A2O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 26, 1992
Grand champion Brown Swiss at the All-American. From left, Richard Keene,
judge; Sandra Gross, PA Alternate Dairy Princess; Wayne Conrad, at the halter of the
grand champion; and Wayne Sliker, owner, reserve grand champion.
Junior champions with friends are, from left, Richard Keene, Judge; Sandra Gross,
PA Alternate Dairy Princess; Wayne Sliker, St. Paris, OH, owner of junior champion;
and Gary Mase, Lebanon, owner of the reserve junior champion.
Eastern
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heifer consigned by Plushanski
Farm in Kutztown.
Several hundred people
attended the sale as buyers or
observers, and witnessed an unof
ficial total sale of $273,150 for the
56 lots consigned. The average
sale price was $4,878.
Five intended lots were pulled
from the offering. Two were
added. All prices for the sale are
unofficial until sale managers have
an opportunity to check over
details.
Buyers from Pennsylvania,
Ontario and nine states
including New Jersey, New York,
Maine, California, Wisconsin,
North Carolina, Texas, Vermont
and Georgia purchased con
signment animals during the sale.
Many consignments came from
Pennsylvania, along with offerings
from many other Northeastern,
Eastern and Southern states. There
were even offerings from Wiscon
sin, Illinois and Ohio.
ABS Specialty Genetics,
DeForest, Wis., purchased the
Meyer’s calf, Tidy-Brook Tesk
Scamper-Et, a daughter of sire
Tesk-Holm Valiant Rockie, an
Excellent 94-GM, with PTAs of
+2,124 pounds milk, +52 pounds
fat and +69 pounds of protein.
The dam is Tidy-Brook Sally
Cleitus and the grandam is a Very
Good 85-point Ned Boy daughter
which posted a 365-day lactation
record of 41,439 pounds of milk,
1,378 pounds of protein. She
started that lactation at 3-years, 10
months old.
The dam, Sally Cleitus, posted a
365-day record as a 2-year-old of
30,946 pounds of milk and 1,079
pounds of protein. Scamper is the
first heifer out of Sally, although
she already has three sons in artifi
cial insemination sire-proving
programs and 10 others
contracted.
The records on the dam and
grandam were made on two-limes
per-day milking, not three.
“We were pleased with the
price,” said Mark Meyers, who is
in partnership with son Alan on
their fourth-generation Franklin
County dairy farm, where they
Brown Swiss All American Winners Named
National
milk 80 registered Holsteins.
Except for the 4-H and local
shows for the children, the Meyers
do not show cattle, they said. How
ever, the Meyers are not new to the
Eastern Holstein Sale. Last year
they purchased a calf and Wednes
day said they were pleased with the
growth of the animal. They said it
seems to be following the promise
of its pedigree.
The other top selling offering
was the Plushanski consignment,
which was purchased for $16,000
by Andrew Stoltzfus, of Morgan
town, in Berks County. Stoltzfus
milks about 120 grade and regis
tered Holsteins and has a rolling
herd average of more than 20,000
pounds of milk.
The first choice female of a
flush being made on Plushanski
Blackstar Fia-Et, a Very Good 87
as a 2-year-bld, already has inter
national interest in die genetics,
with a bull from the same crossing
of Fia and A Ronnybrook Prelude-
ET, Canada’s top LPI sire, already
contracted to a Japanese business.
For $lO,OOO, Lester Poust of
Muncy, purchased the third high
est selling lot a first choice
female from eight pregnancies out
of a Ned Boy daughter crossed to
Exranco Thor which was con
signed by E. James McMath 11, of
Ml. Union.
The dam of the pregnancy is no
ordinary cow: Bardale Ned Boy
Jonell, in addition to being classi
fied for type as an Excellent
92-point female at 5 years old, has
also finished her last 365-day lac
tation on twice-per-day milking
with 43,000 pounds of milk, 1,919
pounds of fat, and 1,533 pounds of
protein. She was the national
champion for protein and was sec
ond for fat
The fourth highest selling was a
consignment from Kemview Hols
teins, of Bainbridge, N.Y., which
sold to a Maine syndicate for
$9,500. The consingment is a very
senior yearling, just under 2-years
old, due Nov. 13 to Singing-Brook
N-B Mascot-Et, a Very Good
88-point GM, with PTAs of
+2,132 pounds milk, +54 pounds
fat and +7l pounds of protein.
