—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, January 13» 1979
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Hogs & cows give this 4-H 9 er show experience
By LAUREL SCHAEFF
Staff Correspondent
HAMBURG - Nineteen
seventy-nine is beginning as
an exciting year for many
Berks County 4-H’ers. This
year several 4-H’ers from
this area went to Harrisburg
to show their livestock, for
the first time, at the Pam
Show. One such lucky
exhibitor was Charles
Seidel, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Seidel, Hamburg. _
Charles has been to the
Farm Show many times
before, but never as an
exhibitor. This year he
showed two hogs selected as
one of three pens permitted
to enter from Berks County.
At 12 years of age this
eager young 4-H’er has
already made quite a
“mark” for himself, but
suprisingly not with hogs,
but with dairy cattle.
Charles has proved his
Charles Seidel
skill as a judge of dairy
cattle this Summer as he
won first place in the
Southeast 4-H Dairy Cattle
Judging Contest. He has
shown dairy cows several
years earlier but tem
porarily gave them up for
market hogs.
Presently Charles and his
younger brother, Henry, age
10, enjoy raising market
hogs and showing them at
area fairs. This past year the
brothers have shown their
hogs at local fairs and the
County swine club round-up.
Charles plan to show dairy
cattle again, maybe starting
next year, but still enjoys
exhibiting hogs.
The hogs are just a
sideline of the Seidel’s
farming operation. They are
raised in small numbers for
the primary reason of
consuming by-products of
the family dairy herd which
herd which may be why he
enjoys his seventh grade
math class more than any
other subject. Charles at
tends the Hamburg Area
School District, and is also
involved in the Virginville
Community 4-H Club and the
Berks County 4-H Swine
Club. His interests also in
clude collecting beer cans.
And he has another brother
besides Henry, named
Leslie, age 3.
Other members of the
County swine club who took
hogs to the Farm Show are
Allen Rohrbach,
Shoemakersville and Gregg
Strieker, Bernville.
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would otherwise go to waste.
It was from this that got
Charles interested in
showing hogs and because he
and his parents felt he was
too small to handle the
larger animals properly at
first.
This year the young man
will be taking two market
hogs to the Farm Show, a
Hampshire gilt and
Yorkshire barrow which
were previously purchased
as feeders.
Charles is anxiously
looking forward to his trip to
Harrisburg. He is primarily
interested in seeing the other
livestock which will be
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parisons. By seeing the other
animals he hopes to become
a better judge
This 4-H’er shares many of
the duties of the family
dairy. Presently they in
clude feeding the hogs and
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cows hay, and helping to
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