At the Ephrata and Lampeter fairs this week, the cooling draft inside after three hogs died from the heat
talk, especially during the days, was never far away At Ephrata, the hog show that had been scheduled in the
ftwnr the weather and the record and near-record tern- early afternoon Thursday was postponed till late even
peratures. At Lampeter, the fire truck was borrowed mg to spare the hogs. But the show went on, despite
Wednesday to hose down the swine tent and create a some extra care and a few changes in the schedule
Glenn Livengood Enters
Best Hog at Lampeter
Glenn Livengood had the good had the champion pen, as Ruoss, third senior gilts, Fiank
grand championship individual well as the top heavyweight pen Ruoss, fn st. W F Rupss,
hog entry at the Lampeter Fair and the fust mediumweight second, and Doiothy Ruoss,
this week. pen thud, jumoi spimg gilts Fiank
Ruoss, fust, and Ken Fox, sec
ond, sow and littei Doiothy
Ruoss. fust and champion sow,
Fiank Ruoss second and Ken
Fox, thud, aged sow
The animal is a 220 pound
Yorkshire cioss bairow Liven
good is the son of Mr and Mis
Ira Livengood, 1906 Pioneer
Road, Lancaster.
Clair Witwer was owner of
the reserve bauow.
Witwer also had the cham
fion penof-two as well as the
top hog in the heavyweight
«9ass Livengood was second
John Shank had the top medi
um weight pen of-two
In pen of-£our, Earl Liven-
This 215 pound cross-bred hog was
jwdged the first place hog on foot in the
Lancaster County Swine Producer's car
cass competition at the Lampeter Fair.
ITiis animal and several others will be
slaughtered Monday for the second phase
Glenn Livengoocl was second
in heavyweight pen-of-ioui and
had the FFA champion in that
division Clair Witwei was fust
in lightweight pen of four and
thud in heavyweight
Results in swine bleed com
petition at Lampetei included
the following
Duiocs (All bieedmg
stock) Frank Ruoss, fust, and
Doiothy Ruoss, second, young
boai; Fiank Ruoss, fust, Doio
thy Ruoss second, and W F
of the contest, actual judging of the dress
ed animal. The on foot winner here is own
ed by Dutch Valley Farm, Manheim RD3.
The animal is the off-spring of a York
shire-Duroc sow and a Hampshire boar.
Landiace Ken Findley,
fust, and Mike Smith, second,
senior gilt
Yoikshne Ken Biandt,
fust, junior spung gilts
Spotted Sow Stewait
Gumra, fust, sow with litter
The ludge was Mac Spaulding
of New Jersey.
>
* :
« *■
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 26.1970-
Glenn Livengood, son of Mr. and Mrs Ira Ln engood.
1906 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, displays his grand champion
ship hog at the Lampeter Fair this week. The animal is a
220-pound Yorkshire cross barrow.
• Auction
(Cc Hunted from Page 2)
Commeicuil 26 50 -29 L’O, few
30 00 31 60
FEEDER STEERS Load
Choice and Pnme 950 1100 lbs
v ith Good to low-Choice slaugh
tei finish 29 50-29 60
C\LVES 125 \ ealeis stiong
to 1 00 Ingne’
VE VLERS
50 00 few
Choice 48 00-
50 50-51 50, Good
4" 00 48 50 Standaid 40 00-46 00.
Utihn 33 00 39 00 Cull 90 120
lbs 28 00-32 00, 65-85 lbs 22 GO
-26 50
SLAUGHTER CALVES
Choice 195-260 lbs 35 00-37 50,
300-405 lbs 33 00-34.00, Good 300-
400 lbs 29 00 33 00
HOGS 301—Barrows and Gilts
steady, instances 25 highei
BARROWS AND GILTS US
1 200-225 lbs 22 50-22 75 US 1-2
210 240 lbs 2185-22 00 US 2-3
205 260 lbs 2160-21 85
SOWS US 2 195-200 lbs.
Twin Valley FFA
The second meeting of Hu-
Twin V.illey FFA was held
Tuesday in the Vocational Ajji i
culUne classioom at Twin Val
iev Until School with Hi mem-
Ihms piesent
Fi.mk Sloll/fns mo\cd that a
committee of llnee be appoint
ed bv the piesident Fied Mast,
to look into selling liesh Floi i
d<i oianges this wintei The mo
tion was seconded b\ Jeuv
Jackson The committee consist
ed of I’.ml Oldham, Jenv Jack
son, and Bob McGowan
McGowan moved that the pio
giam of activities toi the 1970-
71 school veai be accepted The
motion was seconded by Fiank
Slolt/fus and passed
Jem Jackson moved that the
Chaptei lieastiiv pav foi ollic
et s meals .it the Leadeiship
Tunning Conleienee which is
to he held at Comad Wiser
High School Octobci 6 The mo
tion was seconded and passed
The ne\t meeting will be held
Monday, Octobei 5 at 7 30 p m
in the Vocational Agncultme
classi oom.
Richai d Kin tz
Chaptei Repoiter
Elizabethtown FFA Wins
The Ehzabethtow n FFA
Chaptei leceived a plaque lor
winning the tug of wai contest
against seven other Lancaster
County FFA chaptei s at Lam
peter Fair this week
New Floiist Booklet
Flousts oi then customeis
may be intei cstcd in obtaining a
new Penn State extension seivice
bulletin which coveis all phases
ol landscaping, including land
scape design, piepaiation of a
plan, plant mateuals, planting
and maintenance
The booklet was mitten by Di
Ci dig S Olivei, Ornamental
Hoiticultuie Extension Specul
ist
The publication is available
fiom the Agiiculluidl Mailing
Room, 110 Seivice Building, Uni
versity Paik, Pa 16802 The cost
is S 2, checks should be made
payble to The Pennsylvania
State Univeisity.
2100-2135 US 2-3 360 590 lbs,
15 60-16 00
SHEEP 50 Spnng Lambs
fully steady
SPRING L -\MBS One lot
Choice 50 lbs 30 00 Good 65 lbs.
9