A26-L*nct*t*r Farming, Saturday, Saptambar 16,1995
Junior Exhibitors Take
JOYCE BUPP purple-ribbon lamb was one of six
York Co. Correspondent that Ihe York junior shepherd
YORK (York Co.) Junior raised for showring compelilion
exhibitors’ entries have tradition- this season.
ally competed well in the York
Fair’s open class market lamb
show. This year proved to be a con
tinuation of that trend of the last
several years.
Champion title,of the competi
tive open class market lamb show
went to 17-year-old 4-Hcr Julie
Kern, York. The champion is a
118-pound homebred Suffolk and
lopped its light heavyweight class
earlier in the show.
“lt’s really great that it was a
homebred,” said Julie about her
first lime to win the York Fair’s
open class championship. The
Julie Kern’s winning Suffolks took champion pair honors
in the market lamb show at the York Fair. Assisting Julie in
handling the lamb at right is Tabltha Ebersole.
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they were doing opening the main
doors to a fire. An explosion
throws the fire team, injuring sev
eral, and knocks the camera out of
the photographer’s hands.
• Silo gas dangers. This showed
the students how deadly silo gas
exposure can be and what signs to
look for.
Years ago, the Irishtown Fire
Company responded to a tractor
rollover accident in which several
children were involved, with one
fatality.
But farm accidents don’t always
involve fatalities. In many cases,
accidents happen that simply
aren’t reported.
Farmers “don’t really see the
need to do it,” said Jean. “They can
gel themselves out, so there’s no
need to tell anybody, I guess.”
‘The only time you hear of a
farm accident is when it’s a fatality
or almost a fatality,” said Larry.
What concerns the Feesers and
other rescue personnel is that many
times the farmer is alone, in the
back 40, often at night, working,
isolated from those that could help
them in danger. So it is important
that farmers woik together, keep in
touch, and beware and ready to
help each other if an accident
occurs, according to the Feesers.
National Farm Safety and
Health Week runs from Sept.
17-23, the same week as the Irish
town course. According to the
National Safety Council, agricul
ture is one of the most dangerous
industries in the United States,
with a death rate of 26 per 100,000
worker population in 1994. It has a
work-related death rate almost five
times the average of all industries
combined.
In Pennsylvania, last year, 3S
people lost their lives in accidents
related to farming, according to
Reserve champion honors were
won by Adam Sellers, Thomasvil-
Ic, with a crossbred entry that he
plans to exhibit in January as his
Farm Show lamb. At 16, Adam is a
veteran shepherd who notes that a
lamb when it is just a few weeks
old already displays the character
istics that help make it a winner in
the showring.
Genetics, along with regular
working with the lambs, is what
Adam attributes in large part ot
showing a champion animal.
Adam also took reserve honors in
the junior show, but with a diffc-
Course To Teach Fire, Rescue Personnel
s^vht^
The Irlshtown Fire Company and the county farm bureau
are working to develop three-day courses to overview what
Larry Feeser covered at the FARMEDIC course In New York.
The course will run Tuesday. Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept.
21 from 7:30 p.m.-l0 p.m. at the Irlshtown Fire Hall. A special
hands-on “equipment” day Is scheduled for next Saturday,
Sept. 23, at the fire hall.
statistics complied by Penn Stale’s turns, which could have been prc-
College of Agricultural Sciences, vented by a ROPS.
Tractors played a role in 16 fatal Dr. Dennis Murphy, professor
accidents in the state in 1994.E1e* of ag engineering, believes that it's
ven were killed’ in tractor over- “tragic when you consider that 35
York Fair Open Market Lamb Honors
rent lamb.
Market lamb pairs honors went
to Julie Kem, York who exhibited
her well-matched, homebred Suf
folks to the champion title. Julie
sums up her winning formula for
market lambs as “just plenty of
TLC lender loving care.”
Other weight division champ
ions in the open market lamb show
included Lindsay Jones, light
weight, Lisa Moyer, light modi um
weight, Malt Sellers, medium
weight, and Shanna Daugherty,
heavyweight.
