D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25,1984 THOMASVILLE - The York County 4-H Swine members held their annual roundup at Thomasville Livestock Market, Thomasville on Wednesday, August 15. Ken Keterer, swine producer for Newville, was the judge for the show. The grand champion of the show was the highlight of the evening. It was a 200 pound pig fitted and showed by Gary Burgard, East Berlin sold to Abbottstown Grain and Feed for 13.50 a lb. The reserve grand champion of the show was shown by Pat Fahey, Brodbecks, and weighed 195 pounds and was sold to Hatfield Packing Co., Hatfield, PA for $1.50 alb. Arlie Combower, New Freedom, bought Timothy Jacoby’s pig, of Spring Grove. It weighed 215 pounds and sold for 78 cents a lb., then he donated it back to be resold and the animal brought 77 cents a pound, purchased by Spangler & Sprenkle and the proceeds of that sale went to the York County Meats Judging Team. The show winners are as follows: In the Lightweight Division, Class 1, Pat Fahey, Brodbecks, placed Ist; Greg Bankert, Hanover, placed 2nd; Mindy Spahr, York, placed 3rd. In Class 2, of the Lightweight Division, Greg Bankert, placed Ist; Monica Spahr, York, placed 2nd; and Morris Spahr, York, placed 3rd. In Class 3, of the Lightweight Division, Timothy Jacoby, Spring Grove, placed Ist; Pat Fahey, placed 2nd; Marcy Spahr, York, placed 3rd. The champion light weight was shown by Pat Fahey and the reserve champion light weight was Greg Bankert. In the Medium Weight Division, Class 4, Gary Burgard, placed Ist; Gus Parlett, Airville, placed 2nd; Brian Bankert, Hanover, placed 3rd. In Class 5 of the Medium Weight Division, Tim Ferrence, Spring Grove, placed Ist; Morris Spahr, York, placed 2nd; Timothy Jacoby, placed 3rd. In Class 6 of i. R'i-' Welsh Black Cattle Assoc, to come East for meeting EARLVILLE, N.Y. - Western and mid-western breeders of Welsh Black cattle will be coming east Sept. 14 and 15 for the annual meeting of the Welsh Black Cattle Association, United States, with Peter Darby of Earlville as host, assisted by his neighbors Yissakar and Jean Shwartz. The annual meeting of the Association will be Friday af ternoon September 14, at the Sh wartz’s Maple Ave. Farm. Officers will be elected, reports for the 1983- 84 year reviewed and plans made for the coming year. A per formance testing program was initiated and the first Welsh Black bull test program was conducted in Montana with the bulls sold at auction March 19 at Williston, S.D. Richard Halliday, president of the Indiana Welsh Black Cattle Association, the only state organization for the breed, is expected to report on activities, especially the Welsh Black Show at the Indiana State Fair. Peter and Margaret Darby will host an industry-wide Field Day September 15 at their Newbridge Farm as part of the Association’s annual meeting weekend. The York County 4-H holds swine roundup the Medium Weight Division, Jeff Stem, East Berlin, placed Ist; Pam Stem, East Berlin, placed 2nd; Kristine Miller, York, placed 3rd. The champion medium weight was shown by Gary Burgard and the reserve champion medium weight by Tim Ferrence. In the Heavy Weight Division, Class 7, Gary Burgard, placed Ist; Gus Parlett, placed 2nd; and Jeff Stem, placed 3rd. In Class 8 of the Heavy Weight Division, Chris Wherley, Brodbecks, placed Ist, Gus Parlett, placed 2nd, Monica Spahr, placed 3rd. In Class 9 of the Heavy Weight Division, Gary Burgard, placed Ist; Tim Ferrence, placed 2nd; Marcy Spahr, placed 3rd. The champion heavyweight was shown by Chris Wherley and the reserve heavy weight was shown by Gary Burgard. The overall grand champion was shown by Gary Burgard and the overall reserve grand champion was shown by Pat Fahey. In the Showmanship Class, in the 15 yrs. & Up class, Brian Bankert, Hanover, placed Ist; Tim Ferrence, placed 2nd; Gary Burgard placed 3rd. In the 12-14 yrs. class, Gus Parlett, placed Ist; Greg Bankert placed 2nd; Kristine Miller, York, placed 3rd. In the 8-11 yrs. class, Pat Fahey, placed