ClS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 29,1981
Bergey’s swine champ brings record $7 per pound
NORRISTOWN - A Farm Show
atmosphere seemed to pervade the
sales ring as Hatfield Packing paid
a record price of $7 per pound for
the grand champion of the Bucks-
Mont 4-H Swine Show & Sale.
Jerry Clemens, representmg
Hatfield, purchased the prize
winning animal from Mike Bergey
of Telford, a member of the
Montgomery County 4-H
Livestock Club, who bred, raised
and showed his pig Mike’s artmal
also was named Montgomery
County champion and champion
light heavy weight individual.
Ron Thompson of Bucks showed
the Bucks County champion and
reserve grand champion which
Hatfield also purchased for $4.40 a
pound.
Tom Leidy of Leidy’s Meats in
Souderton was the buyer of the
grand champion pen-of-three
shown by Rich Troxel of Dublin.
Leidy’s also purchased the
reserved Montgomery County
champion and champion light
weight hog exhibited by Karen
Leidy of Souderton, paying $2.70 a
pound.
Bev Bergey of Telford was
named grand champion showman
after also winning champion senior
showman honors. Bev is a member
of the Montgomery County 4-H
Md. 4-H’ers have
new Fair home
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Maryland’s 4-H exhibitors at the
100th State Fair will be celebrating
the centennial year in a new 28,000
square foot 4-H/Home Arts
building. The building will house
exhibits relating to food, clothing,
home furnishings, vegetables,
flowers, woodworking, electricity,
entomology, photography, art and
crafts.
More than 3,500 4-H’ers are
expected in the contests, judging
events, demonstrations and shows
at the traditional “4-H Week at
Timomum.”
The week that opens with a 4-H
Dog Show in the Cow Palace Show
Ring at 9 a.m. on opening day,
August 29, and closes with the 4-
H/FFA Parade on Sunday, Sep
tember 6, will be filled with
Maryland youth exhibiting not only
agricultural products but also
skills in photography, art, small
engine maintenance and repair,
and automobile care and safety.
From the slightly less than 12
percent of Maryland’s 4-H
members who live on farms will
come sheep, cows, steers, and
swine that will demonstrate the
care and knowledge acquired in 4-
H livestock projects.
Members will also demonstrate
skills at operating tractors with
four-wheel wagons in tow,
“trouble-shooting” disabled or
unsafe automobiles, and following
UNIVERSITY PARK - Dairy
and livestock producers continue
to consign animals to an all-breeds
sale to aid The Pennsylvania State
University’s Ag Arena fund raising
project.
Consignments notv total 63,
according to Dr. Milford Hed
dleson, College of Agriculture
coordinator of environmental
quality affairs and co-chairman of
the fund raising campaign.
The goal is several hundred high
quality animals in this sale to be
held December 11 in Harrisburg’s
Farm Show Complex.
Livestock Club.
Results ot the weight classes
were:
1 Karen Leidy Montgomery champ 2 Kathy
Bergery Montgomery 3 OaveSamakavitz Berks
4 Glen Bateman Montgomery 5 Diane Moyer
Berks
1 Bev Bergey Montgomery 2 Joe Landis
Montgomery 3 Lauren Berger Montgomery 4
Larry Bray Berks 5 Jesse Ruth Berks
1 Ron Thompson Berks gr champ and Bucks
Co champ 2 Jeff Moyer Montgomery 3 Wendy
Worthington Berks 4 Janine Rice Berks 5
Michelle Rice Berks
1 Mike Bergy Montgomery gr champ and
Montgomery champ 2 Mike Garish res Buck
champ 3 Bill Scott Berks 4 Rick Troxel Berks
5 BradGruver Berks
1 Bev Bergey Montgomery 2 Jett Moyer
Montgomery 3 Wilfie Harvey Berks 4 Diane
Moyer Berks 5 Dave Samkavitz Berks
1 Mike Garish Berks res champ 2 Wendy
Worthington Berks 3 Jesse Ruth Berks 4
Karen Leidy Montgomery 5 Michelle Rice
Montgomery
1 Ricky Troxel Berks champ 2 Joe Landis
Montgomery 3 John Gruver Berks 4 Steve
Gruver Berks 5 PatTeaford Montgomery
1 Diane Moyer 2 Randy Mathias 3 Billy Scott
4 Rick Troxel 5 Lauren Bergey
1 Mike Garish 2 Joe Landis 3 Qumtm Lawley
4 Willie Harvey 5 Janmeßice
Seniors B
I Bev Bergery champ 2 Steve Gruver 3 Jeff
Moyer 4 Karen Leidy 5 Larry Bray
Seniors * A
1 Wendy Worthington 2 Mike Bergey 3 Pat
Tealord 4 Dave Samkavitz 5 John Gruver
a rigorous written exam which
demonstrates what they have
learned about handling a car
through a forward and reverse
serpentine course. Champions
from this event will proceed to
regional competition later in the
fall.
