A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 5, 2002
Ohio Farm Wins Grand Champion Guernsey Title
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Two hundred and fifty
four Guernseys competed in the
recent National Guernsey Show
at the Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg. The event was con
ducted as part of the All-Ameri
can Dairy Show.
“It’s been a tremendous show,”
said Judge Dennis Ferguson,
Dryden, N.Y. “Probably as good
of a Guernsey show as I’ve seen.”
A cow raised in Texas and
owned by John and Bonnie
Ayars, Land of Living Farm, Me
chanicsburg, Ohio, came to the
top of the large show to be named
grand champion. Lavon Farms
Turn Point Layla is a senior
3-year-old.
The cow was an All-American
2-year-old last year and this year*
was grand champion at Ohio
State Fair, the only place she has
been show so far, according to
Ayars.
The cow will not get to com
pete at the World Dairy Expo in
Madison, Wis., however, because
Ayars was planning to judge the
Guernsey show at the event.
Clay Smith’s homebred OCS
Dairy Queenie, from OCS Dairy,
Jefferson, Md., won reserve
grand champion placing.
The cow, a 4-year-old, took
About 200 Head Compete In
Eastern National Brown Swiss Show
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) After a “bell lap” a tra
dition at the Eastern National
Brown Swiss show where several
cows in the championship drive
enter the ring with large bells
around their neck Jacob Hu
shon’s Brothers Three Wisper
OCS came out with the grand
champion placing.
The show was conducted dur
ing the recent All-American
Dairy Show, Farm Show Com
plex, Harrisburg.
The same homebred junior
two-year-old also took first place
in the Pennsylvania 2-Year-Old
Futurity, along with grand cham
pion and intermediate champion
of the open and youth shows.
Judge Steve Hendress believed
the animal to have “the best
udder of the show.” In addition
her “strength up front,” put
“Wisper” at the top of the show.
Jami Savage-Hartman, Knox
ville, Md., took home reserve
grand champion and reserve in
termediate champion placing
with senior 3-year-old Savage-
Leigh Tipster-ET.
The cow’s “dairy strength,
shapeliness of udder, and sound
enough crease,” helped put her in
reserve champion placing,
according to judge Hendress.
The homebred comes from a
predominantly-Holstein herd.
Chip and Jami Savage-Hart
man also exhibited the reserve
senior champion, G S FLJ Tippy.
Senior champion winner was
Far Hill Jetway Fez, owned by
Dylan Fry, Chestertown, Md. Fry
also garnered the youth senior
and reserve intermediate champi
on, and reserve grand champion
placings in the youth show.
K. Scott Hood, Middletown,
Md., owned the junior champion,
Hoodstead Prelude Nipper-Et.
Hood also won reserve junior
champion placing in the open
show.
Bruce Heilinger, Heilinger
Swiss, Lebanon, had the total
performance winner.
Grand champion winner of the recent National Guern
sey Show was John Ayars, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. He is
joined by National Guernsey Queen Julie Sollenberger,
Spring City, and reserve champion winner Clay Smith,
along with Chance Smith.
home grand champion winnings home junior champion in the
from the Ohio Spring show and open show. Austin and Lucas
the Maryland State Fair this Ayars had the reserve junior
year. Smith also had first place in champion,
the total performance winner in the youth show, Erin Yost,
class. Femdale, Ca., had the grand
M. Heath, J. Stephens, and N. champion. Reserve grand cham-
Thomas, Westminster, Md., took pion in the youth show was
At the Eastern National Brown Swiss Show, judge
Steve Hendress, Wolcott, Ind., and Charles Itle, All-Ameri
can show manager, join winners Jami Savage-Hartman,
Knoxville, Md., left, reserve champion, and Jacob Miishon,
right, grand champion.
Judge Hendress, Wolcott, Ind.,
Purdue University, is an assistant
manager for dairy research at the
university, and in addition
coaches the Purdue dairy judging
team.
EASTERN REGIONAL
BROWN SWISS
OPEN SHOW RESULTS
Junior bull calf: 1. Allen Bassler Jr. 2.
Keith Dirkson. 3. Rochelle Newton.
Senior bull calf; 1. Elizabeth Shearer. 2.
Christopher and Michael Birch. 3. Dale
Dirkson.
Senior yearling bull: 1. Dale Dirkson.
Champion bull: Elizabeth Shearer.
