A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 1997
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
YORK - An increased number
of market steer entries led to a good
quality show at the York Fair
Monday.
Topping the crossbred show,
Tammie Grubb, Hanover, had her
1,212 pound entry named Creo go
on to be selected grand champion
of the show. The champion came
from the light heavy weight class.
Hope Long’s 1,215 pound
crossbred steer named Judd fol
lowed the champion in class and
was named reserve champion of
the breed show and reserve grand
champion of the show. Hope’s
family moved from Lancaster
County to Airville this year so this
was her first time showing at York
Fair.
In the Angus breed show,
Suzanne Bishard, Seven Valleys,
had the champion, and Cory
Thompson, Wellsville, had the
reserve champion.
In the Hereford show, Donald
Sunday, York, had the champion
and Amanda Daughlery, York, had
the reserve champion.
In the Simmental show, Stepha
nie Biggerstaff, Berks, had the
champion, and Bobbie Myers,
Thomasville, had the reserve
champion.
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Managing Editor
YORK - The highlight of the
breeding sheep show at York Fair
each year is die crowning of the
supreme champion ram and ewe.
This event traditionally is held
Margeaux Flrestlne showed the supreme champion ewe
at the York Fair. Sister Morgan and Judge Richard Kuyem
chak share the honors.
808 FRANCIS
International Silo Assn.
With all the planning, labor,
and money that’s gone into your
silage crop, DON’T GET ANXI
OUS AND CUT IT TOO
EARLY!!
You planted com for silage
because of the high nutrient yield
per acre and this is another year
when you want to get the very
highest yield possible.
Immature com produces a lot of
soggy, sour silage that’s low in
feed value. You may get a lot of
weight with this green silage, but
Crossbred Steer Grand Champion At York
There was one Limousin entry
shown by Jamie Welsh. Judge for
the show was Cheryl Fairbaim,
Chester County livestock agent
Top pladngs are as follows:
ANGUS, Class 1,1. &2. Jamie Reid; 3.
Tamml Grubb.
Class 2,1. Cor; Thomnpson; 2. Bobble
Myers; 3. Herman Hake.
Class 3,1. Suzanne Bishard; 2. Brett
Bishard; 3. Jeffrey Kcifcr.
Class 4,1. Kurt Long; 2. Jay Rlshcl; 3.
Amy Trowbridge.
HEREFORD, Class 1,1. Travis Reid;
2. Donald Sunday.
Class 2, 1. Donald Sunday.
Class 3, 1. Kevin Sunday; 2. Jim
Wahlberg.
Hope Long has the reserve grand champion market steer.
Supreme Breeding Sheep Champions Named At York
Monday evening.
This year the grand champion
ram was John’s Pride, the champ
ion Cheviot shown by Triple J
Acres, owned by John and Janet
Eaton, Windsor. The Eaton family
also showed the champion Cheviot
you will be limiting the total feed
value available from your com
acreage.
Forages stored above 65%
moisture will weep, causing loss
of nutrients and damage to the
silo, the unloader, and feeding
equipment Feeds containing more
than 70% moisture provide an
excellent environment for harmful
bacteria growth and production of
undesirable acids, resulting in
lowered palatability. As your sil
age approaches 80% moisture, the
total weight stored in your silo
nearly doubles. This causes
Class 4, 1. Amanda Daugherty.
SIMMENTAL, Class 1,1. Amy Sweit
zer; 2. Katie Myers; 3. Kelly Haln.
Class 2, 1. Stephanie Blggerstaff; 2.
Raymond Slough; 3. April Daugherty.
Class 3,1. Bobble Myers; 2. Richard
Helneman; 3. Amy Sweltzer.
Class 4, 1. Kelly Haln.
LIMOUSIN, Class 1,1. Jamie Welsh.
OTHER BREEDS, Class 1, 1. Jason
Wagner; 2. Cassandra Hake; 3. Hope
Long.
Class 2, 1. Gwen Wagner; 2. Corry
Welsh; 3. Marie Yost
Class 3, 1. Tamml Grubb; 2. Hope
Long; 3. Jason Wagner.
Class 4,1. Gwen Wagner; 2. Cassand
ra Hake; 3. Herman Hake.
ewe and the champion Dorset ewe.
The grand champion ewe was
Princess, the champion Hamp
shire, shown by the Mike Firestone
family, Womelsdorf. Margeaux
Firestine showed the grand champ
ion and also the champion Conrie
dale ewe. Morgan Firestine
showed the champion Corriedale
ram.
Bruce Snyder, Kutztown, had
the champion Dorset ram.
Matt Trestle, Red Lion, had the
champion Hampshire ram and the
champion Southdown ram. Jennif
er Flinchbaugh, York, showed the
champion Southdown ewe.
Charles Drenning, Woodsboro,
Md, showed the champion Monta
dale ram and ewe and the champ
ion Natural Colored ewe. Randy
Irwin, Freeland, Md., showed the
champion Natural Colored ram.
In the Suffolk show, Troy Ness,
Felton, showed both the champion
ram and ewe.
Uoan Harris, Kimberton,
showed the champion Shropshire
ram, and Kristina Stem, Fawn
Grove, showed the champion
Shropshire ewe.
Denny Haugh, Red Lion,
showed the Other Breeds champ
ion ram, and Florence and Harry
Glower, Maurertown, Va., showed
the champion Other Breeds ewe.
Richard Kuyemchak, shepherd
at Penn State, was the judge.
“Don’t Jump the Gun”
extreme stress mi the structure and
may result in silo collapse. In
other words, a silo that was
designed to hold 500 tons of silage
would be under extreme stress if
you loaded it with 1,000 tons of
wet, heavy feed.
Because of the cool weather in
many parts of the East this year,
the com crop in most areas will be
a few days to a few weeks late
maturing. It will be very easy to
cut your feed too early if you are
accustomed to begin harvesting
according to the calendar. Check
you crop closely this year to be
Tammie Grubb showed the grand champion market steer
at the York Fair.
The supreme champion
by John Eaton, Jr. Richard
banner.
sure it is indeed ready. As your
com matures, it increases in total
dry weight and most of this
increase is in the car; the very
heart of your silage.
The general recommended
moisture content for forage being
placed in a conventional top
unloading silo is in the range of
55% to 65%. Forages, especially
ssoo# HtALTH KICK
ram at the York Fair was shown
Kuyemchak, judge, presents the
hay, stored in a bottom-unloading
silo should be 50% moisture, or
less. The moisture content for
high-moisture grains should be in
the range of 25% to 32%.
Please consult you State Exten
sion Service, or the Silo Opera
tor's Manual from the Internation
al Silo Association.