A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1998
4-H, FFA Dairy Show Has Holstein, Guernsey Champs,
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
MARTINSBURG (Blair Co.)
- Amanda Cessna and a 5-year
old Holstein and Aaron Gable
with his aged Guernsey cow took
the supreme and reserve
supreme awards at the annual
Morrison Cove 4-H and FFA
Dairy Show held the week of
August 3
Neither of the award winners
were newcomers tot he show
ring and will be back for repeat
competitions at the Bedford
County Fair
Also winning top honors were
Nick Burket, Blair County col
ored breed champion; Amanda
Cessna, Blair County Holstein
champion; and Erin Shaw, win
ner of the Bob Hetrick award for
owner/breeder.
AYRSHIRE
In Ayrshire competition,
Edna Schilling took all top hon
ors with an aged cow as senior
champ and a senior 2-year-old
as reserve.
In other Ayrshire competi
tion:
Intermediate Calves: 1.
Shanda Pheasant; 2 Leah
McCutcheon; 3 Sarah
McCutcheon.
Shanda Pheasant took the
junior champion with an inter
mediate calf and Chriselle
Fisher was reserve champ with
a senior yearling, Edna Schilling
had first place in senior two
years old.
She also had first and second
with aged cows.
Jennifer Sweinhart took first
in dry cows; Edna Schilling, sec
ond; and Ryan Hoover, third.
BROWN SWISS
Nic Burket took top awards
in the Brown Swiss category.
Edna Schilling showed the
junior champion
In other placements, Edna
Schilling took first in junior
yearlings. Nicholas Burket had
first in junior two years old and
three year olds.
Edna Schilling had first in
five year olds, aged cows and dry
cows
Edna also had the first place
junior herd.
GUERNSEYS
Aaron Gable and his famous
aged cow took grand and senior
awards among Guernseys. His
cousin, Kristi Snider, showed
reserve senior and champion,
also an aged cow
Junior champion was shown
by Jan Snider and reserve junior
was owned by Kendy Gable
Other Guernsey awards.
Junior calves James
Oldham, Sharena Hershberger,
Zachery Taylor
Intermediate calves' Jan
Snider, Doug Morrow, and
James Oldham
Senior calves Shareena
Hershberger, Kendy Gable,
Aaron Gable
Summer yearlings- James
Oldham, Aaron Gable, Kendy
Gabe
Junior yearlings Aaron
Gable, Shareena Hershberger
Intermediate yearlings
Kendy Gable, Connne Snare
Senior yearlings Jan Snider,
James Oldham
Senior two year olds Mary
Morrow
Junior three year olds Jan
Snider, James Oldham
Senior three year olds Kristi
Snider
Four year olds Jan Snider,
Amber Dark
Five year olds Shareena
Hershberger, first and second.
Aged Cows: Aaron Gable,
Kristi Snider
Dry Cows: Amber Clark,
Kristi Snider, Shareena
Hershberger.
Junior Herd: Jan Snider,
Amber Clark, Kristi Snider.
HOLSTEINS
Amanda Cessna took senior
and grand champion awards
among the black ann whites
while Erin Shaw was reserve
with a three year old.
Junior awards went to
Amanda Cessna for a fall calf
and reserve honor also went to
Cessna for a summer yearling
In other Holstein competi
tion.
Junior calves: Amanda
Cessna, Melissa Frederick, Eric
Frederick.
Intermediate calves: Amanda
Cessna, Rachel Fox, Ellen Bert.
Senior calves- Amanda
Cessna, Jenna Smith, Deanne
Delp.
Summer yearlings: Amanda
Cessna, Joshua Smith, Vanessa
Ebersole.
Junior yearling. Audrey Fox,
Erwin Shaw, Donna Delp
Intermediate yearlings: Mark
Frederick, Derrick Bowser,
Jenna Smith.
Senior yearlings: Amanda
Cessna, Doreen Delp, Ray
Mowry Jr.
Junior two year olds' Ernest
Bert, Jr., Amanda Cessna, Erin
Shaw.
Senior two year olds; Heather
Hoover, Doreen Delp, and Ray
Mowry Jr.
Senior three year olds. Erin
Shaw, Eric Frederick,
Four year olds. Eric
Frederick, Heather Hoover,
Sara McCutcheon.
Five year - olds. Amanda
Cessna, Ellen Bert.
Dry cows: Rachel Fox, Mark
Snider, Ellen Bert.
Junior herd; Amanda Cessna,
Erin Shaw, Eric Frederick.
JERSEYS
Leslie Bailey took top honors
with a senior three year old in
Jersey competition. Reserve
honors went to Heather Hoover
with a two year old.
Chnselle Fisher took hope
the top junior champion award
with a junior yearling and Paige
Black was reserve champ with
an intermediate calf.
In other Jersey competition:
Junior calves: Lee, Bailey, Leslie
Bailey, Crystal Heidorn.
Intermediate calves; Paige
Black, Lee Bailey, Leslie Bailey.
Senior calves; Leslie Bailey,
Shanda Pheasant, Garret
Stonerook
Junior yearlings Chriselle
Fisher, Garrett Stonerook.
Intermediate yearlings- Lee
Bailey.
