A32—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 16,1983
BYJOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
WELLSVILLE York County category. First place junior team
youth livestock judges took three was the trio of Kerri Kohr, Joanne
out of the four top judging spots Rishel and Greg Bankert,
during regional judging com- representing York, while York’s
petition last week at Warrington senior team of Melissa Trostle,
Green Farms, owned by the Drs. Bob Livingston and Bill Wise won
George and Lois Kushner. their division.
Top-placing junior judge overall Junior winner Susan Wenger, of
was Susan Wenger, of Cumberland Cumberland County, also took top
Senior team award at York Invitational went to York trio,
from left, Bill Wise, Melissa Trostle and Bob Livingston.
York County Junior Livestock Team, which topped run
nerup Lancaster by two points, include, from left, Joann
Rishel, Kerri Kohr and Greg Bankert.
Both were Hamp-Duroc crossed
BY JOYCE BUPP bogs from the home-bred
Staff Correspondent bloodlines in the Ralph Burgard
STEWARTSTOWN Mike family’s swine herd at East Berlin
Burgard’s bank account has fat- rj
tened even faster than his 4-H When his 250-pound grand
market hogs. champion paraded around the sale
Two of the East Berlin 4-H’ers rin g a t bost Sechnst’s Auction, the
entries in the York hog roundup bidding took off slowly, but quickly
show on Monday garnered the pair gamed momentum and grew into a
of top ribbons for the 18-year-old in heated competition between two
his final year of 4-H competition, determined buyers.
went to Mike Burgard. Bob Sechrist of the host sales arena
represented Hatfield PackmgCo. in the bidding.
York youths among top livestock judges
County, and York County’s Melissa
Trostle topped the senior age
Burgard ends 4-H hog career in style
jur set /s . won top individual honors include, from left. Bill Wise.
Seth Gruber, Lehigh; Rod Stoltzfus, Chester; and Bob Livingston, York.
honors in the junior beef judging
division. Scott Hazlet of Centre
County was high individual in
sheep placings, and York’s Joann
Rishel topped the swine judging
category.
In the senior individual
categories. Bob Livingston, of
York, Chris Chapman, of Lan
caster County, and Betsy Colket, of
Chester County, tied for first in the
oral reasons competition, with
matching scores of 122 points. Just
one point below was York’s Bill
Wise, topping teammate Chris
Shive with 120 points.
High individual judge in beef
placing was Chester County team
member Rod Stoltzfus, with Bill
Wise of York, earning top spot in
sheep judging, and Seth Gruber, of
Lehigh County, winning out in the
swine judging division.
This year’s turnout of junior
judges surpassed any previous
year in the 25-year history of the
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When the gavel finally crashed
down, Hatfield Packing had
earned another purple rosette for
its collection, plus a handshade of
thanks to the buyer from Burgard
for the $3.50 per pound price that
had won the spirited bidding
contest.
Next across the sawdust was
Burgard’s reserve champion,
weighing in at 245 pounds and pen
mate to the winner.
Emerging victorious from a
second round of rapidly climbing
bids was buyer Rick Doyle of Ron
Bradley Realtors, Shrewsbury,
who firmly held out to the final bid
of $2.05 per pound.
Catchmg his breath back in the
livestock pens after the successful
sale, the youthful hog expert
considered what it takes to pick
and raise winning pigs.
■Look for overall length, and a
good frame,” advises Burgard.
‘And be sure to pick the healthiest
animals at weaning time.”
His five entries, plus those of his
younger brother, Gary, went into a
market hog 4-H pen at weaning
tune, where the brothers could
monitor the progress of their
projects. That, says Mike, was the
only difference between raising
those hogs and the others in the
Burgard herd.
Winner of the champion pair
honors was 14-year-old Gus Parlett
of R 2, Airville, exhibiting a mat
ched duo of Purebred Spots
averaging 220 pounds each.
Bob Powl, of PowTs Feed Ser
vice in Peach Bottom, was the
successful bidder for the pair
winners, paying 90 cents per pound
for both.
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Susan Wenger, left, topped the field of 45 juniors as top
judge at York Invitational; while Melissa Trostle was first
among 53 senior competitors.
Gus Parlett topped the market pair class with a purebred
Spotted duo, which sold to Bob Fowl, of Fowl’s Feed Service,
Peach Bottr ft 90' ints r id.
Kristine Miller’s reserve champion pair also went to
Hatfield represented by Bob Sechrist.
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