Champion hog sells for $lOO/pound
TIMONIUM, Md. - All auction in one of downtown gave the 15-year-old 4-H Club
kinds of records were broken Baltimore’s busiest open air member a check for $24,500.
at the 31st annual Eastern plazas. In previous years, Another show record price
National Livestock Show, the market animals were of $2O per pound was paid for
held at the Maryland State sold at the fair grounds the 115-pound grand
Fair Grounds last week, before a handful of buyers champion lamb, exhibited
including attendance and and exhibitors. by Sarah Brubaker, 15, of
prices paid for the show’s A record price of $lOO per Lancaster, Pa. The buyer
grand champion market pound was paid for the was Bob Evans, president of
animals. Grand Champion Market the meat packing company
With an estimated 5,000 Hog, exhibited by Tommy which bears his name.
office workers and city Payne, of Hamilton, The grand champion steer,
dwellers looking on, the Virginia. The buyer was shown by Chris Maier, 17, of
show’s 47 4-H Club and FFA Johnny Kafka, owner of Eagle Grove, lowa, was
grand champion and blue Polock Johnny’s restaurants bought at $7 per pound by
ribbon winners were sold at in the Baltimore area, who Wendy’s restaurants. The
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Tommy Payne (left), 15, of Hamilton, Va., poses with his grand champion
market hog of the Eastern National Livestock Show which was bought at a
record $lOO per pound by Johnny Kafka (holding ribbon), owner of Poiock
Johnny’s restaurants. The hog brought a check for $24,500 to the 4-H club
member.
Crossbred, weighing 1,240 Baltimore City and
pounds, brought Miss Maier Baltimore County visited the Long and Short
a check for $8,650. show’s popular “Kiddie The longest known ges-
A record 17 buyers par- Barn,” where they had the tation period among mam
ticipated in the “Sale of opportunity to touch and pet mals is that of the Asiat-
Champions.” Esskay was a variety of farm animals, ic elephant—with a mmi
the volume buyer of swine; Thousands of adults also mum period of 609 days and
Stapf Brothers bought the visited the show. a maximum of 760 days The
majority of the lambs; and shortest gestation period
A. W. Schmidt and Sons was Point of View ma y that of the American
the volume buyer of steers. What’s called congestion opposum, which is normally
More than 10.000 Ike subway » celled m- SKSmIT
schoolchildren from timacy in a nightclub ®
at MAPLEHOFE DAIRY
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1977—25