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Beef Preview And
Jackpot Show Set
BY BETH GRAY
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD Four-H Club and
FFA members from across Penn
sylvania and Maryland are being
invited to compete in the Beef Pre
view and Jackpot Show at the fair
grounds here June 25. Top honors
will include S5OO for grand
champion steer and $ 150 for grand
champion heifer.
Previously aimed at youths from
the six-county central Pennsylva
nia area, the show “is really trying
to enlarge this year,” stressed Bed
ford County Agent Susan Fox.
Last year’s event drew 75 competi
tors. C. J. Furlong of Alum Bank
RD 1 is chairman, with assistance
from county 4-H leaders and FFA
advisors.
Steers will be divided into clas
ses according to hip height. Judg
ing will be based on the prospec
tive outcome of the steers at mark
et readiness. The grand champion
will receive, in addition to $5OO, a
trophy; the reserve champion will
be awarded $250 and a trophy.
Five placings in each class will
WESTMINSTER. MD Maple Lawn Farm (C. E. lager
and Son), Fulton, Maryland, had the herd with the highest
average for the month of March, according to figures just
released by the Carroll-Baltimore Dairy Herd Improvement
Association.
1 st - Maple Lawn Farm (C. E. lager and Son), No. Cows
-161, Milk - 20,318. Fat - 754; 2nd - Del-Myr Farm (Roger
and Jeff Myers), No. Cows - 67, Milk - 20,360, Fat - 748; 3rd
- Joe Schwartzbeck, No. Cows -135, Milk -19,599, Fat -
736; 4th - Windsor Manor Farm (Jason and Donna Myers),
No. Cows - 59, Milk - 19,781, Fat - 735; sth - D. Richard
Flickmger, No. Cows - 57. Milk - 18,576, Fat - 730; 6th -
Rose Croft, Ltd. (Gary Derr and Brad Garst), No. Cows -
100, Milk -19,757, Fat - 729; 7th - Edrich Farm, No. Cows -
146, Milk - 21,189, Fat - 723; Bth - Marlin Hoff, No. Cows -
388, Milk -19,681, Fat - 718; 9th - Robert Prigei, No. Cows -
88, Milk - 18,270, Fat - 716; 10th - Harry Roach 111, No.
Cows -111, Milk - 19,089, Fat - 706.
receive cash prizes.
The female show will be judged
by breed, with age classes desig
nated if sufficient numbers are
entered. Fox said. The reserve
champion female will be awarded
$125.
Animals may be taken to the
fairgrounds between 2 p.m. June
24 and 8 a.m. June 25. A clipping
and fitting demonstration will be
staged June 24 at 7 p.m. A dance
for participants will follow in the
4-H Building on the grounds.
Catde will be processed after 8
a.m. on June 25, with judging of
females to begin at 12:30 p.m., fol
lowed by steer judging, then a fit
ting and showmanship contest.
Prizes are being funded by
donations and a $l5 per head entry
fee. Entries, which must be sub
mitted by June 15, may be
obtained by contacting the Bed
ford County Cooperative Exten
sion Service, Courthouse Annex,
Bedford, PA 15559; C. J. Furlong,
RD 1, Alum Bank, PA 15521, or
David Miller, RD 2, Bedford, PA
15522.
CARROLL CO. DHIA
Rolling Herd Averages