Reserve champion bull: Allen Bassler Jr.
Spring heifer calf; 1. Aimee Smith. 2.
Ashley Taylor. 3. Rip Vale Farm.
Winter heifer calf. 1. Kame Flmn. 2. Don
ald Harwood and C. Walton. 3. Barb and
Kevin Ziemba and L&B Hill.
Fall heifer calf: 1. Scott Hood. 2. Jerry
Harkness. 3. Jarrett Remsberg.
Summer yearling heifer: 1. Chip and
Jami Savage. 2. Tammy Geiwitz. 3. Cather
ine Perdue.
Spring yearling heifer 1 Joy Crothers 2
Derek Hill 3. Cliff-Brook and Z Thompson.
Winter yearling heifer 1 Cole Bishop 2
Allen and Tammy Bassler 3 Richard and
Donna Hill
Fall yearling heifer 1 Scott Hood. 2.
Shanna Smith 3 Barb and Kevin Ziemba
and L&B Hill
Junior champion female. 1 -Scott Hood.
Reserve junior champion female: Scott
Hood.
Best junior female bred and owned by
exhibitor Scott Hood.
Junior best thbif females: f. Scott Hood HHI and family. 2. Joshua Geiwitz. 3. James
2. Wayne and Cindee Savage and family, 3. THompson.
Richard and Dorma HIU-alalfamily. ■ ‘ jstate or provincial herd: 1. State of
Dry cow, 3 yapjaand otiSm 1. Dean Ptnnsylvania. 1. State of New York. 2.
Brerita Daubert. jL'JUmije Smith. 3. Siite of Maryland. 3. State of Virginia,
berly Yeager. : Premier breeder Richard and Donna Hill.
Pennsylvania Brown Swiss 2-year-old fu- Premier exhibitor Richard and Donna
turity: 1. Jacob Hushon. 2. Michael Kunkle. Hill.
3. Sarah Wickard. JUNIOR BROWN SWISS
Cow, junior 2-year-old: 1. Jacob Hushon.
2. Cliff Brook Farm and Z. Thompson. 3.
Nick Raggi.
Cow, senior 2-year-old: 1. Barb and
Kevin Ziembe and L&B Hill. 2. Dylan Fry. 3.
S. Ouellette&K Egglnk.
Cow, junior 3-year-old: 1. Jeremy
McDonald. 2. Iroquois Acres. 3. Zachary
Thompson.
Cow, senior 3-year-old: 1. Jaml Savage.
2. Gary and Jeremy McDonald. 3. Derek
Hill.
Intermediate champion female: Jacob
Hushon.
Reserve intermediate champion female:
Jami Savage
Cow, 4-years-old. 1. Dylan Fry 2. Josh
ua Geiwitz. 3 Barb and Kevin Ziemba and
L&B Hill
Cow, 5-years-old: 1 Chip and Jami Sav
age. 2. Jeremy McDonald. 3 Barb and
Kevin Ziemba and L&B Hill.
Cow, 6 years and older: 1. Richard and
Donna Hill 2 Joshua Geiwitz. 3 Steven
Ouellette.
Jastes Lotto Katrina, owned by
Alan Debnam, Chestertown, Md.
Judge Ferguson, Dryden, N.Y.,
a Semex representative, has also
worked as a Guernsey herdsman.
ALL-AMERICAN
GUERNSEY SHOW
RESULTS
Junior calf; 1. Kevin and Dina Stoltzfus
2. Fnendship Farm. 3. Catherine Littlefield.
Intermediate calf: 1. M. Heath, J. Ste
phens, N. Thomas. 2. Jacob Pieper 3. Ash
lee Dietz.
Senior calf: 1. Scott and Elsie Wolff 2.
Kevin Branstetter. 3. Morey Miller.
Summer yearling: 1. Patncia Marchezak
McMurray. 2. Joel Craig. 3. Kevin Branstet
ter.
Junior yearling: 1. Morey Miller. 2. Jean
Gallagher 3. James and Janet Bates and
family.
Intermediate yearling: 1. Kevin Branstet
ter. 2. Arrow Head Guernseys. 3. Morey
Miller and Sherry Rechl.
Senior yearling: 1. Austin and Lucas
Ayars. 2. J4B Ayars and Sons and Dr. Man
ion. 3. Donald Holcomb.
Junior champion female: 1. M. Heath, J.
