D6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 28, 2000
4’Hers Exhibit Animals
At Middletown Grange Fair
MIDDLETOWN (Bucks Co.)
Bucks County 4-H’ers re
cently exhibited their rabbit,
sheep and dairy projects at the
2000 Middletown Grange Fair.
Twelve breeds of sheep were
judged on Friday by Bob Leib,
Mechanicsburg. Alyssa Poor
man, New Britain, won cham
pion ewe of show with her
Cheviot. Reserve ewe of show
went to Kyle Feldman, Wrights
town, with his Dorset. Alyce
Simons, Ottsville, won cham
pion ram of show with her
Left to right, Gretchen Sample, reserve champion
Pygmy, Kim Kehs, judge, Alyssa Poorman, champion
Pygmy.
Amanda Symonds, champion Guernsey, and Chip
Decker (judge).
Pa. Sheep Breeder Captures Top
Awards In Big E Rambouillet Show
WEST SPRINGFIELD,
Mass. Doris Powell, Rome,
Pa., not only won every class she
entered in the Rambouillet
sheep show here at The Big E,
she took home all the champion
rosettes and the premier breeder
and premier exhibitor banners
as well.
Powell’s two senior ram lambs
were named champion ram and
reserve champion ram by Judge
Phil Kin of Upper Sandusky,
Ohio.
Later in the show, it was the
first-place yearling ewe that won
champion ewe honors, and the
first-place senior ewe lamb that
won the reserve champion ewe
trophy.
The show attracted exhibitors
from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
New York.
Other results are as follows:
BICE
RAMBOUILLET
SHOW RESULTS
Oxford. Josh Andress, Ottsville,
won reserve champion ram of
show with his Romney.
Tim Miller, Pennsburg, won
grand champion fitter. Grand
champion showman went to Ste
phen Parfitt, Perkasie. Alyssa
Poorman, New Britain, won re
serve champion fitter and Curt
Poorman, New Britain, won re
serve champion showman. The
judge was Barbara Gilbert,
Doylestown.
Over 60 dairy animals were
shown at the Fair. Competition
was stiff for the James L. Howe
Class 1901 -Yearling ram: 1. Wil-Hi Farm.
2. Richard Pinckney and Family.
Class 1902-Senior ram lamb. 1 and 2
Dons Powell. 3. Richard Pinckney and
Family.
Class 1904-Junior ram lamb: 1. Dons
Powell. 2. Kenneth I. Scott 3. Wil-Hi Farm.
Class 1906-Pair of ram lambs; 1. Dons
Powell. 2. Kenneth I. Scott. 3. R&M John
son.
Champion ram and reserve champion
ram; Dons Powell.
Class 1907-Yearling ewe: 1 and 2. Dons
Powell. 3. Wil-Hi Farm.
Class 1910-Pair of yearling ewes: 1.
Dons Powell. 2. Wil-Hi Farm. 3. Richard
Pinckney and Family.
Class 1911-Senior ewe lamb: 1 and 2.
Dons Powell. 3. Wil-Hi Farm.
Class 1913-Junior ewe lamb: 1. Dons
Powell. 2. Dons Powell. 3. Kenneth I. Scott.
Class 1917-Pair of ewe lambs: 1. Dons
Powell. 2. Wil-Hi Farm. 3. Kenneth I. Scott.
Champion ewe and reserve champion
ewe; Dons Powell.
Class 1918-Exhibitor's flock: 1. Dons
Powell. 2. Wil-Hi Farm. 3. Richard Pinckney
and Family.
Class 1919-Breeder’s flock; 1. Dons
Powell.
Class 1920-Get of sire: 1 Dons Powell.
2. Richard Pinckney and Family.
Premier breeder and premier exhibitor
Dons Powell.
Award for Excellence in fitting
and showmanship. Matt Crouse,
Riegelsville, won the top honor.
