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Kreider,
LEBANON If you’re an
aspiring 4-H hog exhibitor in
Lebanon County, chances are the
names Kreider and Arnold will
become synonymous with
“champion” and “reserve”-and
not necessarily in that order.
Once again this week, 4-H’ers
had to be content with lesser hon
ors as Brian Kreider and Jennifer
Arnold went head to head for the
Lebanon Fair’s two top market hog
titles. In the winter 4-H roundup
Arnold had edged past Kreider for
top honors, but in Monday’s hog
show, Brian Kreider breezed
through a competitive field of 113
entries before earning the grand
champion title.
The son of Richard and Carol
Kreider of Lebanon, Brian cam
paigned two hogs*, with his black
Duroc-cross taking first place in
the lightweight division. His grand
champion was a Duroc-Yorkshire
cross that won the light heavy
weight division. The champ was
bred by Lebanon County’s Arnold
Hog Farms and sired by LA Extra,
an Amold-bred boar that sired the
last four Lebanon County 4-H
champions and currently holds the
record average daily gain of 2.38
pounds at the Meat Animal Evalu
ation Center in Slate College.
If Extra has a flair for manufac
turing winners, Brian Kreider is no
slouch at picking them. The Cedar
Crest eigth grader has shown grand
champion market hogs at the Leba
non Fair three out of the past four
years. For good reason, it seems,
he likes to shop at Arnold hog
farms for his show prospects.
The reserve champion was also
bred by Arnolds and shown by Jen
nifer Arnold, 11, the daughter of
Lawrence and Donna Arnold,
Womelsdorf. Also a light heavy
weight entry, the reserve champ
ion was a three-way cross, sired by
a Hampshire boar and out of a
Duroc-Yorkshire sow, which is,
matter of fact, a full sister to the
champion.
Judging the show was Matt Par
sons, a former Penn State Exten
sion swine specialist who moved
to Massachusetts where he breeds
swine and sheep and runs a swine
consulting business.
Results from the type show and
showmanship and fitting competi
tions are listed below.
Lebanon Fair
Jr. Market Hoge
Lightweight Div.
Class 1
1 Justin Lehman, 2 Kentßeigle,3 Wendy
Atkins
Class 2
1 Amy Hamish, 2 Donald Kleinfelter, 3
Steve Reigle
Class 3
1 Brian Kreiden 2 Alan Auman, 3 Amy
Hamish
Class 4
1 Tony Eblmg, 2 Rodney Meyer, 3 Andy
Baer
Class 5
1 Daryl Grumbme, 2 Kathy Blatt, 3 Mela
nie Bushong
Class 6
1 John Risser, 2 Jamie Risser, 3 Eric
Harmsh
Champion Lightwaight
John Risser
Rasarva Lightwaight
Daryl Grumbme
Madiumwalght Div.
Class 7
1 Darren Grumbme, 2 Danny Atkins, 3
Michelle Bushong
Class 8
1 Scott Grubb, 2 Enc Hoover, 3 Jay
Klemfelter
Class 9
1 Shelby Heagy, 2 Eric Hoover, 3 Donald
Klemfelter
Class 10
1 Jason Heisey, 2 Michael Klemfelter, 3
Katie Lefever
Class 11
1 Jeff Bomgardner, 2 John Risser 3
Jason Krall
Class 12
1 Kathy Bomgardner, 2 Eric Harmsh, 3
Amber Lehman
Champion Madiumwalght
Kathy Bomgardner
Rasarva Madiumwalght’
Shelßy Heagy
Arnold Swap Titles In Lebanon 4-H Hog Show
Brian Kreider chalked up his third grand champion
win in four years of competition at the Lebanon Coun
ty Fair's junior market hog show on Monday.
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1 Daryl GrumbmT2 Amy Lehman, 3 1 Brian Bucher ' 2 Jay Kle,nfel,er ’ 3 Dan
Marc Gray ny AlKins
Class 14 Class 20
1 Kathy Bomgardner, 2 Shelby Heagy, 3 > _ Buchf * 2 Chrls KlrSt ' 3 Am *
Roxanne Kirst * Bachman
riac. IK CIaSS 21
1 Jamie R.sser, 2 Stacy Krall, 3 Jan _ 1 Bomgardner. 2 Josh Arnold, 3
Hamish Ton * Eblln o
riaco 1R CIaSS 22
1 Josh Arnold. eushono; 3 Todd _ 1 Arnold, 2 Todd Balsbauflh, 3
Balsbaugh Bnan BuchGr
Class 17 Class 23
1 Jenny Arnold; 2. Darren Grumbme; 3 „ 1 ’ Daryl Borngardner. 2 Gina Hoover, 3
Kelly Bachman. Kara Arn ° la , „
Champion Heavyweight
Matt Bucher
Reserve Heavyweight
Kara Arnold
Grand Champion Markat Hog
Brian Kreider
Reserve Grand Champion
Jenny Arnold
Class 18
1 Brian Kreider, 2 Kelly Bachman, 3 Amy
Bachman
Champion Light Heavyweight
Brian Kreider
Reserve Champion
Jehny Arnold
Lycoming Fair Livestock Packs Premium Prices
BY BARBARA MILLER
Lycoming Co. Correspondent
HUGHESVILLE “This year
we took in a record amount of
money, had a record number of
entries and a record number of new
buyers,” said Nancy Snook, trea
surer of the Livestock Committee.
The annual Youth Livestock
Auction held July 24 at the Lycom
ing County fairgrounds at Hughes
villc, look in $25,087, the largest
amount ever for the auction.
Seventy-eight animals were sold at
prices which in some cases were as
much as nine limes their market
value.
