D2-Lancaster Farming Saturday, August 20, 1988
Youngest Lancaster Club
BY LISA RISSER
LANCASTER Derrick
Frank must have known there was
something special about the hog he
named after himself. The
248-pound crossbred barrow
grabbed judge Dave Hartman’s
eye immediately and was declared
grand champion hog at the Lancas
ter County 4-H Swine Show.
Eight-year-old Derrick, the
youngest member of the county
swine club, brought three hogs to
the show, which is his first experi
ence at showing hogs. Along offer
ing support was his mother Char
lene Frank of Rheems who showed
hogs for several years in Chester
County. Hatfield Packing pur-
Flexibility In
Lamb Feeding
From Clair Engle
This year's drought conditions
and subsequent high feed costs
have forced all livestock producers
to make critical decisions concern
ing feeding them livestock. Recent
research studies conducted over a
three year period at the University
of Wisconsin compares lamb per
formance on a high-concentrate
(no hay diet) vs a high roughage
low gram (hay-grain diet).
Following is a brief overview on
the necessary procedure, results
and conclusion.
Procedure The 84 lambs were
three months old, sired by Suffolk
rams out of Dorset x Targhee x
Finn ewes. Four diets were used
and each was duplicated making 8
Alfalfa Hay - 15-17% protein ($9O/T)
Shelled Com ($3/bu)
Ground Ear Com
Oats ($2.35/bu)
SBM 10.04
Cane Molasses, Liquid
Sheep Mineral Salt
Limestone
Aureomycin Crumbles
A, D, E Premix
Processing costs-grinding, mixing
and delivery
Pelleting
Mixing and delivery
(com and protein supplement)
Results
The results quoted are a compu
tation of 3 years of feeding trials.
The pelleted fed lambs gained fas
ter with the highest feed cost per
pound of gain. The lambs, howev
er, were not fatter
Again, the lambs receiving the
ground ear com diet without hay
did equally as well as the lambs fed
the ground corn-hay diet. There
was no significant difference in
any of the factors studied.
The biggest difference in the
final results of this experimented
earlier trials was the improved per
formance of the lambs fed shelled
com and a pelleted protein supple
ment. Their gain was more com
parable to the other lambs and feed
required/lb. of gain was the lowest.
chased Derrick the hog for $2.50
per pound.
Slipping into the reserve grand
champion slot was the club’s presi
dent, Andrew Groff of Lancaster,
who exhibited a 250-pound hog.
The 17-year-old youth has been a
4-H’er for about eight years and
has been showing swine for the
same length of time. Groff has had
several grand champions at FFA
shows and a reserve grand champ
ion at a previous 4-H show.
The club’s oldest member, Shel
don Heiscy, was selected as the
grand showman.
The hog sale brought $21,523
for 31,490 pounds of hog. The big
buyers were Hatfield Packing,
which took home 48 animals, and
Flock
Forum
by
Clair Engle
Penn State Extension Sheep Specialist
pens with 10 lambs each. The
lambs were prepared as in the pre
vious year. They were sheared two
weeks before the experiment and
there was a 9-day warm up period.
The directions for starting the
lambs on the shelled corn
commercial protein supplement
and mineral supplement were sup
plied by Doboy, New Richmond,
Wisconsin. All salt or mineral
mixture fed was contained in the
feed.
The lambs were fed to 110 lbs.
slaughter weight. The four diets
were as follows: 1. Alfalfa hay
grain pelleted, 2. Same as No.
1-not pelleted, 3. Finely ground ear
com-no hay, 4. Shelled com plus
pelleted protein plus mineral sup
plement. The prices used were as
follows:
This, along with lower feed costs,
is more in line with three of the
previous four experiments with
this diet. There was no excessive
eating of bedding or gnawing of
panels. The shelled com fed had
very few broken kernels. One idea
on the importance of the whole
kernel is that it swells in the rumen
thus causing more cud chewing
which appears to be beneficial.
Conclusion
The same conclusion given in
previous reports is still valid. To
quote -“The important finding of
three experiments is that there is no
great 'difference in the perfor
mance of lambs fed diets varying
widely in fiber content. This is sig-
Member Shows Grand Champion Hog
White Oak Mills of Elizabethtown
taking 22. Hatfield also purchased
another 80 hogs from the original
buyers at $.47 per pound. The
average price of the 140 hogs was
$.66.
A partial list of the results
follows.
