On Getting the 4-H Steer Ready for Farm Show
Editor’s Note: By this time
every year, all but the most
essential farm activities have
come to a stop on most local
farms. It's Farm Show time.
Everyone’s making last minute
preparations for this Show of
Shows. For most farmers and
farm youth, however, who have
serious interests in taking some
of the top awards, getting ready
for the Farm Show started many
months ago—possibly right after
last year’s show. This letter last
month by Max Smith, Lancaster
County ag agent, to 4-H beef
exhibitors at the Farm Show
indicates the care that must go
into serious Farm Show com
petition;
Dear 4-H Beef Exhibitor
This letter brings additional
information relating to the
showing of your 4-H Club steer at
the 1972 Pennsylvania State
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Farm Show Please read it
carefully and discuss all details
with your parents.
All steers are to arrive at the
Farm Show Building on Satur
day, January 8 by 3 p m
(Request them to be there by this
time in order to give them time to
quiet down before feeding time )
They must be in their stalls by 6
p.m in order to be eligible for the
show and sale Please give your
trucker time to meet this
regulation
Health regulations require that
your steer be negative to a
tuberculosis test within 90 days of
the opening of the show Also,
that he be injected against
shipping fever (hemorrhagic
septicemia) with two
inoculations of bactenn or
vaccine at least two weeks prior
to the show, or one dose of serum
within three days of his arrival at
the Farm Show Please contact
your local veterinarian to get this
done Also, be sure and send your
T B Test sheet and the shipping
fever certificate along with your
steer on Saturday, January 8
Each member is to furnish his
own feed and water tub or
bucket, we suggest the 1
galvanized tub that can be used
for both feed and water, put your
name on it
We are requesting that each
steer be tied with a neck rope or
strap in addition to his halter
This will be needed to tie him out
at night and to tie him betwen two
rings in the Show Building (Old
cow chains are not suitable )
Also, we are asking that each
member put a strip of masking
tape on the halter or neck strap
with your name on it This will
help with the correct iden
tification
The Farm Show commission
will furnish hay, straw, and gram
for inside the Farm Show
Building However, we will need
two bales of straw per steer, to be
used for the outside tie-out pens
Please send this along with your
steer For the above materials
and for the sale expenses, the
Farm Show Commission will
deduct three per cent from your
sale check. After the sale on
Friday, January 14, all steers are
to be left with a suitable halter
We have secured Bernie
Buchen, Ed Donough, Roland
Longenecker, and Clark Stauffer
as caretakers for the week Mrs
Clyde Brubaker and Mrs. Gerald
Hess will be chaperones for the
girls We hope to arrange for
someone to be supervisor for our
group in the boys’ dormitory.
Steer judging will start at 10
a.m., Thursday, January 13, with
the Shorthorns, followed by the
Herefords, Charolais, and Angus
in that order Grand Champion to
be selected at 2:45 p m., followed
by the County Trio classes. Beef
Showmanship at 9:30 a.m ,
Friday, and the auction sale of
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 8,1972
lambs and steers starting at 1
p m Friday afternoon
We are suggesting that all 4-H
Beef club members come to the
Farm Show Building on Wed
nesday morning. January 12, you
should register at the 4-H Club
Headquarters located at Room
No 107 of the ground floor m the
Large Arena Building, here you
will pay your 50c per night dor
mitory charge and the 10c per
day insurance You may lodge in
the dormitory Wednesday and
Thursday nights A cot and two
blankets will be provided, please
bring a pillow and additional
bedding, if you want it Don't
lorget your tooth brush, soap,
towels and a change of clothing
Please dress warm for the beef
barns aie kept cool during the
show All club members are on
their own for all meals during the
show
We urge you to spend time on
your steer this final two weeks,
he needs to be well trained and
expertly fitted because he will
meet very strong competition at
Harrisburg Secure help Irom
your Club Leader or another club
member if you do not know how
to “block” your steer Use your
show halter on him daily so that
he will be used to it Train him to
stand squarely on his four feet at
all times
Many showmen train their
animals to eat and drink from the
feed bucket or tub before taking
him to the show You could get
him used to this change before
going to Harrisburg
Be on the alert for cattle lice at
this time of the year, excess
rubbing will remove the hair and
make him unsightly.
You have earned the honor of
representing our county in this
state-wide event, please work on
your steer and do your very best
at all times Please contact your
Club leader or myself if you have
any questions
Enos B. Heisey
To Host Goodwill Tour
Heisey to Host
22 Day Goodwill
Tour to the Orient
Enos B Heisey, prominent
agricultural leader and Field
Manager of Public Relations,
Agway, Inc , has been selected
and named as host for a
delegation of Pennsylvania
agricultural leaders on a 22 day
Goodwill People-to-People in
spection mission throughout the
Orient including Alaska
The Pennsylvania delegation
will depart Seattle on October 27,
1972 They are scheduled to take
part in numerous
their occupational counterparts,-
as well as participate in
numerous meetings and in
terviews with United States and
foreign government represen
tatives.
The Goodwill Mission will take
the Pennsylvania citizens to
Japan, Taiwan, Philippines,
Thailand, Hong Kong and Alaska
Membership in the Penn
sylvania People-to-People
delegation is limited to official
and personal invitation only The
entire Goodwill Mission is
arranged and designed to im
plement the aims and purposes of
the United States cultural
visitation exchange program and
endorsed by People-to-People,
Inc , Kansas City, Missouri
Its purpose is to promote un
derstanding and goodwill, both
for the American people and the
American government, to tell the
story of democracy during face to
face visitations and to improve
relations and feeling toward the
American people.
Heisey resides at 236 E Glenn
Road, Hershey.
Farm Show Brief
The large arena of the Farm
Show Building complex has a
seating capacity of 7,639 persons
It can be increased to 12,000
persons by using temporary seats
on the arena floor
Help Us
Serve You
If your organization didn’t
make our farm calendar this
week, it’s not because we
don’t like you or your or
ganization.
We may have missed it in
the rush. Or maybe you for
got to tell us.
Either way, we’d like to
extend our farm community
service to you.
to get on the farm Calen
dar, remind us by calling
394-3047 or 626-2191 or by
writing to Lancaster Farm
ing, 22 E. Main St., Lititz,
Pa. 17543. And help us serve
you better.
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