Another Chance At A Championship
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bers,” said Tina. "I’m an older members, and provide help on how g C [ better.”
member, so we have some pigs at a to show pigs. Throughout all the Tina said others helped her
along the way.
The first year in 4-H, the leaders
helped new members select pigs,
but from then on, “we just always
did it ourselves,” said Tina. She
also said she entered contests as an
FFA livestock judge, which helped
her fine-tune her judging abilities.
Tina uses those abilities to select
potential champions. At the
Umbrell farm, she helps wean and
feed the hogs and > keeps farm
records. To select the show ani
mals, Tina said she and Matt went
into the nursery and picked out
four of the best pigs.
There are certain characteristics
to look for in a pig.
“You can tell to a certain extent
how the pigs are going to look
when they are 200-250 pounds,”
she said. “You don't want a
scrawny pig. You look for a nice
bone structure, and you look for
muscling throughout the shoulder
♦and the ham.”
Also, a potential champion
should be lengthy and not “sway
backed,” she said.
Tina, in addition to helping on
the 1,400-head [rig hum that is
under contract with White Oak
Mills, works part-time as a nurse’s
assistant at die Masonic Homes.
Matt helps his father take care of
about 110 head of finish steers and
helps out when he can with the
family’s hog operation.
Matt Umbrell cleans the self-feeder tor his show hogs at
the farm.
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