C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22, 1995
Chester 4-H
Presents
WEST CHESTER (Chester
Co.) Members of the 4-H lives
tock clubs of Chester County were
honored at the annual awards ban
quet recently at the Devereux
Dining- Hall.
Following is a list of those
honored.
Swine Club Awards
Champion Market Hog-
David Howe, Lancaster-
Chester County Pork Produc
ers Council; Reserve
Champion Market Hog-Mandy
Stoltzfus, Lancaster-Chester
County Pork Producers Coun
cil: Champion Trio-Jonathan
Howe: Reserve Champion
Trio-Kasey McAllister: Champ
ion Senior Showman-Jason
Wagner, Lancaster-Chester
County Pork Producers Coun
cil; Reserve Champion Senior
Showman-Jonathan Hdwe;
Champion Junior Showman-
Nathan Howe, Lancaster-
Chester County Pork Produc
ers Council; Reserve Champ
ion Junior Showman-Phillip
McAllister: 4-H Swine Member
Awards-AII 4-H Swine Club
Members; Average Daily Gain
Award-Jason Wagner; Key
stone Farm Credit, ACA,
Achievement Award, Senior
Division-Jason Wagner, Junior
Division-Phillip McAllister.
Sheep Club Awards
Champion Market Lamb-
Jessie Pearson; Reserve
Champion Market Lamb-Becky
Byrne; Champion Heavyweight
Lamb-Jessie Pearson;
Reserve Champion Heavy
weight Lamb-lnez Stoltzfus;
Champion Mediumweight
Lamb-Becky Byrne; Reserve
Champion Mediumweight
Lamb-Becky Byrne; Champion
Lightweight Lamb-Rachel
Smoker; Reserve Champion
Lightweight Lamb-Kasey McAl
lister; John Rock Memorial
Award-Junior; John Rock
Memorial Fund-Senior;
Champion Shropshire Ewe-
Brad Wiggins; Reserve
Champion Shropshire Ewe-
Angela Bates; Champion Suf
folk Ewe-Maria Stoltzfus;
Reserve Champion Suffolk
Ewe-lnez Stoltzfus; Champion
Southdown Ewe-Jason Wag
ner; Champion Senior Blocker-
Jason Wagner; Reserve
Champion Senior Blocker-
Conrad Smoker; Champion
Junior Blocker-Maria Stoltzfus;
Reserve Champion Junior
Blocker-Angela Bates; Grand
Champion Blocker-Jason
4-H youth were recently honored for their achievements
through the Chester County 4-H livestock program. From
left, Jennifer Dunleavy, David Howe, Hans StoHzfus, and
Emille Johnson.
Awards
Wagner: Reserve Grand
Champion Blocker-Conrad
Smoker: Keystone Farm Cre
dit, ACA, Achievement Award,
Senior Divisior-lnez Stoltzfus,
Junior Division-Brad Wiggins:
Champion First Year
Showman-Scott Duncan;
Reserve Champion First Year
Showman-Brad Wiggins:
Champion Junior Showman-
Katie Bates: Reserve Champ
ion Junior Showman-Maria
Stoltzfus: Champion Senior
Showman-Henry Yorgey;
Reserve Champion Senior
Showman-Conrad Smoker;
Grand Champion Showman-
Henry Yorgey, Chester County
Sheep and Wool Growers
Assoc.; Reserve Grand
Champion Showman-Katie
Bates, Chester County Sheep
and Wool Growers Assoc.;
Champion Cheviot Ewe-
Angela Bates; Reserve
Champion Cheviot Ewe :
Angela Bates; Champion
Crossbred Ewe-Kasey McAllis
ter; Reserve Champion
Crossbred Ewe-Kasey McAllis
ter; Champion Dorset Ewe-
Angela Bates; Reserve
Champion Dorset Ewe-Holly
Clinger; Champion Hampshire
Ewe-Kelly Heim; Reserve
Jason Wagner, exhibitor of
the reserve grand champion
market hog on the rail at the
Southeast Pennsylvania
Market Hog Show last year,
was honored as a Chester
County 4-H Swine Club
member.
P club award recipients at the Chester County 4-H Livestock Award program.
overall, Jason Wagner-9th high
ndiv. overall, Conrad
Smoker-31 st high indiv. over
all; Junior Team: Nathan
Howe-95th high indiv. overall,
<evin Smoker-13th high indiv.
overall, Brian Parlett-86th high
indiv. overall
Champion Hampshire Ewe-
Kelly Heim.
Beef Club Awards
Champion Steer-Jennifer
Dunleavy; Reserve Champion
Steer-Jon Marsch; Champion
Angus Heifer-Kasey McAllister;
Reserve Champion Angus
Heifer-Jason Marsch; Champ
ion Simmental Heifer-Jason
Wagner; Champion Senior
Showman-Jennifer Dunleavy:
Champion Junior Showman-
Jason Marsch; Champion First
Year Showman-Adam Byrne:
Average Daily Gain Award-
Adam Byrne; Feed Efficiency
Award-Nathan Howe; Senior
Achievement Award-Kasey
McAllister: Junior Achievement
Award-Jason Marsch: First
Year Achievement Award-
Adam'Byrne; Keystone Farm
Credit, ACA, Achievement
Award, Senior Division-Kasey
McAllister, Junior Division,
Phillip McAllister.
