D22-Lancast«r Farming Saturday, September 6,1986
COLLEGE PARK, Md,
times are coining!
Late summer rains and cooler
temperatures are slowly
dissipating the effects of
Maryland’s worst drought in a
century. So livestock exhibitors
generally were in a good mood this
year during the Maryland State
Fair in Timonium.
Their optimism was helped
along by spirited bidding in con
nection with the annual state fair 4-
H and FFA livestock sale Aug. 27.
Prodded by auctioneers, ring
men and crowd applause, a wide
range of private and commercial
buyers helped set new state fair
record high prices for the grand
champion and reserve champion
animals in both the market hog
and market lamb categories.
Record high average prices also
were paid in all three major
livestock categories - swine, sheep
and beef cattle. However, prices
for the top two animals in the latter
category were far below the
records established in 1984.
Only dairy steers lagged behind
price levels of recent years for
both sale average and grand
champion animal.
In the market hog sale, Chris
Mullinix, 11, of Florence sold his
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4-H Livestock Sale
230-pound grand champion for
$8.50 per pound - a new state fan
record. The Yorkshire-Hampshire
crossbred gilt was purchased by
the Hatfield Packing Co. of Hat
field, Pa. It had been bred by
Franklin E. Feeser of Taneytown,
a well-known Carroll County pork
producer.
Hatfield purchased a total of six
market hogs in the state fair 4-H
and FFA sale, including a 245-
potuu) gilt exhibited by Vicki Reed,
16, of Longridge, the reigning
Maryland pork queen. Hatfield
paid $3 per pound for Vicki’s pig.
The Pennsylvania packer also
purchased 37 FFA and 4-H market
hogs brought to the state fair but
not included in the auction sale.
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Another Howard County
exhibitor, Timothy Clark, 12, of
Poplar Springs, had the reserve
champion 4-H and FFA market
hog. The 259-pound Yorkshire-
Hampshire crossbred gilt brought
$5 per pound from Ronald H. Shook
of Dorrs Comer, an Anne Arundel
County drywall and plaster con
tractor.
Shook purchased a total of eight
market hogs during the 4-H and
FFA livestock sale, as well as
seven market lambs and the grand
champion dairy steer. A former
North Carolina farm boy, he owns
founded to sell hangers to dry corn
to be saved for seed, was pur
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owns Bush Hog, White Farm
Equipment, New Idea; and
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According to Lamont Webster,
Kewanee sales manager, the
consolidation of the tillage line
improves the corporation’s ability
to supply quality tools at lower
prices. He said, “Kewanee dealers
and customers can expect more
choices of competitively priced
tools because the company will be
producing at a higher, more
economical production level.”
Officials at Kewanee said that
the consolidation of marketing and
promotion resources will also
improve the efficiency of the
corporation’s sales and mer
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Average price for 28 market
hogs in the 4-H and FFA livestock
sale was $1.69 per pound - a new
state fair record. This average
does not include prices paid for the
grand and reserve champion
animals.
For the third time in four years,
Gregory N. Hevner, 17, of John
sville exhibited the grand cham
pion 4-H and FFA market lamb at
the Maryland State Fair. This
year, his 115-pound purebred
Suffolk wether sold for $12.50 per
pound - setting a new state fan
record. The buyer was Ronald H.
Shook of Dorrs Comer.
Greg had established the
previous state fair record price for
market lambs with a 120-pound
Suffolk wether in 1984. That lamb
went for $lO per pound to Giant
Food, Inc.
Another Frederick County
resident, Robert 0. Dinsmore, 11,
of Broad Run exhibited the reserve
champion lamb for the second
consecutive year. The 125-pound
wether went for $lO per pound to
Deggeller Attractions, the state
fair midway concessionaire for
several years. Deggeller donated
the lamb to the Maryland 4-H Club
Foundation for resale at prevailing
market prices.
The champion and reserve
champion pairs of market lambs
were not sold in the auction sale.
They were exhibited by two
Howard County brothers - Eric J.
Widmaier, 13, and James C.
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Widmaier, 16, both of Florence.
Average price for 23 market
lambs in the 4-H and FFA livestock
sale was $1.71 per pound, a new
state fair record. This average
does not include prices paid for the
grand and reserve champion
animals.
Frederick County 4-H and FFA
members now have exhibited the
grand champion lamb at the
Maryland State Fair every year
since 1978 and the reserve
champion lamb every year 1981.
For the first time in six years,
the grand champion 4-H and FFA
beef steer was not shown by a
Howard County exhibitor. But it
was close. The 1986 champion steer
belonged to Melissa Harrison, 11, a
Carroll County 4-H member who
lives near Woodbine, just a short
distance north of the Howard
County line.
Melissa sold her 1,300-pound
Angus-Chianina-Simmental cross
bred for $2 per pound to Thomp
son’s Food Market of Maryland
Line. The animal previously had
been named grand champion beef
steer in the Wills 4-H and FFA
spring fair May 17 at Gaither
sburg.
Howard County did claim the
reserve champion beef steer at the
Fair for the seventh consecutive
year. The 1986 honor went to
Jennifer Turner, 13, of Daisy. Her
1,290-pound Angus-Chianina
crossbred brought $1.30 per pound
from Graul’s Super Thrift of
Hereford.
Jennifer’s brother, Gene Turner,
15, exhibited the champion Angus
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steer in 4-H and FFA competition
this year at the state fair. The
1,270-pound animal brought $1 per
pound from R. H. Mullinix and Son
of Lisbon.
Average price for 16 beef steers
in the 4-H and FFA livestock sale
was $1.03 per pound, a new state
fair record. This average does not
include prices paid for the grand
and reserve champion animals.
Only the champion and reserve
champion dairy steers were sold in
this year’s state fair 4-H and FFA
livestock sale. Both were
Holsteins.
William L. Swift 111, 17, of
Shepperd exhibited the champion
dairy steer for the third time in
four years. Another Baltimore
County resident, Mark Price, 19, of
Hampstead, had the reserve
champion dairy steer. Mark,
however, is a Carroll County 4-H
member.
Bill sold his 1,250-pound
champion for 65 cents per pound to
Ronald H. Shook of Dorrs Comer.
Mark’s 990-pound reserve
champion steer was purchased by
his father, John Price, for 60 cents
per pound.
Bill Swift was high individual in
both oral reasons and overall
breed competition during the
national 4-H dairy cattle judging
contest last fall at Madison, Wis.
And he was a member of
Maryland’s national champion 4-H
dairy cattle judging team which
participated on June 18 in in
ternational competition during the
Royal Highland livestock show
near Edinburgh, Scotland.
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