A 2f>—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 8,1983
BY LAURA ENGLAND
MANHEIM - Competing cross was 12-year-old Greg
against older FFA showmen and Hoover, R 3 Elizabethtown. Greg,
fellow 4-H members alike, two Hie son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
young 4-H’ers captured the overall Hoover, won the honor for the first
championship titles at the time bis three years of 4-H
Manheim Farm Show baby beef competition,
show Tuesday night. The steer, weighing in at 1,115
Earning the overall cham- pounds, won his light heavyweight
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Angus-Chianina cross, show by Jan Waltz, R 6 Manheim, as
the Manheim FFA show champion.
Barry Geib, R 4 Manhiem, receives his trophy from judge
Ted Teaford, left, for winning FFA reserve champion honors.
The 1,380 pound steer was bred by local breeders Ken
Brubaker and Elmer Stehman, Lancaster.
MANHEIM There are many this past winter and started by
ways to prepare for raising a raising four piglets in a cardboard
grand champion market hog and box in his basement.
16-year-old Bryan Hollinger “A sow of Wayne Hess, a
displayed yet another on his way to neighbor, had a litter of 17 and he
the crown at the Manheim Fair gave me the four extra,” Hollinger
Monday night. explained,
Hollinger, son of Wilbur and “We bottle-fed them every four
Elaine Hollinger, R 6 Manheim, hours for the first five weeks,
only became involved with hogs “Then, we moved them to my
Chris Chapman with reserve champion hog at Manheim
Fair.
4-H’ers capture Manheim beef honors
pionship with his Angus-Chianina
Hog project
class. Greg purchased his winner,
named Frisky, at the Harrisburg
Expo in March.
Greg said he was surprised with
his win and had no expectations of
winning the show. However,
Frisky had the qualities that judge
Ted Teaford likes to see in a beef
animal.
Teaford, a herdsman at
Devereux Soleil Farms in
Downingtown, said he likes a steer
that looks at home in the feedlot.
This quality, a medium-sized,
meaty animal, is what he saw in
his show champion.
The overall reserve champion
title went to another Angus-
Cluanina cross, a “high credibility
steer” which won the medium
weight class. The 1,085 pound
winner was shown by 11-year-old
Angela Longenecker.
Angela, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Barry Longenecker, 789
Temperance Hill Road, Lititz,
bought her steer from Jim
Foreman, a Dauphin County
breeder.
The FFA show was won by Jan
Waltz, grand champion, and Barry
Geib, reserve champion.
Jan, a junior at Manheim
Central, won the title with his
stylish, 1,100 pound light
heavyweight entry. The son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ardith Waltz, R 6
Manheim, Jan, 16, has been
showing for three years and won
the Manheim Farm Show title last
year.
pound
Showing an Angus-Chianina
steer, Jan said he chose this cross
because they grow faster and put
on weight more quickly. Since he
bought the steer a year ago from
Jim Foreman, the animal has
gained 450 pounds at a 2% daily
rate of gain.
The reserve champion title went
to the 1,380 pound heavyweight
class winner shown by Barry Geib.
Geib, 20, is the son of Clarence R.
Geib, R 4 Manheim.
Barry bought his Chianina
crossbred at the Piedmont In
vitational Sale in Frederick, Md.
The steer was bred by local
breeders Elmer Stehman and Ken
Brubaker, Harrisburg ' Pike,
Lancaster.
Following the beef judging, the
show exhibitors competed for
showmanship awards. The top
three finishers in the junior class,
ages 12 and under, were John
starts in cardboard box
sister's garage and finished
raising them to market weight.”
But his grand champion gilt at
the Manheim Fair came out of
Dutch Valley Farms and was one
of two purchased. The other wasn’t
in the top placers at the county 4-H
roundup.
Hollinger has worked for the
past couple of years at the Donald
Hershey farm. It was his first year
of hog showing at the Manheim
Fair and next year also hopes to
get into beef showing.
The 240-pound heavyweight was
selected out of the 120-hog field by
Matt Parsons, Penn State swine
specialist.
Parsons explained he was
looking for hogs that buyers and
packers would be glad to have -
displaying muscling, thickness,
leaness, but move about freely and
easily.
Reserve champion was also a
Dutch Valley hog shown by Chris
Chapman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Chapman, R 5 Manheim.
