Grumbine shows champion in Berkshire competition
HARRISBURG - The,
Grand Champion Berkshire*
hog at the 1980 Farm Show
was displayed by Dennis L.
Grumbme, R 2 Myerstown.
He showed a January gilt,
Fairview Judy 2nd. Bred by
Grumbme, Judy 2nd’s sire is
Willies Corker Boy. The dam
is Fairview Pat 19th.
Grumbme also took home
a third place ribbon m the
February gilt show, and
placed another hog ninth m
the same division.
The show judge had high
praise for Judy. Judge Gale
Bressner of Illinois pomted
out that she was a stretchy,
long*hog, sound across her
top with good feet and legs.
There was plenty of air
under her and she moved
with the ease of a hog with
good breeding behind her.
I he gilt was one of several
farrowed by Grumbme. He
runs about 25 sows on his
Lebanon County operation.
He farms about 68 acres.
Grumbme has been
breeding Berkshires for
about 20 years. He is known
to farmers throughout
Lebanon County as the Vice
President and General
Manager of Evergreen
Tractors.
He has been breeding
Berkshires ever smce he got
started m the business 20
years ago.
Grumbme’s interests
mainly he in the purebred
business. He is president of
the Pennsylvania Berkshire
Association and has played a
key role in the Swine
Growers Co-operative.
What makes his victory m
the Berkshire show even
sweeter is the fact he has two
full sisters to Fairview Judy
2nd to use for breeding at
home.
Judy 2nd, like all of the
other animals m the show,
was sold at consignment
auction.
Grumbme said he looks
forward to havmg a good set
of pigs from the coming
crop.
He usually sells about 50 of
the 200 hogs he farrows each
year. Good breeding is not
unusual from the Grumbme
operation and the hogs, even
those which don’t sport the
grand champion ribbon
usually command a good
price.
In turn, the buyer has the
assurance he’s buying a
good animal to add to his
breeding herd.
“I’d like all the pigs in my
next crop to look like that„
January gilt,” Grumbme
commented shortly after the
judge announced his choice
for the grand champion.
Grumbme said the judge’s
comments covered just
about everything he looked
for in a fine hog, too. He said
he looked for the long animal
with plenty of breed
characteristic.
Judge Bressner said m his
evaluation that Grumbme’s
animal was one of the best
Berkshire gilts he had seen
m the past year.
That was quite a com
pliment from a judge who
himself had shown a Lan
drace hog to the grand
championship of the Illinois
State Fair this past summer.
Reserve Championship
went to C.D. Wmebark and
As the railbirds watched, Dennis Grumbine of
Myerstown showed Fairview Judy 2nd to the
Sons of Rochester Mills,
Indiana County.
Gmmbme said he intends
to breed Judy 2nd’s full
sisters and that he hopes to
have a couple more fme
looking hogs for next year’s
Farm Show.
By that tune his son
Damn may be showing m
the ring. It’s a potential
double threat to keep other
Berkshire breeders on their
toes.
BERKSHIRE
JANUARY GILT
1 Dennis L Grumbine R 2 Myerstown
2 C D Wmebark & Sons R 1 Rochester
Mills 3 & 4 Todd Bennecoff R 2 Kutz
town 5 Arlie Cornbower Rl New
Freedom
BERKSHIRE
FEBRUARY GILT
1 C D Winebark t Sons R 1 Rochester
Mills 2 Terry Bennecoff & Son R 2
Kutztown 3 Dennis L Grumbine R 2
Myerstown 4 C D Winebark t Sons R 1
Rochester Mills 5 Russel Cornbower R 1
New Freedom
BERKSHIRE
MARCH GILT
1 2 3 4 S C D Winebark t Sons R 1
Rochester Mills
Berkshire Grand Champion Dennis L
Grumbine R 2 Myerstown
Berkshire Reserve Grand Champion
C D Winebark t Sons RX Rochester
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,1980—€39
Grand Championship of the Berkshire show. The
January gilt shows good strength and sound legs.
Goat breeders co-op
sets meeting programs
DORNSIFE Members
and friends of the Heart Of
Penn Dairy Goat Breeders
Co-op will celebrate with a
Valentine’s party at their
February meeting on
Sunday, the 3rd.
After the short business
meeting and a brief
educational presentation
those attending will partake
of a covered dish luncheon.
Anyone interested in dairy
goats is invited to attend this
meeting.
Please call hostess,
Roberta Molaro at 717/758-
8359 for directions to
Someday Hill Alpines, near
Dornsife, where, the
February meeting will be
held.
We would like to know
what dish you plan to bring
so duplication is kept to a
minimum.
Membership in the Heart
Of Penn group is open to
anyone interested in
promoting or learning more
about dairy goats. Visitors
are always welcome.
Some of the educational
programs planned for future
meetings include;
February: DHIA; March:
Kidding season; April: Milk
handling; May: Preparing
for shows; June: fun show.
In July there will be no
meeting.
Farm residents make up
about 3 percent of the total
U.S. population. The figure
was 30 percent in 1920.