Martin, Herr share Lancaster FFA roundup honors BY JACK HUBLEY NEW HOLLAND - A pair of Garden Spot High School FFA’ers found themselves sharing top honors at Lancaster County’s FFA market lamb roundup held on Wednesday at the New Holland Sales Stables. The event consisted of two shows, one for those lambs going on to the Farm Show and a second for lambs being sold following the roundup. Named champion among the lambs bound for Farm Show was a Suffolk-cross wether exhibited by Margaret Herr of Narvon. The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Herr, she purchased her winning lamb from Mark Bambury of Ohio. Lisa Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Martin of New The spoils of victory were divided between two Grassland chapter FFA exhibitors at Lancaster County's FFA sheep roundup on Wednesday night. Margaret Herr took champion honors among lambs bound for Farm Show with this Suffolk wether. Herr also showed the reserve champion sale lamb. 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Dane Fine, of David Fine Meat Packing in Pittsburgh, went home with both the grand and reserve champion lambs. Fine offered four dollars per pound for Martin’s top lamb, and paid $2.50 for Herr’s reserve. All but three of the sale’s 25 lambs brought one dollar per pound or more, with buyers paying an average of $1.23 per pound (including champions) for the 2,385 u pounds of lamb. Other volume buyers included Jack Godek, Marlboro, N.J.; Willie the Butcher, Washington Boro; and New Holland Sales Stables, who also donated the use of their auction facilities for both the show and sale. With about 40 lamb projects in progress throughout the county, Lancaster County’s Farm Show allotment for this year is 13 en trants, an increase of five over last year’s field. Listed below are the 13 FFA exhibitors chosen to compete at the Farm Show, as well as roundup sale results. 1 Margaret Herr Narvon 2 Lisa Martin New Holland 3 Molly Wise Blue Ball 4 John Spangler Lihtz 5 Clifford Horning Denver 6 Kevin Martin East Earl 7 Linda Good East Farl 8 Kevin Bollinger Lititz 9 Brian Hurst Bowmansville 10 Tony Bender New Holland 11 Dan Martin Lititz 12 Tina Strauss 13 PhilEby Ephrata 1 Lisa .Martin New Holland 2 Margaret Herr Narvon 3 Kevin Martin East Earl 4 Jeff Martin East Earl 5 Tony Bender New Holland 6 Heidi Fisher East Earl 7 Mike Middleton New Holland 8 Jeff Martin East Earl 9 Linda Good East Earl 10 Dave Fulton Adamstown Fitting 1 Margaret Herr 2 Molly Wise 3 Lisa Martin .And furnish your Hot Wator ns wall. Model Area Capability BTU/hr Sl3O 130,000 4 000 Si S 260 260 000 B 000 Sq Ft * S 500 15 000 S« 500 000 30 000 Si 1 000 000 S 1000 1 500 000 S 1500 45 000 Sq Ft construction use and insulation See your ESHLANO dialer today Farm Show Lambs Sale Lambs ESHLAND Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20,1984—A41 Named grand champion in the sale lamb class was this purebred Hampshire shown by Lisa Martin. Martin finished in ':hr it, behind the F' Shr '.la r congratulatory peck on the cheek from Allison Diffenbach at the New Holland Sales Stables on Wednesday night. Lisa is the daughter of Alan and Carol Diffenbach, of New Holland. Berry retiring in Del. DOVER, Del. - Robert C. Berry, Director of the Division of Production and Promotion with the Delaware Department of Agriculture, has announced his retirement after over 11 years with the Department. Berry was appointed to the post of Director by then-Governor Sherman Tnbbitt. He was sub sequently reappointed by Governor PierreS. duPont. Since 1979, Berry has also served as Acting Director of the Division of Standards and Inspections, and has served numerous times as Acting Secretary of Agriculture. The 67-year-old Berry graduated from the University of Delaware in 1941 and worked in the agricultural chemicals field prior to coming ROPE IN SOME EXTRA CASH! Advertise With A Lancaster Farming CLASSIFIED AD... Phone: 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 $ with state government. Berry says he leaves the Department of Agriculture “with mixed emotions I came down to rewrite some pesticide laws for a few months and lasted over 11 years,” he said. “I truly believe the Department is much better than it was 10 years ago, and I’m glad to have been a part of the positive change,” he said. Berry lives in Newark with his wife, Bee. They have 2 daughters and 4 grandchildren. Berry says Dec. 31 will be his last day of work and his plans after that are still under consideration. “I’ll do some consulting work, some gardening and civic work, and I plan to give lots of time to my grandchildren,” he said. •J
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