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Ken Emery took home the reserve champion heavyweight
trio exhibited by David Howe. Emery made the purchase for
Economy Locker of Pennsdale.
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At this year’s Chester-Delaware 4-H Pig Show Sue
Burkhart’s grand champion went for $4.35 per pound to Ken
Emery of Emery's Buying Station. The pig was purchased for
Earl Adams of Morgantown Feed.
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BY JACK HUBLEY
LANCASTER - A York-
Hampshire cross owned by
Mohnton 4-H’er Sue Burkhart took
top honors at the Chester-
Delaware 4-H Pig Show held last
Friday at Vintage Sales Stables in
Paradise.
And leading off the sale staged
on Saturday morning, the 235-
pound grand champion brought a
championship bid from Ken
Emery of Emery’s Buying Station
who represented Earl Adams of
Morgantown Feed and took the
porker home for $4.35 per pound.
No newcomer to 4-H com
petition, 14-year-old Sue Burkhart
logged her first grand champion
win at the Chester-Delaware event
in 1979. The daughter of Richard
and Nancy Burkhart; Sue bought
her winning entry from David
Glass of Ridgewood Farms in
Birdsboro.
And right on Burkhart’s heels,
taking reserve champion honors
was another Chester County 4-
H’er, 14-year-old Mike Stoltzfus of
Elverson.
Weighing in at 230 pounds, Mike’s
homegrown York-Duroc reserve
champion was sold to Doug
Clemens of Hatfield Packing
Company for $2.75 per pound.
The son of J. Wilmer and Laurell
Stoltzfus, Mike’s 4-H career has
spanned seven years. Also named
this year’s Chester County
champion junior showman, Mike
has tallied four reserve cham
pionship wins at this show.
In trio competition, the three
lightweight entries exhibited by
Elverson’s Allison Bums were
tapped for grand champion honors.
Hatfield Packing was again on
hand to pay the top bid of 80 cents
per pound for the total of 635
pounds of pork.
The reserve champion trio,
exhibited by David Howe of
Downingtown, went to Ken Emery
buying tor Economy Locker of
Pennsdale. Emery’s bid for the 710
pounds of pork topped all others at
70 cents per pound.
In Friday night’s showmanship
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competition, champions and
reserve champions were
recognized from each of the two
participating counties.
Chester County’s champion
senior showman was Lois
Bagshaw of Gap, with Mohnton’s
Bob Bell holding down the reserve
champion slot.
For grand champion junior
showman it was Mike Stoltzfus,
with Jill Burkhart named reserve
champion.
Delaware County’s two top
showmen were Jan Schrader in the
senior division and Rebecca
Doug Clemens of Hatfield Packing Company paid $2.75 per
pound to own Mike Stoltzfus's reserve grand champion York-
Duroc cross.
ts top porker
Adams in junior competition.
Senior and junior reserve
champions were David Schroder
and Mark Umberger, respectively.
By sale’s end, a total of $15,963.80
had been spent for the 90 Chester
and Delaware County pigs. The
average price for a pound of show
pork was 77 cents, or 70 cents not
including premium prices offered
for the champions.
Along with Hatfield, Morgan
town Feed and Economy Locker
competing for the 4-H animals was
Habbersett Bros., Inc., of Meadia,
a new supporter of the Chester
County 4-H program.
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