>1 Lancaster Farminp,. Saturday, Sept 11. 1976
Laurie Albert of Owings Mills, Md., shows off her
Quarterhorse, Skipbar Count, after winning first
place honors in junior horsemanship for horses
during the Western division of the 4-H horse and
pony show held recently in Timonium at the
Maryland State Fair. In addition, the young lady and
her mount placed second in junior grooming and
showmanship, second in the class for junior stock
seat horses and second in the Western con
formation class for geldings.
A smiling shepherdess is Cindy Watson of Dublin,
Md., as she prepared her Suffolk ewe for the sheep
fitting and showing contest at the Maryland State
Fair.
Market animals sold at Timonium
TIMONIUM, Md. - The
95th annual Maryland State
Fair, held here recently at
the Timonium Fairgrounds,
posts the following highlights
of concluded activities.
FFA and 4-H market
animals were sold at prices
reflecting premiums,
although bidding was
described as “moderately
sluggish” following five
previous years of suc
cessively higher prices.
Average prices, excluding
champion and reserve
champion animals, were
$11.50 to $l7 per hun
dredweight above prevailing
market prices, according to
a University of Maryland
spokesman.
Highest prices were paid
for lambs and beef steers.
Robert Miller, 14, of
Woodsboro (Frederick
County) sold his grand
beef animal for
$1.90 per pound to Pantry
Pnde, Inc. It was a 1,120-
pound purebred Angus steer
from the Otto Urig Ranch of
Hemmingford, Neb., m the
Sandhills area.
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Robert’s sister, Pam, 16,
had shown the grand
champion steer at both the
1973 and 1975 state fairs. Her
lost year’s champion set the
Marland State Fair record of
$3.80 per pound. It was a
Chianina-Angus crossbred.
This year’s reserve
champion beef steer - a 985-
pound purebred Angus - was
shown by Suzanne Schmidt
of Monkton (Baltimore
County). It sold for exactly
the same price as last year's
reserve champion - $l.OO per
pound to a vendor at
Lexington Market in
Baltimore.
The champion Shorthorn
steer was purchased for 70
cents per pound by Roland
H. MuUunix and Son of
Lisbon (Howard County). It
weighed 1,010 pounds and
was shown by Mickey Day of
Marriottsville (Howard
County).
A. W. Schmidt and Son,
Inc., a Baltimore abattoir,
also purchased several
animals, including the
champion crossbred steer,
a 1,185-pound Hereford
crossbred shown by Jimmy
Linthicum of Dayton
(Howard County). It went
for 51 cents per pound.
Alan Leffel, 15, of Ednor-
Cloverly (Montgomery
County) sold his grand
champion lamb for $5.00 per
pound to Pantry Pride, Inc.
It was a 95-pound purebred
Hampshire wether. Alan is a
Howard County 4-H mem
ber. He had also shown the
grand champion lamb at the
Maryland State Fair, in both
1973 and 1974.
Barbara Clarke of
Umontown (Carroll County)
sold her reserve champion
lamb, a 100-pound Suffolk
wether, for $l.BO per pound.
She was junior winner
earlier in the week of the
unwashed lamb fitting and
showing contest for 4 - 1 *
members at the Maryland
State Fair.
The grand champion
market hog was a 240-pound
Hampshire shown by
Yvonne Fecser of
Taneytown (Carroll Coun
ty). It went for $2.75 per
pound to Esskay, an east
Baltimore major meat
packer.
Donald Anerson, 11, of
White Hall (Baltimore
County) showed a 1,345-
pound Holstein steer from
his father’s herd to grand
championship honors in the
4-H dairy steer show. Earlier
in the week, Donald had been
named champion of the 4-H
garden show at the state fair.
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