A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1998
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
SUMMIT STATION (Schuy
lkill Co.) A 4-year-old Jersey
cow, MVF Lester Florence, owned
by Terry and Craig Rhein of Pine
Grove, on August 7 was named
supreme champion of the dairy
breeds at the Schuylkill County
Fair, held at the county fairgrounds
in Summit Station.
The Jersey cow was one of six
breed grand champions in the final
daily competition of the Schuylkill
County Fair, which followed the
regular open division Ayrshire
show, allowing time for the Ayr
shire grand champion to be milked
out for the supreme championship
contest.
The youth division shows were
judged by Lloyd Ebersole, while
Thomas Smith of Palmyra served
as judge for the two-day open divi
sion breed shows.
Smith complimented the exltibi
lors on the quality of their animals.
In competition with the Rhein’s
4-year-old Jersey was a junior
2-year-old Holstein, JMJ-
Springpond Donaro Jodi, owned
by Ray and Fam Davis of Lees
port; a senior 3-year-old Brown
Swiss owned by Art Sweinhart of
Jonestown; a 4-year-old Ayrshire,
Myline Trident’s Reebok, owned
by Jill Vail of Myerstown; a
4-year-old Milking Shorthorn,
Pinesedge Lil Peanut EXP, owned
by Jessica Hostetler of Dover; and
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From the left, Jennifer Neiman holds the halter of her reserve grand champion Jersey
of the Schuylkill County Fair, while Mark Wojfe is leadsman of the grand champion for
Craig and Terry Rhein, and is joined by show judge Tom Smith.
From the left, Doyle Hostetter holds the halter of his reserve grand champion
Guernsey of the Schuylkill County Fair, while Cheryl Kutz holds the halter of hergrand
champion, and is joined by county Li’l Dairy Miss Caitlyn Ruch, county Dairy Princess
Christine Messner, and show judge Tom Smith.
4-Year-Old Jersey Is Supreme Of Schuylkill Fair
From the left, Doyle Hostetter holds the halter of his
reserve junior champin Guernsey of the Schuylkill County
Fair, while Cory Dreibelbiss helps out at the halter of Doy-
Je’s junior champion, and is joined by show judge Tom
Smith.
From the left, Erica Lloyd holds the halter of her reserve
junior champion Jersey of the Schuylkill County Fair, while
Jim Hill is leadsman for Little Hill Farm with the junior
champion animal, and is joined by judge Tom Smith.
From the left, Mark Wolfe is leadsman for the supreme
champion of the open division dairy shows at the Schuylkill
County Fair, a 4-year-old Jersey owned by Craig and Terry
Rhein, and is joined by county Li’l Dairy Miss Caitlyn Ruch,
and show judge Tom Smith.
From the left, Mike Kunkle has the halter of his junior
champion Brown Swiss of the Schuylkill County Fair, while
Cheryl Kutz helps out with Kunkle’s reserve junior
champion.
Art Sweinhart holds the halter of his grand champion
Brown Swiss of the Schuylkill County Fair dairy show, and
is joined by show judge Tom Smith.