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Vol. 41 No. 39
Multiple Honors Go To York County
Berkshire Breeders
Accepting their national Berkshire boar championship
award are, from left, Greg, Lane, Jessica and Beth Innerst.
In back is Mike Killingsworth, representing the American
Berkshire Association.
Ag Progress
Issue Next Week
ROCKSPRING ( Centre
Co.) The Penn State
research farm, known as the
Russell E. Larson Agricultur
al Research Center, is again
preparing for the thousands
of visitors expected to attend
the annual Ag Progress Days
scheduled for August 13-15.
The center is located nine
miles southwest of State Col
lege on Route 45. More than
300 exhibits, featuring the lat
est goods and services and
state-of-the-art technology in
field machinery demonstra
tions and research projects,
will be part of the show.
Next week Lancaster Farm
ing will publish the annual Ag
Progress Issue that features
the schedule of events, mes
sages from exhibitors, and
features about the show. In
addition in this current issue,
to help you plan your visit, see
page A 36 for an early review
of the daily schedule and a
layout of the grounds.
Four Sections
Jesse Bomgardner holds the halter of hie Lebanon Area
Fair supreme champion dairy animal; Loving-f'eadows
Kareaktt, and holds the rosette award, while Dale Maulfair
presents the trophy that his family sponsors. From the left
of Dale is son Daryl, wife Pattle holding son David, and
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 3, 1996
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
RED LION (Yak Co.) First
came a national boar title. Then
came a national director position.
And now they have a hog going
to “college."
The national hog breeding spa
light is focusing its shine on
young hog breeders Beth and
Greg Innerst, Deer Road, Red
Lion. But national recognition of
their winning Berkshire blood
lines is a result of what the In
nersts have been working and
breeding toward for several years.
Greg Innerst bought his first
Berkshire pig as an FFA member,
whose family had raised strictly
commercial hogs. Though not his
initial first-choice of breed, the
pair of Berkshires he acquired fell
within the price range he could af
ford fa project animals as a fledg
ling vo-ag student.
Loyalty to the sleek black hogs
with erect ears and the classic six
white “points” on tail, snout
and feet has carried ova since
Intent's vo-ag days. Though he
worked on hog operations outside
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Troy Fair Livestock Auction
CAROLYN N. MOYER
Bradford Co. Correspondent
TROY (Bradford Co.) Buyers
from throughout the area flocked
to the annual Troy Fair Youth
Livestock auction to bit on 43
hogs, eight steers, and IS lambs,
and contribute $27,794 to the
$27.50 PCN Yesr
Sarah Bedgar was crowned the new Maryland Dairy Prin
cess at a gala celebrating 35 years of the state’s dairy prin
cess program. See story and more pictures of the pageant
on page 812.
youth who raised them and the 4-H
and FFA programs.
Throughout the day, several
buyers opted to resell the animals
they purchased back to the 4-H and
FFA program, with die second
money going toward the youth
scholarship fund. A total of
daughter Jennifer Maulfalr, and Judge Dale Oiver. On the
left, from the left, helping to present the award is Lebanon
County Dairy Princess Alisha Myers, Dairy Maid Amanda
Martin, Lir Dairy Miss Melissa Bashore, and Lebanon Area
Fair Queen Amy Musselwhlte. See page A2B.
60t Per Copy
Tops $27,794
$2844.60 was raised by the sale of
animals, hi addition, Stroehmann
Bakery of Horsham and Sayre,
presented a check to the 4-H prog
ram in the amount of $1,200 to be
used for 4-H program purposes.
With an average price of $.87
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