A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1992
Troy Selects
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Jersey
This rather large group demon
strated the intense interest in the
various Jersey classes. Samantha
Hillyard showed her spring calf,
BEKA Ruby’s Rusty, to first
place; the winter calf, Hila Sap
Hilda, was owned by James Snod
grass of the Northeast Ag & Home
Gc Club; Udder Bunch’s Daniel
Abell showed the winning fall
calf, STS Joellas Unity. The win
ning entry for summer yearling
was owned by Eric Kneller, Koun
try Kritters. The winter yearling
Stoney Acres Vermonter Con
stance was Ronald Croft’s entry,
supporting the Kountry Kritters.
The spring yearling was shown by
Katherine Cole, Athens 4-H, OA
melody Meadow Dandee Lane,
and the fall yearling. Off Sprinc
SB Little Bit, won for Janie Cole.
In the dry cow 4-year and under
class, first place went to Hervies
Little Moo of Off Sprinc, while
the dry cow class 5-year and over
was won by WBR State 78 Gran
nie Crackers, Eric Kneller show
ing. Jason Sonnema began his
winning ways by showing his
junior 2-year-old Winding Brook
Gold April to first place.
Junior championship honors
went to Stoney Acres Vermonter
Constance, Ronald Craft showing,
while Samantha Hillyard showed
the reserve junior champion, her
spring calf.
The senior 2-year-old was Off
sprinc Beacons Supper, Janie
Cole, owner. The 3-year-old win
ner was General Milkway of Off
spring also Janie Cole’s entry. Ja
son Sonnema took 4-year-old No
bledale Legend Rosie to first
place. Shady Hill-side Magic Sun
flower was number one in the
S-year-old class, owned by Rossa
Ann Bristol, another Kountry
Kritters member. Jason Sonnema
showed his 4-year-old to the sen
ior and grand championships in
the Jersey breed. Sasha Harris,
East Smithfield Dairy Club, look
her Sunset Ridge Dandy Shell to
the reserve senior and reserve
grand championship Jersey circle.
This animal was also a 4-year-old.
There was only one Guernsey
entry in the show, so all the honors
went to the summer yearling Lilly,
shown by Amy Parks, from the
Northeast Towanda 4-H Club.
Holsteins
The Holstein breed led off with
a spring calf shown by Jeffrey
Wilbur, Udder Bunch, Lyn Lene
Vanguard Candy. The winter calf
Maple Flat Ares Rosie took first
place in her class for owner Dan
ielle Sparling, from the Leona
Dairy 4-H Club. In the fall calf
class, Braund Valley Dale Kayla,
was owned by Jill Sheeley, a
member of the Ml Pisgah Raiders
Club. Summer yearling Maple
Flat Ares Honey was first by own
er Danielle Sparling. The spring
yearling winner was Calkins
Calypso Bunny, with Leona Club
member Randy Calkins showing.
Danielle Sparling’s Maple Flat
Counselor Dorie placed first in the
Winter Yearling class. The fall
yearling winner was Browncroft
Tong Janet, with owner Robin
Wilson showing for Udder Bunch.
A dry cow 4-year-old and under
was won by Braund Valley Beau
tician Punky, owned by Aaron
Sheeley. Dry Cow five-year and
over Pack Herd Chairman Bongo
won first place for Davis S. Pack
ard, Leona 4-H. The final class in
the junior Holsteins was the junior
2-year-old Braund Valley Cheryl,
Greta Braund, owner. This was a
large class, and all of the entries
Junior Dairy Show Champions
made an excellent showing.
The judges selected as junior
champion Holstein Maple Flat
Ares Rosie, owned by Danielle
Sparling. Robin Wilson’s fall
yearling, Browncroft Tong Janet,
was runner-up. The reserve junior
champion.
The senior Holstein classes be
gan with Pack Herd Mark Bateau,
a senior 2-year-old shown by Da
vid Packard, which won first
place. Aaron Sheeley led his
3-year-old Braund Valley Sultan
Jocelyn to first place. Jill Sheeley
showed the winning 4-year-old,
Braund Valley Can Am Caress.
Amy Packard of the Leona Club
had the blue ribbon S-year-old,
and continued her winning ways
as she showed winner Braund
Valley Threat Kate in the 6-year
old class.
This same six-year-old cow was
adjudged to be the, senior cham
pion and grand Hol
stein, with junior 2-year-old
Braund Valley Cheryl achieving
the reserve senior and reserve
grand champion trophies. The re
serve grand champion is owned by
Greta Braund.
Fitting and showing are two
categories in which the young
people learn what they have mas
tered and are also told how'to im
prove their skills. Fitting age
group 8,9, 10 and li, Greta
Braund won first place, Aaron
Sheeley second, and Seth Harris
third. The 12, 13 and 14-year-old
fitting winners were David Pack
ard, first; Danielle Sparling, sec
ond; and Sasha Harris, third.
Those who did best in the ages IS
and over group, were Lillian
Lunde, first; Jill Sheeley, second;
and Janie Cole, third.
The younger group aged 8,9,
10, and 11 showed close competi
tion in the fitting class. Greta
Braund was first, Eric Kneller sec
ond, and Heather Yurkanin, third.
Top fitter in the age group 12,13,
and 14 was Danielle Sparling,
with David Packard and Cassie
placing second and third.
The most experienced and older
group, IS years old and older,
found Lillian Lunde to be first,
with Ronald Yates second, and Jill
Sheeley third.
Eric Kneller was awarded the
Tommy G. Noble Memorial
Award, which is given to the top
first-year Jersey shower.
June Milk Up 4%
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Milk production in Pennsylva
nia during June totaled 871 mil
lion pounds, 4 percent above last
year’s production, according to
the Pennsylvania Agricultural Sta
tistics Service (PASS).
The number of milk cows in the
state during the month averaged
650,000 head, down 1,000 from
May, and 9,000 fewer than June
1991. Production per cow aver
aged 1,340 pounds in June, 70
pounds less than May but up 70
pounds from June 1991.
Grain and other concentrates
fed to milk cows in the state on
July 1 averaged 14. S pounds per
cow per day, down .3 pound from
a year earlier. The value of grain
and other concentrates averaged
$8.98 per hundredweight, 18 cents
more than a year ago.
Milk production in the 21 states
surveyed during June totaled 10.8
Rica's "t* LTH Kl %
billion pounds, up 2 percent when
compared to production during
June 1991. The number of milk
cows averaged 8.26 million head,
down 116,000 head from a year
earlier, while production per cow
averaged 1,305 pounds. 43 pounds
above June of last year.
Grain and other concentrates
fed to milk cows nationwide on
July 1 averaged 17.6 pounds per
cow per day .3 pound more than
July 1, 1991. The value of grain
and other concentrates averaged
$7.82 per hundredweight, 11 cents
more than the July 1. 1991 value.
During the April-June period,
the 21 major states produced 84.4
percent of the nation’s production.
If producers in the remaining 29
states not surveyed monthly fol
lowed the trend shown by the 21
reporting states, U.S. milk produc
tion for June would be 12.8 billion
pounds.