The Maine syndicate consisted
of Steve Keene, Steve Smith, and
Chet Crosby, of Auburn, accord
ing to sale records.
Fifth highest on the list was a
first choice female from a flush out
of a 2-year-old Very Good,
88-point Blackstar daughter with
an Excellent mammary. It was
consigned by Rick Wadel of Ship
pensburg and Ricecrest Holsteins
of Chambersburg. It was pur-
Reich To Be Honored
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and Community: Co-essential and
Compatible will be affirmed in the
keynote address “A Cooperative
Vision for Rural America” by
William J. Nelson, president of
the Cooperative Foundation and
consultant to the Cenex Education
Fund. Nelson will be followded by
panelists Bobby R. Jones, Execu
tive Vice President of Northeast
ern Farm Credit; Edward Graves,
General Manager of Coastal
Electric Cooperative, South Car
olina; and Tony Schlesier,
Manager-Cooperative Relations
of Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative Association. Panel
Moderator Dr. Jim Baarda, Vice
President - Education for the
National Council of Farmer
Cooperatives, will moderate the
panel as they explore cooperative
business-community relations
from local, regional, and global
perspectives. Issue management
consultant, Carol James, founder
of Carol James Communications,
will wrap up the afternoon ses
sion. Highlight of the Thursday
evening reception and dinner wil
be the presentation of the first Hal
F. Doran Business Educations
Award to Bob Reich, president of
Northeastern Farm Credit of Lew
isburg. Council Business will be
the main topic for the Friday ses
sion including an open forum on
dues restructuring and the Coun
cil’s annual Business Meeting.
The Doran award recognizes
individuals who demonstrate
exceptional dedication and leader
ship in furthering the understand
ing of cooperatives in the Ameri
can business enterprise system.
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Top Acres of St. Paris, took
the top honors at the Eastern
National Brown Swiss show held
at the All-American this week.
They captured the grand, reserve
grand and the junior champion
awards. In addition. Top Acres
was named both the premier breed
er and premier exhibitor of the
show.
Gary Lee Mase, Lebanon had
the grand champion bull, and the
reserve junior champion female.
Wayne Sliker, St. Paris, OH, had
the reserve chamion bull.
In state herd competition, hon
ors went to Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania in that order.
The top placings are as follows:
BROWN SWISS
Bull Calf 1. Gary Lee Mase; 2. Wayne E,
Sliker; 3. Martin & Jody Etzweiler.
Junior Yearling Bull 1,2. Dale R.
Dirkson.
S«nlor Yearling Bull 1. Martin & Jody
Etzweller; 2. Date R. DirKaon.
Champion Bull Gary Lee Mase.
Reaarva Champion Bull Wayne E
Sliker.
Junior Halter Calf 1. Susan Love, 2
Wayne E. Sliker; 3. Allen & Tammy Bassler.
Intermediate Calf 1,2. Wm. & Kathryn
Kelly; 3. Dean' & Brenda Daubert.
Senior Heifer Calf 1. Wayne E. Sliker; 2
Gary Lee Mase; 3. Howard & Norma
Flemming.
Summer Yearling Heifer 1. Harold Long
Family; 2. Theodore Duncan & George Wil
ber; 3. Sayward E. Green.
Spring Yearling Heifer 1,3. Wayne E.
Sliker; 2. Dean & Brenda Daubert.
chased by Dennis Yousey, ot
Casanova, N.Y. for $9,000.
The dam, Wa-Del RC Blackstar
Molly-Et, has already posted a
254-day record of 19,311 pounds
of milk with a 3.6 percent fat con
tent and 3.2 percent protein
content.
Although no price records were
broken, the sale was a success and
highlighted a lot of strong gene
tics, according to sale officials.
On the sales staff were well
known Holstein salesman Horace
The award consists of cash award
of $5OO and a commemorative
Nittany Lion.
Reich was chosen from a sever
al outstanding nominees by mem
bers of the Penn State University/
Pennsylvania Council of Coopera
tives Joint Education
Coordinating Committee.
The award is sponsored by the
Hal f. Doran endowment fund.
That was started in 1991 in honor
of Doran’s many years of service
to cooperative education. Contri
butions to the endowment may be
made through the Penn State
Cooperative Education Program.