The highest price ever paid for a
steer at the auction was given (his
year to Annette Lovell, Lincten, by
Hoss’s Steak and Seafood House,
Williamsport. Annette’s 1179
pound steer. Bobtail, brought $2
per pound which made a grand tot
al of $2,358 for the steer. Last
year’s grand champion steer
brought $1.45 per pound making a
total purchase price of $1,930.78.
The reserve grand champion
steer, weighing 1100 pounds, and
owned by Angela Lovell, Linden,
was sold to Sunset Ice Cream, Wil
liamsport, for $1.25 per pound.
Buyer of the grand champion
market lamb was Don Waltman,
Waltman’s Meats, Williamsport.
Owned by Laura Lovell, Linden,
the 115-pound lamb sold for $3.80
per pound, for a total of $437. The
reserve grand champion market
lamb owned by Cathy Murray,
Muncy, was purchased by Sunset
Ice Cream, Williamsport. The
100-pound lamb brought a price ot
$4 per pound.
Hatfield Packing Company,
Hatfield, brought the 240-pound
grand champion market hog, own
ed by Laura Lovell, for a price of
$5.35 per pound. Net price for the
hog was $1,284. Melanie Jarrett,
Montgomery, sold her reserve
grand champion market hog to
Arnold’s Yorkshire Farm, Leba
non, for $4 per pound. The animal
weighed 100 pounds.
Biggest spender at the auction
was Hoss’s Steak and Seafood
House, Willianisport, who pur
chased the grand champion steer
and another steer for $952, for a
grand total of $3310. Hoss’s
donated the second steer back to
the auction for resale with the pro
ceeds to be donated to the Youth
Livestock Committee. The twice
sold steer was purchased by
Dcwart Livestock Market, Dcwarl
for $773.50.
Other buyers spending substan
tial amounts at the auction were
Jersey Shore Livestock Market,
Jersey Shore, who purchased three
steers, one hog, and one lamb.
Their net total was $3,142. Next
was Hatfield Packing Company
who purchased the champion hog
and six additional hogs, and Sunset
Ice Cream, Williamsport, and the
Country Store, Pennsdale.
Also sold to the highest bidder
Cattlemen Take Promotion'To Consumer
Beef promotion is being seen on
television, read in magazines,
heard on radio and now the New
York Beef Cattlemen’s Associa
tion and the New York Catllewo-
men are taking beef promotion
“ready to eat” to the ultimate
target, the consumer, with their
annual Empire Farm Days Beef
Barbecue'.
For more than 20 years the
state’s Caldcmen and Catllcwo-
men have sponsored a Beef Bar
• becuc tent at Empire Farm Days.
Each year the event involves sev
eral months of planning and long
hours each day of the agricultural
trade show spent in cooking serv
ing, cleaning up, and getting ready
for the next day.
The shopping list is staggering
more than 3,000 pounds of choice
Reserve champion market hog was shown by Jen
nifer Arnold.
4-H Showmanship
16 and over
1 Rodney Bomgardner, 2 Gina Hoover, 3
Enc Hamish
14-15
1. Daryl Grumbine; 2. Jeff Bomgardner, 3
Brian Meyer
12-13
1. Darren Grumbine, 2. Eric Hoover, 3
Daryl Bomgardner.
10-11
1 Donald Klemfelter; 2 Greg Bomgardner,
3. Michael Klelnfelter.
1 Brian Bucher; 2. Jon Harnlsh; 3 Matt
Fair days can wear a body out. Jared Lovell, 5, was
still in the sack at 8 a.m. last Saturday morning at the
Lycoming County Fair.
was an attractive photo of an
Angus steer donated by R & M
Photo, Hughesville. Sunset Ice
Cream picked up the tab for $245.
Kepner’s Farm Supply, Muncy,
purchased three lambs for a total of
$299 with the provision that the
lambs be resold and the proceeds
lop round of beef, more than 800
pies (strawberry-rhubarb and
apple), more than 75 cases of pota
to chips, 12,000 paper plates, and
much more. But this is almost “old
hat” to chairman Debbie Mather of
Marccllus and her assistant chair
man Helen Patton of Bambndge.
From 1981 Mrs: Mather has cither
been chairman, co- chairman or
“there for the duration” of the
Empire Farm Days Beef Barbecue.
During these years Mrs. Patton has
been at her side during the plan
ning and setting up and then on
duly at the meat sheer during each
of the three Empire Field Days.
For both women, putting
together all the details for the Beef
Barbecue resembles the coordina
tion needed for a major military
operation. The tents have to be
Bucher.
Champion 4-H Showman ■
Daryl Grumbme
Reserve Champion
Rodney Bomgardner
FFA Showmanahlp
FFA - in school
1. Rodney Bomgardner; 2. Eric Harnish, 3
Jeff Bomgardner.
FFA - out of school
1 Andy Baer; 2 Steve Reigle
Champion FFA Showman
Andy Baer
Reserve Champion
Rodney Bomgardner
turned back to the Livestock
Committee.
Master of ceremonies for the
sale was Neal Buss, Deputy Sec
retary of Agriculture. Harold Fra
ley, of Fraley Auction Co. was the
auctioneer.
ordered months in advance; fold
ing tables, chairs and stoves have
to be rented; arrangements have to
be made for daily deliveries; and
“the essentials” including dish
pans, meat sheers, disposable
gloves for the servers, aprons,
caps, trash bags, have to be
assembled. At least two days
before the Aug. 11 opening of the
Empire Farm Days at the Pallidino
Farm at Pompcy, Mrs Mather and
Mrs. Patton will be on the grounds
getting things ready.
“The big factors in the success
of the Empire Farm Days Beef
Barbecue arc as always the weath
er and our volunteer help,” Mrs.
Mather said. “We can’t do much
about the weather except hope lor
the best but we arc dependent on
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