incaster Farming Saturday, January 23, 1988 Junior Breeders Exhibit Their Finest Ewes By Lisa Risser ewes. Judge Duran Howard from HARRISBURG With ages Mulhall, Ok., chose champions ranging from sto 20, Pennsylvani- and reserve for seven breeds, a’s youngest sheep breeders These select few will influence gathered at the Farm Show on bloodlines for years to come. Wednesday to show their best shown by Alicia Strausbaugh, center. Helping her was Rachael Hixenbaugh and her brother, Jeff Strausbaugh. ed the champion ewe in the Merino class. His sister, Becky, showed the lamb for him. Cl**** The stylish, eye-appealing ewe exhibited by Arlisa Snavely was judged champion Shropshire. & .* 1 y •> 'i & > No stranger to winning, Donna MacCauley showed the junior champion and reserve Cheviot ewes. /•> a#' - * •“V * * Cheviot The homebred ewes shown by 17-year-old Donna MacCauley of Atglen (Chester) captured the champion and reserve champion tides. MacCauley has had many champions with her Cheviot’s as well as the Suffolk that she also raises. In last year’s junior compet ition, she showed the reserve champion and two years ago had both reserve and champion. Mac- Cauley also competes in the open show. This year she showed both champion and reserve champion Cheviot ewe. Dorset Only a judge can tell a champion and even then it’s often a matter of opinion. Alicia Strausbaugh of York showed two home-bred Dorset ewe lambs of which the Junior champion was named reserve in the Open show while the Junior reserve champion was the Open show champion. The Key stone Internal Livestock Exposi tion judge agreed with the Junior show judge. Alicia, 15, has been showing for six years, during which time she’s had three junior champions. Hampshire Ellen Lewis of Mt. Joy (Lancas ter) swept the top spots in the Hampshire classes to have the champion and reserve champion ewes. This is the second year run ning that she’s had both champion and reserve. The granddam of her champion, Zwanzig, was Lewis’ first Farm Show junior champion. Lewis has been a 4-H’er for eight years. “It’s given me a lot of help with sportsmanship, trimming, fit ting, and feeding,” she said. Lewis and her parents, George and Lor raine, have 35 registered Hampshires. Merino Robert B. McCrumb 111 of Mars (Butler) is doing well in this, his first year to show Merinos at Farm Show. Monday' night he Tiad champion and reserve in the open show, and on Wednesday he showed the junior champion breeding ewe. The junior champ ion was named reserve champion in the open show. McCrumb also raises Dorsets, Southdowns and Shropshire. Reserve champion ewe was a lamb exhibited by Barbara Falvcy of Bedford (Bedford). Falvcy also competed in the open show having the champion ewe. Shropshire Lily, the stylish and eye appealing yearling ewe that Arlisa Snavely of Lancaster showed the champion ewe. Fourtecn-ycar-old Snavely picked the champion out of a group of triplets. “She was unusual because she was larger than the other two, said Snavely. Lily competed in the open show and received reserve champion honors. Her dam is from the New comer line while the sire is a Hart zell. Snavely, a 4-H’er, is the daughter of Jim and Arlene Snavely. The second-place yearling ewe owned by Gwendolyn Perry of Hamburg (Berks) was judged reserve champion. Perry also com peted in the open show, receiving third place in the flock class. Southdown Dan Wehr, president of Lehigh County FFA, showed the chapter’s home-bred yearling ewe that cap tured the championship spot. Exhi bitors for the past 8 years this is the chapter’s first farm show champ ion. The FFA chapter has a flock of 40 Southdowns. “The kids do the breeding and selecting,” said advt- (Tum to Page DS) '4 A .oßji Representing Lehigh County FFA, Don Wehr showed the champion Southdown ewe. With him Is Boyd Wolff, secret ary of agriculture, center, and Judge Duran Howard. . Ellen Lewis showed the champion and reserve Hampshire ewes. — ft l ' • T ‘ i fTt Vi J'ioDm " Nlneteen-year-old Rachael Hlxenbaugh showed the champion Suffolk ewe. * * I i
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