Shorthorns Shining In Show Ring At Farm Show, Beyond MICHELLE KUNJAPPU Lancaster Farming Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Shorthorn show is growing, not only in the market beef arena but also the junior and open shows at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. At this year’s show, “Elmer’s Fancy Lady,” owned by Nate Tice, seasoned veteran in the ring with 10 years of showing experi ence, took the grand champion female position. Nate, a 4-H and FFA member, is the son of Tom and Deb Tice, Lebanon, and is a senior at Northern Lebanon High School. He is from a 30-acre farm and has 15 head of cattle at home. Sara Jo Campbell and “PF Nate Tice, Lebanon, won grand champion with “Elmer’s Fancy Lady” at the Farm Show. 2003 Lancaster County ptNN g| TE Family Dairy Day Tuesday, Febru Lancaster Fa New nn State Family Living program will offer essure canner gauge testing at no charge to attendees, and i optional afternoon program for spouses on "What's New - Home Canning" and "Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie ate? Considerations for the Transfer of Personal operty", by the Lancaster County Cooperative Extension mily Living staff. American Girl” came home with reserve. A junior at West Greene High School, she also took home both champion and reserve champion honors in the Maine-Anjou junior breeding show. Sarah Jo, 17, who plans to study animal genetics in college, has exhibited animals for ten years at the Farm Show. She is the daughter of Jamie and Jacki Campbell, of Campbell Show Calves, Sycamore, Greene Coun ty- The farm includes 270 acres and 30 head of cattle half Shorthorn and half Maine-Anjou. The family brought five head of cattle to the Farm Show, includ ing a market steer. 18th, 2 products Champion and reserve cham pion bull placings in the open Shorthorn show went to Mid At lantic Genetic Productions, a group that, with their combined efforts, brought 19 cattle to the Farm Show. Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, part of the group, bred the champion and purchased the reserve in dam. The Masonic Homes opera tion, comprised of 1,400 acres, has 145 beef cattle 80 percent of them Shorthorn and has done extensive embryo transfer work. Four years ago, said David McElhaney, director of the Pennsylvania Shorthorn Associ ation and on the national board of directors for the American Shorthorn Association, there were two entries in the Short horn division of the steer show a mlmber which rose to 15 this year, the biggest breed show not counting the crossbred cat tle. In the breed show, the Short horns have gone from no show at all to one of the biggest breed shows at the Farm Show. Nationwide, of all the breed associations, the Shorthorn breed has the largest increase number of registered cattle as percentage of the breed by growth, according to McElha ney. In addition, Shorthorns made up the largest national youth show over any other beef breeds at the North American Interna tional Livestock Exposition (NAILE), he said. In addition almost 400 head of Shorthorns went through the ring in the open show at NAILE. •r the Dairy v» »»■»» t » »-»-» i »V VVV/\%WVWAWV\%VAWVV»VAV will aR»I« Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 2003-A25 Champion and reserve champion bull placirftgs- in the open Shorthorn show went to Mid Atlantic Genetic Pro ductions. Frank Stoltzfus, Masonic Homes, is at halter. Longtime Holstein Bre&lers Inducted Into I^dl^Of (Continued from Page A2l) Niw^Surdette, ' *,«, M|rc£rsburg, Franklin County, protelh to 24,368 of milk, j 83() of e,ppp exhibitors, showing four fet, and 770 of protein. The winners, three herd’s breed age jatserve winners, and three honor -103.8t0 u£l!!s mentions in 2002. - James Kahler of Wellsboro, QpSiP^ l <«wd County, received three All* Dylan. Pennsylvania awards, one re- All-Pennsylvania winners for serve, and on honorable mention. 2002 were also recognized during “Star-Gazing in Bethlehem” the convention. was the theme of the three-day Fifty-two Holsteins out of a conference, total of 1,400 exhibited at three - Look for more coverage of the major shows this year received event in upcoming editions of the distinction. Lancaster Farming. We Salute Our Faming Industry Walk-ins are welcome, but please call the Lancaster Extension Office at (717) 394-6851 College ot Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County
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