A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Octobar 2, 1993
Bedford County Farm Wins Big At National Guernsey Show
* HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Snider Homestead Farm, own
ed by Bemeta Gable, New Enter
prise, took home an armful of ban
ners, trophies and ribbons from
the National Guernsey Show held
last week in Harrisburg in con
junction with the Pa. All Ameri
can Dairy Show.
The All-American Dairy Show
is one of the nation’s top dairy
competitions. Over 2,500 entries
are vying for $78,000 in prize
money and the prestigious titles of
All-American champions.
The show is sponsored annually
by the Pennsylvania Dairy and
Allied Industries Association in
cooperation with the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture and
Farm Products Show
Commission.
Gable’s 3-year-old, “Sniders
Telestar Heaven,” was selected
the grand champion female, the
best senior female bred and owned
by the exhibitor, and winner in the
Pennsylvania 3-year-old Guern
sey futurity.
Snider Homestead Farm also
emerged as the premier breeder
and premier exhibitor of the show,
and winner in the classes for best
three females and exhibitor’s
herd.
Picking up honors for the junior
champion female was the Ander
son family of Kennedy, New
York, with “Sher-Beck Bionic
Sally.”
Charles Luchsinger of Syra
cuse, New York, was the official
judge.
1993 NATIONAL GUERNSEY SHOW
Junior Call: 1. Kristy J. Guy or, Deny, PA;
2. Kandy Gable, New Enterprise, PA; 3.
Andrew Axtell, Cortland, NY.
Intarmadlata Calf: 1. Elsie Wolff A Kevin
Stoltzfuf, Quarryville, PA; 2. Austin A Lucas
Ayars, Machanicsburg, OH; 3. Oscar Clay
Smith, Jefferson, MO.
Senior Calf: 1. Beth Anne Clark, Bedford,
PA; 2. Amber Clark, New Enterprise, PA; 3.
Andy Ebarland, Mechanlcsburg, OH.
Summer Yearling: 1. Donald Holcomb,
Graane, NY; 2. Heather Frey, Smlthburg,
MO; 3. Gordon A Martha Huckins, Ashland,
NH.
Junior Voiding: 1. Damn H. Anderson,
Kennedy, NY; 2. Walter A Amy Record,
Lyme, NH; 3. Mark Alan Spurrier, Union
Bridge, MO.
Intermadlals Yearling; 1. Spring Walk
Farm, Big Prairie, OH; 2. Alison Littlefield,
Watertown, NY; 3. Davidson John Meyers,
Worton, MO.
Senior Yearling: 1. Donald Holcomb,
Greene, NY; 2. David A. Schupp, Tunkhan
nock, PA; 3. Scon A Elsie Wolfe, Quanyville,
PA.
Beet Junior Female Brad A Owned; 1.
Chris, Darren, Jared Anderson, Kennedy,
NY; 2. Holcomb Family, Greene, NY; 3. Hd-
Judges Name 4-Year-Old Holstein All American Supreme
(Contlnued from Page Al)
Hanover-Hill Inspir?.fion and her
dam is Allanvals Puget Anetia, a
Sheik daughter scored VG.
In her 3-year-old record of 305
days, Tina milked 24,144 pounds
milk, 4.3 percent and 1,030
pounds fy and 3.4 percent and
806 pounds protein.
“I sent my father to look at her
in Ohio, and bought her without
seeing her,” said owner Ernie
Kueffher. “She calved in May
with a heifer, after having twin
heifers last year for her previous
owner. We showed her 18 days
after calving; she was champion
and best uddered of our North
Carolina state show. I like stylish
cows, and she’s a wonderful cow
to work with.”
Tina won best udder honors last
year in her class at the Madison,
Wisconsin, show. Exhibited again
at the Royal Winter Fair in Toron
to, Canada, she was Erst and best
uddered 3-year-old, and selected
best udder and reserve of the Roy
al’s intermediate-age-cow champ
ionship. Among Tina’s honors are
awards as All-Canadian junior
3-year-old and reserve All-
comb Family, Qraana, NY.
