200 Participate At Pa. Fair
PHILADELPHIA The
eighth annual Pennsylvania Fair
was held at the Philadelphia Parte
Racetrack recently. Approximate
ly 200 different exhibitors partici
pated in the event
Several hundred entries into the
competitive exhibits created a
colorful array of homemade and
home-grown products. Along with
the competitive exhibits, four
showing the Cheviot cham
pion in both the 4>H and open
sheep shows.
Joan Harris of Wallingford
showed the 4-H champion
Southdown ewe.
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large animal shows were conduct
ed during the 12 days of the show.
Beef, sheep. 4-H sheep and
ippei
Black Eddy, grand champion
ewe (Oxford), shown by par
ents James and Kathleen.
The Torok Family, Windy
Acres of Plttstown, N.J.,
showed the champion Suf
folk ewe.
Bruce Snyder of Kutztown, . -V ■ ztown
showed the 4-H supreme sj lo *®** th ® supreme cham
champlon. plon ewe (Suffolk).
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goats and potbellied pigs were
shown. Agriculture coordinator
for the show was Beverly Gruber
of New Tripoli.
Results of the shows follow:
POTBELUED PIG RESULTS
Grand Champion Fkmsle • Susan
vllle, showed the supreme
champion ram (Oxford).
Isaac Garges of Telford
showed the 4-H champion
Suffolk ram.
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Conway, Grass Valley, CA.
Grand Champion -Altered Sax -
Priscilla Valentine, Kent, WA.
Grand Champion Boar • Kathleen
Plauche, Midlothian, TX.
Supremo Champion • Susan Con
way, Grass Valley, CA.
GOAT SHOW
Alpine - Jessica Bohnier, New Lon
don, PA.
Nubian - James Shantz, Bangor.
PA.
Toggenburg • Amy Plummer, Chal
font, PA.
La Mancha - Marcia McCaffrey,
Penns Park, PA.
All Other Purebred - Brant Kloiber,
Bath. PA.
Recorded Gradee - Robert Gill,
Richboro, PA.
Best Does In Show - Amy Plummer,
Chalfont, PA.
BEEF WINNERS
Champion Angus, Heifer - David
Newpher, Fleetwood, PA.
Champion Slmmental Heifer - Tom
Newpher,' Fleetwood, PA.
Reserve Champion - Troy Gelsing
er, Wernersville, PA.
MARKET STEER
Champion • Tom Newpher, Fleet
wood, PA.
Reserve Champion • David New
pher, Fleetwood, PA.
OPEN SHEEP SHOW
Cheviot Champion Ewe • Michelle
Record Set At National
Jersey Heifer Sale
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
Topping last year’s average of
$2,992, the 1994 edition of the
National Jersey Heifer Sale posted
an average of $3,353, a new re
cord.
The sale was held June 20 in
San Antonio, Texas, in conjunc
tion with the annual meetings of
The American Jersey Cattle Club
and National All-Jersey Inc. This
was the First sale ever to be held
on the famous river walk on the
San Antonio River.
The 48 heifers sold averaged
$3,333.13 with the top price of
$lO,lOO paid for the consignment
of Kurt and Carol Alberti, Wen
dell, Idaho. AU Tildies Berretta
Tincia-ET, a three-month-old
daughter of Mason Boomer Soon
er Berretta, will make her new
home at Wirkus Jerseys, Edgar,
Wis.
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Average Protein in the sale with a
PA Protein of +77. ‘Tincia” has
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Snyder, Parker, PA.
Dorset Ram & Ewe • Mike Koehler,
Schnecksville, PA.
Hampshire Ram & Ewe - Wey
Farms, Kutztown, PA.
Shropshire Ram A Ewe • Wey
Farms, Kutztown. PA.
Southdown Ram • Joan Harris,
Wallingford, PA.
Southdown Ewe - Amanda Miller,
Mertztown, PA.
Suffolk Ram A Ewe • Windy Acres,
Torok Family, Pittstown, N.J.
Oxford Ram - Mike Koehler,
Schnecksville, PA.
Oxford Ewe • Jeffrey Everett, Upper
Black Eddy, PA.
Supremo Champion • Mike Koehler
(Oxford), Schnecksville, PA.
4-H SHOW
Cheviot Champion Ewp - Michelle
Snyder, Parker. PA.
Dorset Ram & Ewe • Bruce Snyder,
Kutztown, PA
Hampshire Ram & Ewe - Teresa
Anspach, Shillington, PA
Southdown Ram - Bruce Snyder,
Kutztown, PA.
Southdown Ewe • Joan Harris, Wal
lingford, PA.
Suffolk Ram - Isaac Garges, Tel
ford, PA.
Suffolk Ewe • Melanie Snyder,
Parker, PA.
Supreme Champion • Bruce Sny
der (Dorset), Kutztown. PA
ganizations, including 21 si Cen
tury, United Breeders Service,
Sire Power and Noba.
Salvation Brook Paramount,
consigned by Duane and Christina
Anderson of Salvation Jerseys,
Milan, Miss, was the second-high
est selling animal. H&B Jerseys,
Crockett, Va. bid $7,000 for the
10-month-old daughter of Molly
Brook Brass Major, PTI +364.
“Paramount” is out of one of the
first “Berretta” daughters to calve.
Salvation Berretta Plush.
George Dorsey of Jersey Pride,
Bozeman, Mont., was the volume
buyer purchasing eight head at
$22,150.
Eight percent of the gross sale
price from animals sold in the Na
tional Heifer Sale is used to fund
the Jersey Youth Programs. Co
chairmen of the event were Ralph
Frcrichs, LaGrange, TX, and Kris
Koon, Brashear, TX. The sale was
managed by Jersey Marketing
Service, with Merlin Woodruff of
Ohio as the auctioneer.
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