Swine Grand Champion Proves That Four Years
Of Showing Worth The Wait
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) A Lebanon Fair Swine
Show championship was only four
years in the making for Richland
resident Justin Fuls.
Last year his sister Megan gar
nered champion hog at the fair.
So it was only a matter of time
for Justin, 16, son of Kevin and
Karen Fuls, Richland, to claim the
title.
On Monday Henry Halloway,
show judge, knew Justin's
262-pound Hampshire/Yorkshirc
crossbred gilt would be the champ
of the show ring. As crossbred
champion. Halloway liked the
gilt's leanness, soundness, a gilt
that was “heavily muscled, with a
big old rib, one that looks like
she’ll grow very fast,*’ he told the
exhibitors and those who watched
the show.
Halloway said he looks for
market hogs to be sound, with “a
lot of rib and body value, and a big
chest,” he said, when picking ?
champion. Body value, Hallowa'
noted, was key. If the hogs are
wide, deep in the rib, and square,
they can grow real fast and an
fend off problems with disease i,
he said.
When Halloway picked Justin's
hog out of the heavyweight class
26 for overall, in competidon with
other breed winners that day, he
noted that the hog is sound and
Lebanon Fair Landrace champion hog went to Trisha
Berger, left. Henry Halloway was show Judge.
Duroc champion of the Lebanon Fair went to Kyle Fleen
er, left. Henry Halloway was show Judge.
“will be impressive when it goes to
the rail,*’ Halloway said. “It will be
very lean.”
Justin, a junior at Conrad Weis
cr High School and nine-year
member of the Lebanon County
4-H, said he obtained the gilt from
Donny Shciss in Indiana. This is
Justin's first champion at the fair.
He was showing market steers at
the fair, also, and he attends state
Farm Show.
This is only the fourth year Jus
tin has been showing pigs. Justin
noted that he walks the gilt about
five laps or a quarter of a mile
every day, when he can. Justin
attributes the championship to
genetic selection and care.
Reserve overall went to the
crossbred reserve champion
shown by Kurt Fleener, 9, son of
Tim and Sarah Fleener,
Robcsonia.
Kurt, in the fifth grade at Port
Zeller, is in his first year of 4-H.
The reserve heavyweight, a
250-pound crossbred from class
22, was nicknamed “Salt,” said
Fleener, “because my other hog is
named 'Pepper.'"
Halloway, show judge, liked the
hog when he picked the gilt reserve
crossbred because, be said, of its
“powerful front end and its ability
to get out with a smooth, easy
stride.” As overall champion, the
gilt had a “free, easy stride, and
would make a lean and heavily
muscled carcass,” said the judge.
Justin Fuls, left, won grand champion hog with his crossbred (Monday afternoon at
the Lebanon Fair. At right, Henry Halloway judged the show.
The hog was purchased from
Isler’s of Ohio, located near Col
umbus, noted Kurt’s dad, Tim
Fleener.
At the breed contest, champion
Duroc went to Kyle Fleener for his
235-pound hog. Reserve went to
the 253-pound hog shown by
Shane McKinney.
Lebanon Fair Landracc champ
ion went to the 275-pound hog
shown by Trisha Berger. Reserve
went to the 264-pound hog also
shown by Trisha.
Janine Winebark won Hamp
shire champion with her
256-pound hog. Reserve was
awarded to her brother, Brandon,
for his 247-pound hog.
Tabitha Kohr won Yorkshire
champion with her 230-pound
hog. Reserve went to the
226-pound hog shown by Jason
Shirk.
There were a total of 85 exhibi
tors and 146 hogs. The show ting
was located in the rabbit show
area, similar to last year, to make
room in the swine building for
additional hogs. One show orga
nizer said that the contest repre
sented “one of the highest amount
of pigs we’ve ever had.”
Following is a list of show
placings.
LEBANON FAIR
SWINE SHOW
RESULTS
CROSSBRED
Lightweight Clas* 1:1. Aaron Bachtal. 2.
Nathan Tioa. 3. Samantha Atkin*.
Class 2:1. Jamia Rissar. 2. Lauran Brown
la*. 3. Michaa* Rissar.
Class 3; 1. Morgan Firastin*. 2. Haath
Spatz. 3. Hannah Artz
Class 4; 1. Joseph Tic*. 2. Qratchan Artz.
3. Ryan Spatz
Clas* 5:1. Nats Artz 2. Qratchan Artz 3.
«l*oob spctz.
Class 6; 1. Natali* Wangar. 2. Matt N*in
laHar. 3. Wandy Atkin*.
Lightwaight Champion: Morgan Firastin*.
Rasarva; Natali* Wangar.
Medium Weight Class 7; 1. Jak* Mas*. 2.
Benjamin Wangar. 3.
j«oob spatz.
Class 8; 1. Justin Ful*. 2. Josh Martin. 3.
Adam Hurst.
Class 9: 1. Joshua Seaman. 2. Joshua
Seaman. 3. Josh Klalnfaltar.f Class 10: 1.
Shan* McKinney. 2. Zach Braidanstin*. 3.
Nathan MauKair.
Class 11: 1. Timothy Crouse. Z Blaine
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Tabitha Kohr was Yorkshire champion at the Lebanon
Fair. Henry Halloway was show Judge.
Kurt Fteener, left, won reserve champion hog with his
crossbred. Henry Halloway Judged the show.