A2B-lancMt*r Farming, Saturday, Saptambar 10,1994
KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
TIMONIUM, Md. A crowd
of more than 100 turned out to
support Maryland’s youth at the
4-H/FFA sale held in conjunction
with the State Fair.
Beef and dairy steers, market
hogs. lambs, goats, and capons
were auctioned, with much of the
proceeds being invested back into
the Maryland livestock program
through generous donations.
Cortney Hill-Dukehart, a
10-year-old from Howard County,
had the champion capon. The fowl
brought which was donated
back by purchasers from the
Maryland Food Pavilion to the
Maryland 4-H Foundation. Re
serve champion capon, shown by
Johnathan Gibson of Carroll
County, brought $l2O.
In market goats, 9-year-old Mi
Tricla Stabler of Montgomery County bad the grand
champion market steer, a homebred Exotic that weighed
1,280 pounds. Shown with Tricla Is Dr. Emmett Full, repre
senting the Maryland Beef Pavilion.
First-year 4-H member Daryl Hood of Frederick County
won his grand champion market hog as a feeder pig In an
essay contest. Rear: MD Farm Queen Jaml Todd, David
Hlgginbottom from Chesapeake Foods, and Daryl Hood.
Front: Cory, left, and Austin Hlgginbottom.
Maryland Holds 4-H, FFA Fundraising Sale
chael Bird from Harford County
had the grand champion with an
85-pound homebred Nubian. One
hundred fifty dollares was paid for
the goat by JJM, Inc. and Fulton
Station Shopping Center, who in
keeping with! the spirit of the eve
ning donated it back to the Mary
land Dairy Goat Endowment
Fund. Reserve champion markete
goat, owned by Louis Bernier 111
from Carroll County, also brought
$l5O.
Thirty-five market hogs went
through the ring. The grand cham
pion, owned by Frederick Coun
ty’s Daryl Hood, went for
$5.25/pound,and was purchased
by Chesapeake Foods. Daryl, a
first-year member of the Johns
ville 4-H Club, wrote an essay to
win the Duroc as a feeder pig from
4-H and raised it to a weight of
250 pounds. Another Frederick
County youth. Eric Donelly, had
the reserve grand champion mar
ket hog, which was purchased for
s3.3s^»und.
This was the last year for Rob
ert Dinsmore, a National FFA
sheep proficiency winner from
Frederick County to show at the
state fair, and he went out with a
bang five of his lambs placed
first, setting a new state fair re
cord. Robert’s grand champion
market sheep, bought by Ceres
ville Ford-New Holland for
$7.25/pound, weighed 125 pound
s. Robert also had the reserve, but
regulations state only one sheep
can be sold by each youth.
Steers were the last to be sold at
the auction. Montgomery Coun
tian Tricia Stabler, a sophomore at
Delaware Valley College and
member of the Montgomery
County Beef Club, had the grand
champion with a homebred Exo
tic, which she said was probably a
cross between Angus, Chianina.
and Maine-Anjou. The
1,280-pound steer was purchased
by The Maryland Food Pavilion,
represented by Dr. Emmett Full,
for S2.SO/pound. Champion dairy
steer, a Brown Swiss owned by
Mark Butler, Jr. of Frederick
County, brought Sl.lS/pound.
The excitement of the evenign
was tempered by the very recent,
sudden passing away of Dr. Bill
Curry, state 4-H livestock special
ist with the University of Mary
land Cooperative Extension Ser
vice. Curry, who had served as a
mentor for many of Maryland’s
youth in 4-H Livestock judging,
suffered a heart attack leaving the
Howard County Fairgrounds after
loading a trailer with steers to go
to the Montgomery County Fair.
His presence at Wednesday’s auc
tion was sorely missed.
In a touching tribute to Curry,
funds from the sale of several ani
mals were earmarked for a me
morial fund which will be used to
offset the expenses incurred by
state 4-H livestock judging teams.
One lamb, purchased by a group
of those whose lives Curry had
touched, brought S2O/pound dur
ing the emotional sale.
Debby Bowman, extension
agent with the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County,
chaired the evening’s auction.
Auctioneers were Andy Cashman,
Dennis Warfield, and Jack Down
ey.
Central Dist ’
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The Ayrshire breed was the
third most popular breed at this
year’s show and all the honors
went to Daniel Rishel of New Co
lumbia. The Mifflinburg FFA
member owned all four cham
pions and the best owner bred ani
mal. The grand champion was a
4-year-old sired by Brow-Ayr Vi
tality Skywalker and the reserve
champion a 4-year-old dry cow
sired by De Bui Vag Mozart The
junior champion was a senior
yearling sired by Bonnie Brae
Marion and the reserve junior
champion, a winter calf, sired by
Wood-Ayr Barry’s Nobel-ET. A
spring yearling sired by Maple-
Bell Chads IRS was the best own
er-bred animal.
In the Milking Shorthorn com
petition. a' winter calf owned by
Brian Shod of the Upper Dauphin
FFA Chapter was selected as the
grand champion and the best own
er-bred animal. The reserve and
Champion dairy steer, a Brown Swiss, was sold by Mark
Butler, Jr. of Frederick County. On Mark’s left are Maryland
Farm Queen Jaml Todd and Ray Howes, representing buy
er Tate Chrysler-Plymouth.
Nine-year-old Michael Bird from Harford County had the
grand champion market goat, a homebred Nubian. On Mi
chael’s right Is Maryland Farm Queen Jaml Todd. On his
left are Nathan lager and Diana Patton, representing Fulton
Station Shopping Center and JJM, Inc.
t D
fllnburg FFA Chapter.
senior champion animal was a
6-year-old dry cow owned by
Mary Anne Rearick of the Penns
Valley FFA Chapter in Center
County. Mary Anne also owned
Sh
the 4-year-old that was named re
serve senior champion.
Braden Heimbach of Mifilin
burg owned the 5-year-old that
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