Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 20, 1956, Image 5

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Harry Lee Hoar’s
Steer $1,639.37
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lb to El Centro Restaurants, Har
risburg and Potltsville. Total
$437-40.
Reserve champion Angus,
shown by Henry Greiner, Man
heim, RD 4, Lancaster County,
1000 lbs, sold at 36 cents a lb
to Economy Meat Market, York
Total, $360-
Reserve champion Shorthorn,
shown by ELwood Pfaunmiller,
Elizabethtown, RD 3, 1100 lbs,
sold at 35 cents a lb to El Centro
Restaurants- Total, $385.
SWINE (Gilts) SALES
BERKSHIRE
Grand champion, “Valley
Springs Lady,” consigned by
Woods Bros, Mercer RD, Mercer
County. Sofld 1 to Hames Hollens
head, Needmore, RD, Fulton
County, for $320.
Reserve grand champion, “Bair-'
dale Catherine’s Lady 2nd,” con
signed by Harry A. Bair, Ruffs
dale, ED, Westmoreland County.
Sold tto James E. Martin, Hamp
stead, Maryland, for $l7O.
Top price animal Consignor,
Clayton D. Winebark, Rochester
Mills, RD, Indiana County. Sold
to Shenandoah Farm, Middleton,
Virginia, for s2fs.
Number of animals in sale, 36;
total volume' of sale, 3,112-50;
average price per animal, $B6-46.
DUROC
Grand champion, “Leaders
Lady Ist,” consigned by Waldo
Barron & Sons, Slippery Rock,
RD, Butler County. Sold to.
Frank Showalter,- Phoemxviile,
RD, Chester County, for $220.
Reserve grand cha'mpion,
“Golden Sue 3rd,” by
Waldo Barron & Sons. Sold to
Frank Showalter for $lBO.
Top price animal Consignor,
Waldo Barron & Sons. Solds to
Art West, Slipper Rock, RD,
Butler County, for $345.
Number of animals in sale, 36~
total volume of sale, $3,217 50;
average price per 3himal, $89.37
HAMPSHIRE
Grand champion, “Reformer
June,” consigned by Ford Coop
er, Reynoldsville, RD, Jefferson
County. Sold to Andrews &
Baugn, Bloomingburg, Ohio, for
$295.
Reserve grand champion,
“Homestead Roxann,” consigned
by Stauffer Homestead Farm,
,East Earl, RD, Lancaster County.
Sold to Robert Book, Lancaster,
RD 7, Lancaster County, for $290
Grand total number of
animals sold 265
Grand total vol. sales 22,075.00
Avg. price for all animals 83.30
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Man President
HARRISBURG, James
Shadle, Hegins, Schuylkill County,
was elected new president of the
Pennsylvania Young Farmers As
sociation at the annual Farm
Show meeting He succeeds Glen
Zimmerman, Mafftmlburg RD 2.
Union County.
Charles Dale, Mifflinburg,
Union County was named secret
ary; William Burgeon, McDonald,
Washington County as treasurer
and George Menseh, Mifflinburg,
as director of public relations
Regional vice-president elected
are:
Harold Robson, M§inesburg,
Tioga County, Russell Dickerson,
Spring Mills, ’Centre County;
Pharis Cramer, Conestoga, Lan
caster County; John Engle, Mc-
Donald, Washington County;
Floyd Schreckengost, Dayton,
Armstrong County.
beeves returned to the show
ring Friday at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show to compete with open
Class fat steers and finished first
again to become grand cham
pions of the whole show. "
Open class grand champion
was Harry Lee Hoar, 14, Gap RD
1, Lancaster County, who on
Thursday took the 4-H grand
championship. He showed’
“Champ,” his 1075-lb Hereford.
Reserve 4-H grand champion
Kenneth Miller, 18, Nazareth,
RD 1, 4-H reserve grand cham
pion, came back with his 1020-
lb Angus, “Amos,” to take the
open class reserve grand cham
pion-
Hoar was champion in the
Hereford open class, with Peggy
Hackman, Elizabethtown, RD 3,
reserve champion just as they
(finished in the 4-H classes. ,
Only adult opfen class exhibi
tor to come out on top was E.
Bruce Boyd, Ephrata, RD 1, who
took the Shorthorn breed cham-i
pionship in that class. Margaret
Ann Hoar, 12, Gap, RD 1, sister
of Harry Lee, who took the 4-H
Shorthorn championship won the
Shorthorn reserve title in the
open class.
