20 —Lai incaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 13,1976 Park Thomas with Reno Thomas’ champion Yorkshire barrow. Randall Reed, left, judged this owned by Penn State University, the HARRISBURG - Penn- Charolais specimen as the grand animal is being attended by herd- sylvania swine breeders champion female of the Charolais sman Don Nichols, with his wife among™ 6 brSder^swine breeding cattle show. Bred and looking on. Tuesday at the Keystone Penn State University showed both the grand herdsman of Penn State’s beef herd. In the champion and reserve grand champion Angus bull foreground are Henry Bergfeld, cattle judge from at the Keystone international Livestock Exposition. Ohio, and Dr. Eerskine Cash, head of Penn State’s At the halter of the grand champion is Don Nichols, beef cattle department. Many Keystone &o HARRISBURG - The 20th Annual Keystone In ternational Livestock Ex ; position opened last Saturday in Harrisburg with a full slate of activites continuing through yesterday. The world’s finest beef cattle, swine7~sheep and saddle horses were on exhibition during the seven day event at the State Farm Show Complex. Following are results in beef cattle competition. R. A. Shidemantle and Sons, Conneautville, Crawford County, were named premier breeder and premier exhibitor in the' Charolais breeding cattle class. The Crawford County breeders led an all- Sheep show HARRISBURG, Pa. - The 1976 Keystone International Livestock Exposition is history. Following are highlights of the various sheep show results. In the Hampshire breeding classes, Albert Wilson, Jr., of Rural Retreat, Va., dominated, winning premier exhibitor, champion ram and champion ewe honors. The reserve champion ram, a one-year-old, was entered by the Ban Vleck Farm, Woodbury, Conn. Old Penna. hogs Pennsylvania cast to the awards handed out in the Charolais class, showing the senior and reserve grand champion bull, the reserve senior champion bull, the reserve junior champion bull, the champion bull calf and the reserve champion junior female. The grand champion bull, “J.C. Uranium 520,” previously the junior champion bull, is a late summer yearling shown by J. C. Enterprises, Ringgold, Jefferson County. “She Miss Royal San 69,” the grand champion and senior champion female was shown by Penn State University, Centre County. Other Pennsylvania winners in Charolais com Trail Farm, Fostoria, Ohio, showed the reserve cham pion ewe, a fall lamb. In the Shropshire breeding classes, the University of Connecticut exhibited the champion ram and ewe. G & S Shrops of Greenfield, Ohio, was named premier exhibitor for the Shropshire breeding classes. . The Keystone In ternational Exposition is widely recognized as one of the three largest sheep shows in the United States. International Livestock Exposition held at the Farm Show. State breeders captured all the major awards in Yorkshire competition, the two championships in Duroc classes, two of five major championships in the Chester White classes before being shut out in the Berkshire classes. Strawbridge and Mc- Cleary, Stewartstown, York Counter, had a virtual hold on the Yorkshire class, winning with the champion and reserve champion boars, the reserve champion gilt, and being named the premier exhibitor. Reno H. Thomas, Beavertown, Snyder County, showed the champion gilt of the Yorkshire class. In the Duroc breeding swine class, Clyde W. Mc- Conaughey_ and Son, Smicksbulrg, Indiana County, showed the cham pion boar. The champion gilt was also exhibited by a Pennsylvania, James Stratton, Greenville, Mercer County. LaVem Weller and Sons, Dwight, Illinois, showed the reserve cham pion boar and gilt in the Duroc division. Jim Partlett, Airville, York County, exhibited the champion boar in the Chester White class, while another Pennsylvanian, Ken Wetzel and Family, Rossiter, Indiana County, had the reserve champion gilt. George Comm, Mc- Comb, Ohio, took the Beef show i petition were Gordon R. Smith, Landenburg, Chester County, whose senior heifer calf, “GC Miss Mimi,” was named junior champion one oj Erdenbeim Farm Lafayette Hill, Pa., was named premier exhibitor in the Cheviot sheep show. The Erdenbeim Farm received the honor by amassing the highest number of points in all classes in the competition. The farm took reserve champion ewe honors with ERD Lass 284, a one year and under two year ojd ewe. . The ;the Cheviot ribbons %ent to Martin Brothers, Willard, 1 ,f ham i premier exhibitor award along with the champion gilt and reserve champion boar in the Chester White Class. Albert and Erik Thurow, Yorkville, HI., took both the champion boar and cham pion gilt awards in the Berkshire breeding swine classes. James E. Martin, Hampstead, Md., showed thf reserve champion boar and gilt in the same divifty. 1 /% LaVem Weller antnSoiuj, v Dwight, 111., and James Tf Partlett, Airville, York County, split the top prizes awarded in the Open Barrow On-Foot competition. I The grand champion barrow on-foot was a
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