9— Lancaster Panning, Saturday, July 80, 1966
SO NEAR, YET SO FAR With a look of sheer desperation at the height
of the truck tailgate, and at the pig tha - was nearly as big as he was, young
Burnell Buchen paused for an instant’s reflection wondering if he could ac
tually get the pig up there to win the pi l chase, or whether he’d fail, and have
to liberate his prize. Following several f itile efforts, the 14-year-old heaved with
all he had, and he and the slippery pig both landed across the finish line!
L. F. Photo
“WONDER WHAT ALL THE EXCITEMENT’S ABOUT?” This could
come under the category of “famous last words” for this 50-pound Yorkshire gilt
who, although she didn’t know it for about five seconds, soon discovered that
she was the object of the boys’ enthusiasm. She put on a brave run, but her
sense of direction led her astray in short order. L. F. Photo
ert is a member of the Grass
land FFA Chapter.
Another Grasslander, Ken-
Meats, all of Elizabethtown neth Zimmerman took the
In another major event, Rob- Landrace breed championship,
ert E. Zimmerman, son of Mr an( * followed up with a reserve
and Mrs Carl Zimmerman of win in en Three con-
Stevens Rl, defeated a field of test.
50 contestants to win the spe- Judge Henry Gruber, of the
cial hog judging class He was A & B Pac kmg Co, Allen
awarded a 130-pound Yorkshire towrlj told the boys just be
gilt from the George Cogley f ore the fitting and showing
Yorkshire Farm, Ronks Rob- events that those two factors
• FFA Hog Show
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SHOWMANSHIP TROPHY, presented at left
by Joel Habegger for Eby’s Feed Mill, Lititz, went
to Ronald Mull of Cloister FFA Chapter in what
judge Henry Gruber of A & B Packing Co. describ
ed as a real close contest 808 FISHER, Grassland
FFA Chapter, center, shown receiving grand and
reserve champion trophies and congratulations
Gathering Trophies
were “one of the most im
portant parts of livestock show
work ” Gruher complimented
Bob Fisher and others on
bringing well-fitted animals to
the show, adding that how
they showed them accounted
to a large extent for their
blue ribbons.
iT J Yorkshire Barry Alexan-
Climaxmg the day’s 197-head der> Grassland; Spotted Poland
event was a sale of all am- china —Jesse Balmer, Warwick,
mals Both of Fisher’s top am- Hampshire Robert Fisher,
mals were bought by Penn Grassland; Duroc— Larry High,
At FFA Hog Show
4, Clarence Ludwig, Grass
from Warren Leininger on behalf of Lancaster J’ w G^'
County Swine Producers Assn. BEST FITTED HOG ’ 6 ’ Kenneth Weber ’ Eph ‘
trophy was also added to Bob Fisher’s growing col- heavyweights (221 Ibs-up)-
lection at this week’s FFA event. At right he is lt Earl stauffer, Ephrata; 2,
shown receiving the fitting trophy from Habegger L eon Seitz, Elizabethtown; 3,
for Eby’s Mill. L. F, Photos Ronald Mull, Ephrata; 4, Ray
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.•pUIHW.«k k Ollvcr. ’^fbofto^i,;
'. roll-over plow.' .Tlie - trophy.' be*.
came his permanently by Vir-
tue of his two, consecutive
wins. He will represent the
county at the state contest on
August 26 at Belleville, Mif
flin County. In last year’s state
event, Zimmerman placed fifth.
A crowd, estimated at close
to 500 county farmers and
their families, turned out for
the annual conservation-activ
ities day. They enjoyed wagon
tours of the Homer Graybill
and Isaac Geib farms in the
Manheim R 3 area, seeing vari
ous demonstrations and ex
hibits, including a fish casting
demonstration staged by Sam
Hill, State Fish Commission
warden.
Graybill, himself a flying
farmer, made several flights
over the area, including one
during which SWCD director
Aaron Stauffer took some aeri
al photographs. Several other
area flying farmers “dropped
in” for the festivities.
