Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 15, 1972
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York County Partners Sweep Two Swine Breeds at Farm Show
York County partners swept
both grand championships and
reserve grand championships in
two breeds they entered Monday
at the 56th Pennsylvania Farm
Show
The two are John Strawbndge
and Kenneth McCleary,
Stcwartstown, and they took the
championships with their
Yorkshire and Hampshire
breeds
Asked if that’s the only two
breeds the men handle,
Strawbndge replied, “Two's
enough lor anybody ”
The well-known swine breeders
show their animals regularly m
shows throughout the Northeast
At last year’s Farm Show, they
had the grand champion
Yorkshire and reserve grand
champion Hampshire
Hampshire Breed
Both ol the top Hampshires this
year were in the class of 22 junior
spring gilts The Stewartstown
partners also had fourth in this
class and William E Brown,
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Brodbecks RDI, York County,
was seventh
In the class of 19 senior spring
gilts, McCleary and Strawbndge
were first, third, sixth and
seventh
Yorkshire
The grand champion Yorkshire
was entered in the class of 19
junior spring gilts. McCleary and
Strawbndge also had the number
two animal, followed by Clair and
Jeff Flmchbaugh, Felton, York
County, third, and Wellington A
Hiester Sr, Fleetwood RD3,
Berks County, fifth
In the class of 26 senior spring
gilts, McCleary and Strawbndge
had first and reserve grand
champion, as well as second
Other top placings included
Willow Glen Farm (John
Henkel), Strasburg RDI,
seventh, Curtis R. Roth, Kemp
ton RDI, Berks County, eighth,
Clair and Jeff Flmchbaugh, ninth
and eleventh, and Leon L Ar
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Lebanon, tenth
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With their grand champion Yorkshire Stewartstown. The men show regularly at
and Hampshire hogs at the Farm Show this top shows throughout the Northeast, in
welk are York County partners Kenneth eluding the Farm Show.
McCleary and John Strawbridge,
Landrace
York and Lebanon County
swine producers took the top
spots in Landrace breed com
petition.
Harold Mummert, Seven
Valleys, York County, was grand
champion with an animal in the
senior spring gilts class. Other
leading placings in the class of 14
included: Jay D. Blatt, Annville
RD2, Lebanon County, third and
fourth; Glenn and Clair Baum,
Glenair Farm, Lancaster
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Jay D Blatt, Annville RD2, had
the top animal and reserve grand
champion in the class of 10 junior
spring gilts. He also had the
second place animal m the class.
Other top junior spring gilts
included: Thomas D. Shuey Sr,
Annville RD2, third; Glenn and
Chair Baum, fifth, and Robert D.
Shuey, Annville RD2, sixth.
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Richard L. Boyd and family,
Glen Rock RDI, York County,
was grand champion in the
Berkshire Division.
The animal beat out 11 other
animals in its class and went on
to become grand champion.
Other top junior spring gilts
were shown by: Arlie Cornbower,
New Freedom, York County,
fourth, and Dennis L. Grumbine,
Myerstown RD2, Lebanon
County, sixth.
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