B2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3,1984
ALLENTOWN - Livestock
entries from Bucks, Carbon,
Lehigh, Montgomery, Nor
thampton and Schuylkill Counties
vied for top honors at the 44th
Eastern Pennsylvania 4-H Beef
and Lamb Sale on Saturday, Oct.
20 at the Allentown Fairgrounds.
Debra Krause of Lehigh County
exhibited the . grand champion
steer which weighed in at 1,206
pounds. The buyer, Danny George
of George’s Foodliner, Bethlehem,
paid $3.10 per pound for the
champion.
Daniel Berghold, Northampton
County, showed the reserve grand
champion steer weighing 1,180
pounds and was sold for $2.40 per
pound. The buyer was Danny
George.
The champion light weight steer
weighing 1,013 pounds sold for $1
per pound and was bought by
Lehigh Valley Hospital Center,
Allentown. The steer was exhibited
by Phil McMahon, Montgomery
County. Margret Schultz, Mon
tgomery County, showed the
- _ his grand
champion lamb. With him at left is buyer Danny George of
George’s Foodliner.
Uncaster 4*H dairy winners recognized
QUARRYVILLE - The table
was heavily laden with awards
before the evening program began,
and Lancaster County Dairy 4-
H’ers hovered around to glimpse a
name or two on the engraved
trophies. This was their night of
recognition for the summer’s ef
forts - caring for and showing
their dairy projects.
Dairy project record winners earned their awards at the Lancaster County 4-H Dairy
Banquet Friday, Oct. 26. in the front row, left to right, are: Robbie Fox; Scott Hess, top
individual; Cindy Gordon; Judy Rohrer; Janice Garber, runner-up; and Dan Welk. In the
back are: Susan Hess; Helen Arrowsmith; Karen Shertzer, and Tom Arrowsmith.
Eastern 4-H Beef and
reserve champion light weight
steer, weighing 1,007 pounds and
was purchased by Danny George,
forsl per pound.
The champion medium weight
steer, weighing 1,065 pounds, sold
for $1 per pound and was bought by
Karl Reichstatder, Lehighton. The
steer was exhibited by Dawn
Zimmerman, Carbon County.
Dwaine Shultz, Northampton
County, showed the reserve
medium weight champion steer,
weighing 1,070 pounds and was
purchased by Danny George for $1
per pound.
The grand champion individual
lamb, weighing 109 pounds, was
sold at $3.50 per pound to Danny
George. It was owned by Andy
Wagner, Northampton County.
The grand champion pair of lambs,
exhibited by Jon Eric Miller,
Northampton County, was pur
chased by Danny George. The fair
of lambs weighed 202 pounds and
sold at $l.BO per pound.
Bill Scott, Berks county, showed
the reserve grand champion lamb
The dairy awards were
distributed all-round to the 4-H’ers
on Friday, October 26, at the
Lancaster County 4-H Dairy
Banquet, held at the Solanco
Fairgrounds in Quarryville. The
Kids and Rows 4-H Dairy Club
hosted the evening awards
banquet.
The 4-H’ers were rewarded for
Umb Sale draws entries from six counties
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Diane Krause (right) shows the grand champion steer for owner Debra Krause of
Slatington. Danny George of George's Foodliner, Bethlehem, purchased the champion.
and was sold to Zettlemoyer
Auction, Fogelsville, at $1.15 per
pound. The lamb weighed 115
pounds. The reserve grand
champion pair of lambs, shown by
Andy Wagner, and weighing 206
pounds, was purchased by Danny
George for $1.20.
The champion light weight lamb
was purchased by Wood Food
Service, Allentown, for $l.Ol per
pound. The lamb weighed 91
pounds and was exhibited by
Dwaine Schultz.
The Reserve light weight
champion lamb, weighing 94
pounds, was sold at 90 cents per
pound to Bob Yapsuga, Whitehall.
It was owned by Phil McMahon.
The reserve medium weight
champion lamb, weighing 108
pounds, was sold at $1 per pound to
Berks-Lehigh Farm Credit,
Fogelsville. It was owned by
Steven Wessner, Lehigh County.