Pig Chase
The highlight of the day for
at least 50 farm boys was the
afternoon pig chase. A 50-
pound crossbred gilt, donated
by Eby’s Feed Mill of Lititz,
was just a split-second slow in
recognizing that he was the
target of those “ten-thousand”
frantic youngsters thundering
in his direction. When he did
realize that the slippery pig
skin they were after was his,
he made his move Unfortu
nately, he elected to skirt left
end, although he had plenty
of running room on the right
side or, better, in the op
posite direction. He was un
able to turn the corner for a.
sprint down the sidelines, and
was almost immediately smoth
ered under a blanket of en
thusiastic tacklers Like a
true “pro,” however, the pig
regained his feet several times,
but just couldn’t break into
the daylight.
Packing Co The champion
brought 71 cents per pound,
and the reserve, 41 cents The
total sale average was $2B 24
per hundred weight, with
weights averaging 213 pounds.
These prices were somewhat
better than last year’s FFA
sale, perhaps reflecting a
stronger general hog market
Last year’s average was
$26 86, with Ken Martin’s
champion bringing 50 cents
per pound and the reserve 37
cents
Following are the complete
show results -
BREED CHAMPIONS
It looted momentarily. m,
.though a tine limit.brtpqsed;
■ one player to gain ■'undisputed.
possession of the. pigskin or
the critter gets a fresh start
might make a brand new
ball game out of it. But'
Burnell Buchen, Manheim R 3,
got under the deadline and
“carried” his prize toward the
finish line, a pickup track.
Both captor and captive were
pretty well pooped, and the
truck tailgate may have been
a welcome sight for the pig,
but seemed about two-stories
high to young Buchen How
ever, he made it, and the prize
was his.
When asked later what he
was going to do with tne gilt,
the dairyman’s son said he
planned to keep it and start
a pig project. The official time,
from release of the pig to the
finish line, was just under
four minutes.
Last year’s pig winner, Eu
gene Bollinger of Denver R 2,
though ineligible for this
year’s’ competition because of
age, was on hand to see wheth
er his record of one and a
half minutes would hold up.
Bollinger commented that he
was well pleased with the nine
pigs his gilt had presented him
with nine weeks ago She was
the purebred Yorkshire he
won in last year’s chase He
added that he will also save
gilts out of this litter to build
up his herd.
DOOR PRIZES
While awaiting announce
ment of the plowing 'contest
winner, a drawing for door
prizes was held. The ten win
ners were: Dean Brubaker,
Manheim R 3; John L Horn
ing, Lititz R 2; Charles Bailey
and Marlin Hosier, both of
Manheim R 4, Douglas Biene
man, Millersville Rl, Claudia
Miller and Isaac Carman, both
of Manheim R 2; David Shelly,
Manheim R 3, Mrs Elmer
Lititz Rl; and Chester Sensen-
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Grassland, Chester Whit©
Ronald Mull, Cloister: Land
race Kenneth Zimmerman,
Grassland; Crossbreed Rob
ert Fisher, Grassland; Open
Class Robert Fisher, Grass
land
YORKSHIRE CLASSES
Lightweights (180-200 lbs )
1, Ronald Mull, Ephrata, 2,
Larry Groff, Grassland; 3, Rob
ert Fisher, Grassland; 4, -Clar
ence Ludwig, Grassland, 5,
Jay Fisher, Manheim; 6, Bar
ry Alexander, Grassland; Bar
ry Nickel, Pequea Valley; Gal
en Yoder, Grassland
Mediumweights (201-220) —1,
Barry Alexander, New Hol
land, 2, Robert Fisher, New
Holland; 3, Thomas Zartman,
Ephrata; 4, Kenneth Xissley,
Penn Manor; 5, Barry Garber,
Manheim; 6, Galen Yoder,
New Holland
Heavyweights (221 & Over)
—l, Tom Risser, Warwick; 2,
Lany Groff, New Holland; 3,
Earl Hertzog, Ephrata. 4, Eu
gene Brendle, New Holland;
5, Charles Harting, Ephrata;
6, Marlin Shearer, Manheim.
DUROC CLASSES
Lightweights (180-200 lbs.)—
1, Carl Martin, Grassland; 2,
Kenneth Weber, Grassland; 3,'
Ronald Mull, Ephrata, 4, Rob
ert Fisher, Grassland; 5, Mike
Smucker, Grassland; 6, Ray
mond Bollinger, Ephrata.
Medium weights (201-220
lbs)—l, Larry High, Grass
land, 2, Earl Stauffei, Ephra
' ta; 3, Tom: Ephrata;