A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 1997 INTERCOURSE (Lancaster Co.) Janine Winebark of Myerstown recently showed the overall grand champion of the 1997 Southeast Pennsylvania 4-H Market Hog Derby, a homebred crossbred gilt Winebark’s grand champion was out of a field of entries from 22 youth who participated. The annual market hog derby is a complete market hog educational program. The participating youth bring feeder pigs to a centralized place for a weigh-in at the begin ning of the summer and then take them home to feed out, maintain ing feeding and health records. In late August, the youth select one of their finished hogs for com petition, and they are weighed again and then shown live in the ring for type, similar to a regular market hog show. The animals are then slaugh tered and the carcasses measured for length, weight, backfat, loin eye diameter, and as well as receiving calculations for the rate of gain, as well as the poundage and percentage of lean meat production. The carcasses are scored for conformation and given a final index, according to the national industry standards for market hogs. The purpose of the competition, begun in 1991, is to leach youth about the real-world goals of market hog production, and the market values that are actually used in businesses, so that they have a better understanding of the industry and hog production, whether or not they choose to pursue a career in the industry. Judges for the show and carcass evaluation were Jeff Craig with Stoltzfus Meats in Intercourse, a family owned business that does the slaughter and butchering of the entries and has supported the com petition for years; Dave Holloway, a well-known Duroc and Hamp shire breeder, and Ken Kephart, a Penn State University Extension hog specialist who authors a regu lar column in Lancaster Farm ing, “Pork Prose.” Dr. Ed Mills, a Penn State Uni versity meat specialist, also has been a regular supporter of the program and teaches the particip ants about the different cuts, yield and quality. This year participants also got to taste-test some of the different cuts to better demonstrate some of the qualities sought in meat production. Also included in the overall program is a scholarship competi tion, based on the youth’s experi ences in 4-H, as well as their know ledge of the pork industry. This year, there were two reci pients, each receiving $250 scho larships, Wendy Jo Atkins, of Lebanon, and Cynthia Delong. Sponsors provide money for the scholarships and premiums for the shows. Sponsors this year included Pa. Pork Producers Council, Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc., and Hatfield Qual ity Meats as champion sponsors; and Leidy’s Inc., Purina Mills Inc., Farmers First Bank, Robert Gray bill DVM, and Tri-County Con finement Systems Inc. as class sponsors. Derby benefactors included Agricultural Veterinary Associ ates; Balsbaugh Insurance Agen cy; Bank of Lancaster County; the Bernard C. Morrissey Insurance Agency Inc.; Gehman Feed Mill Inc.; Hess Mills; Keystone Farm Credit ACA; Lebanon Valley National Bank; M.H. Eby Inc.; Winebark Wins S.E. Schick Enterprises: Stoltzfus Feed and Supply Inc.; and York County Pork Producers. Winebark’s overall grand champion was the lightweight on foot champion. It weighed in at 52 pounds and weighed out at 230. It also had a rate-of-gain per day of 1.695 pounds: a pounds-lean rate-of-gain of .8375 pounds; a carcass weight of 181 pounds; a carcass length of 32.1 inches; a loin eye area of 7.5 square inches; backfat at .5 inches; and the car cass was 58.581 percentlean. With a conformation score of 3, it had a final index of .837. The reserve overall champion was a crossbred boar exhibited by Nathan Tice, of Lebanon. His ani mal was the mediumweight champion. Tice also has shown champions before. Tice’s animal weighed in a 58 pounds and weighed out at 250. It had 1.846 pounds gain per day, of which .8321 was lean gain. The carcass was 185 pounds with a 33-inch length. It had a 6.85-square-inch loin eye, and .4 inches of backfat The carcass was 57.910percentlean,andhada con formation score of 3, with a final index of .832. Timothy Crouse, of Lebanon, showed the third place overall ani mal, a 270-pound crossbred gilt which was the grand champion on foot, as well as the heavyweight champion on-foot. Crouse’s animal weighed in at 67 pounds, had a 1.951 -pounds per day rate-of-gain; had a carcass weight of 197 pounds; 33-inch car cass length; a 7.05 square-inch loin eye area; .7 inches of backfat; was 54.584 percent lean, with .7997 pounds lean gain per day; a confor mation score of 3, and a final index of .799. The reserve grand champion on foot was ihe reserve heavyweight champion, a 270-pound Hamp shire gilt shown by Brandon Wine bark of Myerstown. Overall, his entry finished 21st, partially because of meat quality, demon strating the fact that live-animal judging is merely an indicator of carcass quality, and not necessari ly that accurate. The lightweight champion was a crossbred gilt shown by Darren Charles, finishing 7th overall. The reserve mediumweight champion was a crossbred boar shown by Nathanial Artz, of Lebanon. It fin ished 13th overall. The Southeastern Regional competition is open to youth in Lebanon, Lancaster, Cumberland, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, and York counties Bucks, Dauphin, Mont gomery. For more information on participating, contact a local extension livestock agent or a 4-H leader. S.C. PA 4-H Market Hog Derby (top throe places per class) ON-FOOT CLASS 1: I.Wendy Atkins; 2.8111 Buckman; 3Jeff Buckman. CLASS 2; I.Darren Charles, 2BJ. Atkins; 3 Kirk Arc. CLASS 3: Uanine Winebark; 2.Shawn Beam, 3Joseph Tice. LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION: Darren Charles. RESERVE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP; Jamne Winebark. CLASS 4: 1 .Nathan Tice; 2 Nathamal Artz; 3Jonathan Howe. CLASS S; I.Philip Charles; 2Joel Crouse; 3 Gretchen Artz. MEDIUM WEIGHT CHAMPION: Nathan Tice. RESERVE MEDIUMWEIGHT CHAMP: Nat haniel Artz. CLASS 6: I.Matthew Beam; 2.Cory Pfautz; S.Cmdy Delong. CLASS 7; I.Timothy Crouse; 2 Brandon Winebark; 3 Kevin Pfautz. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: Timothy Crouse. RESERVE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP: Bran- 4-H Market Hog Derby The champions of the 6th annual Southeast Pennsylvania 4-H Market Hog Derby stand with their hog carcass entries. From the left is Janine Winebark with her overall grand champion, Wendy Jo Atkins with her champion rate-of-gain, Brandon Winebark with his reserve on-foot champion, Nathan Tice with his overall reserve grand champ ion, and Timothy Crouse with his on-foot champion. 1997 PA SB 4-H MARKET HOG DERB SPONSORS WU-Olsk < . AiNURsIUMMIU INi iIMIiUP (JOMTV tunv ,\ ( HRiNAMIU i hit liXl If!' 1 h ,NK ROWTKt f*HAVISI IRI-ttX.N ' uMi ..Mix' ' MiMMNO. Standing in front of the banner of sponsors, on the left, Wendy Jo Atkins shows her $250 scholarship and is joined by Dr. Ed Mills, Penn State meat specialist. Not shown is scholarship winner Cynthia Delong. 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