The 100th Maryland State Fair
will produce champion livestock
which can provide first-year
college costs for a 4-H member or a
deluge of tears as an animal that
has been cared for, coddled and
coaxed to a championship is led
away at the livestock sale on
Septembers.
On Friday, September 4 at 8
p.m., the 1981 4-H Fashion Revue
will parade well-groomed and
manicured 4-H models across a
stage at the Horse Sales Pavilhon
to demonstrate the fashion-making
abilities of Maryland 4-H’ers. A
grand champion will be selected
and will receive an expense-paid
trip to the National 4-H Fashion
Revue in Chicago during 4-H Club
Congress.
When the week ends, thousands
ot Maryland’s young people 4-H
members from 9-19 will have
shared skills and demonstratedthe
4-H goals of “learning by doing”
and “making the best better.”
They will have come from farms,
towns and cities to participate m
an agricultural celebration that
began 100 years ago.
Ag arena consignments continue to sign up
Breeders who consign beef,
.sheep, swine, and dairy animals
are being asked to donate at least
50 percent of the sale price to the
building fund. Breed associations
are participating in securing and
selecting consignments.
The 190,000-square-foot facility,
to be located adjacent to Beaver
Stadium, will provide for classes
and laboratories involving horses,
dairy, and livestock. It also will be
used for various demonstrations
connected with Extension courses
and conferences.
The latest consignments in-
Lightweight
Mediumweight
Heavyweight
Light heavyweight
Pemvof Three Classes
Light Pen
Heavy Pen
Medium Pen
Showmanship
Ist Year
Juniors
Hatfield Packing's Jerry Clemens set a Quakertown Livestock Auction. Mike Bergey of
record when he paid $7 a pound for the grand Telford, a member of the Montgomery County
champion hog at the Bucks-Montgomery 4-H 4-H Livestock Club, bred, raised and exhibited
Swine Show and Sale held recently at the the and champion.
Karen Lei / of . .rton exhibited the Leidy’s Meats in Souv -rton was lyer,
champion lightweight and reserve champion paying $2.70 a pound for the prize-winning
Montgomery County market hog. Tom Leidy of animal.
clude:
Dairy Cattle:
Holstein: Penn State Depart
ment of Dairy and Animal Science,
2 heifers.
YORK The summer meeting
ot the York County 4-H Hor
ticulture Club was held at Dave
Detter’s place.
Plant diseases and problems
were discussed from' plant
material provided by the mem
bers.
Beef Cattle:
Angus Penn State Department
ot Dairy and Animal Science, I
heifer.
Charolais
Horticulture dub enjoys picnic
Denise Chase, the new hor
ticulture agent for York County,
was introduced to the group.
The fall meeting will be a tour of
RockLemen’s Nursery on Sep
tember 28.
Vegetable Freaks were featured
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science, 1 heifer.
Polled Hereford Penn State
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science, 1 heifer.
Penn State
at the York County 4-H Fair. First
place went to Frank Lecrone with
a double yellow squash entitled “1
like to be close to my mommy,”
second to Hillary Fahey, third to
Joe Kendall, fourth to Patty Bupp,
and fifth to David Lentz.