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—lancasttr Farming, Saturday, January 14,1978
Huff and Herrs take careass lamb titles
David Huff, standing, showed the grand
champion carcass lamb in the on-foot judging at
the Pennsylvania Stale Farm Show. Holding the
lamb is David’s father Carleton Huff.
Hampshire champion ewe was shown by David
Lytle, Chester Co.
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The Suffolk champion ewe was shown by William
MacCauley, 111.
Champion showman of the day was Wayne Hess,
Conestoga Rl. Seen with him is the judge of the
show, Buster Wilson, Rural Retreat. Va.
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By JOANNE SPAHR
HARRISBURG - In a
show which puts pressure on
the judge to correlate his
placings both on-foot and on
rail, Judge Glenn Kean of
Pennsylvania State
University named a 100
pound Suf
folk/Cheviot/Dorset cross
bred the grand champion
carcass lamb, on-foot, of the
Pennsylvania State Farm
Show. That animal was
exhibited by David Huff, age
11, the son of Carleton Huff,
5051 Plourtown Road,
Lafayette Hill, Montgomery
County.
Three days later, when on
rail judging of the same
animals was completed, two
sisters, Barbara and
Margaret Herr, the
daughters of Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Herr, Narvon R 2,
emerged in the grand
champion and reserve grand
champion spotlights. Their
champions had originally
been placed third and fourth
in the on-foot competition.
The on-foot champion was
bred by Erdenheim Farm,
Lafayette Hill, where young
Huff’s father and grand
father work as herdsman _
and shepherd. This was
David’s first grand cham
pion carcass lamb, on-foot,
although the family has
shown on-foot reserve
champions previously at
Farm Show. In the on-rail
competition, Huff’s animal
placed fifth.
Barbara Herr, on the other
Kucemchak’s
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Brubaker, Lancaster; 3.
Robert Golsmith, Green
ville; 4. Robert Golsmith, 5.
Sarah Brubaker
Hampshire, Champion
Ewe
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Strawberry .Hill Hamp
shire - David Lytle
Hampshire, Reserve
Champion Ewe
Sarah Brubaker
Shropshire, Yearling
Ewe
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1. Steve Calvert, Berlin
R 4; 2. Mark Ebaugh, Delta
R 2; 3. Mark Ebaugh.
Shropshire, Ewe
Lamb
1. Steve Calvert, 2. Mark
Efaaugh,3.MarkEbaugh. *
Shropshire, Champion
Ewe
Steve Calvert
Shropshire, Reserve
Champion Ewe
Steve Calvert
Southdown, Yearling
Ewe
1. Timothy Donough,
Chambersburg R 5; David
Harpster, Boats burg; 3.
Timothy Donough, 4. Jeff
Calvert, Berlin R 4; 5. Jeff
Calvert.
Southdown, Ewe Lamb
1. Jeff Calvert 2. Jeff
Calvert 3. Timothy Donough.
Southdown, Champion
Ewe
Jeff Calvert
Southdown, Reserve
Champion Ewe
Timothy Donough.
Suffolk, Yearling
Ewe
1. Gary Kwisnek,
Clarksburg Rl; 2. Charla
Janney, 3. Charla Janney
Suffolk. Ewv Lamb
1. William MacCauley,
Atglen Rl; 2. Kathy
Hixenbaugh, Beaver; 3
hand, moved up from third
place on-foot judging-with
her 99 pound Suffolk to take
the grand champion on-rail
title. The carcass had .10-
inches of fat thickness, 2.9
square inches of loin eye,
area and had a 47.4 per
centage of retail cuts.
Following close on her
sister’s heels, Margaret
Herr watched as her fourth
place on-foot Dorset was
named reserve champion of
the on-rail portion qf the
carcass show. Miss Herr’s
reserve champ recorded .12
fat thickness, 2.8 inches in
loin eye area, and 46.9 per
cent of retail cuts.
Keeping most of the
carcass show winnings in the
Herr family, 16-year-old
brother Christian showed the
reserve champion carcass
lamb, on foot. The 105 pound
Hampshire wether, fed on
the Narvon R 2 Nix Besser
Farm, was disqualified from
on-rail judging.
In the carcass lamb show,
the Herrs, including one
other sister, Elizabeth,
collected half of the 10 rib
bons awarded in the two
class on-foot show, and took
the top honors in the on-rail
division.
In the last seven years, the
Herr family has had the
champion or reserve
champion, or both, in the on
rail part of the event,
although they have won the
on-foot classification only
one year.
Charla Janney 4. Kathy
Hixenbaugh, 5. Joyce
Harpster, Boalsburg.
Suffolk, Champion
Ewe
William McCauley
Suffolk, Reserve
Champion Ewe
GaryKwisnek
' Jr. Lamb Showmanship
Age 11 and under
1. Kathy Baroni, Chester
Co.; 2. Margaret Herr,
Lancaster Co.; 3. Gerald
Rohrer, Lancaster Co.
