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Griggs Tops Crawford Co.
' BY NANCY KUNICK
Crawford Co. Correspondent
MEADVILLE The young
owners of the champion and
reserve champion market swine
brought home the bacon from the
14th annual 4-H Livestock Market
Sale at the recent Crawford County
Fair held at the fairgrounds in
Meadville. Both porkers shattered
previous sale records with prices
that notched a 50 percent increase.
Gamering champion for the first
time, 13-year-old Tina Cutshall of
Meadville sold her 255-pound hog
to Reimold Brothers for $6 per
pound. The previous record of $3.50
per pound was set last year on a
purchase by First National Bank.
This year, First National Bank
purchased the reserve champion,
owned by Brenda Holsopple of
Venango, for $5.75 a pound which
tops a 1982 record price of $3.15 a
pound.
Including the champions, 34 hogs
Picnic With Scranton Set For Agribusiness
An ag picnic with Bill Scranton
will be held rain or shine on
Saturday, September 13 at Willow
Mall Park near Mechanicsburg, it
has been announced by Dennis
Grumbine, chairman of the
Agriculture for Scranton Com
mittee.
Festivities start at 11:30 a.m.
and continue to 3:30 p.m.
“This gives farmers and
agribusiness people a chance to
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sold for an average price of $2 per
pound. The average price per
pound without the champions
dropped to $1.69.
In the steer auction, Brenda
Williams, of the Fabulous Farmers
4-H club in Atlantic, claimed the
high bid of $3 per pound for her
more ideally finished steer. The
1,040-pound champion sold to Bush
Insurance Agency of Meadville.
The reserve champion set a new
record with a bid of $2 per pound,
passing the $1.90 mark set one year
ago by the same buyer, Thome’s
Supermarket. John Weston, owner
of the 1986 reserve champion, also
6wned the 1983 reserve champion
market steer. The 14-year-old
showman is a member of the
Saegertown Beef 4-H Club.
Excluding the champions, the 43
steers averaged 95 cents a pound.
The average price increased to
$1.02 a pound with the champion
prices.
meet the gubernatorial candidate
one to one,” Grumbine com
mented.
The picnic also is a fund raiser, Interstate 81 by taking Route 114
the chairman emphasized, with south from Exit 18.
tickets priced at $5O a person. Tickets are now being sold by
Menu includes chicken com soup members of the two sponsoring
and baked ham. organizations. They also can be
Pennsylvania Ag Republicans obtained by phoning 717/234-4901.
are co-sponsors. Ask for Burt.
Willow Mill Park is located near Everyone’s welcome,
the intersection of Routes 11 and
4-H Market Lamb Sale For Second Year
Shawnya Griggs, Hartstown,
exhibited the champion market
lamb for the second consecutive
year. The 10-year-old member of
the Conneaut Lake Ag Club sold
her 124-pound lamb to Thorne’s
Supermarket for $9.50 per pound.
Thome’s also purchased Griggs’
1985 champion lamb.
Mike Ernst, a member of the
same club, garnered a bid of $9.25
for his 113-pound reserve cham
pion from auctioneers Nicolls and
Allen.
The 45 lambs brought an average
of $2.30 per pound; with the
champion’s price added in the
average increased to $2.62.
Auctioneers for the fast-paced
sale were Earl, Dave and Bruce
Nicolls, Gary Shidemantle, George
Palhunik and Sherman Allen.
Several of the sale animals were
purchased and later donated to
area non-profit groups.
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Carlisle.
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TEAM WITH
COVERED WAGON (2:30 P.M.)
Crafts, 100 Year Old Sawmill in Operation, Cider Making, Apple
Butter Cooking, Roasted Corn Meal, Tours of the House, The Log
House, Blacksmith Shop and Garden. Two Fireplaces Demon
strating Cooking and Bake Oven Baking Bread. Large Display of
Old Farm Implements. Entertainment.
•y tggs, . the halter, sold her 124-pound
champion market lamb to Thorne's Supermarket for $9.50 a
pound. Richard Flanders, left, Bill Thorne and Glenn Bish
represented Thorne’s Supermarket. Also offering
congratulations were Miss Crawford County Leigh Ann
Karpinski, center, and Becky Foreman, NW lamb and wool
princess, far right. Auctioneer Earl Nicolls, left, and Blaine
Scholsser, Crawford County extension agent are in the box.
when she sold her champion market steer to Bush Insurance
Agency, represented by Cleon Livingston, left, and Lynn
Lobe, second from right. Also pictured are Miss Crawford
County, Leigh Ann Karpinski, and Bruce Nicolls in the box.
SEPTEMBER 13 AND 14,1986
16TH ANNUAL HORSE PLOWING
CONTEST AND
18TH ANNUAL HARVEST FAIR
at Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA
Junction of Routes 501 and 897
Saturday- Horse Plowing Contest at 10 A.M.
Sunday-11 A.M. Till 6 P.M.- Horse Pull-1 P.M.
Admission- Adults $2.50- Children Free under 12 Years
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