Recih has been active as a
cooperative educator and advo
cate for many years. He has been
President and CEO of Northeast
ern Farm Credit Services in Lew
isburg for eighteen years, he
joined NE Farm Credit in 1967, as
a farm credit loan officer, was
promoted to associate manager in
1972. Reich has served in numer
ous leadership roles within the
farm credit system and was hon
ored in 1984 with the Baltimore
Distrcit President’s Award in rec
ognition of his agricultural and
community leadership. His distin
guished tenure with PCC, previ
ously known as the Pennsylvania
Association of Farm Cooperatives
(PAFC), includes election to the
(PAFC) Board of Directors in
1974, serving on numerous com
mittees. including “The Plan for
the ’Bo’s” and the PSU-PCC Joint
Committee among others. He
chaired the Leadership Develop
ment for the “Plan for the 80’s”,
was elected vice president for
association programs in 1980 and
Winter Yearling Heifer 1. Larry R. Hill; 2
Wayne E. Slikor; 3. Theodore Duncan' {
George Wilber.
Fall Yearling Heifer 1. Richard J Si*,
phens; 2. William & Kathryn Kelly; 3. Robert
W. Sigler.
Beet Junior Bred I Owned 1. Top Acres
2. Mase Meadow Hill; 3. Top Acre.
Junior Champion Top Acres.
Reserve Junior Champion Gary Let
Mase.
Junior Bast Three Females 1 . Wayne E
Sliker; 2. Dean & Brenda Daubert; 3. William
& Kathryn Kelly.
Dry Cow 1. Allen & Tammy Bassler; 2
Wayne E. Sliker; 3. James L. Kennedy
Family. 1
Futurity 1,2. James L. Kennedy Family, 3
Thomas & Dale Smith & Family.
Junior 2 Years Old 1. Wayne E. Sliker, 2
Allen & Tammy Bassler; 3. Pheasant Ridge
Farm.
Senior 2 Year Old 1. Gary Lee Mase, 2
D. Bradley Garst, Inc.; 3. Wayne E. Sliker
3 Years Old 1,2,3. Wayne E. Sliker.
4 Yean Old 1. Wayne E. Sliker; 2. D Brad
ley Garst Inc.; 3. George L. Bassler
5 Years Old 1. Jeremy McDonald, 2 Gary
Lee Mase; 3. Wayne E. Sliker.
6 Years and Over 1. Wayne E. Slicker, 2
Will R. Daubert; 3. Jeremy McDonald
Grand Champion Female Top Acres
Reserve Grand Champion Top Acres
Total Performance Winner 1,2 Top
Acres; 3. Shen-Val Farm.
Bast Thro# Foamlos 1. Wayne E. Sliker
2. Jeremy McDonald; 3. Gary Lee Mass
Dairy Hard 1. Wayne E. Slicker, 2
Jeremy McDonald; 3. Howard & Norma
Flemming.
Produce of Dam 1. Wayne E. Sliker, 2.
Allen & Tammy Bassler; 3. James L Ken
nedy Family.
Dam and Daughter 1 Wayne E. Sliker,2.
Gary Lee Mase; 3 George Bassler
State and Provincial Hard 1. Md , 2 Vr
3. Pa
Premier Braadara Top Acres
Premier Exhibitor Top Acres.
Premier Sira Bridge View Farm
Backus; Dave Rama, of The Cattle
Exchange; Bill Nichol and Ken
Raney of the Pennsylvania Hols
tein Association; and Dale Kranz,
Duane Conant, Mike Weimer, and
Don Wclk.
Jan Harding, program director
of the Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
and Promotion Services, Inc.,
along with several dairy princes
ses, also helped keep track of the
sale, making it run smoothly,
Raney said.
Bob Reich
PAFC President in 1985. Reich is
a frequent speaker and educator at
cooperative meetings, training
events and schools throughout PA
and the nation.
Reich’s job experience includes
work on a Holstein dairy farm,
assisting in a Lewisburg veterin
ary clinic, and commercial lend
ing before his very successful
career in farm credit Bob shares
his leadership with the community
as a director of the Susquehanna
Valley Chamber of Commerce
and a member of that organiza
tions Governmental Affairs Com
mittee, and a special committee to
study toxic waste disposal. In
addition, Reich serves on the Penn
State University College of Apt
culture Advisory Committee and
as an agriculture credit advisor to
the PA Department ot
Agriculture.
Bob and his wife Virginia art
avid golfers, have two married
sons, Mark and Andrew.