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Keith McConnell of Volant, with his champion Poland China
gilt.
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Clyde McConaughey and daughter, Donna, with their grand
champion Ouroc bred gilt.
Jim Parlett and son, Gus, of Alrville, York County, show
their champion Chester White.
BY DONNA McCONAUGHEY
Staff Correspondent
HARRISBURG - Although
Farm Show ’B5 did not officially
open until Sunday, there was
plenty of activity in the hog bam
last Saturday, as Pennsylvania
swine breeders paraded their best
across the tanbark during the Bred
Gilt Shows.
Judge Hank Freter of Oklahoma
had the task of sorting more than
250 head of purebred hogs. This
“western” judge found the high
quality hogs that are doing, an
excellent job putting eastern hog
breeders on the swine industry
“map” difficult to sort.
Winners in pairs seemed to be
the prominent pattern of the day.
In four out of eight breeds one
exhibitor claimed both champion
and reserve champion honors.
John Strawbridge of York county
took home champion and reserve
champion honors in both Yorkshire
and Hampshire competition. His
outstanding pair of Yorkshire
January gilts sired by Avalanche
took the champion and reserve
champion awards.
In the Hampshire show a
January gilt sired by CB 11-5 was
named champion. The reserve
champion’s dam is a half sister to
the champion, and both gilts
carried the service of CB Super
man, the grand champion Hamp
shire boar at the 1984 KILE.
The Duroc competition boasted
the largest number of entries per
breed for the 1985 show. Clyde
McConaughey and Family of In
diana county took top honors in this
breed. The McConaughey’s pair of
February gilts claimed the
champion and reserve champion
prizes. These gilts were both out of
BD Foreshock and bred to CM
Meat Man. This championship
represented the McConaughey’s
twenty-fifth champion since they
first entered swine at the Farm
Show in 1941.
The Poland China breed was the
fourth show to see one exhibitor
claim both champion and reserve
* champion ribbons. Keith Mc-
Connell of Volant showed a pair of
March gilts which caught the
judges eye. McConnell is also a
long-time exhibitor at Farm Show
and has won many championships
in swine competition.
Jim Parlett of Airville, York
county, won the championship in
the Chester White breed. Jim and
his son Gus are well known for
their outstanding Chester Whites,
having won top awards throughout
the east coast.
The reserve champion Chester
White was shown by Charles
Griest. The Griest family resides
at Abbottstown and maintain a
small Chester White herd. This
winner was one of two February
gilts Griest had entered in the
show.
The Parlett Family came back
again to win the championship in
the Spotted Swine show. A January
gilt sired by WBSF Waylon, this
eye-catching gilt was due to farrow
in February to the service of RA
Deacon.
The reserve champion Spotted
Swine was exhibited by Joseph
Gardner Jr. of Youngwood, Pa.
The Landrace champion was
exhibited by Tunnel Hill Farm of
Seven Valleys. The Mummert
family has shown many Landrace
champions at the Farm Show.
The reserve champion Landrace
was shown by the Jay Blatt family
of Annville, Lebanon county. This
February gilt was sired by Shueys
Mr. Chief and bred to LDL Burly.
In Berkshire competition two
long-time exhibitors claimed top
awards. Russell and Arlie Corn
bower of New Freedom have
shown Berkshires at the Farm
Show since it reopened after World
War 11. This championship was
their second.
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swine at Farm Show
Champion spotted swine honors went to Jim Parlett, who
also showed the reserve. Parlett also had the show's top
Chester White.
Arlie Cornbower shows his father Russel's grand champion
Berkshire bred gilt.
Veteran Landrace exhibitors, the Mummert family poses
with their champion gilt. From left are Harold Mummert 11,
Barbara Sue, Barbara Ann, and John.
John Strawbridge of Stewartstown with his champion
Yorkshire. Strawbridge took grand and reserve honors in
both the Yorkshire and Hampshire shows.