Five Colored Breeds Shown At Solanco
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Ayrshires appeared in the
largest numbers at the Southern
Lancaster County Fair’s Colored
Breeds Dairy Show here Wednes
day, followed by the Brown
Swiss, Milking Shorthorn, Line-
Winners at the Science Fair Colored Breed Dairy Show,
from left, Lisa Jones for Stormi Greek, grand champion
Jersey; Rebecca Baily, grand champion Lineback; and
Ellis Crow), for Heather Growl, grand champion Milking
Shorthorn.
back, and Jersey breeds.
Judge Ronald Ray Daubert
named a cow exhibited by. Susan
Richardson as the grand champi
on Ayrshire. Four-year-old Fawn
Valley Soldier Harmony was one
of five Ayrshires Richardson
brought to the show.
“I love the balance of this
cow,” Daubert said. He also
noted the “nice, neat mammary
system” displayed by the champi
on Ayrshire.
Richardson, of Fawn Grove in
York County, is in her second
year as a dairy herd management
major at the University of Wis
consin in Madison. She has her
sights set on becoming a dairy
herdsperson in the Midwest.
Rebecca Baily, Chester Coun
ty, exhibited two grand champi
ons in the Brown Swiss and
Lineback shows. Baily is a mem
ber of the Chester Valley 4-H
Club and a freshman at Union
ville High School. She owns a
total of about 20 dairy animals on
the home farm, including a ma
jority of Linebacks, but also
Brown Swiss, Jerseys, and Hol
steins.
The Milking Shorthorn show
was dominated by the Crowl
family of Ainille, York County.
Animals owned by Heather
Crowl, in her final year as an
FFA member, swept both junior
and senior champion and reserve
categories. The grand champion
Milking Shorthorn cow, a
6-year-old, was exhibited by
Heather’s father, Ellis Crowl.
A 3-year-old Jersey owned by
Stormi Greek and exhibited by
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21,2002-A4l
Lisa Jones, Delta, York County,
was named Jersey grand champi-
Daubert called the following
results:
SOLANCO FAIR
COLORED BREED
DAIRY SHOW
RESULTS
AYRSHIRES
Spring calf: 1. James Findley.
Winter calf: 1. Amber Kiser. 2. Thomas
Spnng. 3. Susan Richardson.
Fall calf: 1. Rebecca Nolan.
Summer yearling: 1. Rebecca Nolan. 2.
Rebecca Nolan.
Fall yearling: 1. Susan Richardson. 2.
Lane Findley.
Junior champion: James Findley.
Reserve junior champion: Rebecca
Nolan.
Dry cows; 1. Susan Richardson.
Senior 2 yean 1. Rebecca Nolan.
3- 1. Craig Nolan. 2. Susan
Richardson. 3. Ken Findley.
4- 1. Susan Richardson. 2. Ken
Findley. 3. Amber Kiser.
5 years and olden 1. Ken Findley. 2. Re
becca Nolan.
Senior champion; Susan Richardson.
Reserve senior champion: Ken Findley.
GRAND CHAMPION
Susan Richardson
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Ken Findley
Premier exhibiton
Nolan Family.
Premier breeder;
Nolan Family.
Junior division
champion; Susan
Richardson.
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Reserve junior division champion: Susan
Richardson.
Best three females; 1. Susan Richard
son. 2. James Findley. 3. Rebecca Nolan.
Dairy herd: 1. Susan Richardson. 2.
James Findley.
Produce of dam: 1. Susan Richardson. 2.
Rebecca Nolan.
Dam daughter 1. Susan Richardson. 2.
Rebecca Nolan. 3. James Findley.
BROWN SWISS
Spring calf; 1. Josh Miller.
Winter calf: 1. Matthew Aument. 2.
Shady Birch Farm. 3. Josh Miller.
Fall calf: 1. Rebecca Baily.
Summer yearling: 1. Shady Birch Farm.
Spring yearling: 1. Kyle Miller. 2. Lisa
Jones.
Winter yearling: 1. Jennifer Nickle.
Junior champion: Kyle Miller.
Reserve junior champion: Josh Miller.
Junior 2-year-old: Josh Miller.
3- 1. Kyle Miller.
4- 1. Josh Miller.
5 years and older. 1. Rebecca Baily.
Senior champion: Rebecca Baily.
Reserve senior champion; Kyle Miller.
GRAND CHAMPION
Rebecca Baily
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Kyle Miller
Junior division champion; Rebecca
Baily.
Reserve junior division champion; Kyle
Miller.
Best three females: 1. Kyle Miller. 2.
Josh Miller. 3. Shady Birch Farm.
Produce of dam; 1. Josh Miller.
Dam daughter 1. Josh Miller.
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