Pennsylvania Names Junior Breed!
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool
Queen Stephanie Bowman dis
carded her crown and banner to
show her Dorset yearling in the
Junior Breeding Sheep competi
tion at the Farm Show Wednesday.
The yearling was named champion
of the Dorset breed. It was the first
time that Stephanie claimed a
championship at the state level
although she’s a (jequent winner in
local fairs.
The daughter of Roger and Nan
cy Bowman of Lenhartsville raises
sheep on the family farm and is a
strong spokesperson for the sheep
industry both in meat and in wool
promotion.
“If you deal with professionals
and pay attention, you can learn a
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Bow, right. Kelly Glaser, holds , the reserve.
Champion and reserve champion Cheviots are owned by
Michele Snyder, right. Her sister Melody holds the reserve.
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the combined wool greeds In the junior breeding sheep
division.
In Junior Breeding Sheep, Richard Kerper Jr., right, took
the championship of all purebreds with an Oxford. With Ker
per are Jacob Gargas and Nicole Knepp.
lot of sedrets,” said Richard Ker
per, Jr. The 19 year-old showed the
champion of all purebreds during
the Jr. Breeding Show with an
Oxford purchased from Joyce
Heffner.
It was his first major win in his
second year of showing sheep at
the state level although he did
show locally through school.
Now graduated, Richard works
at a feed store and sale bam.
Champion and reserve Hamp
shires were shown by Josie
Fought, 13. With her dad, John
Fought, and sister Jamie, 10, Josie
raises about SO head of Hamps and
Dorsets on the family’s Carlisle
farm named Sulfur Run Farms.
It was the second year at the
state level for Jamie to achieve the
title. This year’s was a homebred
from the ewe that was a former
champion.
Jamie is an eighth grader at
Cumberland Valley High School
where she is active in chorus and
4-H.
The champion Merino was
shown by Jacob Garges of Telford.
It was the first time he showed a
champion in his three years of
showing. The son of Paul and
Eileen Gargas, the 13 year-old
raises about Bo-100 head of several
sheep breeds on the family’s farm.
A champion Suffolk named
Speckles was shown by Shelly
Paton. Shelly, the daughter of Rick
and Janice Paton of Waynesburg,
has about 20 head at the family's
Long Woods Farm.
She also raises market steers.
For the third year, champion and
reserve Corriedales were shown by
Benjamin Bow, 17. The son of
Benjamin and Mary Bow of
Annville, he has about ISO head of
Corriedales and Suffolks on the
family farm.
Move over Melody Snyder,
your sister is taking over. Michele,
who is 14, showed the champion
and reserve in the junior breeding
sheep. Melody has about 100 head,
of Suffolks while Michele raises
40 Cheviots on the family’s Snyd
er Valley Farm. The sisters are the
daughters of Jack and Donna
Snyder.
Montadale Champion and
reserve titles go to Tisha Ebling,
16 year-old daughter of Jane and
Warren. The Montadales are
homebred raised on the family
farm at Newmanstown.
A partial listing of placings for
the junior breeding sheep and the
wool breeds follow.
JR. SHEEP BREEDINQ DIVISION
CHEVIOT YEARLING EWE 1,2. Michelle
Snyder; 3. Keith D. Bollinger.
CHEVIOT FALL EWE LAMB 1. Michelle
Snyder.
CHEVIOT SPRING EWE LAMB 1.
Michelle Snyder: 2. Keith 0. Bollinger; 3.
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She
Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen Stephanie Bowman
shows the champion Dorset In the Junior Breeding Sheep
Amanda Lynn Miller, 9, shows the champion Southdown
ewe In the Junior Breeding Sheep competition.
ha Ebling and her homebred ewes. In the center'ls dad War*
ren Ebling and Darren Fldler, right.
Cham
ions