BY LAURA ENGLAND FARM SHOW Showing their favorite cattle breeds, 4-H and FFA youth competed in strong form Thursday during the Junior Beef Breeding Show at the 68th annual Farm Show. The youth competed in Angus, n & o —.ue judg' joggs and, from left, Pa. Angus Queen Julie Myers, Roberta White and Catherine White stand with the Junior Angus champion, W Sky Wendy. Crysi her sister Carla, at halter, who won the Junior Charolais title with her heifer, Derby's Jane 21 18. Princess Ann jtu. champion, JPH Dutchal Miss. Youth show strong in junior beef contest Charolais, Chianina, Hereford, the Super Cow Classic in Virginia. member of the Ginger Inn 4-H yearling entry, Len Rail Melody Shorthorn and Simmental classes. A member of the Chester County Club, Washington County. 82, won reserve honors. Winning the Angus champion 4-H Beef Club, Catherine joined the Shorthorn grand champion and ' Sally Messick’s summer heifer title was Catherine White of club last June. The Farm Show reserve champion honors went to yearling, MF Miss Superstar P 35, 30 Stoney Lane, Nottingham, with was her first major beef show Kemanne Rarick, of R 2 Reading. was awarded grand champion in her junior calf entry, W Sky Wendy competition. A member of the Berks County 4-H the Simmental heifer class. Sally, 1. Catherine, 15, bought her Reserve Angus heifer honors Beef Club, Kenianne’s summer °f Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, champion as a cow-calf pair from went to Ernest R. Fry 11, of R 2 yearling, KRF Candice, was > s a member of the Dauphin County 1 Quarryville. A member of the named champion, while her senior (Turn to Page A 33) J/Kjk S Lancaster County 4-H Beef Club, aP*®» Ernest shared the title with his J »i j * f summer yearling heifer, Twin nSfflffv f !’ j OaksKyma. ' ITTLa / ' Champion Charolais heifer || ! f honors were earned by Carla ." $ | 1 -"V| I Loraine Clutter, of R 1 Prosperity, 4 and her summer yearling heifer, ’ * Derby’s Jane 2118. The champion I was purchased from the Derby t Farm in Louisville, Ky. Twelve-year-old Carla, a member of the Washington County 4-H Beef Club, also took the reserve champion title with her bred and owned entry, 4C Eve. LVF Princess Ann, a summer yearling exhibited by Eugene Moore of R 1 Warriors Mark, was named the champion Chianina female. A member of the State College FFA Chapter, Eugene bought his animal from Lake View Farm in East Berlin. The heifer is one of five Chianinas that he owns. The reserve honors went to Gregg Christman Jr., of Sollen berger Road, Chambersburg and his senior yearling, Whitewood Miss 4412. Gregg is a member of the Chambersburg FFA Chapter. John P. Hausner’s homebred junior yearling heifer, JPH Dut chal Miss, was named the champion Hereford female. John, 13, is a member of the York County 4-H Beef Club and has been showing cattle for 7 years. He currently owns a herd of 12 polled Herefords. Winning reserve honors in the Hereford class was Jacqueline Kirschner, of R 2 Monongahela, and her junior calf, SJF Miss Dancer 21R. Jacqueline is a Junior Chianina champion, LVF . poses with his Hereford female ‘Champ ’ BY LAURA ENGLAND FARM SHOW - When Jan Waltz named his steer “Champ,” he had no idea that the animal would live up to its name - and in a very big way. A young cattleman from Manheim, Lancaster County, Jan captured the grand champion title at the Junior Beef Steer Show held during the Farm Show Thursday. Named the heavyweight class winner, the champion weighed 1330 pounds. Jan, a junior at Manheim Central and a member of the Red Rose 4-H Beef Club, purchased his winner from the Spring Meadows Ranch. Champ is an Angus- Chianma-Charolais-Hereford cro ss. The reserve grand champion title was earned by Greg Davis of R 4 Coatesville, Chester County. Greg’s 1225-pound Angus-cross was also the champion of the light heavyweight class. Michelle Dean of R 1 Strasburg, Lancaster County, and her 1250- pound entry were the reserve winners in the light heavyweight class. In the lightweight division, Jason Kutz, of R 4 Carlisle, Cumberland bounty, won the championship title. His steer weighed 1085 pounds. Michelle Nissley, of El Mt Joy, Lancaster County, earned the reserve spot with her 1140- pound steer. The middleweight champion title went to Cathy Shive, of El Seven Valleys, York County. Cathy’s steer weighed 1205 pounds. The reserve title was won by Kenianne Eanck, of E 2 Reading, Berks County, and her 1185-pound steer. Jan Waltz’s grand champion steer took the heavyweight division championship. The (Turn to Page A 33) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14.19M-A27 Kenianne Rarick and her heifer, KRF Candice, stand in the ".If M Sally Messick with her Simmental heifer Champion MF Miss Superstar P 35. lives up to his name Jan Waltz and his grand champion steer are congratulated by Jan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ardith Waltz, and secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowed. Greg Davis, at halter, with his reserve champion market steer. Z 5 *
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