A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 3,1981
New Holland celebrates 50th with chain
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
NEW HOLLAND - It was
double delight at the New Holland
Farm Show this week as the show
celebrated its golden anniversary
and a young showman earned
Grand Champion at the Beef Show
the first time he has ever at
tempted such a feat.
That young showman was Er
nest Mast of Morgantown who
simply described himself as "very
surprised” when chosen cham
pion. Ernest’s steer was a
Charolais/Hereford cross,
weighing in at 1215 pounds and
selling to the Leola Family
Restaurant for $3.39 per pound.
Reserve Champion honors, and
the Senior Showman title ot the
beef show went to Janae Martin,
New Holland, a five-year veteran of
both 4-H and FFA. Janae’s steer
was a Simmental/Angus cross
weighing 1170 pounds and selling
for $1.28 per pound to The Bird-In-
Hand Motor Inn and Restaurant.
Sale averages for the steer show
were $.96 per pound without the
champion and $1.06 with the
champion.
Thursday’s list ot excitement
also included the swine show which
recognized such youngsters as
Jimmy Martin, 14, of New Holland
who earned the Grand Champion
title and Laura Folker, 9, of Pork
Chop Farm in New Holland,
Reserve Champion.
' Jimmy’s 267-pound hog sold tor
$3.40 to Hatfield and Laura’s hog,
Smokey, a Chester/Hampsture
cross weighing in at 222 pounds
about three times the weight of its
owner, sold for $3.05, also to
Hatfield.
The new Grand Champion of the
Steer Show is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul D. Mast, owners and
operators of a potato and a 100-
head-beet farm. Ernest is a
member of Garden Spot FFA. ,
Fifteen-year-old Janae Martin
hails from New Holland and is the
daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Martin.
Janae reports that this year is
her fifth year in FFA and 4-H
making this year "the 17th year my
Little Laura Folker holds a trophy half as big as she is, after
selling her reserve champion hog to Hatfield, represented by
Jerry Clemens.
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family has been involved in 4-H. ’ ’
The Martin family’s operation
includes -chickens, 48 head of
Holstems, and 38 steers.
Champion hog owner Jimmy
Martin is the son of Mary Mai t;;.
and is in his seventh year ol 4-H.
Last year was another big year
tor Jimmy in that he was named
Grand Champion also a proud
accomplishment since he reports
only onfe pen of hogs at home.
Laura Folker, Reserve Cham
pion hog shower, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Folker and is
currently in her third year of 4-H.
Laura also earned Champion
Fitter of the Swine Show.
In addition to the traditional
trophy and ribbon, these four
young showers will receive an 8 x
10 color picture of their champion
animal.*
Other results of the swine and
steer show are as follows:
STEER SHOW
LIGHTWEIGHT
I Gary Eberly East Earl 2 Scott Bailey Blue
Ball 3 Joanne Eberly East Earl 4 Emily Weaver
Ephrata 5 Hope Hershey Kmzer
MEDIUMWEIGHT
I Janae Martin New Holland 2 Lisa Heft
AUamstown 3 Bobby Snyder Ephrata 4 Fred
Weaver Ephrata 5 Lon Martin Narvon
HEAVYWEIGHT
I Ernest Mast Morgantown 2 .Krista Yost
Lancaster 3 Jett Hershey, Kmzer 4 Kevin Lengel
East Earl 5 MarcyLeaman Lancaster
GRAND CHAMPION
Ernest Ma*st
RESERVE CHAMPION
Janae Martin
JR SHOWMAN
I Emily Weaver 2 Fred Weaver 3 Krista Yost 4
Joanne Eberly 5 Donna Groff
SR SHOWMAN
I Janae Marttn 2 Ron Martin 3 Kevin Lengel 4
Scott BaileyS Marlin Mast
FITTING
I James Martin 2 Scott Bailey 3 Fred Weaver 4
Ron Martin 5 Scott Hertzog
SWINE SHOW
LIGHTWEIGHT
I Chad Folker New Holland 2 Laura Folker
New Holland 3 Jimmy Martin New Holland 4
Douglas Hertzog Ephrata 5 Emily Weaver
Ephrata
HEAVYWEIGHT
I Jimmy Marttn 2 Laura Folker 3 Fred Weaver
Ephrata 4 Floyd Huber East Earl 5 Floyd
Weaver
GRAND CHAMPION
Jimmy Martin
RESERVE CHAMPION
Laura Folker
CHAMPION FITTER
Laura Folker
RESERVE FITTER
Jimmy Martin
SR SHOWMAN
David Fisher
JR SHOWMAN
Heidi Fisher
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In his first year of competition, Ernest, right, yers the ~ 5-poui . steer, .
walked away with the Grand Champion title of Family Restaurant, represented by Christie
the New Holland Steer Show. With him are Lapp. Wilmer Lapp and George Desmond.
js 1170-pound steer was shown by Janae from the Bird-In-Hand Motor Inn and
Martin of New Holland and now belongs to Resturant.
buyers Walter Monf and Paul'
Hatfield purchased this grand pounds and sold for $3.40 per pound
hog at the Swine Sale, Thursday, at the New Jimmy Martin, showman, is the buyer
Holland farm show. The hog weighed 267 representing Hatfield. Jerry Clemens.
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