DlO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,1984
Cousins top Berks County FFA Swine Show
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
LEESPORT The top spots at
the recent Berks County FFA
Market Hog Show and Sale went to
a pair of cousins from R 2 Elverson.
From the Twin Valley FFA
Chapter, Rod Stoltzfus, R 2
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the Berks County FFA Swine Show. He is shown with judge
Kenneth Winebark, of Lebanon County Extension.
belongs to Nelson Beam, R 2 Elverson.
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Tammy Balthaser, of Hamburg.
Elverson, with his 230-pound
market swine, garnered the Grand
Championship trophy and ribbons.
Nelson Beam, his cousin and also
neighbor, took the reserve
championship at the show on
Wednesday, Aug. 1.
Judging the event, Kenneth
Winebark, associate agent for
Lebanon County and previous
coach of the Penn State Livestock
Judging Team, stated, “these pigs
are really good on the top end.”
“I’m pretty proud of this set of
pigs,” he continued. “They
maintained a high degree of ef
ficiency.” The champion, ac
cording to Winebark was “a really
long, meaty kind of a barrow.”
The buyer for Hatfield Packing
also liked what he saw as he
purchased 12 of the market hogs,
in addition to bidding the top dollar
for the grand and reserve chqpi
pions. The champion sold for $2.85
at the sale held that evening for a
total dollar value for his owner of
$669.75. The reserve champion sold
for $1.60, also on the bid from Jerry
Clemens of Hatfield Packing. The
champions brought the average of
the 54 hogs selling to 65 cents a
pound.
“Our company this year will
support between 50 to 60 of these
sales in Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, and New York,”
Clemens stated about Hatfield
Packing. “We do it mainly to keep
the kids interested in raising
livestock. We tend to support the
whole sale,” he continued. A buyer
with the company for the last 15
years, Clemens says that he enjoys
this way of rewarding the youth for
all the time and work put into their
livestock projects.
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TROY The grand champion
market lamb sold for $6.00 a pound
at an auction held at the Troy Fair
4-H and FFA Sheep Show on July
25. Marx Brothers, Shrewsbury,
N.J., purchased the 116-pound
lamb from Richard Powell, Rome.
The 95-pound reserve champion
brought $3.25 a pound for its owner,
Melissa Horton, Ulster. Roger and
Carole Hickok were the pur
chasers.
The remaining fifteen lambs in
the sale sold at prices ranging
from $2.75 to $2.00 a pound.
Both the grand and reserve
champion market pigs were owned
and shown by Betsy Cumbring,
East Canton. Troy Meat Plant paid
$5.25 a pound for the 220-pound
first-place animal while Lynn
Chubbuck of Farm Credit picked
up the tab for the 210-pound
reserve at $3.25. The third place
pig, at 212 pound, owned by Gail
Campbell, Milan, was purchased
by Judson’s Inc., Columbia
Crossßoads, at $1.25.
The sale of the 17 market lambs
was a highlight of the annual 4-H
and FFA Sheep Show and Wool
Day, an annual event at the Troy
Fair. The sale attracted buyers
from a wide area. For the first
time, the show was managed by
the Bradford County 4-H.
Robert Shaylor, president of
Robert M. Shaylor Sales, of Troy,
and Bennett, N.Y., who served as
auctioneer, said he was pleased at
the good price paid for the top
lamb. Shaylor was assisted in his
duties by Robert Garrison.
In addition to the sale of the
market lambs, breeding stock
owned by the youth was judged for
conformation and fitting during
the day.
Also, demonstrations of working
sheep dogs were performed by the
Walt Jagger family of Hop Bottom,
who put their four Border Collies
through an intricate set of exer
cises.
The proper procedure for
shearing sheep was demonstrated
by Tom Horton, of Ulster.
Demonstrations of crafts
According to Nelson Beam,
owner of the reserve grand
champion purchased by Hatfield,
“we really appreciate his sup
port.” Beam is the 21-year-old son
of Omar and Ruth Beam. A student
at Penn State majoring in animal
production, Beam plans to use the
proceeds from this sale towards
his college expenses. Showing pigs
since he was eight years old, Beam
credits his father’s breeding stock
for his success. “My dad has good
pigs,” he states about his father’s
pig farm.
The grand champion hog of Rod
Stoltzfus also comes from home
bred stock. From his father, J.
Wilmer Stoltzfus’ farrow-to-finish
operation, Rod gets to pick his
future projects.
“I look for length, muscle, and
size,” the 17-year-old youth says.
