A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 27, 2003
Hamp/York Crossbreds Shine At Solanco Swine Show
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Tiffany Dean’s “blue
butt” pigs made a big splash at
the Solanco Fair’s market swine
show last week.
Dean’s Hampshire/Y orkshire
crossbreds won in the light
heavyweight and heavyweight di
visions, with the 270-pound
heavyweight taking the overall
grand champion trophy.
Dean, a junior at Lampeter-
Strasburg High School, explained
how crossing the Hampshire and
Yorkshire breeds results in the
bluish coloring, especially in the
hind end and face of the animal.
“You combine a black pig and
a white pig and you get blue,”
she said.
Although Dean has shown the
blue pigs before, it’s the first time
they won at the Solanco Fair.
Dean, 17, is the daughter of
Gary and Joan Dean of Stras
burg.
Nicole Welk, an eight-grader
from Quarryville, exhibited the
lightweight champion, a
232-pound pig.
Justin Welk’s 240-pound hog
won the middleweight division.
Welk, 10, is the son of Don and
Emily Welk, Strasburg.
Judge Bob Miksell praised the
winners of the more than 100
swine shown by youth exhibitors.
Harnish Shows Top Holsteins At Solanco
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Jill Harnish’s junior 2-
year-old cow, Spruce Edge Storm
Tansy, took grand champion
honors at the recent Solanco Fair
Holstein Show.
Hamish also exhibited the re
serve grand champion, Spruce.
Edge Convincer Marylouise. This
3-year-old cow is the daughter of
Wa- Del Airliner Mandylouise,
an EX-91, 5-year-old who re
ceived an honorable mention at
the show. Three young bulls from
this cow family are soon slated to
enter A.I. stud service.
Harnish manages a 60-cow
dairy near Christiana in partner
ship with her parents, Ed and Ar
lene Harnish. She plans to flush
all three of her winning cows for
embryos.
Kyle Miller exhibited the jun
ior champion, a spring yearling
named Kildairy Acres Robust
Reggie.
Miller, 12, is a member the Air
ville Milk and Money 4-H Club
in York County. His parents are
Ronald and Kelly Miller.
The Millers raise heifers, and
Kyle’s grandfather William Kil
gore operates Kildairy Acres
dairy farm.
Esther Trimble’s winter year
ling was named reserve junior
champion.
Trimble, 13, is the daughter of
Marshall and Angie Trimble and
is in ninth grade at Lancaster
Mennonite High School.
The Trimbles manage a
250-. COW dairy farm near Dru
more.
Jeremy Daubert of Mount Joy
judged the show and called the
following results:
HOLSTEIN DAIRY SHOW RESULTS
Spring calf: 1. Justin Hershberger. 2.
Robert Hershey. 3. Andy Pownall.
Winter calf: 1 Generation Three Farm. 2
Stevie A Greek. 3. Matthew Wiker.
Fall calf: 1. Dale Bollinger. 2. Michael
.Bollinger. 3. Tim Bronson.
Spnng yearling 1 Kyle Miller. 2 Mathew
Groff. 3 Kacie Hershey.
Winter yearling 1 Ester Mane Trimble
“These are pigs that are lean,
heavily-muscled, structurally cor
rect, and stylish,” Miksell said of
the four division champs.
Dean’s grand champion edged
out the other three pigs with its
combination of body length, lev
elness, and being extremely heav
ily muscled, Miksell said.
The show posted the following
results:
SOLANCO SWINE SHOW RESULTS
Lightweight class 1:1. Sarah Henry. 2.
Madison Fiano. 3. Kevin Groff.
Lightweight class 2: 1. Nicole Welk. 2.
Matthew Groff. 3. Megan Herr.
Lightweight class 3; 1. Nicole Welk. 2.
Mandie Holloway. 3. Daniel Keefer.
Champion: Nicole Welk.
Reserve Champion: Mandy Holloway.
Middleweight class 1:1. Justin Welk. 2.
Sarah Henry. 3. Jos Welk.
Middleweight class 2: 1. Megan Herr. 2.
Anna Mary Henry. 3. Jenna Bleacher.
Middleweight class 3:1. Ryan Wissler. 2.
Nick Herr. 3. Minam Henry.
Champion: Justin Welk.
Reserve Champion; Megan Herr.
Light heavyweight class 1: 1. Tiffany
Dean. 2. Justin Welk. 3. Lisa Hershey.
Light heavyweight class 2: 1. Julene
Hoover. 2. Kami Mull. 3. Mandie Holloway.
Light heavyweight class 3:1. Loren Her
shey. 2. Jeremy Delong. 3. Christine Keef
er.
Champion: Tiffany Dean.
Reserve Champion: Loren Hershey.
Heavyweight class 1:1. Joe Welk. 2. Lin
ford Hershey. 3. Lon Hess.
Heavyweight cites 2: 1. Tiffany Dean. 2.
Jenna Hershberger. 3. Luke Hershey.
Heavyweight class 3: 1. Loren Hershey.
