A42*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 1991
Love Of Animals, Competition
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Mussers abandoned the hog and
steer operation.
Harold, an ag representative for
John Cope’s Food Products, finds
profitable “farm management” in
warehousing some 15,000 square
feet of space, in addition to manag
ing some 200,000 broilers each
year under contract with Hennin
ger’s Feed Mill (College Hill
Poultry).
The family’s love and involve
ment with 4-H got them started on
the show road, a tradition that
maintains. According to Judy, 4-H
taught her children essential lead
ership and public speaking skills
and opened their minds to other
farm- and non-farm experiences.
Diane Musser, left, on the reins of “Rebel,” hen ,300-pound Angus/Chianina cross,
is on to the Farm Show. Doug holds on to “Spike,” a 1,325-pound cross of the same
breed type, also at the show.
Lebanon Winter Roundup
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The reserve grand champion
market lamb weighed 116 pounds
and was shown by Daryl Grum
binc. It was bought by Michael
Fircstine of Lebanon Valley
National Bank for $1 .SOperpound.
The grand champion market
beef animal was shown by Shelby
Hcagy. Weighing 1,123 pounds,
the animal was bought for $1.22
Breanne Hoffer smiles broadly while standing behind her
reserve grand champion market hog. Nevin Dourte holds
the buyer’s plaque.
Farm Show
“The biggest thing about the
Farm Show is that you meet a lot of
people,” said Doug, who will be
awarded the coveted FFA Key
stone Degree at the Farm Show on
Wednesday.
He lists future plans “to accom
plish the unaccomplishable in
farming and agriculture.” Doug,
19, is majoring in animal science
with an emphasis on business.
“It’s something that is going to
help me out if I ever go into farm
ing,” he said.
Though he is uncertain what
aspect of farming he will be
involved with after college, Doug
knows tha.t it “depends on what
looks good when I get out of col
lege,” he said.
per pound by David Marlin with
Dutchway Markets Inc.
The reserve grand champion
beef animal was shown by Josh
Moyer and weighed 1,465 pounds.
Bob Blocker, executive vice presi
dent for Carlos R. Leffler, pur
chased the animal for $1.07 per
pound.
The grand champion market hog
was shown by Stacy Krall and
Diane has applied at several col
leges. Farming is an option she
will pursue more likely if she mar
ries a farmer, she said. Diane
would like to study art education
and teach at the high school level
in the future.
Loves animals
“Diane just loves animals,”
said her mother, Judy, a second
grade teacher at East High
Elementary School. “When she
gave up her first pig, she hugged it
and said, ‘I don’t want to sell it.’”
Diane is involved in the Lancas
ter Beef Club, Sheep Club, and
Swine Club, “probably the only
kid in the county in all three
clubs,” said Harold. “Which
drives (Doug) up the wall, because
weighed 243 pounds. Ezra Good,
representing Hatfield Meats Inc.
purchased the animal for $l.BO per
pound.
Nevin Dourte, agribusiness
manager for Jacob Ruhl Insurance
Co. in Manheim, also paid $l.BO
per pound for a 223 pound reserve
grand market hog shown by Brean
ne Hoffer.
The three-species judge for the
event was Keith Bryan, coach of
the Penn State University judging
team. It was his first year judging
the event.
The event provides and oppor
tunity for those who are not taking
animals to the Farm Show to get
some experience in showing and
reward from the local community.
For those youth who are taking
market animals to the Farm Show,
the round-up allows them to warm
up for showing off animals in pre
paration for the big event.
The animals of the youth who do
plan to go to the Farm Show are
those that are judged by the youth
to be their second best offering,
according to Kenneth Winebark,
county extension agent. “We hope
they are the second best,” he said.
He said those animals that are
shown at the roundup could very
well be Farm Show winners, but a
choice has to be made.
LEBANON 4-H LIVESTOCK
WINTER ROUNDUP
MARKET HOGS
GRAND CHAMPION: Stacy Krall
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONP:
Breanne Hotter
shows “Muffins, - a Dorset cross market
lamb that she featured in the 4-H roundup. Diane will also be
showing swine and beef at the state Farm Show.
he has to take care of them.”
The oldest, Greg, 23, was the
two-time champion of the Eli
zabethtown Fair and has been on
several award-winning livestock
teams, including the Pennsylvania
Meats Judging and Penn State
Livestock Judging teams. He went
to Louisville, Ky. in the national
competition. Tricia, 21, also was a
member of the Penn State Lives
tock Judging Team and placed in
the top 10 in the national competi
tion. She recently graduated from
Lancaster Bible College with a
secretarial degree.
Doug placed in the Manheim
Fair and Elizabethtown. He also
Stacy Krall kneels behind her grand champion market
hog next to Ezra Good who holds the buyer’s plaque.
CHAMPION LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT. BEEF
Trisha Berger GRAND CHAMPION. Shelby Heagy
CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT; Laura RESERVE CHAMPION: Josh Meyer
Arnold
RESERVE CHAMPION HEAVY- SHEEP
WEIGHT Breanne Hoffer GRAND CHAMPION Benjamin Bow
RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION: Daryl
HEAVYWEIGHT: Jenny Arnold Grumbme
RESERVE CHAMPION MEDIUM- LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION: Daryl
WEIGHT; Laura Arnold Grumbine
RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT- RESERVE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP
WEIGHT: Jeff Bombgardner ION: Wendy Atkins
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beef animal while Bob Blecker displays the buyer’s plaque.
placed high in the Eastern National
Livestock competition in Timo
nium Md. this past year, along with
Diane,
4-H Shepherd
Diane, this year’s 4-H Shepherd
of the Year, won champion show
manship at Elizabethtown.
Though it’s a lot of work, the
Farm Show is a big and vital event
in the Musser’s farm life.
They go for “the same reason
that people show horses or any
other animal, or go to craft shows
or whatever,” said Harold. “It’s a
hobby, more or less, plus it’s a
good learning experience. If they
win, they can do all right.”