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CJ. Houghtaling
Tioga Co. Correspondent
WHUNEYVILLE (Tioga Co.)
Items and animals on the auc
tion block at the Junior 4-H and
FFA Milk Auction and Livestock
Sale during the Tioga County Fair
recently were fewer in number,
but fetched a higher price overall,
marking another successful year
for the sellers.
It was the fourth year for the
Milk Auction which featured a
gallon of milk from each of the
Grand Champion dairy cows exhi
bited by 4-H or FFA members.
Proceeds from the auction woe
Brett Gigee’s grand champion market steer sold for $1.20
per pound to Northeastern Farm Credit.
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Tioga Fair Milk, Livestock
split three ways with 25% going to
the exhibitor, 25% to the exhibi
tor’s club/chapter, and 50% to
Tioga County 4-H and FFA edu
cational events.
While the highest price for a
gallon of milk did not top or even
match last year’s record bid of
$560 from the Grand Champion
Jersey, the dollar amount garnered
from each of the other lots partici
pating in the sale were considerab
ly higher, making the 1994 total
grossed another record year.
Milk from the Grand Champion
Guernsey, Castle’s King Rash
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field brought in the highest bid
with $420 from Gabe Greco of
Greco’s Super Duper. Greco, an
avid supporter of the auction, was
also the highest bidder the two
previous years.
Kriner has been a member of
4-H for five years and FFA for
four and has been an FFA secret
ary for two of those years. Exper
ienced in showing cattle, he has
participated in the District and
State shows three times. Last year
he also had the Grand Champion
Guernsey and the money he
earned from the Tioga County
Fair was used to buy another calf
for this year.
Bids for the milk from the
Grand Champion Ayrshire,
Brown Swiss, and Jersey each
brought $350.
Chcck-R-Board purchased the
milk that came from Plum Bottom
Rita P., a three-year-old Ayrshire
owned by Derek Long of
Lawrenceville. Long has been a
4-H member for seven years and
said that to him, the organization
means “having fun working with
cattle and sharing what I learned
with others.” Long’s cow was
named Reserve Grand Champion
Ayrshire in the fair’s open show.
(“4-H is a) very good learning
experience and teaches responsi
bility,” according to Middlebury
Center resident Jason Butler who
has been a 4-H’er for six years.
His Grand Champion Brown
Swiss milk from two-year-old
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“Emey the Pig” was a featured attraction. Ernie broke to
lead on a leash was sold and resold several times to raise a
total of $5BO to be used to improve the hog facilities at the
fairgrounds for Junior exhibitors, in the photo from left, Tim
Webster, George Grater, and Gabe Greco.
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