Clarion Co. The Pennsylva
nia Dairy Princess Program is
alive and well. In fact, on Saturday
evening, September 23rd, it will
crown its 39th Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess and commence its 40th
year of dairy promotion at the
grassroots level.
Established in 1956 by the Pen
nsylvania Association of Milk
Dealers and initially titled the
Miss Milkmaid Contest, it is the
oldest continuous dairy promotion
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Ayrshire enthusiast and ac
complished showman, Neil Kittle
of Ontario, Canada will officiate at
the 1995 Pennsylvania All-Ameri
can Ayrshire Show Tuesday, Sep
tember 26, at the Farm Show Com
plex. Kittle owns and operates
West Meadow Ayrshires, a dairy
replacement heifer operation and
sales company.
Kittle has extensive show ring
experience, exhibiting the Junior
Champion at the Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show in 1990. He
bred and raised the All-Canadian
two-year-old in 1991 and bred the
Grand Champion at the 1992
World Dairy Exposition.
Kittle travels extensively
through the United States and Can
ada judging shows. Each year he
hosts the West Meadow Autumn
Harvest Sale at his farm.
Pennsylvania native, John
Burket, Burket Falls Farm, East
Freedom, PA will be evaluating
the Milking Shorthorn entries
Tuesday, September 26. Burket is
a well-known Holstein breeder
whose family has successfully de
veloped a line of polled Holsteins.
In addition to his work on the
family farm, Burket is a classifier
for the Red and White Association,
traveling all over the United
States.
While attending Penn State Uni
versity, Buiket was a member of
the Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judg
ing team. In addition to judging
numerous county and regional
shows, Burket recently served as
judge for the Central Maryland
Holstein Show.
Pennsylvania Dairy
program in the state and one of die
oldest in the nation.
Although often confused with
the much more recent Pennsylva
nia Dairy Promotion Program, the
Princess program is independendy
operated by Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess and Promotion Services,
Inc. (PDPPS). It is supported by
all Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers
through all the various dairy
prdtnodon programs and by dairy
processors, cooperatives, agri
businesses and individuals. It
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ges Announced
On Wednesday, September 27,
Norman Hill of Woodbine, Mary
land will be judging the National
Guernsey Show. No stranger to the
show ring, this Maryland Ayrshire
breeder participated in the 4-H
dairy program. In 1952, he was a
member of the Maryland 4-H
Dairy Judging Team, winning sec
ond highest individual honors in
the National Contest in Waterloo,
lowa.
Hill and his brother, Allen,
farmed and developed a herd of
Ayrshire cattle for 23 years. They
excelled in the show ring and won
Premier Breeder and Premier Ex
hibitor at the National Ayrshire
Show in Columbus, Ohio in 1967.
That year, five head received All-
American honors. This outstand
ing herd was dispersed in 1969
with cattle going to 13 states and
Canada.
Hill has been involved in mer
chandising Holstein cattle for 26
years. Currently, he owns and.
operates his own sales company, ‘
known as N H Cattle Co.
The Eastern National Brown
Swiss Show will begin promptly at
9 a.m. on Wednesday, September
27. Brian Garrison of Tiffin, Ohio
will place the entries. Garrison is
currently director of the Sire Pro
grams at Noba, Inc. An avid dairy
cattle judge, he has judged shows
all over the U.S. In 1994, he served
as associate judge for the Holstein
show at the World Dairy Exposi
tion.
Garrison and his brother own
Garbo Swiss, a herd of registered
Brown Swiss, housed at a farm in
Princess Program Going Well
maintains an office in Clarion, and
is managed by a program director
guided by a board of dairy farm
women.
To celebrate the onset of it’s
40th year, Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess and Promotion Services,
Inc. has contracted the Winross
Trucks of Rochester, N.Y. to pro
duce 800 40th Anniversary Dairy
Princess Milk Truck models. As
with all Winross products, these
are authentic collectibles made to
exact 1/64 scale with hand
West Salem, Ohio. The herd con
sists of 70 head. With approxi
mately SO milking animals.
Eastern National Holstein Show
classes will enter the Large Arena
of the Farm Show Complex on
Thursday, September 28, at 8 a.m.