Junior Champion: 1. Curtia, Darron,
Jarad Anderson, Kannady, NY.
Raaarvo Junior Champion Famala: 1.
Holcomb Family. Qraana, NY.
Junior Baal Thraa: 1. Holcomb Family; 2.
Chris, Darron, Jared Anderson, Kannady,
NY; 3. Windy Springs Farm, Smlthsburg,
MO.
3a 4 Yoara Old Dry: 1. Donald Holcomb;
2. Erica Yaplo, Houtzdale, PA; 3. Spring
Walk Farm, Big Prairie, OH.
5 Years A Over, Dry: 1. Whiter Johnson,
Cortland, NY; 2. Melissa Sulkosky, Derry,
PA; 3. Berneta Kay Gable, New Enterprise,
PA.
Junior 2 Year Old: 1. Matthew K. Marrow,
Tyrone, PA; 2. Floyd Wachtel A Family. Big
Prairie, OH; 3. Berneta Kay Gable, New
Enterprise, PA.
Senior 2 Year Old: 1. Cletus A Janice
Frey, Smlthsburg, MD; 2. Elsie Wolff A Ber
neta Gable, Quarryville, PA; 3. James A
Janet Bates A Family, Southington, OH.
Pennsylvania Three Year Old Futurity;
1. Berneta Kay Gable, New Enterprise, PA;
2. Mark A. Schnebly, Clear Springs, MO; 3.
Elizabeth Littlefield, Watertown, NY.
Junior 3 Year Old; 1. Justin McMurray,
Beatleyville, PA; 2. Elizabeth Littlefield,
Watertown, NY; 3. Elizabeth Littlefield,
Watertown, NY. '
Senior 3 Year Old: 1. Berneta Kay Gable,
New Enterprise, PA; 2. Beth Anne Clark,
Bedford, PA; 3. Spring Walk Farm, Big Prair
ie, OH.
4 Year Old: 1. Oscar Clay Smith, Jeffer
son, MO; 2. Bameta Kay Gable, New Enter
prise, PA; 3. Herbert R. Guyer, Derry, PA.
5 Years And Over: 1. Bernata Kay Gable,
New Enterprise, PA; 2. Trotaere Farm, Enon
Valley, PA; 3. Ell T Ayars, Mechanlcsburg,
OH.
Beat Senior Female, Brad And Owned:
1. Berneta Gable, New Enterprise, PA; 2.
Jefferson, MO; 3. New Enterprise, PA.
Senior Champion: 1. Bernetta Gable,
New Enterprise, PA.
Reserve Senior Champion: 1. Oscar
Clay Smith, Jefferson, PA.
Grand Champion Female; 1. Bameta
Gable, New Enterprise, PA.
Reserve Grand Champion Fsmals: 1.
Oscar Clay Smith, Jefferson, MO.
Total Performance Winner 1. Oscar
Clay Smith, Jefferson, MO.
Bast Three Females: 1. Berneta Gable,
New Enterprise, PA; 2. William Wachtel, Big
Prairie, OH; 3. William S. Schnebly, Clear
Spring, MO.
Exhibitor’s Nerd: 1. Berneta Gable, New
Enterprise, PA; 2. William Wachtel, Big Prair
ie, OH; 3. William S. Schnebly, Clear
Springs, PA.
Slata Of Provincial Herd: 1. Pennsylva
nia Guernsey Breeders; 2. Ohio Guernsey
Breeders; 3. Maryland Guernsey Brooders.
Premier Breeder: 1. Snider Homestead.
New Enterprise, PA.
Premier Exhibitor: 1. Snider Homestead
Farm, New Enterprise, PA.
Premier Site: 1. Dutch Mill Telestars
Fayette.
1093 NATIONAL JUNIOR
GUERNSEY SHOW
Junior Haifar Calf; 1. Kriaty J. Guyar,
Dairy, PA; 2. Kandy Gable, New Enterprise,
PA; 3. Jan Snider, New Enterprise, PA.