2. Lisa Hershey. 3. Tom Spnng.
Champion: Tiffany Dean.
Reserve Champion: Joe Welk.
GRAND CHAMPION
Tiffany Dean
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Justin Welk
Jill Harnish, right, shows her grand champion Holstein,
“Tansy,” at the Solanco Fair. Joining her is Mike Ammon
with Wa-Del Airliner Mandylouise, who received an honor
able mention.
2. Bryant Evans. 3. Dale Bollinger.
Junior Champion: Kyle Miller.
Reserve Junior Champion: Esther Tnm
ble.
Dry cow; 1. Bryant Evans. 2. Robert Her
shey.
Junior 2-year-old: 1. R. Edwin Hamish. 2.
Stormi Lynn Greek.
Senior 2-year-old: 1. Jamey Knisely. %,
Dale Bollinger. 3. Kelsey Knight.
3-year-old: 1. Jill K. Hamish. 2. Stormi
Lynn Greek. 3. Dale Bollinger.
5 years and olden 1. Jill K. Hamish.
Senior Champion: Jill Hamish.
Reserve Senior Champion; Jill Hamish.
Premier exhibitor: Dale and Michael Boll
inger.
Premier breeder Dale and Michael Boll
inger.
Junior Division Champion: Jamey Kmse-
Reserve Junior Division Champion- Ste
vie Greek.
Best three females- 1. Dale Bollinger. 2.
Greeks. 3. Kelsey Knight.
Dairy herd: 1. Jill Hamish. 2. Dale Boll
inger. 3. Stormi and Stevie Greek.
Product of dam- Stormi Greek.
Dam and daughter 1. Jill Hamish ''
Bryant Evans. 3. Kelsey Knight.
SHOWMANSHIP
Senior division: 1. Tiffany Dean. 2. Lon
Hess. 3. Loren Hershey.
Intermediate division: 1. Megan Herr. 2.
Lisa Hershey. 3. Mary Booth.
Junior division: 1. Justin Welk. 2. Minam
Henry 3. Matthew Aument.
Justin Welk’s 240-pound
pig is middleweight cham
pion.
Nicole Welk exhibits the
champion lightweight.
Kyle Miller, right, exhi
bits the junior champion
Holstein. Esther Trimble
had the reserve champion.
GRAND CHAMPION
Jill Hamish
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Jill Hamish
SHOWMANSHIP
8-10-year-old; 1. Andy Pownall.
11-14-year-old; 1. Esther Trimble. 2. Ste
vie Greek. 3. Jamey Knisely.
15 years and older: 1. Matt Groff 2 Bry
ant Evans. 3. Matt Wiker.
Tiffany Dean shows her grand champion Hampshire/
Yorkshire crossbred.
Keefer’s Steer Wins At Solanco
Jessica Keefer is at the halter of “Lickoreish,” her
grand champion steer at the Solanco Fair. Judge Scott
Wright is in back.
QUARK YVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Jessica Keefer’s
1,263-pound Angus crossbred
steer took grand champion hon
ors at the recent Solanco Fair
Market Beef Show.
The show took place on the
evening of Sept. 18, as Hurricane
Isabella was starting to bear
down on the area. Scott Wright
of the Pennsylvania Beef Council
completed the judging as wind
howled and rain pelted the roof
of the exhibition building.
Grand champion exhibitor
Keefer, 11, is a sixth-grader at
Swift Middle School. She is a
member of the Red Rose 4-H
Beef Club and lives on the small
farm of her parents Gary and
Karen Keefer near Peach Bot
tom.
Keefer said she named the
steer “Lickoreish” by sounding
Mil the letters of
the name of the
popular black
candy.
Fred Linton,
Kirkwood, bred
the champion
steer,
Barabara
Pfender of Holt
wood showed
the reserve
champion, a
1,325-pound
black steer.
Katl ™ *T ey Barbara Pfender shows the reserve
Angus award tampion bee£ Fritz Frey Is at the halter
6 and judge Scott Wright is in back.
from Wakefield Angus for her
1,384-pound heavyweight.
The show posted the following
results:
SOLANCO MARKET BEEF RESULTS
Lightweight: 1. Jessica Keefer. 2. John
Burton. 3. Luke Hershey.
Middleweight; 1. Barbara Pfender. 2.
Freddy Frey. 3. Loren Hershey.
Heavyweight: 1. Katrina Frey. 2. Linford
Hershey. 3. Anna Marie Henry.
GRAND CHAMPION
Jessica Keefer
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Barbara Render
SHOWMANSHIP AND FITTING
Senior showman: 1. Matt Groff. 2. Loren
Hershey. 3. Eric Holzhauer.
Junior showman: t. Katrina Frey. 2. Bar
bara Pfender. 3. Freddy Frey.
Junior fitter 1. Katrina Frey. 2. Sarah
Henry.
Senior fitter 1. Anna Marie Henry. 2.
Matt Groff. 3. Loren Hershey.
Novice fitter 1. Barbara Render. 2. John
Burton. 3. Eric Holzhauer.