FB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9,1993
Both Dale, left, and Dwain Livengood help with the carriage restoration business in
the winter months. Recently they helped restore a turn-of-the-century, one-seat,
sleigh body runabout, which, according to Dwain, Is “sort of unique and odd and
nobody really has a textbook name to give It.” Photo by Andy Andrews
Last And First Farm Shows
For Steer Exhibitors
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LAMPETER (Lancaster Co.)
For Dwain Livcngood and his
Pennsylvania Farm Show steer
“Omega,” it’s the beginning and
the end.
Dwain, 19, will be competing in
his last Farm Show event with the
first-time Farm Show appearance
of his 14-month-old Maine Anjou/
Angus cross, nicknamed Omega
which means, literally, “last.”
Brother Dale, 14, will be show-
ing a Maine Anjou/Angus/
Chianina cross named Alpha (liter
ally, “first”). It’s Dale’s first state
Farm Show appearance.
While Dwain and Dale will be
a king their two calves to the Farm
Show, at least at home, for them,
life continues as it always has
first, the farm chores, including
working on the produce farm oper
ated by father Earl. Then, working
on the show animals.
Been that way
It’s been that way even when
heir father, Earl, worked on the
produce farm. And they both work,
off-season, in a carriage restora
tion business.
“This is my last year, so I was
Tying to think of something to
name the animal,’’ said Dwain.
1 ‘So I thought of the name Omega,
since this is its first year showing at
Dwain Llvengood, 19, right, will be appearing in his last
Pennsylvania Farm Show with the first-time ring appear
ance of his 14-month-old Maine Anjou/An{jus cross, nick
named Omega which means, literally, “last.” Brother
Dale, 14, will be showing a Maine Anjou/Angus/Chianlna
cross, Alpha, in his fllw. state farm show appearance.
Jie Farm Show, and this is my
last.”
“We really enjoy it,” said Dale.
“The competition of course is real
good.”
“I had been up and watched the
show before, but never took the big
plunge until last year,” said
Dwain.
Took one steer
Last year, at Dwain’s first Farm
Show, he said they took only one
steer, and the pressure wasn’t as
great. But for some of the shows
they appeared in this year, espe
cially the West Lampeter Com
munity Fair, the family took five
steers, and they kept busy.
But for Dale’s first year, he
doesn’t expect it to be as hectic.
“There’s going to be more com
petition, of course,” he said.
Dale said, “You put a lot of
work into these animals, and you
know, it does pay off if you have
the right animal. You don’t just put
them in the bam and get them out
the day of the show.”
The animals were purchased
while the Livengoods visited fami
ly living in Ohio. The brothers
select on muscling, type, color,
and other factors.
First show
Dale said he has been showing
in 4-H since he was 9 years old
and his first show was the West
Lampeter Community Fair. Dwain
has been showing since about the
same age, and now celebrates his
first decade in the 4-H show ring.
He became involved in showing
when he visited the Lampeter Fair
and became interested in it. Then,
for Christmas, the “steer we had
looked at showed up.. . . that’s
the way it started,” Dwain said.
“We had been down at Lampe
ter and watched the show when I
was real little, and they asked me if
that looked interesting, and I said,
yeah, I thought it looked more
interesting than music lessons at
that point, so it was one or the
other, and that’s the one I chose.”
When Dwain joined the Lancas
ter 4-H Beef Club, there were
about 50-60 members, he recalled.
Last year membership “bottomed
out,” he said, at 11. This year, the
group has rebuilt and now stands
20 strong.
Found animals
In the beginning;, Dwain pur
chased show animals from Chet
Hughes, Lancaster livestock agent.
But through the years, he has
found champion animals from var
ious sources, and is not particular
about breed or color. He considers
showing the black steers because,
he said, it “is pretty much the main
color now, it’s pretty much what
everybody shows.”
He said he considers other
steers, such as a Limousin cross
and even the brownish colored
steers, as some he would consider
if the other factors, such as mus
cling, were prominent.
“If we have a brown steer that
has both combinations good
muscling and good type we’ll
show him,” Dwain said.
The Beef Club 4-H’cr said a red
steer won championship at the
Keystone International Livestock
Exposition this year. What type or
color animal wins ‘ ‘depends on (he
judge, really,” he said.
Block and fit
Dwain said he learned to block
and fit the cattle from watching
champion exhibitors at several big
shows. He also got a lot of help
from other industry representa
tives who judge local shows.
Dale said he relics on help from
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