Intermediate Heller Call: 1. Oscar Clay.
Smith, Jeflarson, MD; 2. Mark A. Schnebly,
Clear Springs, MD; 3. Erica Vaple, Houtz
da!e, PA.
Senior Haller Call; 1. Beth Anne Clark,
Bedford, PA; 2. Amber Clark, New Enter
prise, PA; 3. Andy Eberiand, Mechanlcsburg,
Summer Yearling Haifar: 1. Heather
Frey, Smlthsburg, MD; 2. Jared 0. Anderson,
American junior 3-year-old.
Reserve supreme champion
was the Jersey champion, “Pens
mith TJ Missy Mindy,” exhibited
by Wayne and Alan Stiles and Bil
ly and Mike Heath, Spring Valley
Farm, Westminster, Maryland.
Mindy also won her breed title
earlier Thursday, in the Jersey
show judged by Robert Fitzsim
mons, Montpelier, Vermont.
The 4-year-old Jersey is scored
Excellent. She is sired by Duncan
Saint John, and her dam is Pens
mith Magician Mindy. In her
3-year-old, 365-day lactation,
Mindy finished with 15,510
pounds of milk; 4.4 percent, or
682 pounds of fat; and 3.6 percent,
or 565 pounds, of protein.
She was recently named the
supreme dairy winner at the Mary
land State Fair and was first
3-year-old and honorable mention
grand champion at the 1992
National Jersey Show.
Selection of the Harrisburg All-
American supreme winner was
made by secret ballot of a panel of
three judges. They were Ginger
Myers, Littlestown, Guernsey
breeder and former Guernsey
Showing the chami jns of . , National Guernsey show are, from the left, Amy
Mearkle, state alternate dairy princess, Elizabeth Littlefield, national Guernsey queen,
Bill Snyder Sr. with the grand champion, O. Clay Smith with the reserve grand champ
ion, and Jennifer Grimes, state dairy princess.
Showing the champions of the National Guernsey Junior Show, are, from the left,
Amy Mearkle, state alternate dairy princess, Elizabeth Littlefield, national Guernsey
queen, Matt Morrow, with the reserve grand champion, O. Clay Smith, with the grand
champion, and Jennifer Grimes with the state dairy princess.
Kennedy, NY; 3. Paula D. Guyer. Derry, PA.
Junior Yoartlng Heifer: 1. Darren H.
Andereon, Kennedy,- NY; 2. Mark Alan Spur
rier, Union Bridge, MD; 3. Oscar Clay Smith,
Jefferson, MD.
Intimwdato Yearling Haifar 1. Allton
Linlallald, Watertown, NY; 2. C. Davidson A
J. Mayers, Worton, MD; 3. Erica Yapla.
Houtzdala, PA.
Senior Yearling Haifar; 1. David A.
Schupp, Tunkhannock, PA; 2. Stacy Martin,
Governor, NY; 3. Bath Anna Clark, Bedford,
PA.
Junior Champion: 1. Darren Anderson,
Kennedy, NY.
Raaarva Junior Champion; 1. Mark Alan
Spurrier, Union Bridge, MD.
Cow, Junior 2 Year Old: 1 . Matthew K.
breed association field representa
tive; Jeff Harding, manager of
GEN Farms, Kennedyville, Mary
land, and former sales manager for
the Pennsylvania Holstein Associ
ation; and Paul Miller, Lingles
town, a classifier for the National
Holstein Association and a Hols
tein breeder.
Sharing in the supreme contest
pageantry finals were champions
of the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss,
Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn
breed shows, held earlier in the
week.
The Ayrshire champion was
“Covey Farms CVR Rosetta,” a
4-year-old owned by Palmyra
Farms, Hagerstown, Md., and
bred by Brandon Covey, Oklaho
ma. Scored EX-90, Rosetta’s cur
rent lactation, at 335 days, is at
26,070 pounds of milk, with 4.2
percent or 1,103 pounds butterfat,
and 3.5 percent, or 912 pounds
protein.
