A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20,1990
BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
“Lots of the sheep here are
competitive nationally,” judge
Dan Strahl said of the Montadale,
Southdown and Oxford sheep he
judged at the Keystone Interna
tional Livestock Exposition
October 5.
‘The Montadales, for example,
should do well in the Montadale
show in Louisville in November,”
he continued. Strahl chose two
rams shown by Keith Crome of
Paris, Illinois as the champion and
reserve champion rams of the
Montadale show. Crome also
showed the reserve champion
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Amy Eshelman holds her champion Oxford ewe.
Denise Deal shows the champion Hampshire ram at KILE
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shows the champion Shropshire ram.
KILE Sheep Display High Quality, Depth
ewe, while champion ewe honors
went to Maureen M. Hess of Hud
son, New York. Hess was named
Premier Exhibitor and Premier
Breeder in the Montadale
division.
Strahl raises Suffolks and
Hampshires near Greenfield,
Indiana. During a break in the
judging, he recommended the
closely-shaved Southdowns as
being good for children getting
started in sheep showing. “You
don’t have to be an expert to show
them. They are prepared by wash
ing and shearing, and they’re
ready to show.”
W.G. Carpenter and Son of Jef
ferson, Maryland took home most
of the honors in the Southdown
show. They showed the champion
ram, the champion ewe and the
champion sale lamb, and were
named Premier Exhibitor and Pre
mier Breeder. F.R. Farms of Mar
linton, West Virginia, showed the
reserve champion ram, while Nick
Smith of Jeromesville, Ohio, had
the reserve champion ewe.
In the Oxford division of KILE,
held in the Farm Show Complex,
Gerald Thoma of Kensington,
Ohio, showed the champion ram
and reserve champion ewe, and
received Premier Exhibitor and
Premier Breeder honors. Amy
Eshelman, Sinking Spring,
showed the champion ewe and
reserve champion ram.
Cheviot, Hampshire
And Shropshire
Henry Kuykendall of Ration
Maker Cheviots, Asheboro, North
Carolina, showed both the champ
ion ram and champion ewe in the
Cheviot show. The reserve
champion ram was shown by
Erdenheim Farm, Layefette Hill.
Mike Koehler of Schnecksville
had the reserve champion ewe and
was named Premier Exhibitor and
Premier Breeder.
In the Hampshire show, Vemon
Deal and family of Navarre, Ohio
took home the blue ribbon for
their spring ram lamb. Christine
Baxter of Marlinton, West Virgi
nia, showed the grand champion
ewe, a yearling. Reserve champ
ion ram honors went to Tim and
Sarah Fleener, Robesonia. The
Flceners were also the Premier
Exhibitors and Premier Breeders
of the show. Price Stock Farm of
Westminster, Maryland showed
the reserve champion ewe.
Wey Shropshires of Kutztown
had the champion ram and reserve
champion ewe and took home Pre
mier Exhibitor and Premier
Breeder honors. Peter D’Ambra,
Jefferson, Maryland, showed the
champion ewe and the reserve
champion ram.
Albert Wilson, Jr. of Rural
Retreat, Virginia, judged the Che
viots, Hampshires and
Shropshires.
Sire Power
Scholarship
Program
TUNKHANNOCK (Wyoming
Co.) The respective Boards of
Directors for Sire Power’s Mem
bership Sales Divisions - North
east, Maryland, and West Virginia
- have announced the continuation
of a scholarship program.
This program was implemented
in order to help deserving youth
living in our membership area
continue their college education.
A total of fifteen $500.00 scholar
ships (ten for the Northeast Sales
Division, four in the Maryland
Sales Division, and one in the
West Virginia Sales Division) will
be made available, and will be
awarded at the 1990 Sire Power
Annual Meeting scheduled for
January 23, 1991.
The eligibility requirements for
these scholarships are as follows:
1. The applicant must be an
incoming college sophomore,
junior, or senior during the year of
application.
2. The applicant’s parents or
guardians, or the applicant himself
must be an active member in one
of Sire Power’s membership sales
areas.
3. The scholarship must be
applied to the student’s continued
ipiv
penter of Maryland.
the Montadale show at KILE
education in an agricultural
related field.
4. Previous scholarship award
winners will remain eligible dur
ing subsequent award years.
The continuing education of our
youth in agriculture is very impor
tant to the Sire Power organiza
tion, it’s Board of Directors, and
management With this scholar
ship program, we would like to
make this continued education
possible for young people of farm
families in Sire Power’s member
ship areas.
To receive a scholarship appli
cation, interested students should
contact the respective sales and
service director for their member
ship sales division. Deadline to
submit applications is October 15,
1990.
The divisions: Northeast Sales
Division: Gary L. Hennip, Sire
Power, Inc., RR 2, Tunkhannock
18657, (717) 836-3168; Maryland
Sales Division: Ted Ridgely, Sire
Power, Inc., Box 555, Frederick,
MD 21701. (301) 898-9101. West
Virginia Sales Division; Jim Pifer,
Box 171, Cameron, WV 26033,
(304) 686-2100.