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BY J<)HN SCHMIDT
Staff Correspondent
HOWARD COUNTY - Selection
of the new queen for 1984
helped start this year’s festivities
at the annual Sheep & Wool
Festival held on the weekend of
May 5. The new queen is Jubee
Fischer of Montgomery County,
Md. She competed among a
talented field of young ladies
displaying her prowess at both
public speaking and handmade
wool items. Jubee will represent
the Maryland Sheep Breeders
Association at many fairs and
functions later this year to
promote lamb and wool.
The Sheep and Wool Festival
itself proved to be a larger, ex
panded version compared with
previous years. Festival chair
person Mary Streaker indicated
that the two day event held in early
May each year may have exceeded
10,000 in attendance as opposed to
approximately 8,000 people in 1983.
Exhibitors and enthusiasts
traveled from many areas of
Maryland and the northeastern
region of the United States. New
exhibits included a Fine Arts
division for paintings and
tapestries depicting sheep, and
also an adult sheep judging con
test.
The Maryland Sheep and Wool
Festival is fortunate to have the
spacious facilities of the Howard
County, Maryland fairgrounds. All
of the numerous displays and
activities had plenty of area for
interesting and pleasing presen-
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Fleece at the festival.
tations. Some notable continuous
displays attracted large crowds
periodically. Weavers, spinners
and crafts people highlighted
exhibits covering many sheep and
wool related activities.
Those in attendance could
purchase a wide variety of items
varying from fleeces, sheepskins,
vests and sweaters, to handmade
brooms, prints, watercolors and
educational pamphlets.
An established or future sheep
breeder could also find virtually all
equipment and information
regarding sheep care and han
dling. Top sheep people from
across the state were on hand to
assist with educational and in
formation booths and other festival
functions. There is always a spirit
of enthusiasm and cooperation at
all phases of the festival.
Throughout Saturday and
Sunday, contests and competitions
pleased crowds both in and out
doors. The long wool sheep show
attracted numerous participants in
the white and colored wool
divisions. The white wool show
consisted of 34 exhibitors with 134
sheep. The premier exhibitor was
Jeffrey Ruppert of Union Bridge,
Md.
One hundred seventy-seven
colored sheep were shown by
thirty-six exhibitors with premier
honors going to Rolling Meadow
Farm of Dickerson, Md
A carcass contest was also held
and the top carcass came from
Hope’s Hampshire Farm of
Knoxville, Md. During the annual
feeder lamb sale, Troy Ness of
Dallastown, Pa. took top honors for
the champion pen and individual.
He also had the highest selling
lamb at $185.00.
Many sheep breeders par
ticipated in the fleece competition.
Two hundred, thirty-three fleeces
were entered and judged as Wayne
Ohlssen of Vermont received
champion with a black fleece. One
thousand, thirty-two pounds of
fleece were sold privately during
the festival for a respectable
average $2.32 per pound.
The annual 4-H/FFA sheep
judging contest saw Howard
County place first in junior and
senior divisions of team com
petition. Individual winners in
cluded: Brian Etzer, Frederick
County, Junior; Donna Biggs,
Howard County, Senior; and Troy
Ness, Dallastown, Pa. winner in
the new adult division.
Other contests included sheep
shearing for novices and
professionals, a Maryland “Make
It With Wool” promotion,
Maryland Grand Lamb Cookoff,
Sheep to Shawl and Sheep Dog
trials that spanned both days.
The festival has food booths with
all types of lamb dishes and
recipes and free samples as in the
case of the Grand I,amb Cook Off
Each year there are new and
improved activities at the Md.
Sheep and Wool Festival that make
it very worthwhile to attend.