Bennecoffs Clinch Farm Show Swine Championship ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Bennecoff family has shown at countless KILE, Allen town Fair, and other shows throughout the country. But they triumphed fqr the first time at the Pennsylvania Farm Show last Saturday when they finally picked up a grand championship with their Hampshire, a “really big scaled gilt, which has a good underline, good udder, and good length,” according to Jack Rodi baugh, Rensselaer, Ind., show judge. Todd Bennecoff, Kutztown, exhibited TDB3 MS Bell Star 1-5, a January gilt, to the championship of the Hampshire breed class and the farm show open swine show championship. Following are the winners of each class by show order. Son, Airvllle. The champion Spotted ewine was shown by Russell Kegg. Berkshires The Bennecoffs, which include Todd, Cheryl, son Todd, Jr. and daughter Justine, also swept the Berkshire class. The ability of a hog to walk free and easy with a lot of evenness and strength down the top ate what the breed industries look for in a gilt, and this applies especially well to the Berkshire championship class, according to Rodibaugh. Champ ion of the class went to TLB3 Miss Conan 4-7. The Bennecoffs also picked up reserve champion with a gilt that was “nicely balanced and moves off her front end better than the other gilts out there,” said Rodi baugh. Bennecoffs showed a Janu ary gilt to reserve, TLB3 Miss Combination. Chester Whites “Where can you buy a pound of balance?” asked Rodibaugh, who Todd Bennecoff won champion Hampshire gilt and supreme week at the Farm Show with this January gilt. explained that balance is hard obtain unless control is maintained in feed and other factors. The Janu ary gilt had a lot more in one pack age than other two she competed against, according to the judge. “You can’t feed them or push them hard if they don’t have the length of body,” said Rodibaugh. Again, the breed wants length and free dom of movement in the gilts. As a result, champion was awarded to a January gilt, TM3 Diane M 593 4-1, shown by James T. Parlett and Son, Airville. The Parletts swept the class, also pick ing up reserve with TM3 Ann TII 593, a February gilt. The reserve had the “trendy” characteristics for breeds, said Rodibaugh, which include “longevity, and length of neck and rump up,” he said. “She moves free and easy, and has a lot of longevity which can go a lot down the road for the breed.” Durocs Like the reserve champion gilt shown in the class, the champion gilt, shown by Donald Chambers for Dennis Chambers, was a “well balanced” gilt with a lot of square ness in shoulders and down the top, the most lean gilt in the class. Champion went to 3 Bell S9O 1-7, a January gilt. Reserve champion of the class was the sec ond January gilt, shown by Clyde McConaughey, Smicksburg, who showed CM3 MS Babe Rutt 4-4. Hampshires The champion gilt from the Hamp shire breed class, shown by Todd Bennecoff, Kutztown, is a “really big-scaled gilt,” said Rodibaugh. Bennecoff exhibited TDB3 MS Bell Star 1-5. Reserve champion showed good bone, scale, balance, and freedom of movement in front and rear, according to Rodibaugh. Reserve was shown by Darren Grumbine and Brian Eisenhour, Miss SPSS 1-4, from Myerstown. Landrace The longest-bodied gilt of the Landrace breed class shone in the eye of the judge. The January gilt, shown by Stephen Wessner, New Tripoli, SAWS Dora 2-6, was champion. (Turn to Pago 824) Lancastar Fuming, Saturday, January 15, IN4-821 Jennifer Fllnchbaugh shows this reserved Yorkshire, a February gilt, at the Farm Show. ary gilt, last week at the Farm show. ey, Smlcksburg.
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