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Holstein Takes Supreme
At All-American
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) - In what was called the
largest show in history of the
event, the aged cow grand
champion of Eastern National
Holstein Show became the su
preme champion of the 2000 Al
l-American Dairy Show at the
Farm Show Complex Thursday.
Spreng La Highlight Kitty 2E
94, owned by Tracy and Lindsey
Weiker from Republic, OH,
caught the eye of the judges as
the champions paraded around
the large arena in search of the
$3,000 top prize that went with
the honor. Kitty previously had
All-American and grand cham
pion honors at the Ohio State
Fair.
The other breed grand cham
pions in the final competition
were; Ayrshire grand champion:
Stathburn Desting’s Rosetta,
shown by John and Marla
Howman, J-H-How Farm, Mas
silon, OH. Rosetta was the first
place 4-year-old and had won
grand champion honors at the
Ohio State Fair, and the Ohio
Spring Dairy Expo. Her daugh
ter was junior champion at the
Agriculture At The Core Of Bloomsburg Fair
Bloomsburg Fair President Frederick Trump shows the
award-winning display by the Boaring Creek Valley Flower
Club Monday. The flower club is from Numidia and their
entry is one of the hugh number of horticulture displays at
the fair. Photo by Everott Newswanger, editor ,
Four Sections
’99 Ohio State Fair, and the
2000 Futurity winner.
Brown Swiss grand cham
pion: Camp Swiss Supreme
Faith, shown by Richard
Martin, Doug Beaty, and Mark
Campbell from Ford City, was
the first place aged cow. Faith
was the grand champion in Wis
consin in ’9B and has two excel
lent daughters.
Guernsey grand champion:
Cedar Fringed Altann, shown by
Aaron Gable, New Enterprise
was the first place 4-year-old.
Altann was grand champion at
the Maryland State Fair and has
reserve All-American honors.
Jersey grand champion: Mon
itour Hermitage Fame, shown
by Tim Curran and Hogt
Strandberg from Wapakoneta,
OH was the grand champion.
Fame was also reserve grand
champion at the Ohio Spring
Show and the Minn. State Fair.
She has 26,000 pounds of milk
ME.
Milking Shorthorn grand
champion: Cate’s Rebel Tange
rine, .shown by Peter Cate,
Warren N.H. was the first place
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30, 2000
Representing the SUN Area, which include Montour, Northumberland, Union, and
Snyder counties, Melinda Wolfe, center, clinches the title of Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess. The multitalented young lady also gave an award-winning speech saluting her dad
as her American hero and was named Miss Congeniality in addition to earning other
awards during pageant festivities. First Alternate Heidi Linn Miller of Dauphih County,
left, and Second Alternate Emily Kerr Cloninger of Centre County will assist Wolfe in
promoting the dairy industry throughout the state. Turn to page B 2 for photographs and
story about the 44th annual Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Pageant and the record
number of contestants who competed for the crown. Photo by Lou Ann Good
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Editor
BLOOMSBURG (Columbia
Co.) Bragging rights to the
title of “largest fair in the state”
are hard to dispute when you see
two solid lines of cars, trucks,
and recreational vehicles
streaming into the fairgrounds
at 10:30 on Monday morning of
the Bloomsburg Fair. It’s Senior
Citizens Day and the 200-acre
facility is flowing with people in
both the concession stand area
and the amusement and ride
section.
But the real core of this 146th
annual spectacular is the agri
cultural exhibits that include
livestock and dairy, of course,
but also a huge display of horti
culture, flowers, vegetables, and
Held crops. Home economics
displays and theme displays by
KILE In 44th Year At Harrisburg
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Keystone Interna
tional Livestock Exposition
(KILE) is in its 44th year here at
the Farm Show Complex, Oct.
4-9.
The exposition is recognized
nationally as a showcase for the
nation’s top beef cattle, swine,
sheep and horses.
2000 has been designated
“Year of the Swine,” so hog ex
hibitors will receive special at
tention as part of the effort to
increase public awareness of the
swine industry. Eight major
breeds will be shown. They are
organizations, especially the
local grange units, fill several
buildings.
Frederick Trump, president,
said the fair began in 1854 but
was chartered in 1888 with an
emphasis on agriculture that
still carries into today’s fair.
Trump believes the fair is repre
sentative of rural America and
laments the fact that agriculture
has declined in both the num
bers of farmers on the land and
the number of farm exhibits at
the fair.
“Our fair is the showcase for
the technical side of agricul
ture,” Trump said. “But it is sad
in a way, because it shows the
plight of agriculture. We see for
example a declining number of
Grange exhibits because many
of the people still in agriculture
are older and the new modern
rural American is unable to vol-
Chester White, Berkshire,
Hampshire, Duroc, Poland
China, Landrace, Spotted
Swine, and Yorkshire.
In the beef area, KILE has
been designated as a Simmental
“Progress Through Perform
ance” Show and as the Eastern
Regional Hereford Classic
Show. The Limousin Cattle
Show has also again been desig
nated a “Medal of Excellence
Show, Level III” and the Short
horn Cattle Show will be the of
ficial Pennsylvania State
Shorthorn Show. For the first
time, an American British White
$32.00 Per Year
unteer because it takes two in
comes to keep the family going.
At Bloomsburg Fair, we try to
preserve the tradition of agricul
ture as much as possible.
“The changes I have seen
over the years are especially no
ticeable in the attitudes of the
people,” Trump said. “We live
in a world of TV that has cre
ated a nation of complainers
that can sue over anything. It is
difficult for agriculture to be
free of this. I grew up here in this
end of Bloomsburg and we kids
used the fairgrounds as a play
ground. But we (?n’t do that
now because of legal ramifica
tions. This would still be a great
playground for our children, but
legally we can’t do it.”
What does President Trump
see in the future of Bloomsburg
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Park Cattle Show will be con
ducted as part of the exposition.
The state’s dynamic equine
industry will be on display
during the 2000 show. The Draft
Horse Show is a qualifying show
in the North American Six
Horse Hitch Classic Series, with
approximately 26 of the top
rated Six Horse Hitches trying
to qualify for next year’s na
tional competition. The “All
Breeds Classic Series Six Horse
Hitch Show” will be the Satur
day evening arena performance
at the exposition. One of the
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