Stephens, N. Thomas.
Reserve junior champion female: Austin
and Lucas Ayars.
Best junior female bred and owned by
exhibitor J&B Ayars and Sons and Dr.
Mamon.
Junior best three females: 1. John and
Bonnie Ayars and Sons. 2. Fowler Bran
stetter. 3. Holcomb Guernsey Farm.
Dry cow, 4 years and younger 1. Amy
Guyer. 2. J&B Ayars and Sons and Dr.
Mamon. 3. DF and WB Hayes.
Dry cow, 5 years and older: 1. Friendship
Farm. 2. Joey Oldham. 3. James Curtis
Oldham.
Cow, junior 2-year-old: 1. Morey Miller.
2 Fnendship Farm. 3. James and Janet
Bates and family.
Cow, senior 2-year-old: 1. Austin and
Lucas Ayars and Sons. 2. Alan Debnam. 3.
Scott and Elsie Wolff.
Pennsylvania 3-year-old futunty; 1. Jon
athan McMurray. 2. Clarence Littlefield. 3.
Clarence Littlefield.
Cow, junior 3-year-old; 1. D&J Croshaw
and Berryman and Miller. 2. Joshua Craig.
3. Jonathan McMurray.
Cow, senior-3-year-old' 1. J&B Ayars
and Sons and Dr. Mamon. 2. Elizabeth Lit
tlefield. 3. Elizabeth Littlefield.
Cow, 4-years-old; 1. Oscar Smith. 2
Kevin Branstetter. 3. Joseph Pendergast
and R. Holcomb.
Cow, 5-year S-old: 1. Enn Yost. 2. Sarah
Weimer. 3. Friendship and Hartdale
Cow, 6 years and g)<
Guernseys, 2fl9BthedS||»
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Farm. - Orphange. 3. Kristi
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,TOtal winner: 1. Oscar
“*Sl«jlh. 2. Erin Yost. 3. Thomwell Orphan
age.
[der: 1 Arrow Head
Littlefield Mott. 3
Senior champion female: J&B Ayars and
Component merit cow: 1. Richard and
Donna Hill. 2. Joy Hess. 3. Bruce Heilmger.
Senior champion female: Dylan Fry.
Reserve senior champion female; Chip
and Jami Savage.
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE
JacdbHushon
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE
Jam! Savage
Best senior female bred and owned by
exhibitor Dylan Pry.
Total performance winner: Bruce Hei
linger.
Best three females: 1. Richard and
Donnat-fIH and family 2. James Thompson.
3. Dean and Brenda Daubert.
Produce of derm 1 ■ Barbara and Kevin
Ziemba. lb Joshua Geiwitz. 3. James
Thompson.
Dam and daughter 1. Wayne and Cin
dee Savage and family. 2. Joshua Geiwitz.
3. Richard and Donna Hill and family.
Exhibitor's herd: 1. Richard and Donna
SHOW RESULTS
Spring heifer calf: 1. Aimee Smith. 2.
Ashley Taylor. 3. Holly Miller.
Winter heifer calf: 1. Andrew Daubert. 2.
Poteet Alex. 3. Danielle Bishop.
Fall heifer calf: 1. Jarrett Remsberg. 2.
David Sattazahn. 3. Sarah Moyer.
USDA Announces $3O Million Pork Purchase
WASHINGTON, D.C. Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Vene
man announced recentlythat the U.S. Department of Agriculture will
purchase up to $3O million of pork products for use in school feeding
and nutrition programs.
“These purchases will provide a boost to pork producers who have
experienced tough economic conditions this year,” said Veneman.
USDA has already purchased 13.8 million pounds of pork products
this school year and Monday’s announcement could bring the total up
to 66 million pounds of fresh and processed pork products. This is
compared to 29.9 million pounds for the 2001-2002 school year and
22.8 million pounds in 2000-2001.
Sons and Dr. Mamon
Reserve senior champion female- Oscar
Smith.
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE
J&B Ayars and Sons and Dr. Mamon
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE
Oscar Smith
Best senior female bred and owned by
exhibitor: Oscar Smith.
Best three females: 1. Clarence Little
field. 2. Holcomb Guernsey Farm. 3 Berne
ta Gable.
Produce of dam: 1. Carl Thayer Jr. 2.
Richard and Judith Whalen. 3. Robert
Smith and Beth Clark.
