AX-LancasMr Famting, Saturday, Saptambar 3, 1994
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon
Co.) The Huntingdon County
Fair dairy shows were held recen
tly at the Huntingdon County Fair
grounds, with a strong showing,
and a returning champion in the
Holstein breed of the open division
Showing the grand champion dairy cows of the Huntingdon County Fair youth divi
sion show are, from the left, Jason Heeler with his Jersey, Lawanda Kling with the Ayr
shire, Jodi Heeler for Matt Goshom with the Milking Shorthorn, Monica Goshorn with
her Brown Swiss, Apryle Hoover with her Guernsey, and Lory Baker with the Holstein.
Livestock Auction Held
Maria went to the Middlebury and meeting new people. It’s a lot
Milk Coop. of hard woric, but in the end it’s
The milk from Eastmont Juno worth it”
Debbie, the two-year-old Grand A seven year veteran of 4-H,
Champion Jersey owned by Olivia Courtney of Mansfield
Samantha Wilcox of Covington, said. “4-H gives me an opportuni
went to Sunnydale. To Samantha, ty to make new friends and it
4-H means, “many opportunities allows me to represent my fami-
Matthew Nickeson sold his grand champion market lamb
$5.00
pound to First Citizen's National Bank.
Huntingdon County Holds
competition.
The 4-H and FFA dairy shows
were held Monday, August 14,
while the open division show fol
lowed Tuesday.
Judges for the open class dairy
shows were Patty McMurray and
Gary Rodgers.
(Continued from Pago A 34)
Open Division
The returning open division
Holstein grand champion was
5-year-old My Favorite Vanguard
Kandi, owned by Naomi Speer, of
Blairs Mills.
The judges also selected last
year’s reserve grand champion as
the 1994 reserve grand champion
ly’s farm in a way in which I can
be proud. It also allows me to rep
resent the dairy industiy in a posi
tive way that may help in educat
ing others about agriculture.”
This was the third year in a row
for Courtney in the milk auction.
Judson’s Agway of Columbia
Cross Roads paid $325 for the
milk from Esbem Enhancer Bute
Buddy, Courtney’s five-year-old
Holstein.
One of the activities the milk
auction proceeds sponsored in
1993 was a field trip to Penn State
University in which 63 Tioga
County 4-H’ers and leaders vis
ited the campus and attended the
69th Penn State Dairy Exposition,
a day-long exhibition of dairy fit
ting, judging, and showing con
tests sponsored by the Penn State
Dairy Science Club. Those attend
ing also toured the Penn State
Dairy Breeding and Research
Center and The Deer Research
Area, attended the Blue and White
football game, and enjoyed Penn
State’s “Creamery” ice cream.
Preceding the milk auction a
“sheep-to-shawl” garment was
auctioned with the proceeds bene
fiting the Tioga County Historical
Society. Following the Milk Auc
tion, a basket, hand-woven by
Jackie Gummo of Wellsboro, con
taining a small child’s T-shirt with
“MILK” emblazoned on it, along
with a selection of milk and
cheese products and a small jug of
maple syrup sold with the pro
ceeds split between the commit
tees for the Milk and Livestock
auctions.
While the number of entries in
the Junior Livestock Sale were
down slightly from the previous
year, the prices paid for the market
hogs and market lambs were con
siderably higher. In all, there were
S 4 entries from 33 Junior exhibi
tors with 35 buyers bringing in a
total of $17,826. The money exhi
bitors receive from selling then
animals is used to expand then
livestock enterprise and to further
their education.
During the Livestock Sale,
“Ernie,” a market hog trained to
lead on a leash, was donated by
George Grater of Lawrenceville
for the auction to help raise money
for improvements on the hog
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Speer holds the halter of the couple’s grand champion
Holstein, and Lory Baker shows her reserve grand
champion.
Holstein. The 4-year-old Globe
Run Top Gun Oslo, was shown by
Lory Baker. It was also the grand
champion Holstein of the 4-H and
FPA shows.
The open division junior Hols
tein champion was shown by Tara
Kocher, while Charann Foster
showed the reserve junior
champion.
In the Ayrshire breed, Brenda
Hall showed the grand champion,
while Julie Hall showed the
reserve grand champion. The
facility at the fairgrounds. “Ernie tota l of $580.”
was sold for three times, once to A special buyers recognition
Greco’s Super Duper, once to banquet will be held on the fair-
Associated Brokers of Wellsboro, grounds Wednesday, Oct 26 for
and a third time to Stan Graver _ Auction supporters and
and Walker’s Tire Service for a exhibitors.
, . 0 jplon market
lamb for $3.50 per pound to Citizen’s and Northern National
Bank.
rh , n „, t „„ 5? th the grand and reserve grand
?55fi?V ma,lc#t h ?° B, The o»nd champion, shown, want
IkIUSS CoM l r y ct j? n tor $3.25 per pound, and the reserve
champion want to Cornell Brothers’ Agway tor $2.00 par
junior champion was shown by
John Rodgers, of Belleville, while
Sara Hayden showed the reserve
junior champion.
Aaron Gable showed the grand
champion Guernsey and the junior
champion, while Snider Home
stead showed the reserve grand
champion and the reserve junior
champion.
In the Jersey show, Kendy
Gable showed the grand champion
and junior champion, while Jason
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