A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1998 VERNON ACHENBACH JR- Lancaster Fanning Staff ALLENTOWN (Lehigh C 0..) A 4-year-old Jersey cow owned by Amy Plummer of Chal font was named supreme dairy cow of the Greater Allentown Fair on Wednesday. Plummer’s supreme champion was Neshaminy Imperial Prestige, and it marked another honor for the young woman who has been a perennial exhibitor at the fair, along with her father, Paul Plummer. The family also shows sheep and goats at the fair. For years, the Allentown Fair has selected a supreme champion dairy cow from among the grand champions of each breed show. As well, the fair has selected a supreme champion dairy bull, a remnant honor from days when dairy farmers commonly kept bulls for breeding, though mostly replaced now with modem artifi cial insemenation technology. There was one bull exhibited at the fair, a young Ayrshire bull calf, Amber-Knoll Tri Shiloh, exhibited by Seth Wolfgang. The Wolfgang family owns Amber-Knoll farm. Judge for the show was Chris Wocd, of Perm-Gate Farm in Lit tlestown, where she and husband Steve, their son Clayton, and her From the left, show judge Chris Wood stands with Amy Wolfgang who holds the halter of the family farm’s Ayrshire bull calf, as it is named supreme champion dairy bull of the Greater Allentwon Fair. Show judge Chris Wood presents the banner for showing Showing the champion Ayrshire of the Greater Allentown Fair are, from the left, the supreme champion dairy cow of the Greater Allentown Amy Wolfgang with the junior champion, Seth Wolfgang with the reserve grand Fair to Amy Plummer, who holds the halter of her Jersey champion, and Karen Sterner with the grand champion. cow. Jersey Is Supreme father Bob Gitl breed Holsteins and dairy farm. In the rest of the Jersey breed competition, Jill Neiman showed the reserve grand champion, a 3-year-old; Paul Plummer showed the junior champion, a summer yearling; and Amy showed the reserve junior champion, a junior calf. In the rest of the Ayrshire breed, Karen Sterner showed the grand champion, Anchormere R Johnson 2, an aged cow. Seth Wolfgang showed the reserve grand champ ion, the second place aged cow, Mars Haven Heligo Sprinkle. The Wolfgang family '"also showed the junior champion Ayr shire, an intermediate-aged calf, Amber-Knoll DMD Snow Annabelle; as well as the reserve junior champion, a junior calf. In the Holstein breed, Seth Wolfgang also showed the grand champion, a 3-year-old, Gail-Bert Tams Shelby. Stacy Dietrich, of Lynnacres Farm in New Tripoli, showed the reserve grand champion, also the youth division grand champion, a 3-year-old, Lynnacres Blackstar Frolic. She also showed the open and youth division junior champ ion, a senior calf, Lynnacres Mas cot Lisa. The open division reserve junior Cow At Greater Allentown Fair From the left, with the champion Jerseys of the Greater Allentown Fair are Bill Leib at the halter of Paul Plummers junior champion, Jill Neiman with her reserve grand champion, and Amy Plummer with her grand champion. Showing the champion Holsteins of the Greater Allentown Fair are, Steve Dietrichat the halter of the youth division reserve grand champion for sister Stacy Dietrich, while Stacy holds the halter of her youth division grand champion and reserve champion of the open division, and Seth Wolfgang holds the halter of his open division grand champion. champion was a junior calf exhi bited by Paul Semmel. The youth division reserve junior champion was a winter yearling shown by Jennifer Rassler. In the Brown Swiss show. Shan non Semmel exhibited the senior (Turn to Page A 33)
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