A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10,1983
livestock sale
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Baltimore and Anne Arundel
counties.
Average price for the 34 beef
steers sold not counting the
grand champion was 91 cents
per pound. Last yeawr, the
average was 82 cents.
A sidelight on the 4-H and FFA
beef steer show at the Maryland
State Fair was the fact that this
year’s exhibitors of the top two
animals also had corral led the lop
placmgs last year in reverse order.
Both are Howard county residents.
In 1982, Donna Day set a new
Maryland State Fair achievement
mark by exhibiting both the grand
champion steer and grand
champion market hog. She came
close again this year, with reserve
champion honors in both
categories.
Donna sold this year’s reserve
champion market hog for $3.00 per
pound to Dutterer’s Processing
Plant of Manchester, Carroll
County. It was a 225-pound
purebred Hampshire barrow bred
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Matthew McFann, 15, Lisbon, poses his Suffolk iamb after
winning grand championship honors in 4-H and FFA sheep
fitting and showing competition at the Maryland State Fair in
Timonium. Looking on are the sheep show judge, Richard
Kuzemchak of Penn State, and Matt’s sister, Carole McFann,
19, the current Maryland Lamb and Wool Queen.
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The grand champion market hog
was a home-raised 235-pound
Hampshire-Yorkslure crossbred
barrow shown by Jeff Holloway,
13, Darlington, Harford county. It
brought $3.50 per pound from
Esskay Quality Meat Company, a
major Cast Coast meat packer,
located in east Baltimore.
Average price for 44 pigs entered
in Uie sale not counting the
grand champion was 96 cents
per pound. Last year, the average
was $1.19.
The grand champion barrow
came from a litter of 10 pigs raised
to maturity. Six of the littermates
were entered in 4-H and FFA
competition at the fair by mem
bers of two Holloway families.
Three of the littermates placed
first in their weight classes during
judging of the 4-H and FFA market
hog show; the other three finished
second or third m their respective
weight classes.
Four of the littermates
in the state fair livestock sale,
including the grand champion, and
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The Hevner brothers, JohnsviJJe,
Frederick County, and their
Suffolks continued to donunate the
4-H and FFA market lamb show at
the Maryland State Fair.
Gregory N. Hevner, 13, won
grand championship honors with a
115-pound wether, after showing
the reserve champion market
lamb in two successive previous
years.
His brother, Jeffrey S. Hevner,
17, exhibited the reserve champion
market lamb, a 120-pound wether.
Jeff had previously captured
grand champion market lamb
honors at the fair in 1975,1978,1979
and 1980.
This year, Greg sold his
champion lamb for $3.95 per pound
to the Frederick Grain and Fer
tilizer Company. Jeff sold his
reserve champion lamb for |2.50
per pound to the James K. Moxley,
Jr., family of West Friendship,
Howard county.
Susan D. Moxley, 18, West
Friendship, Howard county,
exhibited the champion pair of
market lambs in 4-H and FFA
competition this year at the
Maryland State Fair. She sold
them for |2 per pound to A.W.
Schmidt & Son, Inc., a Baltimore
abattoir.
Average price for 43 lambs
entered in the sale was $1.28 per
pound, not counting the individual
grand champion. This compared
with an average of $1.27 last year
for 39 lambs.
Tins year’s champion dairy steer
was a $,250-pound Holstein entered
by William L. Swift, 111, 14,
Monkton, Baltimore county.
Young Swift also had the reserve
champion dairy steer, a 960-pound
Holstein.
He sold his champion dairy steer
for $1.35 per pound to Thompson's
Food Market, Maryland Line,
Baltimore county. This marked the
third successive year that
Thompson’s has purchased the
winning dairy steer.
Average price for three dairy
steers in the state fair livestock
sale not counting the champion
was 75 cents per pound. This
compared with an average of 64
cents per pound for five dairy
steers in the 1981 sale. Only the
champion dairy steer was sold m
last year’s sale.
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Gregory N. Hevner, 13, Johnsvilie, poses with his 115-
pound Suffolk wether after it was named grand champion of
the 4-H and FFA market lamb show at the Maryland State
Fair inTimonium.
International Trade
Conference
HARRISBURG - "Expanding
International Trade Zones” is the
theme of the eighth annual Penn
sylvania International Trade
Conference set for the Hershey-
Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia,
Oct. 34.
According to State Agnculturee
Secretary Penrose Holloweli, the
two-day conference "provides an
excellent opportunity for
producers and prospective
agricultural exporters to exchange
ideas with industry officials who
have had success in the in
ternational marketplace."
Pennsylvania’s agricultural
exports have risen to a record |S6S
million in 1962, up from $3OO
million in 1978. Approximately 4.5
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last year.
Among the various aspects of
exporting to be covered m the
annual seminar include “Basics of
Export Marketing - Agricultural
and Food Products” scheduled for
2 p.m. on Oct. 3. The discussion will
provide insight into the vital
preliminary work involved m
developing a successful exporting
program.
Topics including financing, how
to get paid for exporting, and the
value of exhibiting in an in
ternational food show are slated
for discussion. Panel moderator
for the session is Donald Unangst,
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