A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, StpttmbeV 22,1990
York Fair
Swine
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Hanover, nailed down another
supreme champion sow banner
with their homebred Duroc gilt.
The red hogs’ winning ways con
tinued .through the supreme boar
runoffs, with the supreme tide
clinched by the James Parted fam
ily, Airville.
A Hampshire exhibited by the
John Strawbridge family, Stew
artstown, broke the Duroc domi
nation when breed champions
took to the arena for the supreme
parade before judge Keith Bard,
Cambria County.
The Russell Combower family
of New Freedom swept the Berk
shire breeding classes, taking
champion and reserve barrow,
sow and boar rosettes.
Judging of Chester Whites
ended in a similar shutout of the
competition by Jim and Gus Par
ted, Airville, taking all six barrow,
sow, and boar rosettes.
Duroc awards were divided up
among a trio of exhibitors. The
Parted string took both champion
and reserve boar honors, as well as
reserve champion sow and reserve
barrow. Rogert Bankert got the
nod for champion sow. Dave Hol
loway, whose show string con
sisted of one homebred, took the
Duroc barrow champion tide, as
well as reserve supreme.
Both the Hampshire and York
shire breed shows were complete
ly dominated by John Straw
bridge’s winning showstring of
homebreds.
Matt Trostle, 4-H member from
Red Lion, topped the sow classes
for champion in the Spotted Hogs
division. All other Spotted champ
ion and reserve placings went to
Jim and Gus Parted.
Holstein
Directory
HUGHSON, Calif. The
1990-91 Holstein Sire Directory
has been made available, accord
ing to a statement from Landmark
Genetics.
The breeder’s reference book
has some changes, however,
according to the company’s news
release.
“The 1990-91 Holstein Sire
Directory is an easy to use, easy to
understand reference book con
taining the latest USDA produc
tion, HFA type summaries and use
ful breeding notes on our complete
A.I. proven sire line-up.
“With alphabetical listings by
sire name or code number, you can
easily locate the bulls to see
daughter photos, calving ease,
linear, and pedigrees. Special
pages include reccomendation to
help you use Landmark Sires to
their best advantage, aAa, DMS
and calving ease listings, the linear
trait leaders, and the proofs at a
glance,” the company claims.
The directories are available
through district sales managers or
distributors.
Holstein Club
Sets Banquet
MT. ZION (Lebanon
Co.) The Lebanon Co. Hols
tein Club will be holding its annual
banquet at Zoars Lutheran Church
here on October 30 at- 7 p.m.
“Merchandising Cattle In the
’9os” will be the featured v topic.
Speakers will be Dave Burket and
Dennis Wolff.
Call (717) 866-5507 for more
information.
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title, then took the reserve supreme barrow placing
exhibited by Gus Parlett
Roger Bankert’s champion Duroc gilt won her breed
classes, then earned the judge’s nod for the York Fair’s
supreme sow title.
Larry Robinson bested the competition to capture the
champion Landrace barrow rosette.
Jim Parlett’s homebred Chester White took breed
champion gilt honors at the York Fair.
Exhibitor of the champion Hampshire boar was John 1
Strawbrldge. 1
Champion Yorkshire boar ribbons at the York Fair went
to John Strawbridge.
York Fair supreme barrow award.