Perry County Fair Features Livestock
NEWPORT (Perrry
Co.) The Perry County Fair
held recently in Newport featured
a market steer show and a market
hog£ contest.
Laurie Voight judged the 21 ani
mals entered in the market steer
contest and named a 1,140-pound
Limousin steer, owned by Rachel
Erin Benner shows her grand champion market hog of
the Perry County Fair.
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Pinkenbinder, of Duncannon, as
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steers, while Scott Byers, of Liver
pool, showed the reserve FFA
champ.
In the market hog contest, judge
Henry Gruber, of Lehigh, judged
65 head and named a 245-pound
crossbred heavy middleweight
hog, owned by Erin Benner, of
Millerstown, as the grand
champion.
A 236-pound medium middle
weight market hog shown by Brad
Gill, of Newport, was named
reserve champion.
Christ Seiber and Josh Holman,
both of Millerstown, showed the
champipn FFA and reserve
champion FFA market hogs,
respectively.
In the swine showmanship con
test, the 4-H senior champion was
Brian Ebersole, of Duncannon; the
reserve senior champion was
Roberta Cauffman, of Millcr
stown; the junior champion was
Melissa Fuller, of Duncannon; the
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McGuire of Duncannon; the FFA
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Lancistsr Farming, Saturday, September 17, 1994-A23
From the left, award sponsor George Gchrelber presents
the banner for showing the champion market steer of the
Perry County Fair to Rachel Finkenbinder.
Farmers/Business Persons
(Continued from Pag* Ai) farmers are more and more operat
acreage. we are still the largest ing in the public eye.”
non-irrigated farm county in the Robinson said farmers are ques
nation,” Howes said. “So agricul- tioned about their practices in the
ture is important, and the issues press, but farmers continue to be
that affect it affect all of us. As ag “very high in the area of steward
regulations continue to increase, ship of the resources the Lord has
provided to them.
“Farmers as a group of people are very close to
the natural resources and their Creator. They
have a relationship that embodies why they are in
agriculture,” Robinson said.
From the discussion, several significant state
ments from the farmers arc as follows:
•Fry: There is definitely a concern for the
amount of water used in the greenhouse industry,
and he predicts that many operations will soon
incorporate the ebb and flow system to recycle
water and retain runoff.
Concerning manure, we need to be conscious
of what gets back into our streams and that we
can exceed the nutrient carrying capacity of our
fields.
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The soil is a digestive system so the microbes
in the soil digest nutrients to stablize them to get
ready for the next crop. If you keep fiber, like
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back into the soil, you have better sod, not just a
pile of dirt.
•Swam No one likes regulations. I have never
heard a businessman say, “We have new govern
ment regulations; isn’t this great?” But some
thing is needed. The environmental movement is
here to stay. No one wants regulations, but if
something happens to their circle, the first thing
they say is “Why isn’t there a law?”
If we approach regulations with a positive alti
tude and keep our cynicism at a lower level, we
will be all right.
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