Strauss trio takes hog title for second year
MAMU.IM Pa A three
brother partnership. the
Strauss brothers v«ns of Mr
and Mrs Ro(>ert I) Strauss.
I phrala HI took lire grand
champion Individual market
bon at the Manheim harm
'how on Wednesdas .if
lr moon Thev are the wmi''
trio that took reserve
champion individual at the
I phrnta hair last month,
and were the grand (ham
pions of the Manheim I arm
Show last year. also
Although they own thnr
animal-s together, Hichard,
17. showed thr year's
champion and Bob. 20,
showed the reserve .Steve,
IC, had the champion sow of
tlic show The champion was
a Hampshirc-Yorkshirc-
Duroc cross, bred at Dutch
Valle> Farm, Manheim R b,
where Richard is a swine
herdsmen for Mark
Nestleroth, this year’s
Manheim Farm Show
president
The champion hog was
chosen for its thicker ham
area, meatiness, and freer
walking ability. To get the
animal in top shape, the boys
exercised it every day for
two weeks.
The brothers’ track record
is fairly good for the three
years they have now been
showing. In 74 when they
first began, they took a first
and second place at the
Harrisburg Farm Show, then
in 75 they had two third
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The Strauss brothers. Steve (left).
Bob (middle) and Richard (right),
pose v.ith their champion Hampshire-
Yorkshire-Duroc cross The animal
place titles, and last year
they took grand champion
for which they received $lO
per pound. They also had the
grand champion at the
Ephrata Farm show last
year.
“We do this as a sort of
hobby,” they said, men
tioning tliat they come from
a small, 10 acre farm on
which they built all their pig
facilities themselves. These
buildings were not pre
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fabricated, either, but made
from sawed lumber and put
together by the boys’
planning.
Tit’s year the Strauss’ plan
to go to both the Keystone
International Livestock
Exposition and the Penn
sylvania State Farm Show.
They now have eight pigs on
feed for the Farm Show, and
three carcass barrows for
Expo.
Number
Head For Information Contact**
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Cowanesque Valley Livestock
Sales Barn
Knoxsville PA 16928
PA 15681
~ Frank Darcey Jr
90 R D #2, Box 39
Fairfield PA 17320
was grand champion individual
market hog of the Manheim Farm
Show.
This year’s senior
showman, Benue Gish, 593
East Hummelstown St ,
Elizabethtown, is an oddity
of sorts. “Benue” is really
the shortened version of the
name “Bernadine,” so
Benue is a girl - and one of
the few girls to place in hog
shows at the Lancaster
County fairs this season.
This 16-year-old
brownette, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
Eugene Gish, has been
showing her animals for
three or four years now with
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Sale headquarters
Quality Inn
Route 30 west of Lancaster, PA
at Centerville Road Exit
Lancaster, PA
Phone (717) 19(2431
Showman
Lancaster farming Saturday C>t t 9 19/fa
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Bernie Gish, 593 East Hummelstown St.
Elizabethtown, was senior showman of the hog
judging contest at the Manheim Farm Show.
her first big Manheim win
coming this year. Pnor to
this she has won champion
showman at 4-H round-up for
three years.
Benue’s secrets to
showmanship are keeping
her pig clean, keeping the
pig between herself and the
For further information contact
NORTHEAST REGION ef the AMERICAN CHIANINA ASSN.
Edward lirtic. Sale Chairman
(ox 216, RFD 2
Hampstead, MO 21074
Auctioneer
Stanley E Stout
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judge, and keeping a close
eye on the judge at all times.
“Mostly, I just try to do my
best,” she says.
A member of the
Elizabethtown Pig Club
Benue got started raising
pigs about three years ago
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