Senior yearlings- Jason
Mowry, Lee Bailey, Jennifer
Bechtel
Senior yearlings in milk
Garrett Stonerook
Junior two year olds. Heather
Hoover, Chriselle Fisher,
Crystal Heidorn
Senior two year olds Leslie
Bailey
Junior three year olds Lee
Bailey, Jason Mowry
Senior three year olds- Leslie
Bailey
Four year olds Lee Bailey
Junior herd; Leslie Bailey,
Garrett Stonerook, and Lee
Bailey
MILKING SHORTHORNS
Senior and reserve champion
awards in Milking Shorthorns
The senior and grand champions of the 4-H and FFA Martins burg dairy show are,
from the left, Enda Schilling with her Ayrshire, Chriselle Fisher with her Milking Shor
thorn, Aaron Gable with his grand champion Guernsey and runner-up supreme
champion, Amanda Cessna with her grand champion Holstein also supreme champ
ion, Lee Bailey with sister Leslie’s grand champion Jersey, and Nick Burkett with his
grand champion Brown Swiss.
went to Chriselle Fisher.
Chriselle is a part of Horizon
Farms in New Enterprise which
has a notorious herd of this
somewhat unusual breed.
All junior awards also went
to Fisher.
In other Milking Shorthorn
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Homer City; Herman Lederer Sons
in Parkerford; Layser’s Flowers
Inc. in Myerstown; Quality Green
house in Sunbury; Penn State
Berks County Horticulture; Penn
State Horticulture Department at
University Park; and .Og levee
Floral in Connellsville.
A number of master gardners in
Dauphin and Lancaster counties
assisting in the planting, and plants
were supplied by 14 different pro
viders, including some of the
greenhouse cooperators. Materials
were supplied by five different
businesses.
Recognized for providing spe
cial effort toward this year’s trials
were the Pennsylvania Flower
Grower Association; Jay Sheely
with F.C. Gloeckner Co. in Palmy
ra, who was thanked for helping to
provide plant materials and assist
with planting and organization;
Robert Berghage with the Penn
State Department of Horticulture,
who was thanked for assisting in
he trial evaluation, organization
md putting information on the
World Wide Web; John Yocum,
p or providing resources and super
rising trails; Jim Widdcrs, John
Stepanchik, Jonathan Cobcl, and
Goodyears To Host
Young Farmers
BERNVILLE (Berks Co ) -
Berry Acres Llama's, Dale and
Don Goodyear will host the
Tulpehocken Young Farmers for
a tour and information session
on Tuesday, Aug 18, at 7 30 p m
The Goodyears will share their
business, animals, and fiber
with the group
TRiljk
Where's your mustache? “
competition: Junior yearlings;
Chriselle Fisher.
Senior yearlings
Fisher.
Junior two year olds: Edna
Schilling, first and second
Senior two year
Chriselle Fisher.
Cooperative
Effort Builds
Variety Trial Greenhouse
\eril Swarz, all with the South
Bast Research and Extension Cen
er, for maintaining trials; Andy
3rown with Ball Seed in Harris
)urg, for plant materials and orga
lizational efforts; Chris Nyce with
IC. Geiger of Collegeville, for
slanting, contributing containers,
'rowing media and irrigation sup
dies; and Dick Beny with D&L
Growers Supplies for materials,
iupport and supplies.
According to Alan Michael,
people such as Dick Beny, whose
xunpany was involved with Les
Industries Hamois Inc of Canada,
in contributing the Oval tech n
greenhouse, helped make the
greenhouse project a possibility
through initiating talks with others
and promoting the concept of
establishing a dedicated variety
trial greenhouse facility.
According to Michael, who
works with the growers in his
extension capacity, the greenhouse
is expected to relieve the contribu
tions of greenhouse space by
growers.
This is important because green
house space is at a premium in the
early spring when the actual trials
are started every year. The green
houses are also busy preparing for
Agricultural marketing, a
tool to sharpen your competitive
edge, will be available for inter
ested persons/famihes, starting
Aug 24 through Dec. 11. The
course of 40-plus hours provides
training on current markets and
world events It is available
weekly on up to date videotape
and via Internet
Junior three year olds: Edna
Schilling.
Five year olds;Chriselle
Fisher, Edna Schilling.
Aged cows; Edna Schilling.
Dry cows: Edna Schilling.
Junior herd: Chriselle Fisher,
Edna Schilling.
Chriselle
olds
the upcoming selling season and
hying to maximize efficiency of
their operations.
Michael said the trials are
reviewed by committee every
January and the varieties proposed
are those of interest to the commer
cial growers and those that may be
of special interest to the commit
tee, though not necessarily a spe
cific commercial grower.
Though the greenhouse was
actually just beginning to take
shape this week, it is actually get
its first plants about mid-
September.
Michael said that poinsettias are
to be used as a “shake down"
crop a first crop to test the
facilities and systems, such as
irrigation.
He said that trial variety cuttings
generally are received in February,
and that is expected to be when the
first real set of cuttings are to be
received for next year’s green
house evaluations.
Since the trials began seven
years ago, there has been a lot of
interest in the results, according to
Michaels. He said businesses and
individuals within the Mid-
Allantic states region have been
requesting the results.
The greenhouse trials are
expected to make the data more
reliable and also provide growers
with the opportunity to see first
hand how the plants do in an actual
setting.
Beny said his efforts for die
greenhouse may not directly bene
fit his business. “As fas business,
I’m not sure it means anything, but
it is heeded h(?re.”
Another goal for die facility is to
also be able to demonstrate the
pratical uses of some of the latest
technologies, so that growers can
also review some of dial first hand,
in case they are considering mak
ing upgrades or expanding.
For more information on the
greenhouse, call Michael at (717)
921-8803.