A22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 10,1981 V The Champion Pen of Feeder Pigs was shown by Christian Seaman of Rl, Grantville. The pigs were York-Duroc Crossbreeds with an average weight of 54 pounds. With p _ ..ng k pig v It sold to John Wagner for $BO The Grand Champion Junior Barrow was-shown by Donnie Sheiss of Chambersburg. Donnie is the son of Mr. and Mrs.' Charles Smith of Smith’s Hog Farm, Washington, Pa. These pigs were a Chester White-Duroc cross. O' -J-j. __ - V* , 'i Swine winner (Continued from Page Al) Hut these factors didn t dampen the atmosphere at the swine shows .i i i-\ through Tuesday Friday kicked off the feeder pig show and sale- with Christian Seaman of flrantville earning the Champion Pen of Feeder Pigs title. The pigs were a York/Duroc cross with an average - weight of 64 pounds. They sold to John Wagner of Manheim. The top selling feeder pig was from the pen of champions shown by Seaman. This pig sold for $BO to John Wagner. The Seaman family showed the Reserve Champion pen at* last year’s feeder pig show and sale also. Reserve Champion Pen of Feeder Pigs belonged to 'Charles Smith of Smith’s Hog Farm, Washington, PA. Two of these Chester White/Duroc Crossbreeds sold to Harry Bachman of Annville for $56 each and the other three sold to John Wagner for $44. The grand champion junior barrow was shown by Donnie Sheiss of Chambersburg. This hog went on to compete for the overall championship title in the open show and earned reserve grand champion honors. The grand champion barrow on, foot was shown by John Strawbndge of Strawbridge & McCleary of Stewartstown. Strawbndge's entry, a mediumweight Yorkshire barrow, was previously named open champion barrow on-foot and champion of the Yorkshire show The reserve open champion barrow on-foot title went to Penn State University for their mediumweight Duroc barrow In the open barrow competition, James Parlett of Airville exhibited the champion and reserve champion Chester White barrows while Penn State showed both champion and reserve in the Duroc competition. Dennis Grumbine of Myerstown showed the champion Berkshire barrow a 210-pound lightweight. Todd Bannecoff of ljutztown showed his second place light weight to the reserve spot in the Berkshire breed. In the Hampshire breed. Strawbridge & McCleary scooped up the awards, earning champion and reserve champion. The 225- pound champion Hampshire was the reserve chaijnpion at the Md State Fair. Randy' Roberts copied Strawbridge’s ability in the Poland China' breed, capturing- both champion and reserve champion titles. Roberts reigns from Hillsboro, Ohio. Roberts also earned the reserve champion title in the Spotted Swine breed. Keith Bard of Lewistown earned champion honors for his mediumweight barrow in the Spotted Swine show. The champion Crossbred barrow was shown by Penn State University and the reserve shown by Steve Strauss of Ephrata. In the truckload competition, Daryl Sheiss of Chambersburg showed the champion truckload of six hogs weighing 216-240 pounds, while Penn State was named the reserve winner with their entry. Henry Gruber of Allentown was the judge for the open barrow show and Vernon Hazlett, Penn State University herdsman, served as judge for the breeding swine classes. In the Berkshire competition of the breeding show, Dennis Grumbine of Myerstown exhibited the champion and reserve champion boar. His winning boar was Fairview Stud 10-9, a March boar sired by Rock 9-S 9-1. The champion gilt was shown by Garland Gantt & Family of La Gambrills. MD. This gilt was G.G. & F Miss 81. sired by G.G. & F. I .addle 14-4 Hotiuer Banker! of Hanover (lurn to Page A 23) John Strawbridge of Strawbridge & McCleary earned a Champion ribbon for this Hampshire hog, also the Reserve Champion at the Md. State Fair. Strawbridge earned Reserve Hampshire at KILE with the same hog which received Grand Champion atthejfork Fair. In the Open Barrows Show, this Spotted Swine went on to earn Champion title. This 211-pound was owned by Keith Bard of Lewistown. Dennis Grumbine of Myerstown owned the' Champion Berkshire Barrow in the Open Barrows Show. This 210- pound hog is shown here with Harry Bachman of Annville.
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