LOUISVILLE, Ky. The selection of animals for the 1991 Sale of Champions has begun. The grand and reserve champ ions of the Junior Market Swine Show, held last week at the North American International Livestock Exposition, are the first two of six animals to be auctioned at the sale of champions. The sale took place November 21 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. Winners of the Junior Market Wether Show and Junior Market Steer Show were added to the lineup of champions. Exhibiting the grand champion hog was Jason Michael, 19, of Farmersville, Ohio. Taking reserve champion honors in the show was Cammie Johnson, 15, from Natchitoches, La. This year’s show marks the highest number of entrants since its beginning in 1976. Exhibitors representing eight states brought 600 entries to comprise the show. To qualify for showing, exhibi tors must be 21 years old or youn ger and must have the animals entered in their name. All breeds show together in classes divided by weight The Junior Market Swine Show consists of two divisions on foot and carcass. Each individual, except the two winners, must enter their hogs in both divisions. Because the hogs in the carcass contest will be slaughtered, the two champion hogs can’t participate. The on-foot division is judged in the show ring. Preparation of the hogs and showing techniques help determine the success of the animal. Ton can’t control the weather, but you can increase your dry weather yield by controlling soil fertility , V ■ -V, Hi-Calcium rtin LIMESTONE Market Swine Justin Rexing, 10, from Fort Branch, Ind., works hard to pre pare his animals for the ring. “You first have to wash your pig and scrub real hard to get the tattoo ink off,” he said. Justin beds his ani mals with wood chips and brushes them and sprinkles them with water to make them shiny before entering the ring. Showing animals in the on-foot division is hard work, according to Chris Trotter from Manchester, Ohio. “You want to the judge to 92 Herefords Compete In SOP KANSAS CITY, Mo. 4WF Eclipse 31Y and RWF NFF Rock in Robin emerged as the grand champions in the American Royal Polled Hereford Standard of Per fection Show. The competition was held recently in Kansas City, Mo., and the 92-head lineup was judged by Wes Hudson, Harrison Ark. The show was dedicated to the Eddie Valek Family, owner of Walnut Grove Farm, Agenda, Kan. In the female show, which included 62 heifers and 2 cow-calf pairs, Rindy Willoughby, Ada, Okla., captured the grand champ ion honors with her junior division winner, RWF NFF Rockin Robin. She is an April 1990 daughter of JSN 44 Magnum 44X. Taking home the reserve grand champion title in the female show was Coyote Ridge Ranch, Long mont, Colo., with CRR R 203 Elle JOS. She was the show’s calf champion who is a March 1991 daughter of JR CRR N6l Nick Proper lime application can increase your dry weather yield Hl-Magneslum Show Names Champions get the best look at your hog,” he said. Exhibitors must make sure to show the animal’s good points. “If your animal has a long back, you want the judge to see the side view,” Trotter said. “You also need to keep your animal moving.” What do judges look for in a hog? “The animal with the most meat and leanness and length,” said Robert Hines, professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, judge of the show. R 203, The senior champion bull, 4 WF Eclipse 31Y, claimed the grand champion title in the bull show. He is a March 1989 son of 5E SF 4WF 38 Special. His owners include Four Winds Farm, Berlin, Conn., and Overlook Farm, Peter borough, N.H. The reserve grand placing in the bull show went to the reserve senior champion, FSL Mach One 10Y, a January 1989 son of G&R AJS Raceway 1900. He is owned by K-Lou Farm, Kingwood; W. Va., Greene Briar Farm, Syca more, Pa.; and Flat Stone Lick, Marianna, Pa. Later in the show, Tammy Rif fel, Enterprise, Kan., placed first -v, For proeapt dcQvery contact yoßfloalMftrtloLlmwtone dealer or call Blue Ball, Pa. (800) 233-0205 (717) 354-4125 Swine Show Superintendent Dennis Liptrap, a swine specialist from the University of Kentucky, said, “You evaluate the pigs and try to pick the ideal market hog. One that has a high percentage of lean meat in the carcass and a high growth rate.” Unlike the on-foot judging, which takes a lot of preparation and work from the exhibitors, placings in the carcass division are determined by formulas. “After the show, the hogs arc taken to market and slaughtered,” in the best-six-head class and was also named premier exhibitor. The blue ribbon in the get-of-sire class went to Flat Stone Lick, Marian na, Pa., on a foursome by G&R AJS Raceway 1900, while Spring Bottom Farm, Fairfield, Pa., won the calf get-of-sire competition with their foursome by OHF Trifecta 410 X. Other divisional winners and their owners include: Reaerve Call Champion Haifar: Tennes see River Music Inc, Ft. 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Reserve Senior Champion Heifer: Pine Row Farm on PRF Miss Dana 12Z by TOP MSU Knight Rider Cow-Calf Champion: Martha Behrends, Mason City, 111, on OHF MS Butler 820 X, by BT Butler 452 M, and January bull calf by Beau Donald Rival Reserve Cow-Calf Champion: Melvern F Deckard, Atchison, Kan, on MFD Mis Beaurol Blast 2, by MKP GP Blastoff, and twin bulls by HCJ Beau Rollo W 704 Call Champion Bull: Delaney Herefords, Inc , Lake Benton, Minn , on JDH 29Y BA, by JDH Raceway 29Y Rasarva Call Champion Bull: Skaggs Farm, Four Winds Farm and Holly Creek Farm, Newnan, Ga, on SF HCF 4WF War rior Z7O, by Tex Pnme Time Junior Champion Bull; Wilkerson Polled Hereford Farm, Leonard, Mo . on WPHF Spec Transaction 54Z, by 5E SF 4WD 38 Special Rasarva Junior Champion Bull: Tammy Riffel on PVF Invest High 065 by JR PlB3 Wallstreet T 56 Show
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