Esmond Crooke, Doylestown,
was chosen for the herdsman
award. The Bishop Family of
Ensenada Acres, Doylestown,
won the good housekeeping
award for large herds and
Amanda Symonds, Jerry Krone
and Tom Haldeman, Doyles*
town, won the good housekeep
ing award for small herds.
Judges were Chip Decker and
Yvette Francisco, Oxford, NJ.
There were three goat shows
held at the Grange Fair. In the
dairy goat show, Chris
McGinnis was the champion
showman and fitter. Amy Sho
lenberger was the reserve show
man and fitter. The judge was
Crystal Kloiber, Bath, PA. In
the Cashmere goat show, both
the animals and their fleeces
were judged.
Kim Kens, Quarkertown,
judged the Pygmy goat show.
SHEEP
SHOW RESULTS
SUFFOLK
Champion ram- Justin Brown.
Reserve champion ram: Justin Brown.
Champion ewe: Jarret Brown.
Reserve champion ewe: Jarrett Brown.
DORSET
Champion ram; Kelly Frye.
Reserve champion ram: Kyle Feldman.
Champion ewe; Kyle Feldman.
Reserve champion ewe: Kelly Frye.
HAMPSHIRE
Champion ram: Brett Poorman.
Reserve champion ram; Curtis Poorman.
Champion ewe: Curtis Poorman.
Reserve champion ewe: Brett Poorman.
ROMNEY
Champion ram; Josh Andress.
Reserve champion ram: Justin Andress.
Champion ewe: Josh Andress.
Reserve champion ewe: Justin Andress.
OXFORD
Champion ram: Alyce Simons.
Champion ewe; Alyce Simons.
Reserve champion ewe: Alyce Simons.
CHEVIOT
Champion ewe: Alyssa Poorman.
Reserve champion ewe; Alyssa Poor
man.
CORRIEDALE
Champion ram: Stephen Parfitt.
Reserve champion ram: Stephen Parfitt.
Champion ewe: Laura Miller.
Reserve -champion ewe; Steven Sko
loda.
SOUTHDOWN
Champion ram. Patrick Vezzetti.
Champion ewe: Steven Skoloda.
Reserve champion ewe: Steven Sko
loda.
RAMBOUILLET
Champion ewe; Kyle Feldman.
SHROPSHIRE
Champion ewe: Tim Miller.
TUNIS
Champion ewe: Patrick Vezzetti.
MERINO
Champion ewe; Justin Brown.
Reserve champion ewe: Jarrett Brown.
DAIRY
SHOW RESULTS
HOLSTEIN
Junior champion: Matt Crouse.
Reserve champion: Melissa Boess.
Grand and senior champion; John
Crooke.
Reserve grand and reserve senior cham
pion: Matt Crouse.
Best animal owned and bred: Josh
Geissmger.
GUERNSEY
Junior and grand champion: Amanda
Symonds.
JERSEY
Junior and grand champion: Tyler
Moyer.
Reserve )umor and reserve grand cham
pion: Crystal Moyer.
DAIRY GOAT SHOW
Junior champion: Chns McGinnis.
Reserve junior champion: Austin Sholen
berger.
Grand and senior champion: Chns
McGinnis.
Reserve grand and senior champion:
Chns McGinnis.
CASHMERE
GOATSHOW
Champion showman and fitter Ryan
O'Banion.
Reserve champion showman and fitter;
Steven O'Banion.
Champion doe: Steven O'Banion.
Reserve champion doe: Kaitlin Farbot
mk.
Champion buck fleece: Ryan O’Banion.
Champion doe fleece: Kaitlin Farbotmk.
Reserve champion doe fleece: Kaitlin
Farbotmk.
Best in show cashmere fleece; Ryan
O'Banion.
Best overall cashmere in show; Kaitlin
Farbotmk.
PYGMY COAT SHOW
Champion showman and fitter: Gretchen
Sample.
Reserve champion showman and fitter
Curt Poorman.
