22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 1, 1975 #
swine
Rick Ptautz, Stevens, helps out at his family’s
roadside market along with raising Duroc swine
breeding stock. The American Farming Degree
recipient is shown stacking pumpkins at the
market
Making figures from squash and squash “piglet” constructed in his
pumpkins have become a hobby of honor by his mother,
the Pfautz family. Rick shows a
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Also active In FFA judging
teams, Rick served on the
dairy products Judging team
which placed first in state
competition and went on the
national Judging contest; he
also participated on the
award winning livestock
Judging team and Joined the
state team headed for
Kansas City in 1971.
The Stevens area youth
also judged on the meat and
land Judging teams at the
local level.
Along with raising the
swine, Rich also kept ex
cellent records of his en
terprise which were Judged
as outstanding several times
during his FFA career.
Choose Dnroc Breed
“Red Power” has been the
by-word of Rick’s swine
operation as the young man
selected the Durco breed for
his enterprise. “I chose the
Duroc breed because they
seemed to be keeping pace
with the modem type of hog
required in the market
today.”
“lliere’s also not many
breeders in this state and
improving the breed is
essential,” the youth related.
producer wins award
Rick currently has some 20
sows with about ISO pigs
altogether. While raising
breeding stock is his main
interest, Rick also grows
some market hog for sale.
“I'm trying to build up a
good herd of breeding
stock,” Rick noted. “Con
stant buying is required and
I’ve gone to the midwest to
get some of my animals."
When asked his im
pressions of the hog market,
Rick smiled and nodded his
head, “well it has been good
but I see prices will lower
some in the future.”
“Usually when a market is
good, everyone starts raising
more, but in this, cast I don’t
think we’ll see a flooded
market,” the youth noted.
“Because of the costs,
producers aren’t increasing
their herds as quickly and
perhapd the market will stay
high.”
“Every hog producers
learns that the market is
never stable and I as well as
everyone else had to learn
that lesson.”
While Rick has been
successful raising breeding
stock, the youth has also
been shown several
champion sows, gilts and
market hogs in the show
ring.
At last year’s state Duroc
sale, Rick exhibited the
grand champion gut and has
Charles V was determined
to compel all his subjects to
adopt his way of thinking
about religion. Thousands
died rather than conform.
Weary of a long reign,
Charles adbicated in 1556,
and retired to a monastery,
where he amused himself by
trying to make a dozen
clocks keep perfect time
together.
When he failed to do this,
he exclaimed, “How foolish I
have been to think that I
could make all men believe
alike about religion when I
cannot even make two clocks
run together.”
shown grand champions at
all the area fairs and FFA
shows. And along with
exhibiting champions, the
youth has also won
numerous awards for fitting
and showmanship.
Rick explained that he had
been encouraged to apply for
the American Farming
degree by his FFA advisor,
Lewis Ayers. “Since it was
the last degree in FFA, I
thought I’d apply and see
what happened.”
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Rick will be receiving hla
degree next week in Kansas
City. And while the youth
will be attending the
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He is also taking a livestock
trailer with him so he can do
some work. “I want to buy
some more hogs so I may as
well combine business with
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