Dam and daughter: 1 Richard and Ju
dith Whalen. 2 Berneta Gable. 3 Eddie
Chiappetta.
Exhibitor's herd: 1. John and Bonnie
Ayars and Sons. 2. Holcomb Guernsey
Farm. 3. Clarence Littlefield.
State or Provincial herd: 1. State of Ohio.
2. State of New York 3. State of Pennsyl
vania.
Premier breeder: Clarence Littlefield.
Premier exhibitor: Richard and Judith
Whalen.
JUNIOR GUERNSEY
SHOW RESULTS
Junior calf: 1. Ashlee Dietz. 2. James
Oldham. 3. Nathan Boyle.
Intermediate calf: 1. Jacob Pieper. 2.
Ashlee Dietz. 3. Kyle Ripley.
Senior calf: 1. Chns and Megan Raber. 2.
Frank Buck. 3. Bntta Guyer.
Summer yearling: 1. Amy Guyer. 2. Josh
ua Craig. 3. Frank Buck.
Junior yearling; 1. Jean Gallagher. 2.
Joshua Axtell. 3. Chnstopher Fleming.
Intermediate yearling: 1. Tem Johnson.
2. Andrew Liggett. 3. Lindsay McKissick.
Senior yearling: 1. Austin and Lucas
Ayars and Sons. 2. Travis Trotter. 3. Amber
Myers.
Junior champion: Jean Gallagher.
Reserve junior champion: Joshua Axtell
Cow, junior 2-year-old: 1. Kyle Ripley. 2.
George Budner. 3. John Budner.
Cow, senior 2-year-old: 1. Alan Debnam.
2. Eddie Chiappetta. 3. Kendy Gable.
Cow, junior 3-year-old: 1. Joshua Craig.
2. Anthony Hooper. 3. Spencer Weimer.
Cow, senior 3-year-old; 1 Ricky Steele.
2 Ranch Marchezak
Cow, 4-years-old: 1. Tem Johnson. 2.
Thmwll. Orphanage and A. Hooper. 3.
Shareena Hershberger
Cow, 5-years-old: 1. Enn Yost. 2 Sarah
Weimer. 3. James Oldham.
Cow, 6 and over 1 Eddie Chiappetta 2.
Andrea Grant.
Youth senior champion Erin Yost
Youth reserve senior champion’ Alan
Debnam
YOUTH GRAND CHAMPION
Erin Yost
YOUTH RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Alan Debnam
Best animal bred and owned by exhibi
tor: Joshua Craig.
Junior state herd: 1. PA Guernsey Breed
ers Assoc. 2. NY State Guernsey Breeders
Assoc. 3. MD State Guernsey Breeders
Assoc.
Summer yearling heifer: 1. Catherine
Perdue. 2. Adam Coleman. 3. Zachery
Welker.
Spnng yearling heifer: 1. Ashley Taylor.
2. Jarrett Remsberg. 3. Holly Hemnchs
Winter yearling heifer. 1. Cole Bishop. 2.
David Sattazahn. 3. Poteet Amy.
Fall yearling heifer: 1. Tracy Webb. 2. An
drew Daubert. 3. Samuel Beiler.
Junior champion: Cole Bishop.
Reserve junior champion: Aimee Smith.
Dry cow, 5 years and older; 1. Aimee
Smith. 2. Harrison Miller.
Cow, junior 2-year-old: 1. Jacob Hushon.
2. Jarrett Remsberg. 3. Tara Brumbaugh.
Cow, senior 2-year-old: 1. Dylan Fry. 2
Sarah Wickard. 3. Bradford Deeter.
Cow, junior 3-year-old: 1. Kom Wickard.
Cow, senior 3-year-old; 1. Sarah Wick
ard. 2. Abbie Kuhlman.
Intermediate champion: Jacob Hushon.
Reserve intermediate champion: Dylan
Fry.
Cow, 4-years-old: 1. Dylan Fry. 2. Lisa
Jones. 3. Amanda Bassler.
Cow, S-years-old: 1. Jeffrey Larson. 2.
Becky Bally. 3. Michael Woods.
Cow, 6 years and older 1. Jason Larson.
2. Andrew Smith.
Senior champion: Dylan Fry.
Reserve senior champion: Lisa Jones.
GRAND CHAMPION
Jacob Hushon
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Dylan Fry
Best female bred and owned by exhibi
tor Jacob Hushon.