The reserve heavy weight
champion lamb, weighing 127
pounds was sold at $.90 per pound
to Barringer Brothers, Richland
town. It was owned by Jon Eric
Miller.
The sale and a show on Friday,
their dairy activities throughout
the summer, in exhibiting
champions in the 4-H shows and in
showing and fitting, dairy bowl,
and dairy judging contests. In
addition, project record winners
were announced for the first time
on Friday evening.
The proud winner of the top
project record honors was Scott
were conducted by the
Agricultural Extension Service,
with the county agents of the six
counties in charge. The auc
tioneers were Peter Krall and
Ralph Zettlemoyer.
Other buyers at the sale were
Easton Hospital, Peters Brothers,
James V. Bums, Susan Kaomarik,
Chestnut Logs Restaurant, Krause
Farms, Wayne’s Dry Goods;
Western Auto, D & J Enterprises,
Don Moss, Frank Solondge, A 1
Schaedel, and Agway, Inc.
Paul Hower, Ontelaunee Lions,
Harold Fabian, Herring Brothers,
John Scholl, John Aimer, Leslie
Urable, William Harris, Tom
Cnstman, John Carlson, Peter
Krall, Wayne Wessner, Thomas
Klucik, Edwin Roberts, Lazarus
Farm Market, Heusseman’s Farm
Equipment, Charles Bromm,
Reality Center, and Donald
Theyken were also buyers
Average price per pound of the
steers with the grand champion
included was $1.13 per pound;
Without the top two, the average
was $l.Ol per pound. Last year’s
averages were 89 cents and 76
cents.
Rotating trophies for the animal best owned and bred in
each breed were presented to: Max Brommer, Ayrshire;
Janice Garber, Guernsey; Helen Arrowsmith, Jersey; Diane
Hershberger, Holstein; and Cindy Trimble, Brown Swiss. In
addition, the winners were presented with permanent
trophies sponsored by Lancaster Farming.
Hess. Runners-up in the com
petition, which is based on the
record books for their dairy
projects submitted by the 4-H’ers,
were Janice Garber and Steve
Hershey.
Other project record winners
were Helen Arrowsmith, Susan
Hess, Connne Hershey, Cindy
Gordon, Robbie Fox, Dan Welk,
Karen Shertzer, Judy Rohrer, and
Tom Arrowsmith.
This year’s recipients of the
rotating memorial trophies for
best animal owned and bred were:
Diane Hershberger, Holstein;
Janice Garber, Guernsey; Max
Brommer, Ayrshire; Helen
Arrowsmith, Jersey; and Cindy
Trimble, Brown Swiss. “Lancaster
Farming” sponsored permanent
Average price per pound for the
lambs with the grand champion
included was $1.06; without the top
four, the average was 98 cents per
pound. Last year’s averages were
79 cents and 74 cents.
The total sales of the 22 steers in
the sale were $28,372.73. The total
sales of the 74 lambs in the sale
were $8,304.66.
BEEF
The Light Weight beef class
included steers which weighed 936-
1013 pounds.
1. Phil McMahon - Green Lane,
Montgomery County - Light
Weight Champion; 2. Margret
Shultz - Collegeville, Montgomery
County - Reserve Light Weight
Champion; 3. Conrad Fisher -
Green Lane, Montgomery County.
The Medium Weight beef class
included steers which weighed 1031
-1070 pounds.
1. Dawn Zimmerman
Weissport, Carbon County -
Medium Weight Champion; 2.
Dwaine Schultz - Nazareth, Nor
thampton County - Reserve
Medium Weight Champion; 3.
David Schultz - Nazareth, Nor
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trophies for these award winners.
Two dairy teams were honored
for their summer competitions.
The Lancaster County judging
team members, who placed fourth
in the state judging contest, were
recognized and thanked by
coaches Gary Akers and Peter
Witmer. Team members were Bob
Barley, Darrel Mills, Don Welk,
and Karen Shertzer.
Another team effort was made
this summer by the dairy bowl
contestants. Deb and Marilyn
Landis, Joe Rohrer, and Jody
Esbenshade were coached by Kim
Stroud in the dairy quiz com
petition.
Trophies were also presented to
the champion exhibitors at this
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