—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1976
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Chianina win
YORK, Pa. - This year as
last year, Chianina
crossbred steers are taking
the Midwest show circuit by
storm. Last year alone,
Chianina steers captured
championships at five of the
nation’s top seven steer
shows. At the Eastern
National, the Grand
Champion and Reserve
Grand Champion steers on
hoof, both Chianina, had
yield grades of 1.4 and 2.4
respectively and both graded
choice. At the 1975 American
Royal, Chianina steers took
overall Grand Champion,
Reserve Champion in the 4-H
division, and Reserve
Champion crossbred of the
FFA division. The 1974
American Royal Reserve
Grand Champion on foot was
also Reserve Champion
Carcass and was Chianina.
And, the 1976 National
Western Champion, which
graded choice and had a
yield grade of 2.6, was a
Chianina cross.
This year, the successes
are just as impressive. At
the Ohio State Fair, Judge
Herman Purdy from
Alexandria, Pa., chose a
black Chianina brought to
the Buckeye State’s show by
KentKuck, Brookville, Ohip.
Tipping the scales at 1180,
the halfblood eclipsed all
records previously set for a
champion steer when it
brought $27 per pound for a
total of $31,860. Kuck im
mediately donated $lOOO to
the Ohio 4-H fund. The bidder
who purchased the animal
was Wendy’s Franchises
International of Columbus,
Ohio, who had also won the
bidding last year thje fair
when they paid $23 per pound
for the cnampion at a total of
$26,680.
TTie first big win of the
season for Chianina
breeders, however, came
with the Missouri State Fair
Junior Show competition
where a Chianina X Angus-
Hereford steer took the
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Reserve 4-H and Reserve
Grand Champions of the
show. That calf sold for 80
cents a pound or $9BO.
The Chianina momentum
really got into full swing at
the lowa State Fair in Des
Moines, lowa. A probable
record number of steers, 826,
was paraded before the
junior show steer judge with
the ultimate winner of the
championship going to a
quarter blood Chianina.
Sired by a Chianina X Angus
bull and out of an Angus cow,
the 1180 pound calf brought
$3.25 per pound. This animal
produced a yield grade 1
carcass with a rib-eye
measuring -16.5 inches with
only .4 of an inch of fat cover.
The quality grade was
average choice.
The Reserve Champion at
that show was a Chianina X
Angus steer which also was
the Reserve Champion of the
lowa show’s World Steer
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The Indiana State Fair,
Indianapolis, Indiana, was
another success for Chianina
animals, for both overall
champions were of this
breed. This makes the
second consecutive year that
Chianina .have captured the
Indiana State Fair open
steer show.
Chianina animals, known
as the largest breed of cattle
in the world, originated in
Italy and are probably one of
the oldest breed of cattle as
well, dating back before the
Roman Empire. Only
recently, in 1971, has
Chianina semen been in
troduced to American
breeding stock. In 1972, the
first half Chianina was bom
on U. S. soil, and, now, to
date, quarter blood and half
blood calves have been bom
to virtually every breed of
cattle in the U.S.
One of the biggest selling
points for the Chianina cattle
is that they afford more
potential for growth in one
Cross than can be acquired
in national shows
Kent Kuck, Brookville, Ohio, can't
" suppress the excitement of having
the grand champion steer of the Ohio
State Fair. The steer sold for a record
price of $31,860 and was a Chianina
half blood.
with conventional cattle in a torsos with fine shoulders
lifetime, and because of a and hips, the calves pass
unique cylindrical shape of easily through the pelvic
Chianina calves with long, canal at birth. So, there are
flat musde, slim heads, and very few calving problems.
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Junior Grangers cited
SHARON, Pa. - More than
200 junior Grangers, whose
ages range from five to 14
years, attended the first
Junior Day at a Penn
sylvania State Grange
cpnvention Monday. A ritual
. team of young people from
Mercer County exemplified
the junior degree.
Mrs. Annetta Merkel,
Kutztown R 3, Berks County,
State Junior Grange
director, announced that
Pleasant Hill Junior Grange
of Cambria County had won
the Junior Community
Service Award, with second
and third places going to
Kutztown Junior Grange of
Berks County and Mill Run
Junior Grange of Fayette
County. Bernville Junior
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5 Grange of Berks County was
selected as the winner of the
Junior Achievement Award.
The Pleasant Hill and
Bernville entries will be
eligible for judging in the
National Grange contest
next month.
Mrs. James R. Ross, Ohio
Junior Grange director,
commended the Penn
sylvania group for its wide
range of programs, and as
“a very active state group.”
More than 2,000 persons
attended the four-day
session which closed
Thursday.
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