Champion wether Gretchen Sample.
Reserve champion wether Gretchen
Sample.
Grand champion doe; Alyssa Poorman.
Reserve grand champion doe: Gretchen
Sample.
Left to right, Alyssa Poorman, champion market lamb,
Bob Leid (Judge), Laura Miller’s reserve market lamb
(shown) by Alyce Simons.
Matt Crouse, reserve champion Holstein, John Crooke,
champion Holstein, and Chip Decker (judge).
Champion Cashmere goats, left to right, Steven O’Ban
ion, Crystal Kloiber (judge), and Kaitlin Farbotnik.
Exhibitors Take
Top Awards
(Continued from Pago 05)
Other results are as follows:
Suffolk yearling ram; 1. Jamie Patten. 2.
Ramblin' Vewe Farm. 3. Wilson Ham and
Heidi Simmons.
Senior champion ram: Jamie Patten.
Reserve senior champion ram: Ramblin'
Vewe Farm.
Suffolk intermediate ram lamb: 1. South
fork Suffolks. 2. Russell Robinson. 3.
Breezeview Farm.
Suffolk junior ram lamb; 1. Little Village
Farm. 2. Enn Atkins. 3. Southfork Suffolks.
Suffolk slick sheared ram lamb: 1. South
fork Suffolks. 2. Robert Borawski. 3. Jason
Merrit
Suffolk pair of ram lambs: 1. Southfork
Suffolks. 2. Darlene Leary, 3. Breezeview
Farm.
Suffolk junior champion ram: Southfork
Suffolks.
Reserve junior champion ram: Little Vil
lage Farm.
Grand champion ram: Southfork Suf
folks.
Reserve grand champion ram: Jamie
Patten.
Suffolk senior yearling ewe: 1. Darlene
Leary. 2. Darlene Leary. 3. Fingerlakes
Farm.
Suffolk junior yearling ewe: 1. Mrs. Clif
ford Thayer. 2. Breezeview Farm. 3. Jamie
Patten.
Suffolk slick sheared yearling ewe: 1.
Southfork Suffolks. 2. Robert Borawski. 3.
Jason Merritt.
Suffolk pair of yearling ewes: 1. Darlene
Leary. 2. Breezeview Farm. 3. Mrs. Clifford
Thayer.
Suffolk senior ewe lamb; 1. Keith
McConnell. 2. Darlene Leary. 3. Southfork
Suffolks.
Senior champion ewe; Darlene Leary.
Reserve senior champion ewe: Mrs. Clif
ford Thayer.
Suffolk intermediate ewe lamb-Class I; 1.
Darlene Leary. 2. Southfork Suffolks. 3.
Breezeview Farm.
Suffolk intermediate ewe lamb-Class II;
1. Darlene Leary. 2. Southfork Suffolks. 3.
Little Village Farm.
Suffolk intermediate ewe lamb-Class III:
1. Willowmoor Farms. 2. Alicia Botsford. 3.
'amie Patten.
Suffolk slick sheared ewe lamb; 1.
Southfork Suffolks. 2. Fingeriakes Farm. 3.
Robert Borawski.
Suffolk pair of awe lambs: 1. Southfork
Suffolks. 2. Breezview Farm. 3. Wil
lowmoor Farms.
Junior champion ewe: Jamie Patten.
Reserve junior champion ewe: Southfork
Suffolks.
Grand champion ewe: Darlene Leary.
Reserve grand champion ewe: Mrs. Clif
ford Thayer.
Suffolk exhibitor's flock: 1. Southfork
Suffolks. 2. Breezeview Farm. 3. Darlene
Leary.
Suffolk breeders flock; 1. Breezeview
Farm. 2. Southfork Suffolks. 3. Darlene
Leary.
Suffolk get of sire; 1. Darlene Leary. 2.
Jamie Patten. 3. Southfork Suffolks.
Premier breeder and premier exhibitor:
Southfork Suffolks.