Ist; Timothy Jacoby placed 2nd. The overall champion of the showmanship was Brian Bankert and the overall reserve champion of the showmanship was Gus Parlett. In the Fitting Class, in the 15 yrs. & up class, Pam Stem placed Ist, Gary Burgard, placed 2nd; Brian Bankert placed 3rd. In the 12-14 yrs. class, Kristine Miller placed Ist; Morris Spahr, York, placed 2nd; Jeff Stem, East Berlin, placed 3rd. In the 8-11 yrs. class, Timothy Jacoby, placed Ist; Pat Fahey placed 2nd. The overall champion of the Fitting Class was Kristine Miller and the overall reserve champion of the Fitting Class was Morris Spahr. Field Day portion will be jointly sponsored by the South Central Resource Conservation and Development Project and will feature forage management as well as beef cattle management. Darby began planning for this Field Day months in advance and has no-till demonstrations of switch grass, a periennial warm season prairie grass; of millet, a' warm season annual; and of' forage rape and turnip for the fall feeding season. Peter Comerford, marketing specialist with the State Department of Agriculture and Markets, and William Greene, livestock extension associate at Cornell University, are also taking part in the Field Day program. J NEED MORE room? Read The Classified bn ßeal Estate Ads Champion hog ribbons at the York 4-H swine roundup went to Gary Burgard, left, and reserve champion honors were claimed by Pat Fahey. West End Fair sells champion livestock LAURELTON - The Union County West End Fair Junior Livestock Sale was held on Thurs day, August 9. Mr. Earl Eash of New Berlin served as the auc tioneer. During the evening Union County 4-H and FFA members sold 24 market hogs, 8 steers, and 5 lambs for a total of $13,994.94. The grand champion market hog was owned by Marlene Walter of R.D. #2 Lewisburg. It was pur chased by Hatfeld Packing, of Hatfield PA. and brough $2.05 per pound. The reserve champion hog was also owned by Marlene Walter and was sold to NCB Bank of Mifflinburg. The grand champion market lamb was owned by Anthony Dietrich of R.D. 2, Mifflinburg. Farm Credit of Lewisburg pur chased the 111 lb. champion for $2.40 per pound. The reserve champion was owned by Patti Snook and was sold to Mifflinburg Bank and Trust. The grand champion market steer was exhibited by Crystal Knechel, and tipped the scales at 1110 pounds. The steer was pur chased by Tom Rippon representing McDonalds restaurant of Lewisburg for $1.60 per pound. The reserve champion Welsh Black cattle, known as the “Brood Cow Breed”, were in troduced into the United States in the late 1960’5. They have proved popular both with commercial and registered producers because of their traditional hardiness, mothering ability, and milking ability that results in calves that grow fast and efficiently and in high quality lean carcasses. Association president Max Allen of Wahkon, Minn, urges all in terested beef cattlemen to “visit the Empire State Sept. 14 and 15 and see how they produce beef cattle back east.” Information about the weekend and annual meeting may be obtained from Peter Darby, RD 1, Box 1768, Earlville, N. Y. 13332. was owned by Rodney Walter of Lewisburg. His steer weighed in at 1195 pounds and was sold to Farm Bureau of Mifflinburg. These two steers were also the grand and reserve grand champions of the FFAShow. In addition to animals sold by the Union County 4-H and FFA, there Grand champion market steer at this year's Union County West End Fair was owned by Crystal Knechel of Millmont. The steer was purchased by Tom Rippon of McDonald’s Restaurants in Lewisburg. Marlene Walter of Lewisburg sold her grand champion market hog to Hatfield Packing Co. were 5 dairy steers donated by area farms to help benefit the Livestock Barn Building Fund. The grand champion dairy steer was owned by Daniel and Donald Spangler of Harmony Springs Farm and was sold to Ernest Snook of R.D. #3 Mifflinburg. The sale of these dairy steers raised $4,674.
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