—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Nov. 18, 1976
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Marty Burkins looks fondly at her
three time grand champion 4-H steer,
Chine, after the Southeast district 4-
H beef sale on Tuesday. Standing
Steer
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auctioneers, the" shouts of
buyers, the blinding beam of
movie cameras, and the
flash of newspaper
photographers. At least
these were the emotions that,
registered on the tear
streaked face of the 17-year
old Solanco student. But, if
getting the second-highest
price for a district sale
animal since 1944 is any
consolation, Marty did it,
thanks to Willow Valley
Restaurant, Willow Street,
who paid $2.50 per pound for
all 1360 pounds of the
champion, for a total of
$3400. This is the second year
in a row that Willow Valley
purchased the champion -
last year they paid $2 per
pound.
The sale was the
culmination of two days of
competition for the 4-H’ers
involved. On Monday, county
roundups were held and on
Tuesday, the Southeast
District Foundup took place
with 71 Lancaster Countians,
22 Chester Countains, four
Dauphin, and four Mon
tgomery Countains com
peting for the district title. It
was in this competition that
Miss Burkins edged out
another Lancaster 4-H’er,
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behind the animal is John Thomas, of
Willow Valley Restaurant, who
purchased the animal for $2.50 a
pound.
wins
Jeffrey Martin, for the grand
champion title. The previous
day she had also been named
Lancaster County champion.
Over the past month. Miss
Burkins’ steer has received
considerable recognition.
Although the animal began
the season slowly with only a
third placing in the Solanco
Fair, he started winning
consistantly in the beginning
of November, taking a first
in his class at Eastern
Nationals in Timonium, Md.,
and the grand champion title
of the junior show at
Keystone International
Livestock Exposition on
November 8 in Harrisburg.
At the Keystone show,
Miss Burkins was already
concerned that Chine would
peak out before county
roundup, which he for
tunately did not do, but on
Monday afternoon at the
roundup, Miss Burkins had a
tough decision to make. She
had the choice of sending
Chine onto the Harrisburg
Farm Show in January or
putting hin in Tuesday’s
sale.
Noting that an animal
loses its desirability when it
is much over 1300 pounds,
Marty decided to keep her
then 1350 pound steer at
home. She had hopes of
taking 50 pounds off of him
before the district roundup,
but when Tuesday rolled
around, Chine had gained 10
pounds instead of losing the
desired 50.
Nevertheless, judges Dr.
Thomas Merritt, professor of
animal science at Penn
State, and Fred Smalstig,
manager of Rally Farms,
Millbrook, N.Y., found her
animal to be the top of all 101
shown saying the animal was
outstanding with a com
bination of meatiness and
muscling, and had out
standing handling qualities.
Merritt also noted that
Martin’s reserve champion
was an outstanding animal,
although it was not as trim
as the champion. Before
taking the reserve grand
champion of show, the
Simmental-Hereford was
named the reserve champion
heavyweight. In the sale the
animal brought $1.22 per
pound which totaled $1,430.60
for the 1180 pound steer. It
was purchased by Lancaster
County Farm Restaurant,
Elizabethtown.
The reserve champion title
came as a total surprise to
Martin, who is the son of
Robert E. Martin, New
Holland R 3. Because of
different judges, looking for
different things Martin’s
animal was placed fifth in
his class at Monday’s county
roundup.
“I really didn’t think I had
a chance,” he said, “So, I
told my parents not to
come.”
Yet, the district title was
more in line with the steer’s
past record than the low
placing in the county com
petition. During this Fall’s
show season, Martin’s
animal took grand champion
at the New Holland Farm
Show and the reserve
champion at Ephrata.
Martin, like IVDss Burkins,
chose not to send his steer to
the Farm Show in
Harrisburg this year
because it is too finished,
although he has memories of
nearly getting the reserve
champion title with last
year’s steer.
This marks the second
consecutive year that
Lancastrians have taken the
top two spots in the district
competition. Chester County
has won 11 out o r 15 years
• We’re toughening up,”
remarked Max M Smith,
Lancaster Extension County
agent
Cary Walker West
i ter Kl, son of Mi and
Mrs. Paul Walker showed
the lightweight champion.
Walker is in his second year
of raising beef cattle and
racked up his first big win
with the lightweight
championship.
As in the case of Martin’s
steer, Walker’s was fifth in
his class at county roundup
the day before.
“My judge was looking for
future steers,” he says, so
his well finished animal
didn’t rate very high.
At the district sale,
Walker’s animal was sold for
58 cents a pound for a total of
$623. It was sold to W.E.
Kreider Quality Meats.
The other district
champion - reserve cham
pion lightweight- was shown
by Randy Lapp, 1913
Millport Road, and sold for
58 cents a pound. Watt and
Shand purchased the animal
for a total of $607.
The district sale as a whole
averaged 53.12 cents per
pound and 1129 pounds per
animal.
In showmanship, Bill
Wylie, Nottingham R 2, took
the grand championship
titles, out-performing the
two older classes of
showman. Bill is 12 years old
and took the champion beef
showman title in the junior
divison at the State Farm
Show last year and just his
Fall took the junior
showman honors at the
Unionville Fair.
According to Bill’s older
brothers, the key to his
success is practice, which he
does every day.
Top placings in each class
of the Southeast District 4-H
Baby Beef Show are listed
below:
Lightweights
Under 995 pounds -1. Sharon
Long, Peach Bottom R 2; 2.
Glenn Stoltz
fus, Moreontown Rl; 3-
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