Results of the show:
LIGHTWEIGHT Class I 1 Smith Brothers 2
Karen Becker 3 Smith Brothers Class 2 1 Smith
Brothers 2 Ken Nolt 3 Lamar King Class 3 1
Shawn Haldeman 2 Floyd Huber 3 Renee
Haldeman Class 4 1 Floyd Huber 2 Karen
Becker 3 Haldeman Lightweight Champion
Shawn Haldeman Reserve Floyd Huber
MEDIUMWEIGHT Class 1 1 Chris Chapman
2 Tom High 3 Chad Folker Class 2 1 Chris
Chapman 2 Doug Musser 3 Tom High Class 3
Overall show championship honors at the Manheim Farm
Show were earned by 12-year-old Greg Hoover, R 3
Elizabethtown, and his 1,115 pound Angus-Chianina cross.
Kettering, John Hess and Gena
Bowman.
Intermediate class winners,
ages 13 to 16, were Kelly Rohrer,
Gina Nissley and Kelly Eckert.
Winning the senior class, ages 17
and over, were Jan Waltz, Lori
Good and Alida Farrington.
The top three winners in steer
competition are listed below.
Thirty-seven entries competed for
awards, with 21 in the 4-H Show
and 14 in FFA.
FFA STEER SHOW
Mediumweight
1 Doug Hoover. 2 Kelly Echert. 3 Ed Nissley
light Heavyweight
1 Jan Waltz. 2 Leon Heisey, 3 Chad Rohrer
Heavyweight
1 Barry Geib. 2 Alida Farrington. 3 Darvin
1 Tom High 2 Shawn Haldeman, 3 Laura Folker Haldeman 2 Gene Saylor 3 Barry Geib Class 6
Class 4 : Shawn Haldeman. 2 Smith Brothers 3 1 Shawn Haldeman 2 Belh Nestleroth. 3 Gwen
Duane Shelly Class 5 1 Stacy Nestleroth 2 Myer Heavyweight Champion Bryan Hollinger
Denise Haldeman, 3 Kerry Myer Class 6 1 Chris Reserve - Todd Pfheder
Chapman, 2 Stacy Nestleroth 3 Tim Ptautz Grand Champion - Bryan Hollinger Reserve -
Class 7 1 Todd Pfheder, 2 Renee Haldeman. 3 Chris Chapman
Doug Musser Class 8 1 Chris Chapman 2 PENS OF TWO - Lightweight (Class 1) 1 Barry
Sheldon Heisey, 3 Renee Haldeman Medium Geib. 2 Duane Shelly (Class 2) 1 Dennis Shelly
wewight Champion Chris Chapman Reserve - 2 Jan Waltz Mediumweight 1 Karen Becker, 2
Stacy Nestleroth Karen Becker, 3 Dennis Shelly Champion Pen -
HEAVYWEIGHT Class 1 1 Beth Nestleroth. Karen Becker Reserve Karen Becker
2 Tim Pfautz, 3 Karen Becker Class 2 Bryan SHOWMANSHIP Novice 1 Todd Pfheger, 2
Hollinger, 2 Jan Waltz. 3 Barry Geib Class 3 1 Chad Folker. 3 Laura Folker. 5 Karen Becker
Stacy Nestleroth 2 Renee Haldeman 3 Steve Intermediate 1 Shawn Haldeman, 2 Sheldon
Heisey Class 4 1 Todd Pfheder. 2 Steve Heisey. Heisey, 3 Stacy Nestleroth Senior 1 Renee
3 Denise Haldeman Class 5 1 Heather Haldeman, 2 Steve Smith. 3 TimPlautz
Bryan Hollinger with grand champion market hog at
Manheim Fair.
Myer
Grand Champion
Jan Waltz
Reserve Grand Champion
Barry Gcib
4-H STEER SHOW
Lightweight
1 John Hess, 2 Gena Bowman, 3 Michelle
Nisstey
Mediumwetght
1 Angela Longenecker. 2 Al.da Farrington. 3
Derrick Nissley
light Heavyweight
I Greg Hoover. 2 Lon Good, 3 Elizabeth Hess
Heavyweight
1 Carol Cinder, 2 Jan Waltz 3 John Kettering
Grand Champion
Greg Hoover
Reserve Grand Champion
Angela Longenecker
Overall Grand Champion
Greg Hoover
Overall Reserve Grand Champion
Angela Longenecker