A partial list of open class mark
et lamb winners follows:
VORK FAIR OI’EN CLASS MARKET
LAMBS
Lightweight Division
Class I*l. Drew Dankcrt; 2. Rick Jones; 3.
Emily Banken
Class 2*l. Rick Jones; 2. Gina Shelton; 3.
Brandy Banken
Class 3 • 1. Lindsay Jones; 2. Jennifer Flm
chbaugh; 3. Heather Bankeit
Lightweight Champion, Lindsay Jones;
Reserve Champion, Jennifer Hmchbaugh
Light Mediumweight Division
Class 6-1. Melissa Trostle; 2. Kelly Jo Bank
eit; 3. Heather Moyer
Class 7 -1. Tasha Flory; 2. Hcathre Banken; 3.
Gina Shelton
Gass 8 -1. Lisa Moyer, Z Cody Ault; 3. Mark
Albright
Light Mediumweight Champion, Lisa Moyer,
Reserve Champion, Tasha Flory
Mediumweight Division
Class 11 - l.MclissaTrostlc; 2. Emily Gray bill;
3. Matt Trostle
Clan 12 • 1. Tabilha Ebcrsole; 2. Melina
Tronic; 3. Janet Eaton
Qau 13-1. Matt Sellers; 2. Michael Burrell; 3.
Kensley McKcrchcr
Mcdiumwcight Champion, Matt Sellers;
Reserve Champion, Tabitha Ebcrsole
Light Heavyweight Division
Class 16-1. Adam Sellers; 2. Julie Kcm; 3.
Malt Seller*
Clast 17-1. Jacob Ebersole: 2. Matt Sellers; 3.
Michael Burrell
Class 18- 1, Julie Kern; 2. Lindsay Jones; 3.
Jacob Ebersole
Junior sheep show fitting honors at the York Fair were
shared by Shanna Daugherty, left, champion, and reserve
champion Heather Bankert.
Light Heavyweight Champion, Julie Kem; Cla»i 23 -1. Adam Selleis; 2. Trivia Rory; 3.
Reserve Champion, Adam Sellers Jacob Ebcrsole
Heavyweight Division Heavyweight Champion, Shanna Daugherty;
Class 21 -1. Adam Sellers; 2. Sham Daught- Re * erv ® Champion. Adam Sellers
ety; 3. Michael Burrell Open C,M ‘ M * rlcct Lamb Grand Champion,
Class 22 -1. Shanna Daugherty; 2. Travis lulic Kcm; Rc4crve Grand Champion. Adam
Flory: 3. Tabitha Ebersole SeUcn
Larry Feeser stands next to the 250-gallon, 12-row spray
rig to be used in farm rescue demonstrations.
people died from incidents that
were, for the most part,
preventable.”
This year’s theme for National
Farm Safety and Health Week is
“Sowing the Seeds of Health:
Practice Safety.” Feeser, who
raises hogs, believes that the $65
course will benefit those involved
in farm accidents by making far
mers and rescue people more
aware of what is involved.
The entirely volunteer Irishtown
Fire Department has 225 mem
bers, of which 4S-S0 are active in
the department About 3S-40 are
farmers.
DPC Sets Conference
SYRACUSE, N.Y. The educational guidelines directed to
Dairy Practices Council (formerly proper and improved sanitation
the Northeast Dairy Practices practices and to facilitate die
Council) has announced its 26th adoption of sound, uniform and
annual conference to be held Nov. ■ ILILIU .
8-10 at the Holiday Inn Carrier
Circle in But Syracuse. * hc Production, processing, and
The objectives of the council distribution of high quality milk
are to develop and disseminate and dairy products.
Feeser believes that the feed
back from the experience could
benefit fanners and rescue people
alike. After two years, recertifica
tion involves about 10-12 hours of
coursework.
“I could talk to 200 fanners and
all 200 fanners could give me a
farm-related accident,” said Fees
er. “Fire fighters are no different.
They’ve seen things, they have
done things in the past, and they
can insert at any time in a situation
to handle it”
For more information about the
course, call Feeser at (717)
624-9452.