Outstanding Club Work
Awards
A special award presented
to 4-H Members who are leav
ing 4-H and have given out
standing service to their parti
cular club. Jennifer Dunieavy
-4-H Beef Club: David
Howe-4-H Beef Club; Jesse
Holmes-Sheep R Us 4-H Club;
Emilie Johnson-Blue Ribbon
4-H Sheep Club; Holly Clinger-
Blue Ribbon 4-H Sheep Club;
Henry Yorgey-Golden Fleece
4-H Sheep Club; Hans
Stoltzfus-Golden Fleece 4-H
Sheep Club.
Special congratulations to
Jason Wagner, who exhibited
the Reserve Grand Champion
Market Hog on the Rail at the
Southeast Pennsylvania Mark
et Hog Show in Lebanon Coun
ty in August 1994.
Livestock Judging Team
Results
State Achievement Days
July 1994 —Penn State Uni
versity, Senior Members-3rd
high team overall: Team
Members-Jon Howe, Matt
McAllister, Conrad Smoker;
Junior Team-4th high team
overall: Team Members-lnez
Stoltzfus, Jason Wagner,
Kevin Smoker, Nathan Howe;
Other Team Members-Ryan
Stoltzfus, Maria Stoltzfus.
Spring Judging Contest
March 1994—Penn State
University, Senior Team-4th
high team overall; Jon
Howe-16th high indiv. overall,
Matt McAllister-sth high indiv.
York County Regional
Judging Contest
July 1994—South Branch
Farm, Senior Team-4th high
team overall: Matt McAllister
-Bth high indiv. overall, Inez
Stoltzfus-14th high indiv. over
all, Conrad Smoker-16th high
indiv. overall, Jon Howo-12th
high indiv. overall; Junior
Team-Ist high team overall:
Ryan Stoltzfus-11th overall,
Maria Stoltzfus-7th overall,
Farmers
New Marketing
Approaches
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Marketing agricultural
products'in an increasingly compe
titive world is becoming a serious
problem for the American farmer.
Faced with increasing competi
tion from abroad, increasing oper
ating costs for machinery, sup
plies, and equipment, and lower
prices for most of the commodities
produced, farmers across the
nation must look for new ways to
market their products. As tradi
tional marketing avenues begin to
lose some of their effectiveness,
new ideas and marketing
approaches are critically needed.
One such approach is currendy
making the rounds in fanning cir
cles. The idea is simple in concep
tion and involves the bartering of
processed agricultural products in
the international market With
milk prices running below $l3 per
hundred weight the notion of bar
tering cheese, butter, evaporated
and powdered milk on the interna
tional market for manufactured
goods that can be sold in the
United States for a higher price has
attracted the attention of a number
of Pennsylvania farmers.
On March 27, a group of about
SO interested Lancaster County
farmers met at the Hoffman Build
ing in Quarryvillc to discuss the
possibility of producers’ using a
vertical integration strategy to
improve- the profitability of form-
Kevin Smoker-1 st high indiv.
overall, Nathan Howe-28th
overall.
Lebanon County Reg’l
Judging Contest
July 1994-Lebanon Fair
grounds, Senior Team-4th high
team overall: Matt
McAllister-15th high indiv. o
verall, Jason Wagner-16th high
indiv. overall, Jon Howe-18th
indiv. overall, Conrad
Smoker-22nd high indiv. over
all, Inez Stoltzfus-23rd high
indiv. overall: Junior Team-1 st
high team overalh-JMaria
Stoltzfus-4th high indiv-overall,
Nathan Howe-Bth high indiv.
overall, Ryan Stoltzfus-3rd
high indiv. overall, Kevin
Smoker-10th high indiv.
overall.
Research
mg operations. Discussion
included how the idea might be
implemented, timeframes for
doing so, and how the concept fits
into established farm business pro
cedures. Farmers at the meeting
were unanimous in their feeling
that this approach was worthy of
additional study and approved the
establishment of a commission to
pursue the matter.
Among the reasons cited for
moving in this direction was the
desirability of marketing pro
cessed farm products in other
countries such as the former Soviet
Bloc, the Southeast Asia Trade
Bloc, and South America where
supply is lower and demand is
higher. Traditional marketing
techniques break down in those
areas due to the lack of hard cur
rencies. Bartering overcomes that
barrier by accepting a marketable
manufactured product rather than
hard currencies.
At the initial meeting of the
approved commission on April 10
at a farm in the Quarry ville area, an
organizational structure was estab
lished and a name was adopted.
Farmers interested in charter
participation may request addi
tional information by writing to
Allen Weicksel at 1718 Slate Hill
Road, Peach Bottom, PA 17563 or
Robert Wenger, 176 Cardinal
Drive, Quarryville, PA 17566