Aat-Upncirty Faffing, Saturday, Augtwt 21, 1995
Steer Wins Supreme
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(sh||p and sum), Ephrala
(shin), Manhettt (sheep and
steals and New Upland (sheep)
faiffpbssica also Wffits to show at
the Slate Farm Show.
ENe judges selected the champ
ion sffer. Margaret Diffenbach,
assistant to extension for livestock,
said~(he steer was really “long
sided?* and would do well at the
Farnl Show.
At die evening sale of champ
ions, the steer was purchased for
$3,200 by Bill Campbell, Boss’s
Steak and Sea House, Duncanville.
That reserve Aecr, exhibited by
Jason Stoltzfus, Elizabethtown,
was told for $2,200 to Groffs
Meats.
Champion goat of the show was
a Nubian shown by Jodi Gebhard,
Manheim. The goal was sold to
Lebanon Valley Bank, represented
by Mike Firestine, for $2OO. The
reserve, shown by Nicole Eisen
Justin Good, right, sold his grand champion hog at Eli
zabethtown to Moss’s Steak and Sea House, represented
here by Bill Campbell, for $BOO.
To E-town
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) —A few months ago, Jus
tin Good went to the Oscar
Manbeck Swine Farm in Bethel,
Berks County. Justin was impress
ed with the muscling he saw on a
P>g-
After he purchased the gilt, she
Amy Becker showed the reserve grand champion hog at
this week’s Elizabethtown Fair.
hower, Litilz, sold for $lOO to New
Holland Sales Stables.
One of the supreme champion
animal judges, Dr. Robert Herr, a
Dorset sheep breeder from Nar
von, said the supreme champion
goat was a good representative of
the meat goat species. The “very
desirable” goat showed a lot of
quality, with a good hair coat. “If
they don’t have quality look of the
hair coat, they’re not going to get
very far,” said Herr.
The grand champion hog.
shown by Justin Good, Lititz, was
purchased by Bill Campbell of
Hoss’s Steak and' Sea House for
$BOO. The reserve, shown by Amy
Becker, Manheim, was sold for
$7OO to Country Table Restaurant.
The champion, a purebred Dur
oc gilt, is a “tremendous represen
tation of a market hog,” said Greg
Musser, Elizabethtown. Musser,
county 4-H livestock judging team
‘Blossoms’
Hog
Grand Champion
“kind of blossomed,” said Justin,
as he held onto the championship
trophy at the Elizabethtown Swine
Show on Tuesday evening.
Justin, 20, son of Amos and Pat
Good, Lititz, showed his
228-pound purebred Duroc gilt
from the medium weight division
to supreme champion of the mark
et swine show.
Over All Cha
Jodi Gebhard, second from right, sold her grand chaihplon goat to Lebanon Valley
Bank, represented by Mike Flrestlne, tar right, tor $2OO. From left, Travis Werley, Jane
GreenawaK, Bob Donaldson, Gebhard, and Flrestlne.
could do well “at the local level
and at some higher, national-type
shows.”
Brandon Ziegler, Lititz, won
champion sheep, a Southdown that
is a “fine representative” of the
breed. George Lewis, loan officer
from Farmer’s First, Lititz, said,
“I’d be very proud to have it in our
flock.”
The champion sheep was sold to
Feedwell Construction, Manheim,
for $1,200. The reserve, shown by
Suzanne Miller, went to Kunzler
Meats for $1,050.
The champion dairy animal, a
2-year-old Holstein, “shows a lot
of dairy quality,” said Joe Wivell,
Lancaster Genetics, a member of
the Elizabethtown judging team.
The animal was exhibited by Amy
Brandt, Elizabethtown.
Harry Bachman was auctioneer.
Henry Holloway, show judge,
was just as impressed with the gilt
In the final analysis, there was no
question, said Holloway, that the
purebred Duroc would be
champion.
“I have never used a hog of this
weight as a grand, champion, 1 ' he
said. “It is one of the best indivi
dual hogs that I’ve seen in a long,
long time.”
Holloway, a Yorkshire breeder
from Darlington, Md., said the
grand champion exhibited lots of
muscle. Holloway said he “loves
the way she comes at me” with a
great big loin eye muscle. “She
should look really good when she
goes to the rail. She’ll walk away
with the championship at die car
cass show.” •
Justin, a freshman studying
agriculture at Penn State, plans to
show at Denver, Ephratt, Man
heim, and New Holhmd fairs. He
also plans to show at this year’s
Keystone International Livestock
Exposition.
Amy Becker. 14, daughter of
Marlin and Nancy Becker, Man
heim, showed her 253-pound Dur
oc cross gilt from the heavyweight
division to reserve grand champ
ion. Amy is a freshman at Man-
'ons At E-town
Jessica Stoltzfus, right, sold her supreme champion ani
mal at the Elizabethtown Fair to Hose's Steak and Sea
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John Ebersole, representing Feedwell Construction, cen
ter, for $1,200. At left Is Jaml Krause, fair queen.
heim Central High School. i. Geoffrey Rohrer. 2. Kevin P(*un. 3. D«k*
.... ~ n .... Bollinger. Ages 10 and Mow; 1. Todd Zurin.
There were a total of 39 exhlbt- 2. Brian Geib. 3. Nicola Krelder,
tors and 99 hogs. Following is a market hoos
list Of show Dlacinn Lightweight: Claee 1 (210-213 Ibe.): 1.
snow puemgs. Andrew Qermak. 2. Zachary Qermak. 3.
_. Ryan Donough. Claae 2 (214-210 Ibe.): 1.
ELIZABETHTOWN FAIR Jonathon Good. 2. Patrick Good. 3. Shannon
SWINE SHOW Herat. Clan 3 (218-220 Ibe.): 1. Todd Zurin.
DBOI 11 TO 2. Chdt Good. 3. Timothy MlRar. Claae 4
HB9ULI9 (221-226 lb*.): 1. Amy Backer. 2. Justin
SHOWMANSHIP Good. 3. Llia Plautz. Lightweight Champion:
Senior*: Age* 16 and Over: 1. Tina Umbra*. Amy Becker. Raterve; Justin Good.
2. Melissa Becker. 3. Jamie Brown. Interne- Medium Weight; Cla** 6 (227-228 Ibe.); 1.
diaies; Age* 13-15:1. Blaine Brown. 2. Bar- Justin Good. 2. Tina Umbra*. 3. Derick Bol
ah Boyd. 3. Lisa Ptautt. Junior*; Agee 11-12: .... ....
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