A26-Lancast*r Firming, Saturday, Novambar 26, 1994
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
BAIR (York Co.) Nine York
County 4-H dairy club members
have been named outstanding
achievement winners. The nine
members were honored as the high
light of the annual York 4-H Dairy
Achievement program, held
November 18 at the county’s 4-H
Center.
Outstanding winners from the
Southwest Dairy Club are Jacob
Smith, junior division; Daphne
Doll, intermediate division; and
Brad Walker, senior division. Cen
tral Dairy Club honored Angie
Beshore as the outstanding junior
and Katie Shoemaker, outstanding
intermediate member.
Four of the award winners were
from the Milk and Money Club.
First-year member Mickey Greek
was named outstanding rookie,
along with junior winner Susan
Richardson, intermediate Sara
Greek, and senior Todd Morris.
Trophies were presented to
breed winners from the county
dairy roundup, held in July. Jesse
Stambaugh took senior and grand
champion Ayrshire honors with his
aged cow, placing over his brother
Jason’s bred and owned senior two
year-old in the reserve senior and
grand placing. Both Ayrshire top
junior division honors went to
Jason Stambaugh, who took junior
champion with his intermediate
yearling and reserve with his senior
calf entry.
Brown Swiss senior and grand
champion was Josh Hushon,
exhibiting a junior two-year-old,
with Heather Crowl in the reserve
senior and grand placing with her
aged cow. Heifer division winners
were Jacob Hushon, who took
junior champion honors with his
bred and owned intermediate year
ling, and Ben Smith, who exhibited
his senior calf to the reserve junior
champion spot.
In the Guernsey classes. Will
Jenkins finished with junior and
grand champion honors for his
senior calf. In the reserve junior and
reserve grand champion placing
was a bred and owned junior calf,
exhibited by Todd Morris.
Kathleen Jenkins was the Jersey
junior and grand champion award
F.O. 4 NFMS $l.ll
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Middle
Atlantic Order Market Administra
tor Rex F. Lothrop has announced a
producer nonfat milk solids price of
$ 1.11 per pound for October.
The weighted average differen
tial base milk price was $1.04 per
hundredweight and the price per
pound of butterfat was 73.17 cents.
The producer NFMS price was
down 1 cent from last year while
the base differential increased 18
cents.
The standardized base milk
price per hundredweight for pro
ducer milk with the market average
nonfat milk solids content and 3.5
percent butterfat would have been
$13.33 and the excess price would
have been $12.29.
The base price per hundred
weight was unchanged from the
previous year, while the excess
price decreased 18 cents. The non
fat milk solids price, applicable to
handler payments, was $1,119 per
pound for the month, down slightly
from last October. The weighted
average price for October was
$13.34 per hundredweight and
would have been approximately 19
cents higher without the effect of
the Class m-A price.
Mr. Lothrop said*that producer
York 4-H
winner with her summer yearling
entry, and Heather Crowl took
junior and grand champion title in
the Milking Shorthorn class with
her intermediate yearling.
Senior and grand champion
Holstein, as well as supreme cham
pion of the show, was the four
year-old exhibited by Brad Walker.
Walker also had best bred and
owned with his three-year-old
entry. Reserve senior and grand
champion was the three-year-old
entry of Amy Trimmer. Junior
champion Holstein was the inter
mediate yearling exhibited by
Daphne Doll, while reserve junior
champion honors went to Jacob
Hushon’s senior calf.
Showmanship winners in four
age groups were honored: Nicole
Marks, Cloverfoud; Angie Beshore,
junior; Jason Stambaugh, interme
diate, and Dixie Doll, senior. The
Milk and Money Club was cited for
its third-place finish in the 4-H and
youth division of the annual
HOARD’S DAIRYMAN maga
zine judging contest.
Two dairy club members were
recognized for achievements in
public speaking presentations.
Susan Richardson earned a gold
ribbon award at the regional speak
ing out night, and Angie Beshore
took a red ribbon at the county pub
lic speaking presentation.
Two teams competed at the
Delaware Valley College dairy
judging event. Junior team mem
bers included Michele Walker,
Joshua Hushon, Becky Kilgore and
Susan Richardson. On the senior
team were Brad. Walker, Greg
Walker, Gina Shelton and Heather
Crowl. Members Becky Kilgore
and Susan Richardson participated
also in the state judging forum.
Other county dairy judging partici
pants were Daphne Doll, Dixie
Doll, and Jacob Hushon.
Dairy bowl members included
Kyle Bitzer, Jacob Smith, Jesse
Stambaugh and Mark Lucabaugh,
coached by Norma Luckabaugh.
Beginning 4-H’ers who exhibit
ed at the county level as clover
buds were Marshal Heaps, Joseph
Hushon, Lisa Greek-Jones, Shane
Kitner, Nicole Marks and Kimber
ly Pomraning.
receipts totaled 521.8 million
pounds during October, a decrease
of .7 million pounds from last
October and the average daily
delivery of 3,284 pounds per pro
ducer increased 129 pounds or 4.1
percent from a year earlier.
Total nonfat milk solids produc
tion for the month was 45.7 million
pounds. This represents an average
NFMS test of 8.77 percent, up from
8.76 percent last October. Class I
producer milk totaled 247.5 million
pounds and was down 5.6 million
pounds, or 2.2 percent from last
October.
Class I milk accounted for 47.43
percent of total producer milk
receipts during the month, com
pared with 48.43 percent in Octo
ber 1993. Base milk accounted for
93.41 percent of total producer
milk receipts in October compared
with 94.11 percent last year.
The average butterfat test of
producer milk was 3.7 percent,
down from 3.73 percent last Octo
ber.
Middle Atlantic Order pool han
dlers reported Class I in-area milk
sales of 203 million pounds during
October, a decrease of .2 percent
from a year earlier, aftef adjustment
lo eliminate variation due to calen
dar composition.
Dairy Members Honored
Outstanding winners at the York 4-H Dairy Achievement Night included, front from
left, Michael Greek, Daphne Doll, Jake Smith, and Angie Beshore. Rear from left, Sara
Greek, Susan Richardson, Katie Shoemaker, Todd Morris, and Brad Walker.
- York 4-H dairy roundup winners included Holstein exhibitors, from left, Amy Trimmer,
Joshua Hushon, Daphne Doll, Brad Walker, and York dairy princess Kel’ ■ Jo Myers.
Among the honorees at the York 4-H Dairy Achievement night were from left, dairy
maid Tanya Thoman, Ayrshire winner Jesae Stambaugh, Guernsey winner Todd Morris,
Ayrshire winner Jason Stambaugh, and Alternate Dairy Princess Angela MgmmerL
AJCA Award Nominations Due
Reynoldsburg, Ohio Ameri
can Jersey Cattle Association
award nominations are due in the
office by Jan. 1 for the master
breeder award, distinguished ser
vice award, and young jersey
breeder award.
Breeders must be nominated by
their state office.
The master breeder award is
bestowed annually to a living mem
ber of the American Jersey Cattle
Association, who in (he opinion of
the board of directors, has bred out
standing animals for many years
and thereby made a notable contri
bution to the advancement of the
Jersey breed in the United States.
The distinguished service award
is bestowed annually upon a mem
ber of the American Jersey Cattle
Association, who has rendered
unselfish service for many years,
and in doing so, made a notable
contribution to the advancement of
the Jersey breed in the United
States.
The young jersey breeder award
is awarded annually to AJCA
members and/or member’s fami
lies. who in the opinion of the board
of directors, merit recognition. The
winners selected by the AJCA
Board of Directors must be active
members of the AJCA and under
36 years of age on Jan. 1, 1994.