‘ b—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 17,1977 Open class York sheep show results tallied r **' K * ‘’•-_»«|l|fe ” v ♦ « A~J * Genia Harpster, right, and her sister Joyce .show the champion Merino ram and ewe of the York Fair open class compeition. The Harpsters showed Truman Calvert's animals for him at the York Fair. Calvert is from Spraggs, Pa. YORK - Open class sheep judging went on all day long at the York Fair on Monday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and running until nearly 11 p.m. In that time, 11 breeds were judged and 22 champion ewes and rams chosen. CHEVIOTS In the Cheviot breed Lynn and Renee Harris, Stillwater, Pa., took the champion ewe with their yearling animal. The Harrises, who are avid sheep showmen, have taken this same animal to the Troy Fair, Hughsville Fair, and the Eastern Regional Cheviot show where she has taken the grand champion ship titles there, as well. The champion ram of the Cheviot breed went to John Arrell, Jr., of Lincoln University with a yearling that had been the champion SEPTEMBER Remember VEW AT ORGANIC Seeds - certified g treated WHEAT REDCOAT ME MJHUR 71 BARLEY barsoy PEKNRAD (Book orders now to insure delivery) Alfalfa - Topdress with 0-10-38 limestone ■ Available for Alfalfa & Small Grain Seeding Smqll Grqin Fert. - Bulk & Bag | OPEN MON. THRU FRI. 7:30 to 4:30 ] 1 { 'bulk blends 1 ORGANIC plant y [ ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ' FOOD CO. 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, PA Ph: (717) 397-5152 mm —3 at Allentown, Goshen and Kimberton Fairs. In this competition, the Harrises also took ram lamb, reserve champion ram,' two ram lambs, ewe, ewe lamb, reserve champion ewe, two yearling ewes, two ewe lambs, and pen of lambs. That left only the ram class and the champion to Arrell. CORRIEDALES Vaughn Myers’ FFA project went all the way to the top in the Corriedale competition last Monday at the York Fair. Myers, a 17- year-old from Bedford R 3, has showed his ewe lamb to other breed champion honors as well. At the Bedford County Fair the animal took the top honors as well as at the Indiana, Cambria, \ „ A** Fulton, and Clearfield County Fairs. Emit Mellott, Needmore Rl, had the champion ram of the Corriedale breed. Mellott and Myers take the same show circuit where Meliotts animals have earned the grand champion rosettes at nine different shows this season. In Monday’s competition he had nine first placings in the various Corriedale classes and two seconds. He also showed two other breeds of sheep. Myers showed the first place ram, first place ewe lamb, and reserve champion ewe. DORSET'S Kenneth Moore from Nichols, N.Y., swept the Dorset competition with both the champion ram and champion ewe of that breed. Both animals were lambs. Moore’s other winnings in the Dorset competition in cluded first and third yearling ram, first and fourth ram lamb, second pair of ram lambs, second and fourth yearling ewe, second pair yearling ewe, (Continued on Page 25) In Cheviot competition in the open class sheep show at the York Fair, Linn and Renee Harris, Stillwater,.showed the champion ewe (left), and John Arrell, Jr., Lincoln University, owned the champion ram. Showing the ram for Arrell is David Lytle of Strawberry Hill Hampshires. <Xv - * - In open class Southdown competition, at the York Fair, Preston Bankert, Red Lion R 3, showed the champion ram as well as the champion ewe. Here, Blain Grove shows the top placing ram in that breed.
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