Moores sweep Rambouillet V FARM SHOW - The Kenneth T. Moore family of Rome Bradford County walked away with prac tically all of the champion honors during Monday evening’s Ram bouiliet open breeding sheep show. The entire family pitched in to lead their massive ovines before the scrutinizing eyes of show judge Leroy Boyd of Starkville, Mississippi. Nine-year-old Richie Powell helps mother Dons display his grandfather Kenneth T. Moore’s grand champion Rambouillet ram at this year's Farm Show. This spring ram iamb remains undefeated in his show road career. Corriedale honors (Continued from Page 822) Corriedale ewe. She is sired by a ram bred by Kin Brothers of The Runkles also won reserve grand champion Corriedale ram honors with this fall ram lamb, held by son Tom. top honors Moore’s daughter, Doris Powell, who grappled with the homed .heavyweights of the sheep breed, explained that some of their Rambouillets have crossed the scales at more than 300 pounds, quite a handful for a lightweight sheep showman such as herself and even more so for her sons Richie, 9, and Greoff, 5. After the final judging was Sandusky, Ohio which Mellott purchased as a yearling four years ago. This ram sired Mellott’s ,iOri S T ,'O3T‘- completed Kenneth T. Moore entries had claimed three of the four Rambouillet championship titles, including grand champion ewe and grand and reserve grand champion ram. They also swept the group classes, taking blue ribbons and plaques in Breeders Young Flock, Pen of Lambs, Get of Sire, and Flock. Taking “ladies" before ‘’gen tlemen", the Moore’.* grand champion is a Neilton ewe lamh out of a Moore ewe. tier trip to Farm Show marks the ewe’s debut on the show circuit Both the grand and reserve grand cham pion rams exhibited by the Moores were homebred. Doris explained that their spring ram i«mt> that received the champion nod from Judge Boyd has never been defeated in class during his show career in both New York and Pennsylvania. But, she admitted, both she and her father expected their yearling ram to receive the grand champion distinction; instead he stood in the - reserve grand position, must to the family's surprise. The Moore’s raise their Ram bouiUet sheep, plus Dorsets, Ox fords, Shropehires, and Hamp shires on their 300-acre farm near the New York border. Today their 450-beed flock is the sole livestock enterprise on the family farm which up until 1969 also housed a herd of dairy cattle. When asked if handling these small-pony-sized sheep ever presented a safety problem, especially since both rams and ewes sport long, curly horns atop their heads, Doris smiles and said (Turn to Page 824) entire Farm Show lineup of Corriedales. which took Breeders Young Flock and Flock top honors. Along with his sheep breeding endeavors, Mellott, who says he’s been in the fanning business “all my life,” raises a commercial herd of cattle on his 175-acre Fulton County farm. Showing this year’s champion Corriedale ewe was a father and son team. Jay H. and Thomas J. Funkle of R 2 Spring Mills, Centre County. According to son Tom, this homebred ewe was only defeated one time in her show road ex perience, and that was last fall at the intensely competitive Keystone International Livestock Ex position. The champion ewe was the first-place yearling here at Farm Show. The Runkle partners also won reserve grand champion honors with their homebred fall ram lamb, plus first-place in Pen of Lambs and Get of Sire. i.ik» many of the sheep breeders here at Farm Show, the Runkles raise a number of other breeds of sheep Oxfords and Sulfoiks, plus Corriedales bring their flock numbers to roughly 120 head. Along with their ovine enterprise which lends itself to a breeding stock and market lamo business, the Centre County farmers round out their farm income through fattening about 200 head of hogs each year, and raising a com mercial herd of cattle on their 147- acre farm. Tom recalls how the family started into the sheep business 24 years ago after he purchased his first Suffolk lamb for a 4-H project. Eventually, Corriedales and Oxfords were added to the flock. When asked which breed of sheep he prefers, Tom smiles and quickly ''■vSoJnnH' Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 15,1983-823 Doris Powell, daughter of Kenneth T. Moore of Rome, Bradford County, holds the family's grand champion Ram bouillet ewe. This was the ewe lamb’s debut on the show The reserve grand champion Rambouiilet ewe was exhibited by Pine Haven Farm of Newville, Cumberland County. The yearling ram is being held by owner E. Richard Eberts' daughter Diane Conaway. confesses his special liking for Ewe. under i vr. Corriedales, saying ‘ ‘they’re more 1 U E 7‘ t son res grand dw«i*»> 2 * Jr r. JavH fcThonasJ Runkle, 3 Kathy Weaver R 2 gentle” than the others. —S.M. EwTett Other show results follow Ram.lto2Yrs -1 3 Jay H S Thomas J Ronkle. R 2, Spring Mills. 2 Emil Mellon & Son. Rl.Needmore Ham. Under lYr. 1 Emil Mellon & Son. grand champion. 2. 3 Jay H t Thomas J Runkle 2 Ram Lambs 1 Jay H S Thomas J RunKle. 2 Emil Mellon & Son Ewe. 1 te2Yr*. Fleck 1 Jay H » Thomas J. Bunkle, grand champion, j Emll Mellott i Son. 2 Jay H & Thomas J 2 Tom Hornberger. tU. Birdsboro. 3 Emil Mellott R un kle. 3 Kathy Weaver &Son Mellott also captured reserve grand champion Corriedale ewe honors during the open breeding sheep show held Monday evening in the small arena. . Farm Show Sheep Results 2 Ewe Lambs 1 Emil Mellott 4 Son. 2 Jay H 4 Thomas J RunKle.3 Kathy Weaver Breeders Youn* Flock 1 Emil Metotl * Son. 2 Jay H 4 Thomas J Runkle. 3 Kathy Weaver Pen ot Lambs I Jay H & Thomas J Runhle, 2 Emil Mellon 4 Son. 3 Kathy Weaver Get ot Sire 1 Jay H 4 Thomas J Runkle 2 Emil Melloft 4 Son. 3 Kathy Weaver
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