1990 Maryland Dairy Princes* Stacey Guyton crowns Jenell Rinehart as the reigning Maryland Dairy Princess. Princess Begins Reign EVA MARTIN Maryland Correspondent FREDERICK. MD. Jenell Rinehart of Taneytown, Md., was crowned the 1991 Maryland Dairy Princess at the 13th coronation held in the Grand Ballroom of the Holiday Inn. She is the 18-year old daughter of John and Sharon Rinehart Five other contestants, who were winners of their area con tests, competed for the state crown: Tonya Broadwater, Alleghany-Garrett; Dawn Dow ney, Washington County; Donna Johnson, South Central; Gretchen Klein, Baltimore-Harford; and Crystal Smith, Frederick. Four Sections ing, medium weight, and 4-H fair market classes. Leigh, 16, Annville, a senior at Annville-Cleona High School, has been exhibiting in shows since she was 9 years old. Formerly the national Chianina Queen, Leigh obtained the steer from a commer cial herd. The market championship came from the medium weight division, because, according to Long, speaking about the heavyweights, packers “are not looking for ani mals over 1,300 pounds anymore,” and the champion steer looked “real straight,” he said. “It is lined nice and well balanced.” (Turn to Page A 26) The program began with a beautiful slide presentation by Becky Long, Associate Farm Edi tor for Frederick Post. The rural Maryland scenes with dairy prom otion activities were set to patrio tic music. The contestants and audience were welcomed by Steve Wilson, a dairy farmer from Baltimore County who served as master of ceremonies. The judges for the contest were Mrs. Betty Jane Hunt, Lambertville, New Jersey, a dairy princess coordinator; Mr. Donald Tindall, Richmond, Virgi nia, editor of Cooperative Farm Magazine by Southern States; and (Turn to Pago A2B) Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 3, 1991 Dairy Of Distinction Supplement Editor’s notes: The Umble brothers, Scott, 3; Jordan, 7, and Brandon, 10, live on a typical Dairy of Distinction farm in Ches ter County. The boys, sons of Ken and Marylin Umble, help us congratulate the winners in a special supplement with this issue. Next week’s issue will feature full Ag Progress Days prepa ration coverage. You’ll find maps, lists of exhibitors, and prog ram guides to help you find your way at Penn State’s research farm at Rockspring. In addition, we’ll have numerous articles that give background on the many subjects covered at this machinery demonstration and educational attraction. STATE COLLEGE (Centra Co.)—The senior division of ths Lancaster County 4-H livestock Judging teem placed first in the state this week at 4-H Week activities held at Penn State. Members of the team are, left to right, Chet Hughes, county agent; Peter Hoffines, Marietta; Mailt Tracy, Elizabethtown; Wendall Landis, Manheim; Darwin Livengood, Lancaster, and Greg Musser, coach. Livengood also had the high score of 417 out of a possible 450. Results from ail the various state contests are comming from Penn State in time to be included in next week’s issue. Ag Progress Issue Livestock Team Tops State 60c Per Copy Ag Showcase Grows Again In Cecil County FAIR HILL, Md. —Because of the rain, questions remained Mon day evening if the Ag Showcase at the Cecil County Fair would be held as scheduled. But dawn Tues day morning broke clear and beaut iful, to start what was called the most successful of the 10-year annual program of field equipment demonstrations held at Fair Hill Farms near the site of the Fair. “The committee met Monday evening,” Ted Hass, Cecil County agent said. “And we decided to make the call early the next morn ing. The day turned out beautiful and 300 farmers, many from Pen nsylvania, came to the demonstrations.” Over 40 pieces of field equip ment were displayed in active field demonstrations. In may demon strations, farmers were able to “jump on” and operate the equip ment. While the rain made the hay too wet to bail in most cases, the laige round bailers did get in a little work by afternoon. Other equimpent on display included: com planters, choppers, combines, no-till drills, manure spreaders, loaders, rakes, mower Sec. A... Market Reports & General News. Sec. 8... Women’s News, Public Sales & Mailbox Market. Sec. C.. Business News & Classified 4-36. Sec. D... Classified 1-3. See Story Index Page A 3, 19.00 Per Year (Turn to Page A 27) INDEX
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