A2O-UncMtef Farming, Saturday, April 5, 1987 New-Direction’s Cameo Cow Wins Grand At Spring Show (Continued from Page A 1) Cathy, owned by Paul Neer of Bel leville, Dclmar and Larry Zimmer man of Mifflin and Frank Connelly of State College. For the owners of Cathy, it was a chance to see her almost take the spring show grand championship a second time. She was grand champion in 1995. McKinven said, while giving reasons for his placings in both the class placings and then for senior and grand champion, that the two cows could be interchanged depending upon the judge and the day and what one was looking for. In the final selection for senior champion he also picked ah honor able mention, McCauley’s New- Direction Camille, a senior 3-year old, also bred and owned by McCauley. After thanking the sizeable audience, McKinven said all three The best bred and owned cow of the youth division show of the 44th Pa. Holstein Association Spring Show is shown by Jason Morrell. From the left, showing the grand champions of the youth division of the Pa. Holstein Association Spring Show, are Aaron Eaton with the reserve grand champion; Ronald Hough Jr. with the grand champion; state Dairy Princess Angela Werley, and show judge Galium McKinven. animals were beautiful with good ribbing, structure and mammary systems. “It is a real, real close placing,” he said. Premier breeder and exhibitor of the show was Penn-Gate Farm, of Littlestown, owned by Steve and Chris Wood and Bob Gitt. They have earned either or both of those honors several times in recent years. All six of their animals entered placed within the top five of their classes: one first, two seconds, and one each'third, fourth and fifth. The open division junior champion was a fall calf, Tri-Day Encore Gabby, owned and bred by Matthew Day, of Tri-Day Hosl teins in Shippensburg. His younger toother David Day showed the youth division junior champion, a summer yearling, Tri- Day Lusty Jo, also an owned and bred animal. Hie parents of the Perm-Gate Farms Is named premier breeder and exhibitor of the 44th Pennsylvania Holstein Association Spring Show. Froih the left is show judge Callum McKinven, Steve Wood, Craig Walton, Chris Wood, Corbin Wood, Steve Wagner, Clayton Wood, and Richard Lehman. From the left, with the open division junior champions of the Pa. Holstein Associa tion Spring Show are state Alternate Dairy Princess Lisa Fitch, James Burdette at the halter of the reserve junior champion, Curtis Day with the Junior champion, judge Cal lum McKlnven, and state Dairy Princess Angela Werley. Day brothers are Curtis and Ann Day. James and Nina Burdette, of Mercersburg, showed the reserve junior champion of the open divi sion, a bred and owned summer yearling heifer, Windy-Knoll- View Pacha-ET, a daughter of their multi-champion Windy- Knoll-View Ultimate Pala cow and sire Boulct Charles-ET. In the youth division, the junior champion was shown by the Bur dette’s son Justin. It was a fall calf, Windy-Knoll-View JJB Ping-TW, bred and owned by Justin. The senior and grand champion of the youth division was a 4-year old cow, C Loch-An Brae Sky Notcho, owned by Ronald Hough Jr., of Rebersburg. The reserve senior and grand champion of the youth division was 125,000-pound production class competitor, a 7-year-old Bent-Creek Topgun Northstar, owned by Aaron Eaton, of Blairsville. The best bred and owned of the youth division was an aged cow, Ebe-Tide SC Jessica, owned by Jason Morrell, of Cochranton. The turnout for the show and the previous evening’s sale was strong, and weather conditions were unusually warm and calm. Attendees for the sale and show came from several states and Canada. The show was dedicated to J. Arthur Baxter, Dec. 9, 1927-Nov. 20, 1996, who served as president of the Pa. Holstein Association from 1986-1988, and who was elected in the association’s Hall of Fame in 1990. He bred and showed cattle under the Garden-Acres prefix. Showcase Sale During the previous evening’s state Showcase Sale, 62 lots sold for an average of $1,845 for a total of $114,425. The top selling animal was an Excellent-93 6-year-old cow, Curtis-Haven Profit Lola, con signed by Donald Eaton of Blairs ville that sold for $5,200 (it was erroneously reported last week as $5,300) to Donald Eaton and Ernie Keuffner, who is also of Blairsville. The second-high selling animal was a Dec. 6,1996 calf consigned by Justin Burdette, of Mercers burg. It sold for $4,500 to T. Green, J. Deibler and J. Conrad of Boalsburg. The calf was out of the Windy-Knoll-View Ultimate Pala cow 94-3 E, and Carnation Counselor-ET. Third highest selling was a calf born Sept. 6, 1996 out of VG-85 Savage-Leigh Lyle CC Dot-ET and sire Pearltome Jackpot-ET that was consigned by Wayne and Cin dee Savage of Knoxville, Md., that sold for $3,800 to John Wayne Strowd HI of Pittsboro, N.C. Fourth highest was a December calf ouf of VG-86 Campbell-Run CF Signc and sire Pearltome Jackpot-ET that was consigned by Cambell-Run Farms in Ford City and sold to Alex Claypoole, of Worthington for $3,600. The fifth highest selling lot was (Turn to Page A2l)
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