Farm Show Champions
Baby Beef Showmanship
First place Kenneth Rutt,
Peach Bottom, Lancaster County.
Second place Merle Nailor,
Carlisle, R. 6, Cumberland Coun
ty-
Third place Edwin Shoop,
Halifax, RD 2, Dauphin County.
Baby Beef Breed
Showmanship Champions
ABERDEEN-AN GU S
Edwin Shoop, Halifax, RD 2,
Dauphin County.
HEREFORD
'Marlin Shearer, York, R- 6,
York- County.
SHORTHORN
Elwood Pfaunmiller, Elizabeth
town, R. 3, Lancaster County.
Champion 4-H Lamb Sales
The grand champion pen of
4-H lambs, three Shropshires,
shown by Dorothy Stehman, Lan
caster, RD 3, Lancaster County,
sold for $l2O a lb Friday at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show- The
lambs, weighing a total of 300
lbs, were bought by Medford’s
Inn, Chester, for a total of $360
Last year’s championship 4-H pen
sold for $1.35 a lb.
The reserve grand champion
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4rH pen of three Hampshrres,
weighing 401 lbs entered by
Henry Greiner, Manheim, RD 4.
Lancaster County, were bought
by S. S. Pomeroy, Harrisburg, at
26 cents per lb, for a total price'
of $10426. Last year’s reserve
grand champion pen sold for 65
cents a lb-
Other top 4-H pens of lambs
sold as follows:
Ist prize Southdown, 288 lbs,
shown by Leona Augsburger,
Rejnholds, RD 1, Lancaster Coun
ty, were bought by S. S Fern
ery at 39 cents per lb.
Ist prize Cheviot, 263 lbs,
shown by Thomas Coons, York,
RD 3, York'County, were bought
by Economy Meat Markets, York,
at 53 cents per lb.
Ist prize Dorset, 331 lbs, shown
by Galen Byers, Carlisle, RD 1,
Cumberland County, were bought
by Susquehanna Frozen Foods
Center, Sunbury, at 29 cents per
lb.
Ist prize Suffolk, 361 lbs, shown
by Jane Yeanck, Hublersburg,
Centre County, were'bought by
Seachnst Bros, Dallastown, at
25-% cents per lb.
Forty-five pens of 4-H Club
fat lambs sold for a total of $3,-
873 73, for an average of 28 23
cents per lb at the Farm Show
Friday.
Large buyers were Medford’s,
Inc, Chester, B‘"'pens; Seachrisb
Brothers, Yoric and Dallastown,
6 pens; Schluderberg-Kurdle,
Baltimore, 6 pens, r Susquehanna
Frozen Food Locker, Sunbury, 4
pens; J Fred Fischer & Son,
York, 4 pens; York Livestock
Market, Thomasvile, 3 pens;
Economy Meat Market, York, 3
pens; S- S. Pomeroy, Harrisburg,
2 pens; Walter Dunlap, Lancas
ter, 2 pens, and Hershey Abattoir,
Hershey, 2 pens.
Other buyers were: S L Otstot,
Camp Hill; Leesport Livestock
Market, Leesport; Harry’s Tav
ern, Harrisburg, and Swift and
Company
Thirty-three pens of market
lambs were sold from the open
classes of the Farm Show for a
total of $707.32, for an average
of 23.78 cents per lb.
Buyers were- Schluderberg-
Kurdle, Baltimore, 14 pens; Sus
quehanna Frozen Food Locker,
SunlWry, 6 pens; Arbogast and
Bastian, Allentown, 5 pens; Med
ford’s Inc, Chester, 4 pens; J-
Fred Fischer & Son, York, 2
pens, and Morrison Cove Live
stock Market, 2 pens-
Lancaster Sweeps 4-H Lambs
Lancaster County entries took
the 4-H lamb championships at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Dorothy Stehraan, Lancaster,
RD 3, who showed Shropshires,
had the top pen of three, for the
breed, then won the grand cham
pionship, and finished by taking
first place in pen of three weth
ers under one year, all with the
same three animals.
Henry Greiner, Manheim, RD
4, showing Hampshires, had re
serve champion pen. With the
same pen of three he took first
place for the breed and for a
Hampshire breed special.
