D2-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, August 25,1990
Melissa Moll Tops
Melissa Moll sold her champion Charolals to Reginald
Lelbensperger, owner of the Deer Lake Inn for $2,050.
Jonathan Flynn, right, sold the 982-pound reserve
champion to Circle K Farm's, represented by Richard Krea
ger. Kreager’s granddaughter Jenny came to the sale with
ther grandfather.
Tony Schandel sold his reserve champion Suffolk to
Fary Harner of Quaker State Farm. The reserve went for a
whopping $540.
The reserve champion was owned by. Nathan's sister,
Jennifer Hostetter. Her reserve was sold to the Schuylkill
Co. Conservation District, represented by Richard Kreager,
left, and Craig Morgan, center.
Schuylkill 4-H Sale
VAL VAN TASSEL
Berks Co. Correspondent
SUMMER STATION (Schuy
lkill Co.) Melissa Moll,
Orwigsburg, reaped the benefits
of owning a champion at the 1990
Schuylkill Co. 4-H/FFA Lives
tock Sale last Saturday.
Moll sold her champion Charo
lais to Reginald Leibensperger of
the Deer Lake Inn for $2,050. The
10-year-old daughter of Frank and
April Moll said that the 1,235-lb.
animal was bred on her family’s
beef farm. Moll is a member of the
Schuylkill Schampede 4-H Club.
A total of 47 animals were sold
with hog, market lamb, and beef
projects up for bids. Jonathan
Flynn had the reserve with a
982-pound Polled Hereford.
Richard Kreager of Circle K
Farms purchased the reserve for
$1,175. Flynn is the son of Joseph
and Judy Flynn, Pine Grove.
A brother-sister team, Nathan
and Jessica Hostetler, won the
grand and reserve champion hon
ors with their market swine. The
champion, a 240 lb. crossbred,
was bought for $575 by S. Jersey
Biological Farm, Pine Grove. This
was the second year in a row that
Greg and Anne Fedechko pur
chased the top hog.
The 185-pound reserve went to
Nathan Hostatter had his first champion hog with the
crossbred. Greg and Anne Fedechko of South Jersey Bio
logical Farms purchased the champion for the second year
in a row.
Martin Daubert purchased Kate Allison’s, right, champ
ion market lamb. Daubert represented First National Bank
of Fredericksburg and paid $525 for the 90-pound champ
ion Kale Daubert helped with the purchase.
Schuylkill Co. Conservation Dis
trict for $470.
According to Hostetler, for
Lancaster Co. to have the grand
champion was a big surprise. “It’s
the first time I ever had a champ
ion,” Nathan said.
Hostetler admitted that it was
kind of fun to beat his sister. *T’m
going to buy another cow with the
money,” he said. Nathan and Jes
sica are the children of Eileen and
Calvin Hostetler. They belong to
the Souther Schuylkill Dairy
Club.
- Kate Allison of the Schuylkill
Stampede 4-H is going to save the
$525 her champion market lamb
earned. “I’m putting it in the bank
toward college.” said the 13-year
old. Martin Daubert, representing
the First National Bank of Freder
icksburg, bought the champion
crossbred. Allison is the daughter
of Timothy and Pamela Allison of
Pottsville.
FFA member Tony Schadel had
the reserve. SchadeTs Suffolk was
purchased by Gary Hamer of
Quaker State Farms for $l5 more
than the champion. The reserve
was also 26 pounds heavier than
the top animal. Tony is a member
of the Tri-Valley FFA and the son
of Bruce and Tonya Schadel,
Sacramento.
Swine
Management
News -
DR. RICHARD BARCZEWSKI
Extension County Agricultural
Agent
University of Delaware
CALL TO ANIMAL-WELFARE
READER REWARDING
After my last column about a
letter from a reader, I expected
another letter to come my way on
the issue of animal rights.
You see, one of my recent col
umns focused on the importance
of research using animals for the
benefit of human and animal
health.
While I know that columns of
this nature appearing in an urban
paper are likely to draw response,
I was a little surprised to receive a
letter within just one week of its
appearance.
The letter writer essentially said
“shame on you, Dr. Barczewski,
for your opinion.” Unlike most
letters critical of my position on
animals, this letter was signed and
even had a return address. I called
information, got the telephone
number, and made a call. This is
not something I usually do, but I
suspected that this individual was
not a die-hard animal rightist. I
just wanted to prove it to myself.
The voice at the other end of the
line sounded like an elderly
woman. After I identified myself,
we engaged in a lengthy conversa
tion. This woman told me she
keeps up with 42 different animal
protection groups and is con
cerned about how animals are
treated, especially in research labs
and on farms.
After she filled me in on where
she was coming from, I told her
that even though I think humans
have a right to use animals for
food, research, etc., I believe we
also have a responsibility to take
care of and not abuse them. She
seemed relieved and we continued
our conversation. She said she
almost never eats red meat, even
though she is tempted when she
walks by the meat case, and has
lost weight since giving it up.
I was glad that I called her. I
told her that my wife and 1, both
involved with animal agriculture,
arc concerned when we see exam
ples of bad husbandry. She was
delighted when I told her we try to
educate fanners who need help in
doing a better job with their ani
mals. She admitted to me that she
is not opposed to animal research
that is of benefit to humankind,
but is critical of blatant abuse in
labs and elsewhere.
My phone call taught me a les
son. Not everyone who responds
to my writing in a negative way is
a radical. Many people are con
cerned about animals. I know that
I am, and so are most of the far
mers I work with.
This is the first time I was able
to contact a person who wrote a
letter critical of my animal use
stand, and it was rewarding to
make the call.
It just reinforces what we
already know: livestock producers
must keep an open mind going
into the next decade. The animal
rights movement is not going to
go away, but I’m equally sure that
we can make a difference through
openness and concern with indivi
duals involved in animal welfare.
The easiest thing for me to have
(Turn to Pago D 3)