A3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,1984
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Picking show winner
(Continued from Page Al)
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ardith Waltz of
Manheim, showed this year’s
grand champion market steer,
winning the heavy-weight class, as
well.
A member of the Red Rose Beef
Club, Waltz’s other victories in
clude reserve champion at last
year’s Farm Show, and grand
champion honors at the Keystone
International that same year. Also
last year, the young cattleman
took reserve champion junior
yearling heifer honors at the
Northeast Regional Preview Show
in New Jersey, and showed the 1982
champion FFA steer at the
Manheim Fair,
This year’s show champion,
aptly named Champ, came from
Spring Meadows Ranch in
Manheim. Although Waltz con
fesses that he likes the personal
service accompanying a private
transaction, he notes that many
fine animals are available at club
sales.
How does Jan go about picking a
potential winner? First of all, he
likes to go with an April calf,
making his selection in September
or October. Picking a younger calf
is a little like buying “a pig in a
poke”.
“If you go much younger than six
months,” he cautions, “you really
can’t tell how they’ll turn out.”
On the subject of what qualities
to look for, Jan asserts, “I like to
see some thickness, along with a
level rump. If a steer doesn’t have
a level rump as a calf, he never
will.”
“I also look for long, smooth
muscles, a Idng body, smooth
shoulders, and long cannon
bones,” he states, adding that
prospective buyers should look to
the animal’s ancestry for clues to
the steer’s potential size.
One point Jan stresses is that you
don’t win at the Farm Show
singlehandedly. “It takes a lot of
parental support,” Waltz
acknowledges, “because it’s hard
to work cattle by yourself.”
10TH ANNUAL
PUBLIC AUCTION
SATURDAY, APRIL 28,1984
Sale Starts at 9:30 a.m. Sharp!
Sale Site
GARDEN SPOT AUCTION
Just Off Route 322 at Lincoln, PA
TRUCKS
NEW 1984 m MOO Cummins 13 speed air ride
P/S, A/C, new 11/24.5 tires, Bodd wheels,
long wheel base, single hunk.
1982 F-4370 400 Cummins 13SP 40,000 lb. rears 216” w.b. Duno papers
available 11/24.5 rubber, 1981IH F-4370 Eagle 3406 cat. engine 15 spd. trans
40,000 lb. rears P/S, A/C under 180,000 miles 11/24.5 rubber; 1971 GMC V 6, 3
cmpts. 2600ga1. tank wagon, 20” rbr. excellent condition; 1971 R Model 685
237 Maxidine SSP 10x20 rubber; 1974 U Model 686 300 Maxidine SSP Mack
rears and suspension 10x20 rubber, 1973 Peterbilt COE 425 Cat. 12 SP O.D.
trans 411 rears 11/24.5 rubber; 1969 Int. single axle wrecker 2 SP gas; 1964
Ford 2SP axle gas, w/side-o-matic block unloader 12’ bed, 14’ boom out
riggers; 1966 Chevrolet stake body w/water tank VBlox2o rubber; 1977 Int.
single axle tractor 220 Cummins 10x20 rubber; 1976 White road boss 11/24.5
rubber Cummins wet line; 1966 GMC cab/over 238 Detroit single axle; 1976
White Road Boss 290 Cummins jake brake 13 SP RTO 3800 sdq Hendrickson
susp. 22” radial rubber wet line; 1969 WHITE FREIGHT LINER BV7I
engine, w/RTO 910 trans, SQHD 411 rears, 38000 lb. 20” radials; 1979 F6OO
Mach 237 55P138 w/b2O” rubber.
1979 #125 JD Skid Loader, pilot forks and 2 buckets; 1979 neckover
gooseneck 16’ dump trailer; 1979 Fruehauf dump trailer 30’ box on 32’
frame 22” rubber bathtub type, air gate, 1977 Ravens 40’ flat w/sides and
tarp spread axle air ride, 1 Centerville 9 ton 3 axle tag-a-long, (2) 36’ Gindy
flat trailers w/permanent sides 20” rubber, 1974 44’ drop deck special
construction new floor 10x15 rubber air ride, 35’ Strick trailer 10x20 rubber,
Heil 28’ 4600 gal. stainless steel tanker 1 compartment w/baffles 20”
rubber, 28’ Hill dump trailer 10x10” rubber, 17’ MGS 2 axle utility trailer,
10’ E 2 utility trailer 2 axle, 38’ trailer w/tag axle 20” rubber spare parts
included, 1977 Great Dane 40’.
TIRES
300 NEW, RECAPPED AND USED TRUCK TIRES
New 11/24.5 Radial lug and regular tread, New Bandag caps on Radial and
Bias casings, Used 825x15 low boy radials, used 1100/20 tires, New 1000x22
and 1000x20 radial tubes, New 1000x22 General steering tires, 15/22.5
Radial casings, (2) 1000x20 Summit tires, (3) 1000x20 Radial caps, (4)
11/24.5 Radial caps.
He also credits Cliff Orley of
Keystone Cattle Service, county
agent Chet Hughes, and former
Lancaster livestock agent Max
Smith, with giving him a good
foundation in the cattle business.
Like Jan Waltz, 16-year-old Sue
Falvey is quick to credit others for
their behind-the-scenes help.
The Falvey’s raise a 60-head
flock of Dorset, Suffolk and
Rambouillet cross sheep on their
, Bedford farm, and the young Farm
Show winner thanks her parents,
as well as her winning animal’s
breeder, Ronnie Miller, for helping
in the selection of her grand
champion market lamb.
A five-year veteran of the show
ring, Sue’s big win came during
her second year at the Farm Show.
Although her lamb was the only
black animal in the market lamb
class, Falvey doesn’t feel that the
distinctive color influenced the
Judge’s selection.
Sue selects for the “athletic”
look, regardless of color. She does
feel that heavier hind quarters are
a good indication of a winner.
Falvey makes her selection in
July or August and prefers a lamb
bom in late May. She stresses that
spending the most money is not
necessarily a shortcut to the
championship, and the lamb must
look good, regardless of price.
Unlike Jan and Sue, Juanita
Kennedy won her grand cham
pionship with a home-grown entry.
Miss Kennedy’s Hampshire-Duroc
cross was judged the best of the 200
market swine entered at the Farm
Show.
Kennedy’s other wins include
grand champion showman and
fitter at the 1982 Washington
County Fair, as well as grand
champion fitter again last year.
She was also named grand
champion showman and fitter at
the 1982 West Alexander Fair.
Juanita credits her father, John
D. Kennedy, a hog farmer for the
past five years, with helping her to
select her show pigs. She likes to
make her selection between
TRAILERS
September and November, and
this year’s winner was bom August
24.
For those interested in going all
the way in hog competition,
Juanita recommends choosing a
long pig with firm but not fatty
hams.
Though Juanita pays little at
tention to color, she asserts that
one of the most important qualities
for a winning pig is leanness.
So that’s what some of this
year’s winners have to say on the
subject of choosing a champion
class animal. Though each com
petitor has his own set of criteria.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 28th -1:00 P.M.
BEDFORD FAIRGROUNDS, BEDFORD, PA.
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KENNETH & HELEN SWEENEY
Auctioneers Gele L. Derr & Associates
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LUNCH
1984