ommtimu Junior Sheep Breeders BY USA RISSER HARRISBURG More than 50 young sheep breeders from around the state exhibited their fin est ewe lambs and yearlings at the Farm Show’s Junior Breeding Sheep competition. The difficult task of choosing champions and reserve champions fell to Monty Chappel from Lexington, Ky. He selected them from the Cheviot, Dorset, Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown, and Suffolk breeds as well as a champion and reserve in the Other Breeds category. Cheviot In her nine years of showing Cheviots at Farm Show, Donna MacCauley of Atglen in Chester County has had a champion or a York Countian Drew Banked showed his first champion Southdown this year, his second year of competition at Farm Show. A second-year 4-H’er, 10-year-old Banked's champion is a ewe lamb. Both champion and reserve champion titles went to the Dorsets shown by Stacey Suffel, right, of Carlisle. These were Suffers first champions in the four years that she has been exhibiting at Farm Show. year. This year was no exception as the 18-year-old daughter of Wil liam and Joan MacCauley cap tured both top honors with her sheep. Chappel selected her homebred yearling ewe as champion, thereby adding to its titles, which include a second-place finish in the junior show at the North American Inter national Livestock Exhibition. The ewe’s sire is a Shoop ram and her dam is an Erdheim granddaughter. Dorset Fourteen-year-old Stacey Suffel of Carlisle expected her ewe lamb to do well as it has been named champion of other shows. Chappel didn’t let her down as the lamb was named champion of the Dorset division. Suffel’s year! took Exhibit Their Finest At Farm Show home the reserve champion title. Suffel, the daughter of John and Shirley Suffel, has been exhibiting at Farm Show for four years, and these were her first champions. Hampshire Lancaster Countian Wendall Landis will have good memories of his first Farm Show competi tion, particularly as he received both purple rosettes for his Hamp shires. The 13-year-old son of Abe and Dottie Landis of Manheim, Landis is a fourth-year 4-H’er. Both of his champions were ewe lambs. Brittany, the champion, was reserve champion at the 1988 Lancaster County 4-H Woolies Roundup, while the reserve champion, Morgan, was champion at the 1988 Elizabethtown Fair. Shropshire Everyone has their own image of the perfect breeding sheep and these images differ. Such was the case at the open and junior breed ing sheep shows. Chappcl selected Geoff Powell’s yearling ewe as champion, while the open show judge named her reserve champ ion. Powell also had the champion in this year’s open Shropshire show, but that animal didn’t place in the junior championship drive. Powell, the 11-year-old son of Doris Powell of Rome, also had the 1987 Farm Show champion Shropshire in the open and junior contests. He is a third-year 4-H’cr. Jessica McCrumb of Mars in Butler County took home the reserve champion title. Chappel was impressed with her ewe lamb, which he named first in its class. Southdown Ewe lambs dominated the championship drive in the South down competition. Drew Bankert of Red Lion received the purple rosette for the first time at Farm Show for his first-place ewe lamb, Snowhite. Slipping into the reserve champion slot was Eli zabeth Dollar of Bedford with Dol lar 69. Bankert, the 10-year-old son of Michael and Joyce Bankert, is a second-year 4-H’er and has been showing at Farm Show for only two years. Suffolk Only hours after winning the Cheviot division, Donna MacCau ley was accepting another champ ionship ribbon, this time for her Suffolk ewe lamb. Her champion, Breezeview 588, also was named champion of the open show. Breezeview’s dam was champion of last year’s Farm Show open and junior shows, while her sire was champion of both 1988 and 1989 Farm Show open competitions. Chappcl tapped the yearling ewe shown by T.L. Brookovcr Jr. as reserve champion. Other Breeds Competition was stiff among the wool breeds that comprised this division. Rich Powell’s year ling Rambouillct ewe was first in its class and champion of the divi sion. Powell, the 14-year-old son of Doris Powell of Rome, is a five year Farm Show veteran who has had reserve champions before. He had a feeling his yearling would do well as she was selected as supreme champion ewe of the Troy Fair and champion at the New York Stale Fair. Chappcl selected the ewe lamb shown by Kimberly Hopple as the reserve champion. Hopple’s lamb was a Corricdale. A partial listing of the placings follows. jh. LIVESTOCK JR. BREEDING SHEEP Cheviot Yearling Ewe 1. Donna MaoCauley, Chester Co.. 2. champion at Farm Show. In her nine years of showing Che* viots, she has had a champion or reserve in almost all of jgi. ~ pk Lori Tyson of Lehigh County. Offering his congratulations was Judge Monty Chappel. The annual award is given to the individual who has contributed to 4-H or the Dorset ipOV -I ->| .li Lendl hir helplr , right, w. the champion Shropshire ewe. The ewe was reserve champion of the open show. His brother, Rich, left, added another championship title to the family’s coffer when his Rambouillet was Judged champion of the Other Breeds competition. Jodie Frantz, Lehigh Co, 3 Jodie Frantz. Ews Limb Yiarting Ewi 1. Donna MacCauley, 2. John S. Eaton. 1- Stacy Suffel, Cumberland Co.. 2 Alicii Jr, York Co , 3 Jodie Frantz Strausbaugh, York Co., 3. Alici Champion Ew. Strausbaugh. Donna MacCauley Reserve Champion Ewe Donna MacCauley Ewe Lamb 1. Stacy Suffel, 2. Lori Tyson, Lehigh Co. (Turn to Pago DIS)