BY JACK RUBLEY
MANHEIM Shepherds came
from a dozen states and all points
of the compass to take pprt in the
Mid-Atlantic Classic Show and
Sale held at the Manheim
Fairgrounds on July 19.
In its second year, the Mid-
Atlantic saw nearly 90 Hampshires
and Dorsets come under the
judge’s scrutiny before crossing
the auction block later in the day.
Judging this year’s show was
Richard Cobb of the University of
Illinois.
After taking top honors in the
Verna Gengler (left) sold her champion Hampshire ram to
Daniel and Belle Fangmeyer for a sale-topping bid of $1,500
at the Mid-Atlantic Classic Show and Sale.
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$22,000-Worth Of Sheep Sell At Mid-Atlantic Classic
Hampshire ram show, a ran.
called Jersey garnered the sale’s
high bid of |1,500. Owned by Verna
Gengler of Honey Hill Hampshires,
Pittston, New Jersey, the big ram
was sired by last year’s reserve
champion at the Maryland State
Fair. The ram’s new owners, Belle
and Daniel Fangmeyer, plan to
give Jersey a chance to go one title
better at this year’s show.
Honey Hill’s purebred Hamp
shire operation actually started
eight years ago when the Gengler’s
two daughters got involved with
sheep through the 4-H program. It
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wasn’t long before the girls’
mother, Verna, picked up the ball.
“It’s gotten to be a major thing
with me,’’she says.
Birch Hill Hampshires came all
the way from Gorham, Maine to
win the champion Hampshire ewe
title. Their top ewe went to Don
Witt of Champion, Pa., for $6OO.
In Polled Dorset competition, the
champion ram came from the
USDA Announces
Export Program
For Poultry, Eggs
WASHINGTON - Secretary of
Agriculture Richard E. Lyng
recently announced plans for a $6
million program to expand poultry
and egg exports in the next year to
Pacific Rim and Middle East
countries.
Lyng said promotional activities
will be carried out through an
agreement between the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Foreign Agricultural Service and
the USA Poultry and Egg Export
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poultry industry.
Promotional activities will be
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sumption of poultry and eggs in
Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
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The dollar value of U.S. salels to
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million in 1980 to $175 million in
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cent. Export subsidies, primarily
from the European community,
accounted for most of this loss.
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Lancaster Farming Saturday, August 2,1986-D5
Bloomington, 111., fan'-' of Stan
Rader. The ram sold to Owen
Rhoads of Paoli, Pa., for $5lO.
The top Polled Dorset female
was shown by Willow Run Farm of
Wytheville, Va., The ewe sold to
Kirsten Sass, Johnsonburg, N.J.,
for $4lO.
Woodleigh Farms of Weston
Mass., showed the top Homed
Dorset ram that sold to Virginians
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Barbara and Leon Cassell for $260.
i r.e top Horned Dorset ewe was
shown by Steve Savage of Macy,
Ind., and sold for $425.
By sale’s end, nearly $22,000-
worth of sheep had passed beneath
the gavel of auctioneer Ken
Brubaker. The sale’s 40 Hamp
shires averaged $287, the 34 Polled
Dorsets averaged $225 and the 13
Horned Dorsets sold for an
average of $206.
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