Leona Augsburger, Reinholds,
RD 1, Lancaster County, who took
the grand championship in open
class wethers, with Sonthdowns,
placed first for the breed in the
4-H classes
In lamb fitting, the first five
places went to Lancaster County:
Ist, Miriam Erb, Lancaster;
2nd, Jane Greiner, Manheim, RD
4; 3rd, Samuel Long, Manheim,
RD 3; 4th, Walter Augsburger,
Reinholds, RD 1; sth, Clyde Bru
baker, Ephrata, RD 1,
Angus Open Class
Kenneth Miller, 18, Nazareth,
RD 1, Northampton County, and
Henry Greiner, 17, Manheim, RD
4, Lancaster County, winners of
the Angus breed championship
and Angus reserve / champion
ships, respectively, finished in
the same order in the Angus
open 'class Friday to take the
open class Angus championship
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, .January 20, 1956—5
State Farming Associations Name
New Officers During Farm Show
Pennsylvania Duroc Swine
Breeders Association
Ssident, Clyde McConaughey,
sburg, Indiana County
Vice President, Irwin Behm,
Marchand, Indiana County
Secretary - Treasurer, Walter
McConnell, Volant, RD 3, Lawr-
ence County
Directors:
Paul Oswalt; Centie County
Fred Barron, Slippery Rock,
Butler County
J. R. HarMe, Bellefonte, Centre
County
A F. Horst, RD 2, Myerstown,
Lebanon County
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Pennsylvania Yorkshire
Swine Club
President, F. E. Bosler, Peach
bottom, Lancaster County
Vice President, J. C Herr,
Gordonville, Lancaster County
Secretary-Treasurer, George E
Cogley, R 1, Ronks, Lancaster
County
Directors:
Kenneth Ski'les, R 1, Narvon,
Lancaster County
J. C. Herr, Gordonville; Lan
caster County
Paul J. Yoaehim, R 1, Zions
vrlle, Lehigh County
Pennsylvania Poland China
Swirip Association
President, Donald Lanius,
York, RD 3, York County
Vice President, Eugene Boe
shore, Jonestown, Lebanon Coun
ty
Secretary - Treasurer, Clifford
LeVan, Milton, RD 1, Northumb
erland County
Directors;
Hubert Miller, Myerstown, RD
2, Lebanon County
Daniel Miller, Myerstown, RD
3, Lebanon County ,
and Angus open class reserve
championship at the Farm Show.
In the open class they finished
1-2 in the medium weight class.
Two Lancaster 4-H’ers, James
Bowman, Ronks, RD 1, and Ken
neth C. .Book, Lancaster, RD 7,
finished 1-2 in the open light
weight class of Angus.
First and second in the Angus
open light heavyweight class
were Elwood Buss, Jr, Nazareth,
RD 1, Northampton County, and
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Lorraine Hackman, Elizabeth
town, RD 3, Lancaster County,
both 4-H entries
First and second in the Angus
open heavyweight class were
William Steekel and Gloria Buss,
both of Easton, RD, Northampton
County.
Pennsylvania Cooperative
Swine Breeders Association
President, John Wetter, New
manstown, Lebanon County
Vice President, Clifford Levan,
Milton, Northumberland County
Secretary - Treasurer, Georga
Cogley, Ronks, Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Spotted Poland
China Breeders Association
President, S A. Faux, Waynes
boio, Greene County
Vice President, Wm. W- Kauff
man, York, RD 3, York County
Secretary - Treasurer, C. W.
Fields, Grantvrlle, RD 1, Dauph
in County
Directors.
Philip Kissinger, York, RD 3,
York County
C Warren Leminger, Denver,
RD 2, Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Hampshire
Swine Breeders Association
President, Lee Mohney, Stone
boro, Mercer County
Vice President, Ford Cooper,
Reynoldsvile, Jefferson County
Secretary - Treasurer, John E.
Witter, Newmanstown, Lebanon
County
Directors -
Paul Yoachim, Zionsville, Le
high County
Dalle Corbin, Reynoldsville,
Jefferson, County
Kenneth Bankert, Felton? York
County
J R Barney, Clearville, Bed
ford County
Pennsylvania Berkshire
Breeders Association
President, Samuel H. Davis,
Imperial, Allegheny County
Vice President, Clair Woods,
Mercer, Meicer County
Secretary - Treasurer, Dale M.
Ritter, Harrisburg, Dauphin
County
Directors:
George F Bohnger, New
Castle, Lawrence County
Wendell McKissick, Slippery
Rock, Lawrence County
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