A24-Lancnttr Fanning, Saturday, January 17, 1998
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Pennsylvania Lamb And
Wool Queen Clinches
Market Lamb
Championship
At Farm Show
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Betty Lou and David Svonavec
who raise about SO head of sheep
in Rockwood, Somerset County.
The Svqnavcc* attribute their
success to “lots of hard work and
maybe more luck than anything.”
Excitement didn’t end with the
market iamb trophy. Heidi went
into the showmanship competition
where she placed second in the
senior division.
“I was pretty nervous," Heidi
said of the event
Generally the lamb and wool
queen hands out ribbons during the
competition, but Heidi was so busy
showing that she was unable to do
Youth Enter 160 Breeding Sheep In Junior Show
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Only a few newcomers man
aged to join the familiar names that
dominated the championship list at
the youth breeding sheep show.
About 160 sheep made up the
breeding sheep classes held in the
small arena on Wednesday.
Dallassa Bowman from the
Buck in Lancaster County was one
of the newcomers. The 16-year-old
showed a registered Columbia
named Esther to take the breed
championship.
Although Dallassa has three
brothers and a sister who also show
sheep at the local level, she was the
only one of the family spying out
the land in state competition this
week. She’s going home with a
favorable report and plans to be
back next year. The Bowmans
raise sheep on their Country Bless
ing Farm.
Showing the Columbia reserve
champion was Travis Crouse, 10.
He and his brother Darren, 11, are
the sons of Lew and Debbie of
Crouse Brothers Farm in Syca
more, Greene County.
“The homebred has won every
fair on the show circuit,” Lew said.
In the Cheviot breed, Tony
Haugh, 10, showed the champion.
Michelle Snyder shows the grand champion Suffolk. She
also showed the reserve champion in the Suffolk and In the
Cheviot breeds.
so in the youth shows. However
she did hand out ribbons in the
open sheep shows earlier in the
week.
hi keeping with Farm Show
rules, part of the money Grom the
sale of the champion lambs is
returned to the Farm Show scho
larship foundation. The remainder
will be put in savings by the
siblings for their own college
education.
Entries were about 20 less than
last year’s registration for market
lamb competition, but according to
Ron Miller. Farm Show director,
lamb quality was better at the
shows than in other years.”
Jacob Gargas shows ths champion Oxford. The 16-year
old also showed the reserve champion Oxford and the
champion and reserve champion Merino.
It was Tony’s first year in breeding
sheep competition. His dad Denny
Haugh of Red Lion has been show
ing Suffolk sheep for yean, but
Tony finds the smaller Cheviot
breed easier to handle. He pur
chased the Cheviot from John
Eaton, and took it to Keystone
International Livestock Expo and
the York Fair where it was selected
Wednesday at the Farm Show bubbled over with excitement for the Svonavec fami
ly. Heidi, who is also the Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen, shows the champion
market lamb. Her brother shows the reserve champion market lamb. Heidi also placed
second In showmanship In the Junior show.
both times as grand champion of
the junior show.
Michelle Snyder showed the
reserve champion Cheviot, and the
champion and reserve in the Suf
folk breed. It was the first time
Michelle had the champion in the
Suffolk breed. Her sister Melanie
had showed the champion Suffolk
last year, but is now a full-time col
lege student and can no longer care
for her flock. Michelle previously
excelled in the Cheviot breed. With
her parents. Jack and Debbie Snyd
er, Michelle raises 120 sheep and
milking Holsteins at their Snyder
Valley Farm.
The Corriedale breed was
wrapped up by Kelly Glaser, who
again showed the champion and
reserve. The champion Freckles is
a homebred ewe raised by Kelly,
who with her grandmother Ruth
Hartman operate Limekiln Farms
in Berks County.
Dorset grand champion was
shown by Billy George Leib. The
yearling ewe was added to his flock
erf Rambouillets this year. It was
the first year of showing Donets
for Billy, who is a 9-year veteran in
Farm Show competition in the
Rambouillet division.
Showing die reserve champion
Dorset was Eric Cowden of Cow
den’s Polled Dorset! in Prosperity.
Eric. 16, said that this was the first
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A newcomer to Farm Show competition, Dallases Bow
man from tha Buck In Lancaster County shows a registered
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