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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978
Adams Co, 4~H capon brings
GETTSBURG Once The two reserve grand
again Adams County has the champion capons were
distinction of recording the exhibited by Darlene Resh,
highest price paid for a 4-H Dillsburg and Sue Shetter,
capon in Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg. Darlene,
record price of $l7 per pound - daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
was paid by Adams County Nevin Resh, exhibited a ten
Home Beverage for the pound capon purchased by
Grand Champion Capon at Adams County Home
ihe Admas County 4-H Capon Beverage for $lO.OO a pound.
Round-up. The eight pound The nine and three-quarter
capon was exhibited by pound capon exhibited by
Roger King, York Springs, Sue Shetter, daughter of Mr.
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Ed Shetter, was
King. purchased by Aero Oil
Winners at the 1978 Adams County 4-H Capon Round-up are standing behind
the buyers of their champion capons, (left to right) Sue Shelter. Gettysburg,
exhibited one of the reserve champion capons which was purchased for $8.25 a
pound by Richard Higinbotham, New Oxford, representing Aero Oil Co., Darlene
Resh, Dillsburg, exhibited the other reserve champion capon and Roger King,
York Springs, exhibited the grand champion capon. Both capons were pur
chased by Carroll Spence, Cashtown, representing Adams County Home
Beverage.
Company for $8.25 per
pound.
John Bream, chairman for
this year’s show and sale,
reported nine Adams County
4-H members participated in
the roundup sponsored by
the Cashtown Lion’s Club,
the Adams County Poultry
Association and the Adams
County Cooperative Ex
tension Service. Thirty-six
capons weighing 346 and one
half pounds were sold for an
average of $3.94 a pound.
Bream added that the total
proceeds of the sale goes
directly to the participating
4-H member.
The profit these junior
executives receive from
their 4-H capon business is
used as operating capital for
next year's capon 4-H capon
project and saved to help
meet future college ex
penses.
The members were judged
on the Danish System by
Penn State Area Marketing
Agent, Larry Yager. The
capons were evaluated on
conformation, freedom from
pinfeathers, cuts, tears, and
bruises and packaging.
Members receiving blue
merit ribbons for exhibiting
superior quality capons were
Roger King, Darlene Resh,
Sue Shelter and Ken Shelter.
Ron Howell, York Springs,
Linda and John Trone, East
Berlin’and Bill and Melissa
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Shatter, Gettysburg
received red merit ribbons
for exhibiting excellent
quality capons.
The Adams County
Poultry Association, in
addition to supplying free
capons to three 4-H mem
bers and buying the trophies
for the three champion
capons, also purchased three
capons to be donated to the
Adams County Home for
Thanksgiving. Also, the
proceeds from the sale of
two capons provided by Bill
and Melissa Shetter were
donated to Beacon Lodge
through the Cashtown Lions
Club in appreciation for their
support of the 4-H Capon
Program. The capons were
purchased by Dale
Biesecker and Adams
County Home Beverage for
$68,35. Beacon Lodge is a
camp in Central Penn
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visually handicapped per
sons. Other buyers in
cluded Mister Ed, Mountain
Valley Farms and Lumber
Products, Walter Griest,
Gerald Keller, Carl Frantz,
Glenn Mussleman, Harry
Bucher, Glenn Herring,
Floyd Kuhn, John Bream,
Jr., Col. Thomas Allen, and
William Toeller.
Larry Peters, Biglennlle,
was the auctioneer for this
record setting sale, donating
his time for this event.
The 4-H capon project may
be taken by any youth bet
ween the ages of 8 and 19
regardless of race, color,
creed or national origin and
interested in assuming the
personal care and
management of 25 or more
capons. More information on
this or other 4-H programs in
Adams County Cooperative
Extension Service, 999
Lincoln Way West, Get
tysburg.
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