Farm Show Contenders Named At FFA Lamb Roundup
BY JACK RUBLE Y
NEW HOLLAND - Selection of
Lancaster County’s FFA Farm
Show entries highlighted the
county FFA market lamb roundup
on Tuesday night at New Holland
Sales Stables. The show was
divided into two classes: one class
contained those lambs to be
selected for Farm Show com
petition and a second class would
be offered for sale Thursday af
ternoon.
This year the show featured a
separate judge for each show, and
by show’s end the pair had selected
four half-brother lambs from B&B
livestock of Danville, Ohio, for
champion and reserve honors in
both shows.
Judging the Farm Show class
was Greg Snyder, a Lebanon
County Hampshire and Dorset
breeder, who selected a Suffolk-
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sale lamb at the Lancaster County FFA lamb roundup on
Tuesday. Laura Folker(left) had reserve.
Hamp crossbred owned by
Margaret Herr, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Robert Herr, Narvon, for
his champion.
A sophomore at Penn State
University, Herr was unable to
attend the event. Her lamb was
shown by Heidi Quambeck.
Last year’s judge was Snyder’s
sister, Gail Post, who selected
lambs shown by Margaret Herr
and Kristin Chupp for grand and
reserve honors in 1965. Her brother
did likewise this year, once again
naming Christin Chupp’s lamb
reserve champion. The daughter of
Barbara and Larry Weaver of New
Holland, Christin’s lamb was also
a Suffolk-Hamp from B&B.
The other six FFA entries for
Farm Show will be shown by
Michelle Arment, East Earl;
Kevin Bollinger, Litltz; Laura
Folker, New Holland; Becky
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New Holland; and Jeff Gehman,
East Earl.
If the ultimate goal of livestock
shows is to produce a better
product for the consumer, then it
seems that an experienced meat
packer would be a logical choice
for a show judge. Although you
don’t find a lot of packers in the
showring these days, the FFA sale
lamb class was an exception.
Judging the show was Dane Fine of
Dave Fine Meat Packing, Pitt
sburgh.
Fine slapped another Hen
consignment for champion sale
lamb honors, noting that the 130-
pound Suffolk-Hamp would yield
‘ ‘the best carcass for the packer. ’ ’
At reserve was Laura Folker of
New Holland, better known for her
hog show victories thoughout the
county this season.
The daughter of Tony and Edith
Folker, 14-year-old Laura bought
her lamb from B&B at the “Top of
the Gass Sale” in Manheim this
spring. This lamb also placed well
at tiie Ephrata and Denver Fairs
this year.
Other placings in the sale lamb
class were as follows: 3.Jeff
Martin, East Earl; 4.Gary Gills,
Ephrata; s.Janetta Shirk, Narvon;
B.Gretchen Frederick, Blue Ball;
7.Mike King, Narvon; S.Elaine
Zeiset, Narvon; 9-Gary Grills,
Ephrata; 10. Jeff Martin.
Show judge Dane Fine put his
money where his mouth was on
Thursday, offering the top bid for
Margaret Herr’s champion lamb
at die FFA sale held at New
Holland Sales Stables on Thur
sday. Fine paid $4.25 a pound for
the champion.
Although the champion in any
junior livestock show traditionally
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Show judge Dane Fine (left) returned to New Holland on
Thursday to pay $4.25 a pound for Margaret Herr's champion
lamb. Held Quambeck showed the lamb for Herr.
garners the top bid come sale time, $l.lB per pound not counting the
that wasn’t the case in New champion and reserve.
Holland, when Harry Hein of Results of the fitting and
Narvon offered $4.35 for Jeff showmanship classes that
Martin’s third-place entry. preceded the lamb shows were as
The buyer of the reserve follows:
champion was Willie the Butcher
of Stauffers of Kissel Hill, who paid Fitting -l. Kevin Bollinger
$3 a pound for Laura Folker’s 2.Laura Folker 3.Kevin Hoshour
lamb. Easily the most en- gr Shownuinßhl _ LKevin
thusiastic buyer, Wilhe took home Bomnger 2 .Gary Grills S.Heidi
nine of the 26 lambs offered, while Q 1 ._ m u__i r 3
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five and Walter M. Dunlap and Jr. Showmanship —l. Chad
Sons bought two. Folker 2.Kristin Chupp S.Tom
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