—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 17,1977
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Solanco market hog champ goes to Phillips
By JOANNE SPAHR
QUARRYVILLE - A pair
of mediumweight hogs noted
for their trimness and
uniformity walked away
with the grand champion
rosettes of the open class
market hog show of the
Solanco Fair last Thursday.
Greg Phillips, 16, the son of
Arthur Phillips, Peach
Bottom Rl, showed that
champion pair of crossbreds
which were part of his FFA
project at Solanco High
School this year. Although in
his third year of FFA, this is
Phillips’ first hog show.
Judge John Henkel,"
Willow Glen Yorkshire
Farm, Strasburg, praised
the animals, saying,
“They’re really trim. They
would do well in any show.
They also had very good
length of side.” Henkel also
like the uniformity of the
pair.
To get his animals into this
condition, Phillips self-fed
the animals, and for about
week before the show,
' ; on the feed and
’ed them steadily.
Breeder of the champion pen
of two was Charles Murphy,
Drumore.
In Thursday’s show,
Babcock tells of new B3OOV
byKENDACEBORRY
STRASBURG - Bruce M.
Babcock, president and chief
executive officer of Babcock
Poultry Farms, Inc., was the
keynote speaker at a dinner
and program September 15
held at The Historic
Strasburg Restaurant,
Strasburg. Approximately
180 poultry farmers, egg
producers, and allied in
dustry men attended to hear
and see Babcock reintroduce
the B-300V chicken to the Pa.
marketplace.
Babcock remarked about
the progressiveness of
Lancaster County and
Pennsylvania people in the
poultry business. Mentioning
the new Babcock B-300V
chicken, he promised good
results and hoped poultry
farmers would try it. He also
staled that even though the
Lititz Babcock hatchery had
been closed down, the Ithica,
N.Y. field service was still
available for now and
perhaps m the future the
Solanco
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Fair Olympics, with both
youth and open competition.
The contest consisted of a
course laid out which was
run through by six man relay
teams, with time and
penalties for being off course
counting. The course in
cluded a 12 foot high inclined
plane, ladder monkey bars
over water, tires and two
barrels
The Lancaster County
Upper-Class FFA judging
competition was held at the
Solance Fair September 15
with the various judgings
being scattered throughout
the fairgrounds Over 350
students participated in this
event
For the first time, the new
pole barn for the beef and
sheep divisions of the
livestock was used at the
Solanco Fair. The sturdy
building added to the
housing room of the animals
competing
Greg Phillips, Peach Bottom Rl, showed the grand champion pen of market
hogs at the Solanco Fair.
Phillips took another win
when he was named second
place fitter.
The reserve champion pen „ _ .
of two market hogs were Young, 16, a Solanco
heavyweights shown bv student who has been
Morris Young, the son of * !how » n B hofis for about
Lititz plant would open
again.
The evening also included
a talk by Dr. Andrew Wyett,
vice-president for research
at the Babcock Poultry
Farm, Ithica, N.Y. and a
slide presentation on the
Babcock story.
Wyett gave a short history
of the research done for
Babcock birds. Speaking of
the new B-300V, he men
tioned that the bird had a
strengthened egg shell, and
of varieties tested, including
some competitive birds, the
new chicken had the highest
performance index, making
it the most profitable. He
also stated that the chicken
had some improvements
over liability over birds
offered in the past.
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Ray M. Young, Peach
Bottom Rl. The crossbred
animals were bred by Carl
Martin, Peach Bottom Rl.
Bruce M. Babcock
The slide presentation told
of the 42 year old operation
and gave a brief historical
sketch of its growth and
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seven years, said he really
didn’t have to do too much to
the heavyweights to get
them ready for the show.
Apparently, there was more
to Young’s fitting ability
then he realized, because
Judge Henkel named Young
champion fitter of the show.
research mentioning the
advantages of the Babcock
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After the me.eting,
questions were answered
and information pertaining
to the B-300V was given out.
David Delaney, Babcock
spokesman for the Lititz
area, told anyone interested
in the new bird should
contact him for further data.
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Champion showman went
to Nelson Breneman, and
reserve champion showman
went to Vickie Warfel,
Quarryville, Rl. Richard
Merers, swine herdsman for
Willow Glen Farm, was
judge of the showmanship
contest.
All totaled, 36 animals
were entered by 13
exhibitors. And, of all the
FFA members who par
ticipated, all but two were
fromSolanco.
Results from the show
were as follows:
Lightweight
Pen of Two
1. Tom Aument,
Quarryville Rl; 2. John
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Middleweight
Pen of Two
1. Greg Phillips, 2. Morris
Young, 3. Robert Work,
Peach Bottom R 2; 4. Tom
McMillion, Quarryville R 2.
Heavyweight
Pen of Two
1. Morns Young, 2. Carl
Hershey, Kirkwood Rl; 3.
Richard Baylis, Quarryville
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Pen of Four
Market Hogs
1. Tom McMillion, 2. Steve
Todd, 597 Stony Battery
Road, Lancaster.
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