CSS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980
Fulton Grange to hold open house Monday 9 April 28
OAKRYN The regular
meeting of Fulton Grange
No. 66 was held recently at
Oakryn.
The youth committee held
their game night in March
with a good attendance and
Sheiss tops Eastern National Hog Show
TIMONIUM, Md. - Eric
Sheiss of Chambersburg,
showed the grand champion
market hog in the live
competition at the Eastern
National Livestock Spring
Hog Show at Hagerstown,
Maryland.
The 215 pound Duroc
barrow was bred on the
Sheiss family’s home farm
near Chambersburg.
Enc also showed the
grand champion barrow in
the carcass evaluation
contest of 4-H & FFA pigs.
His barrow weighed 205
pounds, was 32.25 inches
long, had 6.03 square inches
of loin eye and just over one
inch of backfat.
Dan and Dawn Hoff of
Manchester, Maryland,
showed the grand champion
‘Futurity barrow. The Hoffs’
barrow went on test
weighing 69 pounds and
weighed 280 pounds at the
■ end of the 120 day test
period. The barrow was over
32 inches long and had 6.47
square inches of loin eye.
John Wildesen, Manager
of the Eastern National
Livestock Show said, “The
barrow was easily the best of
over 90 barrows that were in
the test group. He finished a
full four points ahead of the
next pig and sometimes a
few tenths of a point will
separate the barrows.”
Over 200 hogs from four
states were in competition at
the 1980 Eastern National
Livestock Show Spring Hog
York 4-H
YORK - The York County
4-H Beef Club held their
meeting recently at the 4-H
Center.
Christine Shive gave a
report on the upcoming
Spring Preview Show, which
is to be held on May 31 at the
York Fairgrounds. Any
member needing an entry
blank for the show should
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an Easter egg hunt for
Grange children was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Clifford Holloway 111, Peach
Bottom.
The Women’s Activities
committee will have charge
Eric Sheiss, Chambersburg, showed the grand
champion barrow on foot at the 1980 Eastern
National Livestock Show Spring Hog Show.
Presenting the rosette is Karen Martin, Maryland’s
Pork Queen.
Show.
Persons interested in
entering the 1980 Production
Tested Barrow show may
contact John Wildesen,
Manager, Eastern National
Livestock Show, at the State
Fair Grounds in Timomum,
Maryland, 21093, for entry
Beef Club sees slides
contact the 4-H Office.
Entries are due on April 26.
The Little “I” is going to
be held on April 26 at 8:30
a.m. at the Penn State
campus. This is a great
opportunity to see good
fitting and showmanship of
beef, sheep, swine, and
horses.
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of the annual roast turkey
supper which will be held
Saturday, from 4 to 8 p.m. at
the Grange Hall.
Articles for the State
Grange sewing contest must
blanks
rules
and
regulations.
This contest is for barrow
pigs that weigh between 45
and 70 pounds. They will be
fed at a central test station
starting in June and will be
shown live at the Eastern
National Livestock Show on
Our April program was
Mac McGmggan from the
Carnation Albers Feed
Company. He presented a
slide presentation on selec
ting, fitting, and showing
beef cattle. He also provided
cattle equipment for door
prizes. Reported by
Christine Shive.
be m by April 30. Anyone
interested in the contest
should contact Mrs. Charles
Wallace as soon as possible.
There are several categories
and nice prizes are offered.
Dons Brown, Pomona
Saturday, September 27th,
and then carcass evaluated
with the final score based on
growth, visual score and
carcass merit.
The Grand Champion of
the Production Tested
Barrow Show will receive
over $500.00 in permium
monies
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Lecturer, announced that
the spring meeting of
Lancaster County Pomona
Grange No. 71 will be held at
White Horse Fire Hall
Saturday, April 26 at 8 p.m
Dr Thomas Regan will
speak on Preventative Care
Of The Teeth And What To
Do In An Emergency.
Fulton Grange bowling
team is planning to par
ticipate in the State Grange
regional elimination.
Roger Small showed
colored slides of the 1978 ice
jam on the Susquehanna
River. He gave a day-by-day
account of the anxieties the
power company experienced
with the Safe Harbor and
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ticular. Many of the pictures
were taken from a'
helicopter, others from
vantage points along the
river and from on top of the
power plants. Millions of
dollars damage was inflicted
upon the power plants,
transmission lines and to
private property owners.
Fulton Grange will hold
Open House Monday, April
28,8 p.m. when the public is
invited. H.H. Haverstick will
be the speaker and farmers,
in particular, are urged to
attend to hear his proposal to
exempt farmland from
inheritance, capital gams
and property transfer tax.
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