Clifford Bollinger, right, captured prize that evening after the pig chase first prize in adult tractor driving while a more or less interested competition on Tuesday afternoon at onlooker gave Dad a congratulatory the Ephrata Fair. He picked up his pat on the back. Tent City Opens At Ephrata Fair Daryl Martin, Stevens RDI; 4 - John Zimmerman, Stevens RDI; 5 - Jay Oberholtzer, Lititz RD4; dnd Clair Martin, Lititz RDI. Jr. Market Lamb Judging The Herr family of Narvon RD2 took command of the market lamb show on Wednesday afternoon, capturing all grand and reserve champion trophies with the single exception of the champion on-foot car cass lamb. That prize went to Steve Strauss, Ephrata RDI. The top three winners in each breed competition were: Cheviot: 1 and 2 - Calvin Sander; 3 - Wayne Shirk. Dorset: 1 and 2 - Elizabeth Herr; 3 - Rick Strauss. Hampshire: 1 - Barbara Herr; 2 and 3 - Christian Herr. Southdown: Elizabeth Herr (only entry). Suffolk: 1 - Barbara Herr; 2 - Steve Strauss; 3 - Barbara Herr. Grand champion market lamb trophy to Elizabeth Herr for the first place Dorse. Reserve trophy to Elizabeth Herr, left, and her sister They’re shown here after winning the Barbara, took a slew of awards on grand and reserve grand champion Wednesday during the junior market ribbons for Individual lambs, lamb competition at the Ephrata Fair. Warwick High School's Mike Grube showed the reserve grand champion hog on Thursday afternoon at the Ephrata Fair market hog show. His entry was a 208-pound lightweight crossbred. Barbara Herr for the first placing was: place Suffolk. Strauss; 2 - Barbara Herr; 3 In on-foot carcass judging - Rick Strauss; 4 - Christian Wednesday the order of Herr; 5 - Elizabeth Herr; 6 - |Bv<lßP • a., w »k Mrs. Kenneth Staver pinched, poked, stroked and eyed lambs for nearly two hours at the Ephrata Fair Wednesday. The Dauphin County sheep grower was one of the judges Lewis Good. Steve Strauss’s first place live animal dropped to second place in the judging after slaughter, while Christian Herr’s fourth place lamb captured top prize in the rail evaluation. Other rail placings were: 3 - Elizabeth Herr; 4 - Barbara Herr; 5 - Rick Strauss; 6 - Lewis Good. In pen-of-three com petition, Elizabeth Herr received top prize m Dorset competition, second prize went to Steve Strauss and Darwin Davis took third. Christian Herr showed the first place champion pen-of three Hampshires, beating out the only other entry shown by Rick Gensemen. Barbara Herr had the top pen of Suffolks, Steve Strauss had the second place pen, and Lewis Good came in third. Elizabeth Herr’s Dorsets then went on to capture the grand champion pen-of-three trophy, while her brother, Christian, showed his Hampshires to the reserve title. In fitting and showing competition, Barbara Herr took the grand champion prize for fitting, while Elizabeth Herr took the reserve trophy. For showmanship, the two sisters just reversed positions, with Elizabeth taking the grand champion prize and Barbara the reserve champ. Market Hog Show Highlighting Thursday’s events in tent city were the market hog show, the baby beef contest and a garden tractor pulling meet. *1 - Steve Marlin Becker was a name to be reckoned with in the hog show, capturing both grand and reserve cham pionships in a total of five breed categories. Becker, from the Manheim Central FFA, took double trophies in the Berkshire, Chester White, Black Poland, Spotted Swine and Landrace breed competitions. The top Duroc prize went to Lloyd Hoover, Leola, while Mike Grube, Lititz, took second. Tim Grube and Jay Huber, both from Lititz, took first and second respectively in Hampshire competition. Jay Huber also topped all other Yorkshire entrants, a competition in which Rick Pfautz, Ephrata, (Continued On Page 20) Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Sept. 28.1974 David B. Martin proved he was the best tractor driver in FFA competition Wednesday afternoon during the 56th annual Ephrata Fair. Llody Hoover, left, captured top prize in the market hog show held Thursday at the Ephrata Fair. for the event. The other j Mrs. Staver’s husband, Showalter, Akron, who carcass evaluator. Lucutn Farming Photo* m 19 udges were and Henry was the
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