Her sire is Covey Farms HC
Rosabelle and her dam is Covey
Farms Vitality Reliable. She was
first and production winner in her
class at the 1992 Southern Nation
al Ayrshire Show and grand
Morrow, Tyrone, PA; 2. Elizabeth Littlefield,
Watertown, NY; 3. David A. Shupp, Tunk
hannock, PA.
Cow, Senior 2 Year Old; 1. Derek Frey,
Smittwburg, MD.
Cow, Junior 3 Year Old; 1. Justin McMur
ray. Baetleyville, PA; 2. Elizabeth Littlefield,
Watertown, NY; 3. Elizabeth Littlefield.
Watertown, NY.
Cow, Senior 3 Year Old: 1. Beth Anne
Clark, Bedford, PA; 2. Mark A. Schnebly,
Clear Spring, MD; 3. John C. Schnebly,
Clear Spring, MD.
Cow, 4 Year* OM: 1. Oscar Clay Smith,
Jefferson, MD; 2. Paula O. Guyer. Derry. PA;
champion of the 1992 Junior
Southern National Ayrshire show.
Topping the Brown Swiss breed
show was 4-year-old “Hawthorne
Rythmic Riki,” owned by Charles
Lee Chaney, Gartstlyn Brown
Swiss, New Windsor, Md. Her
breeder is Kathy Griesheimer,
Valley City, Ohio.
She is scored Excellent and
sired by Hawthorne Eritia Raybet
te, and out of dam Forest Lawn TJ
Rhythm. Her 3-year, 365-day lac
tation record is at 27,180 pounds
milk, with 4 percent and .1,099
pounds butterfat and 3.7 percent
and 1,008 pounds protein. Earlier
this year, she was named grand
champion of the Canton, Ohio,
Brown Swiss show and took first
place in her class at the Maryland
State Fain
Bedford Coundans Brad and
Bemeta Gable and family exhi
bited the champion Guernsey,
“Snider’s Telstar Heaven.” The
Very Good-89 senior 3-year-old is
bred and owned by their Snider’s
Homestead Farm at New
Enterprise.
With 174 days credit in her
three-year lactation, the Guernsey^
3. Elizabeth UttWMd, Wstsrtown, NY.
C*w, 8 Years Old: 1. Hssthsr Frsy,
Smithsburg, MO; 2. Brian R. SchnsUy, Clear
Spring*. MO; 3. Aliion Uttlefleld. Watertown,
NY.
Senior Champion: 1, Otcar Clay Smith,
Jefferson, -MD.
Reaerve Senior Champion: 1. Matthew
Morrow. Tyrone, PA.
Grand Champion: 1. Otcar Clay Smith,
Jefferson, MD.
Reserve Grand Champion: 1. Matthew
Morrow, Tyrone, PA.
Beat Animal Brad 8 Owned By Exhibi
tor: 1. Oscar Clay Smilh, Jefferson. MD.
Junior Stale Herd: 1. Pennsylvania; 2.
Maryland; 3. New York.
champion is producing 10,808
pounds of milk, with 4.1 percent
and 441 pounds fat and 3.3 per
cent and 359 pounds protein. Her
dam. Snider’s Big Tex Hugie, has
lifetime records of 103,826 milk,
4,678 fat and 3,785 protein.
“Spring Meadows Greeting”
took top Milking Shorthorn breed
honors for owner-breeders Mike
and Polly Ullom and family.
Spring Meadows Farm, Center
burg, Ohio. Classified Very
Good-88, she is sired by Krause’s
Maxine’s Mike and her dam is
Spring Meadows Jet Star, VG-87.
A 5-year-old, she has a current
305-day lactation record of 18,070
pounds of milk, with 3.4 percent
or 630 pounds fkt, and 3.4 percent
or 6.39 pounds protein. She was
part of the winning dam-daughter
entry at last week's All-American,
and took reserve champion breed
honors at both the 1991 and 1992
All-American shows.
Some 2,000 head of the nation’s
(op cattle were exhibited in the
30th annual Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show, events,
which included the state junior
dairy show on Sept. 20.