Sixteen exhibitors representing
seven FFA chapters showed their
hogs for the placings in fitting and
showmanship and the market hog
classes. Trophies were donated by
Elton Muth, Alburtis, The Eastern
Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Association, and One-Way Farms,
Kempton. Other buyers who
supported the sale included: Ed
Fishbum, R 3 Wernersville; Ben
Martin, R 1 Denver; Kenneth
Leiby, R 2 Hamburg; Leesport
Auction, Herfurth Brothers,
Gilbert; Newswengers Lun
cheonette, Leesport; Daniel
MosWler R 1 Morgantown;
Troy
are big success
sales
associated with the use of wool
were held throughout the day in a
tent near the arena.
Owners and purchasers of the
other lambs:
John Saylor, Towanda 91#,
purchased by Tom Thiede at $2.25;
Nichole Eastman, Rome, 110#,
purchased by Leona Meat Plant at
$2.25; Kelly Smith, Wyalusing, 92#,
purchased by Leona Meat Plant at
$2.25; Kim Stewart, Rome, 116#,
purchased by Formula I Feeds at
$2.75; Ruth Ann Saylor, Towanda,
68# purchased by Utica Veal,
Utica, N.Y.,at52.00.
Karrie Bowen, Rome, 116#,
purchased by Leona Meat Plant at
$2.25; Stephen Saylor, Towanda,
67#, purchased by Rockwell’s Feed
See additional
Fair livestock
Betsy Crumbring showed the Grand Champion market hog
at Troy Fair. With her is buyer Don Bastion of Troy Meats.
George Fry, R 2 Douglassville;
Oscar Baumer, Herndon; and
Morgantown Feeds, Ri
Morgantown.
Top three placers in the classes
of competition:
Grand Champion Rod Stoltztus R 2 Elverson
Twin Valley
Reserve Champion Nelson Beam R 2 Elverson
Twin Valley
Lightweight. 170 to 250
I Henry Seidel R 1 Lenhartsville, Hamburg 2
Greg Strieker R 1 Bernville Hamburg 3 Mark
Rohrbach R 1 Shoemakersville Hamburg
Light Medkimweight 210 to 215
1 Henry Seidel Rl Lenhartsville, Hamburg 2
Greg Strieker Rl Bernville Hamburg 3 Henry
Seidel
Medium Mediumweight. 220
1 2 Nelson Beam R 2 Elverson Twin Valley 3
Kirk Fisher RlOley Oley Valley
Heavy Mediumweight 225 to 235
I Tammy Balthaser Rl Bernville Hamburg 2
Nelson Beam 3 Rod Stoltztus R 2 Elverson Twin
Valley
Heavy Mediumweight. 225 to 235
1 3 Rod Stoltztus R 2 Elverson Twin Valley 2
Charles Seidel Rl Lenhartsville Hamburg
Light Heavyweight 240
1 2 Nedlsonßeam 3 Charles Seidel
Medium Heavyweight. 250 to 260
1 Susie Burkhart RI Mohnton Twin Valley 2
Andy Murphy R 2 Kempton Kurtztown 3 Henry
Seidel
Super Heavyweight. Over 260
12 3 Steve Rohrbach Rl Shoemakersville
Hamburg
Showmanship • Senior
1 Nelson Beam 2 Rod Stoltzfus 3 Mark
Rohrbach RI Shoemakersville Hamburg
Showmanship Junior
1 Steve Rohrbach 2 Tammy Balthaser Ri
Bernville Hamburg 3 Susie Burkhart
Grand Champion Showman Nelson Beam
Reserve Champion Showman Steve Rohrbach
Fitting Junior Division
1 Tammy Balthaser 2 Steve Rohrbach 3 Susie
Burkhart
Fitting Senior Division
1 Kirk Fisher Oley Valley 2 Nelson Beam 3
Mark Rohrbach Hamburg
Champion Fitter Tammy Balthaser Hamburg
Reserve Champion Fitter Kirk Fisher Oley Valley
Mill at $2.50; Brian Bowen, Rome,
98# purchased by Leona Meat
Plant at $2.25; Kimberly Smith,
Wyalusing, 83#, purchased by
Robert Rathbun at $2.25; Joanna
Pricker, Leßaysville, 118#, pur
chased by Leona Meat Plant at
$2.00.
Teresa Gobea, Columbia
Crossßoads, 91#, purchased by
Judson’s Inc. at $2.25; Myron
Eastman, Rome, 108#, purchased
by Leona Meat Plant at $2.00; Jeff
Seflcer, Wyalusing, 86#, purchased
by Leona Meat Plant at $2.00; Jim
Eastman, Rome, 128#, purchased
by Leona Meat Plant, at $2.00;
Kerry Smith, Wyalusing, 96#,
purchased by Crossßoads
Equipment, at $2.25.
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