D6-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, December 7,1991
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County 4-H
Judging Team representing Penn
sylvania exhibited their know
ledge about livestock when they
competed for honors with 140
other 4-H members from 35 states
during the National 4-H Livestock
Judging Contest recently in Louis
ville, Ky. The event was held in
conjunction with the North
American International Livestock
Exposition.
The primary objective of the
Livestock Judging Contest was to
provide youth enrolled in 4-H
livestock projects with the oppor
tunity to demonstrate their know
ledge of livestock-related subject
matter in a national competitive
setting
The Pennsylvania Team of Pet
er Hoffines, Marietta; Wendall
Landis, Manheim; Mark Tracy,
Elizabethtown; and Dwain Liven
good, Lancaster placed third in the
highly competitive contest which
included classes of beef, sheep,
and swine, including both market
and breeding animals, most with
performance data. The contest
also included four sets of oral rea
sons and two classes with ques
tions - testing the judger’s ability
to recall details about the animals
Pennsylvania’s team placed sec
ond in beef judging, fourth in
SCRAPE, DIG, PULL, LOAD,
TILL, MOW AND MORE
4-H’ers Finish 3d In National Contest
sheep judging, 12th in swine judg
ing, and eighth in oral reasons.
Top individual for Pennsyl
vania was Wendall Landis, who,
on his way to second place over
all, achieved third in beef judging
and ninth in sheep judging. Dwain
Livengood, who placed third
overall, also placed fifth in sheep
judging and sixth in beef judging.
In preparation for their trip to
Louisville, the team competed in
four interstate competitions, plac
ing third at the Keystone Interna
tional in October. En route to Lou
isville, the group, including
coaches Greg Musser, Mount Joy
and Chet Hughes, extension live
stock agent, practiced at Harvest
Plantation, McKean Bios. Angus,
Ohio State University, The Uni
versity of Kentucky, and Shipley
Duroc/Large Whites. The team
also enjoyed a tour of thorough
bred horse farms in Lexington,
Ky. including the Keenland Race
track and Churchhill Downs.
The winning team in the 1991
contest was Illinois, followed by
Indiana, with Pennsylvania in
third.
Contest support and awards to
top winners were sponsored by the
North American International
Livestock Exposition, livestock
breed associations, and animal in
dustry sources.
The Pa. 4-H Livestock Judging Team placed third In a national livestock Judging
contest. Left to right: Chester D. Hughes, extension livestock agent, Lancaster; Greg
Musser, coach; Mark Tracy; Dwain Llvengood, third highest individual; Wendall Lan
dis, second high Individual and Peter Hoffines.
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