A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 4, 1993
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh
Co.) A 5-year-old Holstein
owned by Delaware Valley Col
lege was named supreme dairy
cow Wednesday at the Allentown
Fair, while a Jersey bull owned by
Mildred Seeds, of Hill-Top Farm,
Downingtown, was named
supreme dairy bull of the show.
The show was judged by Steve
Neely, manager of sire procure
ment at Sire Power Inc.,
Tunkhannock.
Delaware Valley College is a
traditional exhibitor at the fair,
with dairy science students exhi
biting some of the college’s ani
mals. The large framed Holstein
showed the most overall balance,
strength in legs and feet and cor
rectness in mammary system,
according to Neely.
To win the title, showed
her Jersey bull calf to beat out a
Brown Swiss calf shown by
Jonathon Sterner, and a Holstein
yearling calf shown by Steven
Dietrich.
Seeds, who showed last year’s
supreme champion cow, is a well
known Jersey breeder using her
Top-O-Hill Farm name as a
registration prefix. She is also
known for her years of work
encouraging and enabling youth to
participate in dairy shows, and
learn how to care, handle and exhi
bit dairy animals.
Jonathon Sterner and sister
Katie Sterner, were first year exhi
bitors at the Allentown Fair, accor
idng to show officials.
A total of six new exhibitors
were added to the lineup of annual
exhibitors, according to show offi
cials, mostly adding some animals
to the colored breed shows.
New to the show, Lizzie Moser
showed the only Milking Shor
thorn, an intermediate calf, to win
the grand championship of that
breed. She also entered animals
which finished in at least the top
three of a class in the Holstein and
Guernsey breeds.
Tarik Gaffney and Christine
Michalik showed Jerseys. Others,
whose animals didn’t fare well in
the showring, also participated in
the showmanship and fitting con
tests, such as Katie Harwich and
Michalik and Jolene Compagnone.
In the 4-H fitting show, first
year champion was Katie Har
wich, followed by Christine
Michalik.
In the intermediate-age level.
Tank Gaffney was top fitter, fol
lowed by Karen Wolfgang and
Lizzie Moser.
From the left, Mildred Seeds holds the halter of her reserve grand champion
Jersey of the open show at Allentown Fair, while Amy Plummer shows her grand
champion.
Among the senior aged 4-H
youth, Amy Plummer was the top
fitter, while Shannon Semmel and
Katie Sterner followed.
In 4-H showmanship, Christine
Michalik was first among the first
year contestants, followed by
Katie Harwick.
In the intermediate age group,
Tank Gaffney was the top show
man, followed by Karen
Wolfgang.
In the senior age showmanship
contest, Plummer was first, fol
lowed by Katie Sterner and
Jonathon Sterner.
The Allentown dairy show also
holds an FFA division competi
tion, although entries are light. Ste
ven Dietrich was both the top FFA
showman and fitter. Dietrich also
swept the other FFA competition
with his five Holsteins entered as
both open and FFA show
contenders.
In the Ayrshire breed open
show, Delaware Valley College
showed the grand champion, while
Seth Wolfgang showed the reserve
grand champion and the reserve
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Carl Miller shows his grand champion rosette awarded
his Guernsey in the open show at Allentown Fair.
Scott Youse and show Judge Steve Neely both hold up the banner proclaiming this
5-year-old Delaware Valley College Holstein to be the supreme dairy cow of the Allen
town Fair.
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From the left, show Judge Steve Neely holds the banner
while Mildred Seeds holds the halter of her sumpreme
champion dairy bull, her Jersey calf.
Heidi Miller shows off Csii Miller’s reserve grand
champion.
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