Swine Show
Lightweight
Class 1
1 Linda Baum, 2 Karen Becker, 3 George
Prange
Clast 2
1 Pam Myer, 2 Gerald M Boyd, 3 Chad
Folker
Class 3
1. Kenton Good, 2 Jason Cox, 3 Karen
Becker
Lightweight Champion
Kenton Good
Reserve Lightweight Champion
Linda Baum
Middleweight
Class 4
1. Gerald M Boyd, 2 Jason Cox, 3 Jason
Cox
Class 5
1 Scott Wagner, 2 Jason Cox, 3 Tracy
Bollinger
1 Rita Germak, 2 Andrew Germak, 3 Ken
ton Good
Middlswaight Champion
Scott Wagner
Rssarva Middleweight Champion
Gerald M Boyd
Light Heavyweight
Class 7
1 Linda Baum 2 Gerald M Boyd 3 George
Prange
Class 8
1 Kurtis Good 2 Tom Zartman, 3 Duane
Swanger
1 ChadFolker,2 KyleHaldeman 3 Sheldon
Heisey
Light Heavyweight Champion
Chad Folker
Reserve Light Heavyweight Champion
1 Kurtis Good 2 Pam Myer, 3 Melissa
Becker
Class 11
1 Derrick Frank 2 Tom Zartman 3 Tracy
Bollinger
Class 12
1 Andrew Groff, 2 Tom Zartman, 3 Cory
Pfautz
Haavywalght Champion
Derrick Frank
Rasarva Heavyweight Champion
Andrew Gorff
Grand Champion Hog
Derrick Frank
Reserve Champion Hog
Andrew Groff
Showmanship
Class 1
1 Sheldon Heisey, 2 TylerStumpf.3 Shawn
Haldeman
Class 2
1 Greg Ships, 2 Kurds Good, 3 Kenton
Good
Class 3
1 Chad Folker, 2 Karen Becker, 3 Diane
Musser
Class 4
1 Kyle Haldeman, 2 TomZarlman, 3 Jason
Cox
Class 5
1 Tracy Bollinger, 2 Soon Wagner, 3 Matth
aw Umbrell
Cost/CwL
$4.50
$5.36
$5.46
$7.34
Clast 8
1 Andrew Germak, 2 Amy Bollinger, 3 Der
rick Frank
Champion Showman
Sheldon Heisey
Rasarva Champion Showman
Greg Shipe
$6.00
$9.70
nificanl because it gives consider
able flexibility depending on feed
prices, feed availability, labor
supply and equipment on hand.”
$3.12
$14.60
$20.00
SHEPHERDS SYMPOSIUM
$6.00/Ton
15.00/Ton
November. 18 and 19 Predator
control, sheep health and lean
lamb production will be some of
the major topics presented at the
Shepherds Symposium, Chatham
Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Co-chairman, Jim Shecdcr has
been in contact with several
nationally recognized educators in
all the mentioned area. Mr. Robert
Fisher, Director USDA/Animal
Damage Control will speak on
damage control and predation by
coyotes. To assist him Mr. Pete
Askins with the Victor Woods
tream Corp., Lilitz, PA will be
demonstrating the approved prac
tices for catching the problem
coyotes.
S 4 00/Ton
Dr. Cleon Kimberling, exten
sion veterinarian, Colorado State
University, has been involved in
all facets of the sheep industry,
national and international. Dr.
Class 6
Class 9
Linda Baum
Heavyweight
Class 10
THIRD ANNUAL
grand champion hog, also Derrick. Hatfield Packing pur
chased the hog for $2.50 per pound.
Judge Dave Hartman, left, selected the heavyweight hog
shown by swine club president Andrew Groff as reserve
champion hog.
man, while Greg Shipe was deemed reserve grand
showman.
Kimberling will focus on breeding
soundness evaluation of rams and
increasing ram efficiency.
Lean and light are terms used to
describe changing consumer
trends, the role of lean lamb in a
healthy diet and either topics
affecting lamb production and
merchandising. Dr. Larry Young
of the US DA Animal Research
Center at Clay Center, Nebraska
will address the topic on how to
apply genetics in lean lamb pro
duction systems.
A variety of break-out sessions
will also be scheduled on such top
ics as wool classing, lamb cookery,
spinning & weaving, feeding high
producing ewes and fencing
demonstrations.
The Annual Make - It Yourself
with Wool Contest co-directcd by
Ms. Janet MaWhinney, Waynes
burg, PA and Ms. Shirley Dunn,
Butler, PA will be selecting their
stale winners at the Saturday lunc
heon, November 19.
Program details and registration
information may be requested by
writing or calling the Agricultural
Conferences & Short Courses
office, 306 Ag Admin. Bldg., Uni
versity Park, PA 16802 or (814)
865-8301.
Reminder on public hearing PA
Sheep Referendum Officers of the
PSWGA urge all sheep producers
interested in the future of their
industry to schedule lime for
attending the public hearing on the
proposed PA Sheep referendum
(check-off program). The public
hearing has been scheduled for
10:00 am to 12:00 noon, Tuesday,
August 23 in the Conference room,
3rd floor, Dept of Agriculture
Bldg., Harrisburg, PA (across the
street from the Farm Show Arena).
Answers to any questions on the
referendum are available by call
ing the PDA Bureau of Markets
phone (717) 783-9948.
Coming Events:
August 23
10:00 am - 12:00 noon.
Public hearing on Sheep
Referendum, Conference room,
3rd floor, PDA Bldg, Harrisburg,
PA.
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