AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3,1982
By Laurie Dobrosky
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from all over the state of Penn
sylvania converged on the Penn
State Beef and Sheep Center
recently for the Annual Junior
Livestock Field Day.
The event was designed to
promote a basic understanding of
each of the three species of
livestock. This was done with
demonstrations on meat cutting,
livestock selection and
showmanship.
Professor Jim Watkins of the
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science discussed meat selection
and grading. He stressed the
importance of meat as the end
product of the livestock industry.
Selecting the ideal market
animal was the subject of a
discussion led by Brskine Cash,
professor of Animal Science. Using
a set of slides. Cash visually
stressed selecting animals for
meat and muscling not just
heigth, length and trimness. Do not
go “ultra-modern or to the old
fashioned short, wasty types of
animals,” he said.
The livestock enthusiasts were
given demonstrations on proper
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versus improper methods of
showmanship. Members of the
various bam staffs including
herdsmen and students, presented
the demonstrations featuring one
poor showman and one excellent
showman. Designed to contrast
these exhibitions show those in
attendance right from wrong.
In addition, a judging contest,
consisting of two classes of beef,
sheep, swine and meats, was held.
The top winner, placing over 230
contestants, was Melissa Trostle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Trostle of Red Lion, York County.
Melissa lost only 10 points out of a
total of 400. A tie for second place
was broken on a random class
selection. Placing second was Bob
Livingston of Dover, York County,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Livingston. Third place went to
Tammy Eisenhour, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Eisenhour, of
York County.
Fourth place went to Kenianne
Rarick, Reading, Berks Cohnty
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Rarick. Julie Myers of Wellsville,
York County, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Myers, was fifth.
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Melissa Trostle, left, of York Count was winners in order of their placing, from (eft. Bob
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Livestock Field Day judging contest Melissa is York; Kenianne Rarick, 15. Berks; and Julie
the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myers, 15, York.
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