A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 10, 1993
Depite Heat Wave, Lancaster Holds Hog Show
ANDY ANDREWS member of the school’s FFA. The
Lancaster Farming Staff son of Clyde and Shirley Kreidcr,
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) — Lancaster, Randy’s 256-pound
Sweltering heat and unruly hogs cross sold to Kenton Good of
didn’t defray the 30 exhibitors and Good’s Receiving Station/
about 135 hogs from competing at Hatfield Quality Meats for $2.25 a
the 31st annual Lancaster FFA pound, for a total of $576.
Hog Show and Sale at the Man
heim Fairgrounds Wednesday. Randy said he obtained the
Before the sale at 6 p.m., the stock from a neighbor, Cliff Char
championship went to Randy les, and liked them as “feeder
Kieider, 16, a senior at Penn Man- pigs’’ enough to try one out for a
or High School and a four-year championship.
Reserve champion of the Lancaster FFA Hog Show was
awarded to Tom Zartman, 18, son of Tom and Barbara Zart
man, Ephrata, left. A four-year member of the Cloister FFA,
Tom’s 232-pound crossbred hog was purchased by Leon
Arnold of Arnold Hog Farm for $1.60 a pound, for atotal of
$371.20.
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Reserve champion was awarded
to Tom Zartman, 18, son of Tom
and Barbara Zartman, Ephrata. A
four-year member of the Cloister
FFA, Tom’s 232-pound crossbred
hog was purchased by Leon
Arnold of Arnold Hog Farm, for
$1.60 a pound, for a total of
$371.20.
Average price with champions
was $.68 pound and average with
out was $.65 pound.
Despite the beat wave, about 26
buyers registered 14 buyers turned
out for the event, and many specta
tors. Judge for the event was Rod
ney Gilbert, herdsman far Dela
ware Valley College, and auction
eer was John Stauffer.
Following is a list of show plac
ings and prices paid by pound.
LANCASTER FFA
HOG SHOW
RESULTS
GRAND CHAMPION; Randy Kralder, $2.25;
RESERVE; Tom Zartman, *1.00; RESERVE
CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT: Tom Zartman.
$.65; CHAMPION MEDIUM WEIGHT; Chad
Kurtz. $.62; RESERVE CHAMPION
MEDIUM WEIGHT; Shannon Herat, $.78;
RESERVE CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT;
Shannon Herat, $.72.
State Ayrshire Field Day
BELLEVILLE (Centre
Co.) The annual field day of
the Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breed
ers Association is to be held Satur
day, July 17, at John Rodgers Plum
Bottom family fann in Belleville.
Registration for the field day is
from 9 a.m. to noon at the farm.
There are to be many prizes
given throughout the day, includ
ing a summer calf from Plum Bot
tom Farm that is to go to the winner
of the youth (ages 8 through 14
years) judging contest.
In order to win the calf, the
youth must be present and have
judged the classes. In the event of a
tie, the score will be broken by a
contest to see who can most close
ly estimate the accumulated pro
duction of six cows.
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Championship FFA hog went to Randy Krelder, 16, right,
a senior at Penn Manor High School and a four-year mem
ber of the school’s FFA. The son of Clyde and Shirley Kreld
er, Lancaster, Randy’s 256-pound cross sold to Kenton
Good of Good’s Receiving Statlon/Hatfield Quality Meats
for $2.25 a pound, for a total of $576.
prize is to be announced during the
field day.
There is also to be a prize for the
first place winner of the sire and
heifer matching contest and a prize
to the first place winner of the pro
duction estimating contest.
The classes to be judged include
aged cows in milk, 2-year-olds in
milk, and a senior calf class.
In addition to the youth prizes,
contest prizes will be awarded to
the first and second place winners
of the adult women (21 years old
and older), first and second place
adult men (same age cutoff), first
and second place ladies (ages 15 to
20+). and first and second place
gents (13 to 20+).
In other association news, some
changes are anticipated for the
Ayrshire Breeders at the Pennsyl
vania All-American Dairy Show.
The first major change is that the
Elite Sale is to be held 7 p.m., Sept.
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July 17
21, with a preceding social event at
5 p.m.
In addition, according to Ben
Hillyard, “We have been working
with Tams on having a sire
daughter display. We will be dis
playing daughters of four out
standing Ayrshire bulls.”
Hillyard said the bulls are
Ardrossan Ev Kates Trident,
Plum-Bottom Nampa 8.8.-ET,
Aycamore-Meade Benf Co/Tor
Peter, and Maple Dell’s Soldier-
ET.
Also, it is not too late for anyone
interested in consigning an animal
to the Elite Sale. '
For more information, call any
of the following members: John
Rodgers (717)935-5242; Ben Hill
yard at (717) 596-4371; Rob
Nolan, at (717) 596-7465; Earl
Keefer, at (717) 692-3738; Dwight
Hunter, at (412) 484-7828; or Dale
Maulfair, at (717) 865-6439.
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