Co. Pork Producers
Scott Helsey, 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Warren Helsey,
Elizabethtown RDI whs
honored by the Lancaster
County Swine Producers
Association Friday night
when he was presented the
annual James Z, Martin
Swine Achievement Award.
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Veteran pork producer
Warren Leinlnger, presented
the award to “one of our
most outstanding youths in
the pork industry.”
Heisey, a former president
of the Elizabethtown 4-H Pig
and Babbit Club, has raised
over 200 market hogs in his 4-
H projects. The high school
senior has also won
numerous awards with his
swine at various fairs and at
the State Farm Show.
The young pork producer
presently has 21 Durocs and
Yorkshires.
Also honored at the
banquet attended by over 300
area pork producers was
Paul H. Gehman, owner of
Gehman Feed Mill Inc., 44 N.
Third St., Denver.
A hog under contract by
Gehman was named grand
champion in the recent hog
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carcass contest.
Gehman’s crossbred
barrow weighed 220 pounds
live and 165 pounds chilled,
with a backfat average of 1.1
inches. The loin area was
6.81 square inches with a
ham-loin percentage of 47.87
per cent.
The reserve champion
carcass hog in the field of 15
entries was owned by John
Strawbridge, York County,
In the group’s first attempt
to start a production barrow
test show, Ervin Rutt,
Manheim RD4, had the top
entry in the preliminary
daily rate competition.
Rutt’s crossbred had a
daily rate of gain of 1.78
pounds, compared to an
average of 1.2 pounds.
Placing second was Layser
Shenk, Manheim RD3.
Roy ' Keppey, past
president of the National
Pork Producers Council, told
the group that pork
producers must take pride in
the quality of hogs they raise
in order to keep the con
sumer satisfied.
The lowa producer said
the future of the industry
depends largely on the at
titude of its producers.
“Some men say packing
houses don’t pay any more
for good quality hogs, but
this just isn’t true,” said
Keppey. “If a housewife
buys a poor’quality ham for
Easter it might be next
Easter before she has
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forgotten about it and tries
another.”
The executive board
member of the NPPC told
local producers at Blue Ball
Fire Hall they must be
conscious of constantly
promoting their product.
Keppey also urged the
members to tag their hogs.
“When you tag a hog, right
then he develops his own
personality,” he said. “If
that hog is a prize winner you
certainly will want to be able
to point to the sow and boar
that produced him.”
According to Keppey, the
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