HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-06-15, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988.
McNeil Holsteins sweep Clinton Spring Fair awards
A mature Holstein cow bred by
Cliff and Glen McNeil of Heather
Holme Farms near the Nile has
swept most of the major awards at
the Huron County Holstein Club
Show, held in conjunction with the
134th annual Clinton Spring Fair,
June 3-4.
The five-year-old cow, Heather
Holme Mandate Eva (ex) captured
the show’s overall Grand Cham
pionship Cow award, as well as
winning the award for Best Udder
in Show, and taking first place in
her age class.
In addition, Eva was part of the
four-animal group that won Hea
ther Holme Farms first place in the
Breeder’s Herd competition, as
well as contributing heavily to the
McNeil family’s capture of both the
prestigious Premier Breeder
Award and the Premier Exhibitor
Award at the show.
Heather Holme Farms also won
the Overall Junior Reserve Grand
Farm
Heather Holme Mandate Eva [ex] was the Overall Grand Champion
Cow at the Huron County Holstein Club show at the Clinton Spring
Fair, as well as winning the trophy for Best Udder in Show and a red
ribbon in her age class. With the champion are [from left] Bob Vodden
presenting the Fred Vodden Memorial Trophy, Cliff McNeil, Glen
McNeil, Judge John Hazelegar and Huron County Dairy Princess
Brenda Nanceidvell. - Photo by Walden Photography
Brusse/s Stockyards
Championship at Clinton with a
winter yearling, which also took
first place in her age class; the
McNeils also took first place in the
Dry Cow class.
Jim McGee of McLee Holsteins
of RR 3, Wingham also did
exceptionally well at the Clinton
show, placing as runner-up to
Heather Holme Farms in both the
Premier Breeder and Premier
Exhibitor competitions, as well as
taking red ribbons with both a
junior female Calf and a junior
two-year-old female.
Lazy Meadow Holsteins, owned
by Jim and Lorraine Hallahan and
family of RR 3, Blyth also finished
in fine form in Clinton with a
mature cow which had just been
awarded her “excellent” designa
tion. Bonanza Ultimate Lilac (ex)
captured the title of Overall
Reserve Grand Champion Cow, as
well as winning first place in the
mature cow class; a second Lazy
Meadows mature cow, Eason Lolly
Rhonda Stylist, came in second in
the same class.
Still with Holsteins, it was a
red-letter day for the Adrie Bos
family of Bellestein Farms, also at
RR3, Blyth when son Art won both
the Grand Champion 4-H Show
manship and the Grand Champion
4-H Calf awards with his 4-H
project animal “Bellestein Buck
Bunny,” then went on to show the
same heifer in the Holstein Club
show, whereshe won the title of
Overall Grand Champion Heifer,
as well as taking the red ribbon in
the junior yearling class.
Art Bos also showed a two-year-
old female to a first-place win in the
open show, while his older sister,
Anita, placed firstwith a Bellestein
senior yearling. Meanwhile,
younger brother Conrad not only
placed first in his 4-H division with
his project calf, but took it on towin
a second red ribbon as top senior
calf in the open show. Art and
Conrad are both members of the
Hallrice 4-H Dairy Calf Club.
Kennairn Farms, owned by Ken
and Shirley Ramsey and family of
RR3, Blyth also racked up some
impressive wins, taking both first
and second places in the Progeny of
Dam class, as well as coming in as
runners-up to Heather Holme
Farms in the Breeders’ Herd
competition.
Kennairn females also took
second-place ribbons in both the
two-year-old and five-year-old
classes, as well as a third place in
the four-year-old class, and several
fourth and fifth place ribbons.
Other local Holstein breeders
who placed well at the fair were
Bob and Jeannette McNeil of
Robmarann Farms, RR 6, God
erich, who took first place with a
three-year-old female; Keith and
Bonnie Johnston of Kada Farms,
RR 2, Bluevale, who topped their
class with a four-year-old cow; and
Mike Pentland of Sylvallon Farms,
RR 1, Dungannon, who placed first
with a summer yearling heifer.
In the Western Ontario Jersey
Moderate demand lowers prices
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards traded on a moderate
demand with choice steers and
heifers $1 to $2 lower and
second-cut cattle under pressure.
Cows sold steady and pigs barely
steady. There were 472 cattle and
505 pigs on offer.
Choice steers sold at $89 to $93
with sales to $97.25; good steers
went for $86 to $89.
A steer consigned by Rudolph
Droefke of RR 4, Walkerton,
weighing 1060 lbs., sold for $97.25
and was purchased by Northern
Beef Corp, of RR 1, Proton Station.
A red white-faced steer consign
ed by Bob Blackwell of RR 1,
Ripley, weighing 1190 lbs., sold for
$95. Five steers consigned by Tim
Prior of RR 3, Brussels, averaging
1176lbs., sold for $94. A gold steer
consigned by Harvey Ritz of
Monkton, weighing 1010lbs., sold
for $94.25.
Forty-nine steers consigned by
George Underwood Farms of RR 1,
Wingham, averaging 1367 lbs.,
sold for an overall price of $88.94
with sales to $94. A Charolais steer
consigned by Terry McCarthy of
RR 1, Dublin, weighing 1280 lbs.,
sold for $94.25, with his total lot of
eight steers averaging 1258 lbs.,
selling for an average price of
$91.40.
Two red white-faced steers
consigned by Ron Gordon of RR 2,
Blyth, averaging 1220 lbs., sold for
$93.35. Seven steers consigned by
Maple Ridge Farms of RR 5,
Continued on page 19
Spring Show, also held during the
Clinton Fair, Huronia Farms Jer
seys of RR 2, Auburn, owned and
operated by Jack and Fred Arm
strong and families, placed well
against some of the top Jerseys in
the province.
Huronia Farms placed third in
the Breeders’ Herd competition,
as well as winning the top prize
with a four-year-old female for
Best Udder in Show. In addition,
Huronia Farms also took a first and
athirdintheHeiferCalfclass; a
first in Senior Heifer; a third in
Junior Heifer; a fourth with a
two-year-old cow; afirstin both the
three-year-old and four-year-old
classes; and a second with a
five-year-old cow.
The only other Huron County
Jersey exhibitor at the Clinton
/show, Paul Franken of Paullor
Farms, RR 1, Auburn captured a
third-place ribbon with a senior
yearling, a fifth place with a
three-year-old cow and a seventh
place with a mature cow.
Jack Van Egmond of RR 1,
Clinton, was chairman of the 1988
Jersey Show.
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