Jr. Lamb Showmanship
12,13,14 years
1. Wayne Hess, Lancaster
Co.; 2. William McCauley,
Chester Co.; 3. Barbara
Herr, Lancaster Co.
Jr. Lamb Showmanship
15 yrs. and over
1. Charla Janney, York
Co.; 2. Joyce Witt, Fayette
Co.; 3. David Lytle, Chester
Co.
Jr. Lamb Champion
Showmanship
Wayne Hess
John Arrell, Jr. showed the champion Cheviot
ewe.
Complete results of the
show follows:
CARCASS LAMB,
ON FOOT
Lightweight
1. Erdenheim -Farm, 5051
Flourtown Road, Lafayette
Hill; 2. Jay Kenneth
Brubaker, 2418 Harrisburg
Pike, Lancaster; 3.
Stephanie Kocher, Mansfield
Rl; 4. Margaret Herr,
Narvon R 2; and Dr. and
Mrs. Robert Heir, Narvon.,
Heavyweight
1. Carleton Huff, 5051
Flourtown Road, Lafayette
Hill; 2. Christian Herr,
Narvon R 2; 3. Barbara Herr,
4. Elizabeth Herr, and 5. The
Kenneth Staver family,
Palmyra Rl.
Grand Champion
Carleton Huff
NFO meeting slated
QUAKERTOWN - The
members of the Bucks Co.
Unit of the National
Farmers Organization will
hold their annual banquet on
Saturday, January 21, 1978
at 7:00 p.m., at the Milford
Square Fire Hall, Milford
Square, (two miles west of
Quakertown, just off Rt.
663). The speaker of the
evening will.be Mrs. Anita
Maxwell, Newport, N.Y.
Mrs. Maxwell and her hus
band own and operate a
large dairy farm and are the
parents of eleven children.
Mrs. Maxwell is the
speaker and producer of a
weekly farm news radio pro
gram. She is the editor of the
New York state NFO
Top potato judges named
HARRISBURG - Lycom
ing County’s 4-H potato judg
ing team captured the cham
pionship in the 4-H Potato
Grading and Identification
Contest held at the 62nd
Farm Show on Thursday.
The team consisted of three
sisters, Paula, Marian, and
Susan Eck, of Muncy R 3, and
Lois Berger, of Muncy R 4.
Poultry disease
prevention set
HARRISBURG - In
response to recent outbreaks
of Laryngotracheitis (LT)
throughout the state, Penn
sylvania’s Agriculture
Secretary Kent Shelhamer
recently announced a
recommended LT preven
tion program for
poultrymen.
Shelhamer said that LT is
a virus disease of poultry
flocks which results in death
losses of from five to 70 per
Reserve Grand „
Champion
Christian Herr .
CARCASS LAMB
ON RAIL
Lightweight
1. Margaret Herr, Narvon
R 2; 2. Kenneth Staver
family, 3. Stephanie Kocher,
Mansfield Rl; 4. Dr. and
Mrs. Robert Herr; 5. David
Huff.
Heavyweight
l.Barbara Hen> 2. Steven
Strauss, Ephrataßl; 3. L.L.
Plonce, Mansfield Rl; 4.
Charles P. Staver, Palmyra;
S.CarietonHuff.
On Rail
Grand Champion
Barbara Herr
On Rail Reserve
Grand Champion
Margaret Herr
newsletter, “The Farmers
Freedom ' Press”. The
Governor of New York
recently appointed her to his
Commission on Agriculture.
Mrs. Maxwell was the first
- woman to be elected to the
National Board of Directors
of NFO.
Tickets for the family
style dinner are $5 each, and 1
can be purchased from any
Bucks Co. NFO member, or
by calling Bill Garges (348-
5514); Raymond Gross (766-
8785) or Web Singer (346-
7749).
Photographers are
welcome after 8:30 that
evening or by appointment.
The-Lycoming team was
coached by Ralph Styer, alsd
from Muncy, grandfather or,
the Eck sisters. .1 ’•
The contest’s high in
dividual judge was Phil
Risser, of Leola, Rl, Lan
caster County, which had the
second place team. Lehigh
County judges placed third.
cent. “It is essential that the
Bureau of Animal Industry
■be notified of the occurrence
of the disease so that we can
take steps to prevent repeats
and spread to other farms.
“Recent inquiries and
examinations of the current
outbreaks of LT in Penn
sylvania have pointed to
several important
for the continued spread ot
this disease,” he said.
“Much of the problems seem
to be related to the existence
of normal looking survivor
LT carrier chickens in many
small flocks. Other problems
may be due to poor sanitary
precaustions and poor
control of rats, mice and
wild birds.”
Most of the recent cases
have been in southeastern
Pennsylvania, but scattered
cases have been detected in
northeastern and western
regions of the state. AH types
of chicken flocks have been
affected, large and small,
meat and egg flocks.
As a final note, Shelhamer
said, “LT carrier birds will
be around in backyard flocks
for many years to come, .
Stay security conscious apt
stick with the prevention
program through 1979 and
beyond.”