Lancaster Youths Cop Junior Market Swine Championships
HARRISBURG -As a result of barrow to the barn.
Thursday’s hog show Karen The Pen-Elm 4-H club member
Becker will be smiling a little promptly changed the name of her
brighter in the future. “Dad pig following the show from
promised that if my pig got grand Alexander to Alexander the Great,
champion could get braces,” for obvious reasons.
Karen said, adding that he when he Mike Mellott, Peach Bottom,
made the promise he was “kinda was equally surprised with his
joking because he never thought success in the showring. The
I’d win.” Lancaster County youth captured
It was no joke when judge Gene the reserve grand champion title
Isler, Columbus, Ohio, pronounced with a Duroc-Hampshire-Spot
Karen’s Yorkshire-Hampshire cross. “This is the first big show
cross grand champion of the junior I’ve ever done well with pigs in,”
market swine show held in the he said.
small arena of the Farm Show A member of the Solanco FFA,
building. Mellott conditioned his FFA
“We have to keep the swine project by walking it in its pen. At 4
shows practical and raise what the months the' pig weighs in at 234
market is looking for,” Isler said, pounds. Mellott was able to
Weighing in at 224 pounds, the achieve this weight gain by feeding
middleweight impressed Isler with his pig cow’s milk. His father,
its wide, thick, square body. “The Robert, drives a milk truck and V
champion glides around the ring as brings home out-of-date milk for y
well as any pig and shows a pig feed, Mellott explained,
tremendous amount of muscling.” Showing in his second con-
Karen, the 12-year-old daughter secutive year at the Farm Show,
of Marlin and Nancy Becker, Mellott considered what the judge
Manheim, showed at the Farm would be looking for when he
Show two years ago where she selected his hog. “I was looking for
earned an 11th place finish. “All I a thick and meaty hog and this
wanted this year was eighth place cross caught my eye,” Mellott
so I could sell it separately. When said.
he said I got it I couldn’t believe Isler described the reserve
it,” Karen said. I’m still in shock, champion as following right along
she noted after returning her with his grand champion by
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market swine show with her Yorkshire-Hampshire crossbred barrow
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whii* pnicins n ioo Mellott plans to enter into the dairy
While he enjoys raising pigs, business with Bob Kauffman.
The following are the results of
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showmanship contests.
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1 Bonnie Dietnck 2 Terry Nolt 3 Jenny
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grand champion title of the junior market swine show.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 17,1957-Al9
Class 2
1 Ftoyd Huber, 2 Adrienne Elkin 3 Kris MtNer
1 Donald Kiemfelter. 2 Jay Kiemfelter 3
Kemanne Ranch
I Darrin Grumbine 2 Steve Rohrbach 3
Rodney Bomgardner
Class 3
Champion Uf*rtwei*ht
Donald Klemlelter
Reaerve Champion Lightweight
Bonnie Dietnck
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