Officiating for the show will be
Curtis Day. Day and his family
operate Tri-Day Holstein Farm in
Shippensburg, PA. Currently, the
RHA exceeds 23,000 m, 880 f, and
730 p.
Day has been an active judge on
the East Coast officiating shows in
Maryland, Virginia, West Virgin
ia, Minnesota and South Carolina.
He has served on the All-American
Panel for the Holstein and Brown
Swiss breeds. Day is listed on the
National Approved Judges list.
Also parading on the tan bark of
the Large Arena Thursday morn
ing will be the entries for the Mid-
Atlantic Regional Jersey Show.
Officiating the Jersey show will be
James Burdette of Mercersburg,
PA. Burdette is a longtime resident
of Pennsylvania. With the assis
tance of his wife, Nina, and sons,
Justin and Kyle, they own and
operate Windy Knoll View Farm.
This family Holstein operation
has a tradition of excellence in the
show ring. Their cattle have re
ceived 25 Junior or All-American
nominations. Eighteen of those
nominations were for animals
from their great Pala cow family.
Burdette has traveled extensively
judging shows in 11 different
states, and as far west as Califor
nia.
Lmwnr Firming, Saturday, September 23, IW6-A2l
screened graphics. Each truck
contains more than 100 precision
metal parts and has molded rubber
tires. The silver, bodied tanker
with its red and white 40th
Anniversart art work makes an
attractive memento for this occa
sion and valued collectors hem.
Trucks will be sold for $49 ($4O +
$9 tax, shipping, and handling).
An order form appears in this
issue. Send it to Wanda Yoder,
Box 250, Rt. #2, Belleville, Pa.
17004. (717) 935-5317. Profits
will be shared by the local county
■dairy promotion committees and
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess and
Promotion Services, Inc.
The Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess program is made possible by
the hundreds of volunteer dairy
promoters throughout our state
who donate their time and energy
in an effort to promote the con
sumption and sale of milk and its
Nairn
Addresi
County.
Each truck $40.00 plus $9.00 tax, shipping and handling
Number of trucks
Make checks payable to:
PA Dairy Princess Truck
Mail form and payment to:
Wanda L. Yoder
RR 2 BOX 250
Belleville, PA 17004
Note: Orders will be filled according to postmark.
All-American Dairy Show
(ContinuMl from Pago A2O)
have been installed and the floor
has a grey and red color theme.
“We’re really excited. The new
floor, the changes with the educa
tional program ... what were realy
gearing toward is reminding the
dairy farmer that it’s his event, and
in addition to the shows and sales,
to take the day and visit with some
of the feed dealers, equipment
reps, and educational programs,”
Lesher said.
“The show is providing the
commerical dairymen with infor
mation he can take home, whether
is coccidiosis, mastistis ... We just
have a lot to offer that I think peo
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among the strengths of the premier dairy cooperative in the region.
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative has a 78-year history of excellent
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products in their local areas. Since
its inception, it has been an oppor
tunity for young women to contri
bute their abilities to an industry in
which they believe. It has also
provided tremendous training and
experience for those young
women in public relr.tions and
education.
This year, there are 35 princes
ses, 26 alternates, and 107 driry
maids, ambassadors, and junior
representatives working through
out Pennsylvania to represent the
dairy industry and agriculture as a
way of life. All readers are urged
to contact local representatives to
bring the story of our industry to
your school, store, or civic organi
zation whenever an occasion
arises. For information on appear
ances of the Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess, contact Pa. Dairy Prin
cess and Promotion Services, Inc.
(814) 226-7470.
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pie have neglected.
“Hopefully, over time, it will
become the show that dairy people
figure they have to attend.”
In its 32nd year, the PAADS is
overseen by the Pennsylvania
Allied Dairy Industry Board,
which consists of representatives
from each of the breed organiza
tions, two industry representatives
and one from Penn Stale Universi
ty Currently Obie Snyder is
president.
There is no parking fee, and no
admission fee. Visitors can park in
the large Northwest Lot and come
through the mam doors, the same
as going to the state Farm Show.
“A strong, prudent board of
directors challenges management
and staff to seek the greatest return
on our investment tn ADC,
creating the highest net return to
its members back on the farm. ”
—Richard & Janet Kriebel
Benton, PA