A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7, 2000
Howcrest Holstein Takes Top Place At Lampeter
Lampeter’s dairy champs; Tim Graver, Pequea, holds the Jersey champion for James
Findley; Shawn Bachman, Millersville, holds the Milking Shorthorn champion for Find
ley; James Findley, Kirkwood, holds the Ayrshire champ; Lori Hess, Pequea, had the
champion Brown Swiss; and Lindsey Howard, Willow Street, won overall champion with
her Holstein.
MICHELLE RANCK
Farming Staff
WEST LAMPETER (Lancas
ter Co.) About 30 head of Hol
steins and an equal number of
colored breeds competed in the
West Lampeter Community Fair
Dairy Show.
“There was good quality
through all the breeds,” said
judge Matt Wanner.
“What I’m selecting for in the
supreme champion is the animal
that to me best fits the ideal of
that breed,” said Wanner.
According to Wanner, the
Ayrshire breed is known to be
strong and robust with correct
feet and legs and a well-attached
udder. The Brown Swiss is also
known for its sound feet and
legs.
Holsteins, said Wanner, are
traditionally the largest breed,
with great size, scale, depth,
power, and blooming capacity.
Jerseys are extremely efficient,
with high butterfat and protein
components in the milk they pro
duce.
The Milking Shorthorn, said
Wanner, is a dual purpose breed
which leads to the animals’
strength, substance, and weight
while still being a “very dairy
cow.”
Lindsey Howard’s Holstein
caught the eye of Wanner for the
supreme champion placing.
“She has tremendous frame,
balance, style, a high seam down
the udder, and correct feet and
legs which enable her to walk
around the ring so gracefully,”
said Wanner.
Howard, 15, of Howcrest Hol
steins, hails from a 40-head dairy
farm in Willow Street. She is in
the 10th grade at Lampeter
Strasburg School District.
Besides the dairy ring, Howard
tried her hand at raising beef this
year for the first time, which she
also showed at the Lampeter fair
and earned a second place.
Out of four of her own ani
mals, Howard brought ‘Char
lyse” to the fair, as the cow ex
hibited the largest frame and
most dairy character, according
to Howard, who has been show
ing as a 4-H’er for six years.
Matt Wanner of Pride-N-Joy
Farm, Narvon. judged the event.
A Penn State graduate, Wanner
has experience on the collegiate
judging team and also judged
many shows during his graduate
years as he studied genetics at
Penn State.
He judges 1-3 shows a year
and works full-time at the
400-cow family operation.
The number of Ayrshires in
creased by one during the after
noon Holstein show. Owner
James Findley showed the expec
tant mother in the dry cow class
earlier in the afternoon before
the heifer made an arrival.
“She was due today, but she
wasn’t bagging up and I was
planning to take her home to-
“Jordan” gets a jump on competition for next year by getting her fair experience
early. Her mother was shown in Ayrshire dry cow class shortly before the heifer was
born during the Holstein show.
night,” said Findley. “I showed
in the Holstein dry cow class,
pulled the calf, and went into the
ring with a 4-year-old,” said
Findley.
Additional dairy show results
follow:
AYRSHIRE SHOW
Spring heifer calf: 1. James Findley.
Summer yearling heifer: 1 James Find
ley.
Spnng yearling heifer: 1. Katnna Morfe
sis. 2. Bnttany Kemper. 3. Kosta Morfesis
Winter yearling heifer: 1. Shawn Ham
buck.
Junior champion female' James Findley.
Reserve junior champion female. Katrina
Morfesis
Dry cows 3- and 4-years-old- 1 James
Findley.
Dry cows five years and over 1 James
Findley.
grand champion honors at Lampeter’s dairy show. How
ard, 15, is from Howcrest Holsteins, a 40-head dairy
farm in Willow Street.
Junior 2-year-old cow: 1. James Findley.
Senior 2-year-old cow: 1. James Find
ley.
Junior 3-year-old cow; 1. James Findley.
4-year-old cow: 1. Ken Findley.
Senior champion female: James Findley
Reserve senior champion female; James
Findley.
Grand champion female; James Findley.
Reserve champion female' James Find
ley
Cow 6-years-old: 1. James Findley.
Cow, any age' 1. James Findley 2.
James Findley. 3. Ken Findley
Best three females. 1. James Findley 2
James Findley.
Dairy herd- 1 James Findley. 2 James
Findley
Produce of dam; 1. Amber Kiser 2
James Findley.
Dam and her daughter 1. James Find
ley. 2. Amber Kiser.
BROWN SWISS SHOW
Fall heifer calf: 1. Lon Hess. 2. Lon Hess.
Spnng yearling heifer 1. Lon Hess.
Winter yearling heifer 1. Tom Aument.
Junior champion female: Lon Hess.
Reserve junior champion female: Lon
Hess.
Junior best three females; 1. Lon Hess.
Dry cows five years and over 1. James
Findley.
Junior 2-year-old cow 1. Lon Hess
Senior 2-year-old cow: 1. Lon Hess.
5-year-old cow; 1. Lon Hess
Senior champion female: Lon Hess.
Reserve senior champion female Lon
Hess.
Grand champion female Lon Hess
Reserve champion female Lon Hess
Cow, any age; 1. Lon Hess 2 Lon Hess
Best three females' Lon Hess
Produce of dam: 1. Lon Hess.
Dam and her'daughter 1 Lori Hess
JERSEY SHOW
Fall yearling heifer: 1 James Findley
Junior 2-year-old cow: 1. James Findley
Senior champion female 1. James Find
ley
Reserve champion female. 1 James
Findley.
Cow, any age. 1 James Findley.
MILKING
SHORTHORN SHOW
Spnng heifer calf: 1. James Findley
Junior champion female 1 James Find
ley.
Senior 3-year-old cow. 1 James Find
ley.
4-year-old cow 1 James Findley
Senior champion female James Findley.
Reserve senior champion female James
Findley
Cow, any age- 1 James Findley 2
James Findley.
Best three females 1 James Findley
Produce of dam. 1 James Findley
Oam and her daughter; 1 James Find
ley.
HOLSTEIN SHOW
Spnng heifer calf. 1, Lindsey Howard 2
Neal Hershey. 3. Keith Hershey
Winter heifer calf 1 Steve Shertzer 2
Chad Shertzer 3 Ray Hess
Summer yearling heifer 1 Daniel Harn
ish.
Spnng yearling heifer. 1 Neal Hershey
Winter yearfmg heifer: 1 Amanda Harn
ish. 2. Chad Shertzer.
Junior champion female: Steve Shertzer.
Reserve junior champion female. Lind
sey Howard.
Junior best three females: 1. Steve Sher
tzer. 2 Dan Hess. 3 Cheryl Hershey.
Dry cows 3- and 4-years-old: 1. James
Findley
Dry cows five years and over: 1 Ray
Hess.
Junior 2-year-old cow; 1. Dan Hess 2
Ray Hess 3. Amanda Hamish.
Senior 2-year-old cow 1 Daniel Harn
ish
Junior 3-year-old cow 1 Daniel Harnish
2 Amanda Harnish
Senior 3-year-old cow 1 Lindsey How
ard 2 Cheryl Hershey 3 Dan Hess
4-year-old cow 1 James Findley
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