A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12, 1991
Leib Captures
Consecutive Wool
Championships
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) This time, Billy George
Leib made a vow: to be better pre
pared for the show. That included
learning how to lead the sheep,
trimming them to “make them look
nice,” and helping with the herd
enough to get them ready for the
competition.
And Billy’s efforts paid off
handsomely Thursday night at the
Farm Show wool breed competi
tion when Billy won supreme wool
champion for the second year in a
row. Not only that, but Billy also
swept the entire Rambouillet
show, capturing champion and
reserve champion ram, ewe, as
With her spring ewe lamb, Kimberly A. Hopple won grand
champion Corriedale ewe at the Farm Show.
With his spring ewe lamb champion, Billy George Leib, far right, won handsomely at
the supreme wool breed competition at the Farm Show Thursday night. Billy swept the
breed class, also winning champion ram and premier exhibitor and breeder. Left to
right: Judge James Elphlck; Neal Buss, ag department deputy secretary; Karrle Dun
mire, alternate wool queen from Washington Co.; and Billy.
well as premier breeder and
exhibitor.
The champion Rambouillet ewe
(and supreme champion) was a
spring ewe lamb (Oawright 5038,
SSF 240) and the champion ram
was a spring ram lamb (Oawright
5038, Shultz 88142).
At the same show last year, Bil
ly, 10, a fourth grader at Monroe
High School and a herdsman with
his family’s business (Shepherd’s
Crook in Mechanicsburg) picked
up supreme wool breed champion.
He’s been showing at the Farm
Show the past six years. His family
has picked up numerous champ
ionships at the show since 1985.
“This lime, I didn’t wait until
ng scene ii , small arena is representative iy . events
at the 75th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg this week. When the dust settled
yesterday afternoon at the close of the show, $196,000 in premiums went home with
the winners. This was the largest premium award total in the history of the show.
the last minute to get the sheep
ready,” said Billy.
According to James Elphick,
Arlington, Wisconsin, who judged
for the show, the ewe was “a solid
individual, a ewe with a good set of
feet and overall body length. The
ewe is put together well, a deep
bodied, deep-set spring ewe.”
Following is a list of show
placings.
WOOL BREEDS
MERINO
Fall Ram Lamb 1. Robert B McCrumb 111 2
Robert B McCrumb 111 3 Shady Hollow
Farm Spring Ram Lamb' 1 Suzan E Falvey
2 BarbaraJ Falvey 3 Suzan E Falvey. Pair
of Ram Lambs' 1 Robert B McCrumb 111 2
Barbara J Falvey 3 Shady Hollow Farm
CHAMPION RAM
Robert B McCrumb 111
RESERVE CHAMPION RAM
Robert B McCrumb 111
Yearling Ewe: 1. Robert B McCrumb 111 2
Robert B McCrumb 111 3. Suzan E. Falvey
Fall Ewe Lamb 1 Robert B McCrumb 111 2
Roberts McCrumb 111. 3 Barbara J Falvey
Spring Ewe Lamb 1 Barbara J Falvey 2
Suzan E Falvey 3 Suzan E Falvey Pair of
Ewe Lambs 1 Robert B McCrumb 111 2 Bar
bara J Falvey 3 Shady Hollow Farm
CHAMPION EWE
Robert B McCrumb 111
RESERVE CHAMPION EWE
Barbara J Falvey
Breeder’s Young Flock 1 Robert B
McCrumb 111 2 Barbara J Falvey Pen of
Lambs 1 Robert B McCrumb 111 2 Barbara
J Falvey 3 Shady Hollow Farm Get-of-Sire
1 Robert B McCrumb 111 2 Barbara J
Falvey 3 Shady Hollow Farm Flock 1
Roberts McCrumb 111 2 Barbara J Falvey
3 Suzan E Falvey Premier Breeder Robert
B McCrumb 111 Premier Exhibitor Robert 8
McCrumb 111
RAMBOUILLET
Yearl ng Ram 1 Gran! A Laza-us Ben R
Lazarus 3 Ben R Lazarus FaL Ram tamo
1 Billy George Leib 2.Benß Lazarus. 3 Ben
R Lazarus. Spring Ram Lamb. 1 Billy
George Leib. 2. Billy Geoge Leib 3 Ken
Scott Pair of Flam Lambs. 1 Billy George
Leib 2 Ben R Lazarus 3 Ken Scott
CHAMPION RAM
Billy George Leib
RESERVE CHAMPION RAM
Billy George Leib
Yearling Ewe; 1. Billy George Leib 2 Billy
George Leib 3. Kelli Zeigler Fall Ewe Lambs
1 Billy George Leib 2 Benß Lazarus 3 Ben
R Lazarus. Spnng Ewe Lamb. 1 Billy George
Leib 2 Ben R Lazarus. 3. Ben R Lazarus
Spring Ewe Lamb' 1. Billy George Leib. 2. Bil
ly George Leib 3 Benß Lazarus. Pairof Ewe
Lambs' 1. Billy George Leib 2 Ben R Lazar-
This fall ram lamb captured grand champion Merino ram
for Robert B. McCrumb at me Farm Show. Robert also
picked up Merino premier exhibitor and breeder honors at
the show.
Kimberly A. Hopple won grand champion Corrledale ram
with this spring ram lamb.
CHAMPION EWE
Billy George Leib
RESERVE CHAMPION EWE
Billy George Leib
Breeder's Young Flock 1 Billy George leib
2 GrantA Lazarus 111 3 Ben R Lazarus Pen
of Lambs 1 Billy George Leib 2 Ben R
Lazarus 3 Grant A Lazarus 111 Ge!-of Sire
1. Billy George Leib 2 Ben R Lazarus 3
Grant A Lazarus 111 Flock. 1 Billy George
Leib 2 Ben R. Lazarus. 3 Grant A. Lazarus
111 Premier Breeder. Billy George Leib Pre
mier Exhibitor Billy George Leib
CORRIEDALE
Yearling Ram: 1. Aaron Claycomb Fall Ram
Lamb 1 Kelly Glaser. 2. Kelly Glaser 3 Ken
Scott. Spring Ram Lamb: 1, Kimberly A
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