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A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30, 2000
In the junior show, Amanda Cessna of Everett took home
reserve junior champion with Sarah Day, Shippensburg,
winning junior champion. Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Al
ternates Heidi Miller, Harrisburg, and Emily Cloninger,
Centre Hall, join the winners.
11-American Hosts State Fall
Championship Show
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming
Staff
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.) If
numbers are an indi
cator, the All-
American Dairy Show
is well on its way to be
coming the show to ex
hibit top animals. Held
at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show Building,
this year’s All-
American Dairy Show
boasts an increase in
entries in every breed,
achieving almost 1,700
open show entries.
Ayrshire and
Guernsey entries in
creased by more than
80 animals each, and
Milking Shorthorns
moved by up almost
70 animals, with Jer
seys growing by more
than 50 animals.
According to Secre
tary of Agriculture
Samuel Hayes, who
visited the event, be
sides a 26 percent in
crease in numbei of
animals entered in the
show, the All-
American show has
seen an increase of 40
percent in exhibitors
participating, a 50 per
cent increase in the
number of states
represented, and an 80
percent increase in the
dollar amount of
premiums awarded in
the show.
Obie Snider, presi
dent of the show and
only remaining repre
sentative of the origi
nal board of directors,
has watched the show
grow from its concep
tion.
“1 can’t believe it’s
been 37 years,” said
Snider, who is encour
aged by the growing
enthusiasm and par
ticipation of show ex
hibitors. “I see a lot of
enthusiasm among the
exhibitors,” said
Snider. According to
Snider the facilities
plus the amount of
people, including ex
hibitors and buyers,
are attractive to All-
American partici
pants.
The sheer amount
of people in atten
dance may mean even
more to exhibitors bams translates into tunny to market men
premiums, more people to look at cattle,
said Snider, who noted exhibitors’ cattle and
tha L an mcre f se * n gives increased oppor
traffic through the 6
At left Heidi Miller and judge Exel join Chris Wood of Penn Gate Holsteins in Littles
town, who went home with reserve champion honors in the state Holstein show. New Di
rection Holsteins, Elizabethtown, took home grand champion placing. Accepting the
honor is Fred Strouse, Frank Connelly, and Tom McCauley. At right stands Secretary of
Agriculture Samuel Hayes and Emily Cloninger.
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