Berks Beef Club learns fitting
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
READING The Berks County
4-H Beef Club’s spring show turned
into a day of demonstrations and
discussions for the 13 participating
members.
Instead of competing against
each other in fitting and showing
their animals, the 4-Hers learned
the proper fitting and showing
techniques they will need for the
upcoming show season.
Held in the dairy barn at the
Fairgrounds Square Mall,
Reading, on May 19th, the “Spring
Show” was sponsored by the
parents and leaders of the beef
club. All members were invited to
bring their steers to be freeze
branded for the Farm Show,
wormed,' and implanted when the
demonstrations were over.
This spring meeting is held
annually in May to provide a
proper start for the 4-Hers with
their new project steers. Ac
cording to the leaders, this season
is particularly helpful to first-year
members who are unsure of the
proper methods to fittings and
showing their animals.
“It’s basically to get the guys in
gear for the fairs,” said Lloyd
Zook, president of the leaders.
Each steer is also freeze
branded in order for the members
to qualify their animals for the
Farm Show by the June Ist
deadline. The club also sponsors a
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weight gain contest each year and
awards for the greatest weight
gain by roundup are given to 4-
Hers at the annual banquet. At this
meeting each steer is weighed and
it is recorded for this contest. For
the advantage of the members,
leaders worm and implant the
steers if the 4-Her requests.
“Fitting doesn’t start when you
get to the fair,” began Ted
Teaford, the instructor for the day.
Teaford currently works as the
Field Representative for Albrights
Mill. A graduate of Penn State, he
was on the Livestock Judging
Team and now judges beef and
hogs at shows and fairs in his spare
time. Teaford gained much ex
perience with livestock as herd
sman at Devereux Farms,
Downingtown, where he worked
almost two years.
“I don’t like to see a lot of
ingredients going into a hair coat
to make it look better,” Teaford
continued. “Keep everything
natural. Don’t go to all lengths
buying all that stuff. It’s not
needed,” he added.
Teaford maintained that if a
steer was properly fed and raised,
the 4-Her would not have to work
as hard once he arrived at the fair.
“I try to stress a natural ap
pearance,” he stated and said that
he looks for a bloom to the coat.
Teaford also advised clipping an
animal ten days to two weeks
before a show so that any clipper
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have their animals clean. Then,
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After Teaford’s demonstration,
younger members were teamed
with the three older members,
Greg Zook, Karen Rabenold, and
Kenianne Rarick. With a steer for
each team, the older 4-Hers helped
the new members fit the animal.
When the fitting was completed,
the older juniors showed the steers
in front of Teaford as he pointed
out showmanship techniques.
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.animal to his best advantage in
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asked many questions on
showmanship as the three older 4-
Hers paraded the steers in front of
Teaford.
After the demonstrations, lunch
was provided by the leaders and
the afternoon continued with the
freeze-branding and weighing in of
project animals.
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