A36—Lancaster Farming Saturday, January 15,1953
Sally Messick, 15, of Dauphin Co. accepts the Reserve
Grand Champion steer plaque from Pa. First Lady Ginny
Thornburgh, while ag secretary Penrose Hallowell looks on.
Messick's 1,265-pound steer, "Archie,” is a homebred
Chianina-Angus.
Farm Show steer
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Sally Messick, 15, of Middletown
led her Chianina X Angus to the
reserve title.
A member of the Dauphin
County 4-H Beef Club, Sally ex
plained that she “tried to feed
‘Archie’ as much as she could."
Messick’s homebred steer tipped
the livestock scales at 1,265
pounds. Sally is the daughter of
Mylin and Doris Messick.
Pennsylvania’s First Lady
Ginny Thornburgh was on hand to
congratulate the winners. To the
delight of the packed large arena
crowd, she extended a warm
welcome and a Penn State cap to
judge Boggs, an assistant animal
science professor at the University
of Georgia.
Earlier in the competition,
Boggs selected individual weight
class champions.
Vicky Hess of Conestoga,
Lancaster County earned light
weight champion honors with her
1,095-pound steer. Vicky later
captured first-place showmanship
honors in the 11 years end younger
class.
Greg Christiaan, Franklin
County received reserve light
weight champion honors with his
'l,l2(Vpound steer.
Middleweight champion honors
went to York County youth Bob
Livingston and his 1,180-pound
steer. Dauphin County 4-H’er Kaye
Sweigard and her 1,195-pound steer
followed with reserve honors.
Ken Walker of Chester County
led his 1,225 pound steer to a light
heavyweight championship. John
McKotch, Cambria County and his
1,225-pound steer notched the
reserve title.
Wayne Hess of Conestoga,
Lancaster County, plied his talents
with the show stick and lead and
finished with the Grand Champion
showmanship award, after placing
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first in the 15 years and older class.
Tim Foreman of Dauphin County
earned a blue ribbon for
showmanship in the 12 to 14-year
division.
Additional results of the Farm
Show Baby Beef Competition
follow:
Lightweight
Class 1
1 Galen Graham, Oauphm Co. 2- Gregg
Sfnckler, Berks Co. 3 Tim Gorton. Cumberland
Co
Class?
1 Becky Webster. Oauphm Co. 2 Mark Gut
shall, Cumberland Co. 3 David Houtz. Lancaster
Co
Class 3
1 Vicky Hess. Lancaster Co. 2. Greg Christman.
Franklin Co, 3 Garth Sweigard, Dauphin Co
Claud
1 Tim Kinsley, York Co, 2 Gerald Hess. Lan
caster Co , 3 Andy Herr, Lancaster Co
ClauS
1 Bob Livingston, York Co. 2 Marc Webster,
Oauphm Co, 3 Fritz Frey. Lancaster Co
Claus
1 Kaye Sweigard, Dauphin Co, 2. Trudi Marsh,
Chester Co. 3 Margaret Herr. Lancaster Co
Light Heavyweight
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1 William Martin, Lancaster Co. 2 Jamie
Bintnm, Lawrence Co. 3 Ernie Frey, Lancaster
Co
ClauS
1 Ken Walker, Chester Co. 2 John McKotch.
Cambria. 3 Monique Sweigard, Oauphm Co.
ClauS
Co. 2 Sheila Fairbairn.
1 Jamie Kohr, York
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Chaster Co, 3 Michelle Nissley. Lancaster Co
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1 Annette Walters, York Co.. 2 Sally Messick,
Dauphin Co. 3 Anna Frey. Lancaster Co.
Class 11
.1 Paige Templeton. Cambria Co. 2. Willi Wilson,
Lehigh Co., 3. Janies Eisenhour, York Co
Class 12
1 Scott Templeton. Cambria Co. 2 Wayne
Hess Lancaster Co., 3 Kermit Stahl. Franklin Co
Lancaster Co. 4-H’er Wayne Hess bested all junior
exhibitors and earned Grand Champion Showmanship
honors.
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officials say will provide more
timely marketing and export trade
leads for the state’s agricultural
industries.
“AGNET, -a computer in
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trade leads and commodity
market reports," he said. “This
another major step in our efforts to
support economic development of
Pennsylvania’s agricultural in
dustries and to boost export sales
of Pennsylvania products."
Hallowed said that through
AGNET, the Department can
receive daily information on
foreign firms interested in buying
Pennsyvlania food products from
die Foreign Agricultural Service of
the U.S. Department of
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with narrative summaries of
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“AGNET also provides the
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goal is to expand use of the system
to improve our export capabilities
and increase jobs in the state’s
agriculture community."
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