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 -
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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,
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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*
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udges were
and Henry
was the