A22-L«nca»ter Farming, Saturday, August 14, 1999
Resell Numbers High, Benefit Chester 4-H,
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HONEY BROOK (Chester Co.)
One hundred and twelve buyers
including family members and
friends gathered for the annual
Chester County 4-H Livestock
Sale Wednesday evening here at
the Romano 4-H Center.
Steers, hogs, and sheep went on
the auction block at the sale, in its
third year at the new 4-H center.
Many animals were resold to bene
fit Chester County 4-H.
The sale was conducted by auc
tioneer Bill MacCauley, Atglen.
Following are descriptions of
the champions and the bids
received at the auction.
Beef Show
Eliza Walton, 14, captured the
grand champion of the market
steer and the Angus heifer show at
the roundup this week.
Eliza, daughter of Margaret and
David Walton, Kennett Square,
exhibited her registered Angus
steer, “Domino,” weighing 1,255
pounds. The steer sold to Hoss’s
Steak and Seafood House for $2
per pound.
The Unionville High School
ninth grader’s first grand champ
ion at the roundup was named for a
steer Eliza predicted would “be
lough,” she said, because it was the
offspring of “the meanest cow.”
The dam was LB Enchantress
Dura and (he sire was Inspired of
Hillcrcsl.
Eliza noted she named him
Domino because she was worried
about the effect he would have,
considering his heritage. “When
we selected him, he ran over the
person (a friend) looking over
him,” Eliza said.
A pasture bull sired the steer.
Eliza noted she spent a lot of time
practicing showing him at home,
walking him, and using a half car
of spray paint to dress him for the
show.
This was her fourth roundup
The closest she came in her 4-L
Reserve champion swine at the Chester County 4-H
Roundup was exhibited by Matthew Stoitzfus, center, with
his 247-pound York crossbred gilt and light heavyweight
champion. The hog sold to Hoss’s Steak and Seafood
House for $2.50 a pound. Representing Hoss’s at left is
Craig Campbell and at right, Erik Lindberg.
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showing career at the roundup was
reserve last year, noted Eliza's
mother, Margaret.
Eliza has shown at several lives
tock events, including Cecil Coun
ty, Maryland, Goshen, and is con
sidering showing at the Keystone
International Livestock Expo.
Reserve was shown by Phillip
McAllister, 15, son of Bill and
Karen McAllister, East Vincent.
The 11th grade student at Owen
J. Roberts High School showed a
1,338-pound purebred Angus,
“Longshanks,” named because it
was so tall when it was bom, said
Phillip. The reserve champion sold
to Northeast Baptist College,
Downingtown, for 78 cents a
pound.
Phillip, an eight-year Chester
4-H Beef Club member, manages
20 cows on his farm. The home
bred steer’s dam was K.W. Rose
and Sedgwick Rebar sired it.
When selecting the steer, Phillip
wasn’t sure about what it could do.
“The mother had trouble having
it,” he said. “We had to pull it.”
After a few months of growth,
Phillip decided the steer would do
for the roundup. He walked it
about a quarter mile every day as
consistently as possible.
Phillip also showed the grand
champion swine at the roundup.
Swine Show
The grand champion was shown
by Phillip McAllister, a blue butt
hog that Phillip purchased from a
Hemy Halloway/Jim Parlett sale
conducted at the Solanco Fair
grounds in Quarryvillc.
The 239-pound hog, grand
champion of the medium weight
division, sold to Bill and Chetyl
Fairbaim for $3.10 per pound.
Phillip noted that when he
picked the pig, he thought it was
only “third best,” he said, but
found out it grew well. Phillip
walked the hog twice a day one
mile to a creek near his house.
Phillip has had previous swine
champions at the roundup.
Phillip McAllister showed reserve champion steer at the Chester County roundup,
15, right. The steer sold to Northeast Baptist College, Downingtown, for 78 cents a
pound. From left, C.K. White and Dave Miller of the college and Phillip.
Matthew Stoltzfus showed
reserve of the swine show, a
247-pound York crossbred gilt and
light heavyweight champion. The
hog sold to Boss’s Steak and Sea
food House for $2.50 a pound.
Matthew, 10, is the son of Tim
and Jeanette Stoltzfus, Elverson.
In the fifth grade at Twin Valley
Elementary School, Matthew
named the gilt “Gladys” in honor
of “one of his (school) cafeteria
ladies,” according to Tim. The hog
was purchased from Nelson Beam,
Elverson.
In the second year of 4-H, this is
Matthew's first champion at the
roundup.
Chris Swartzcntmbcr, 15, won
grand champion of the lamb show
with his 115-pound heavyweight
lamb, which sold to Bonnie and
Tom Swartzentruber, aunt and
uncle to Chris, for $7 a pound.
Chris, son of John and Janet
Swartzentruber, Glenmoore, is in
the 10th grade at Twin Valley
Bible Academy. The 6-month-old
ewe, picked by Chris, was “what I
was looking for in a lamb,” he said.
The reserve champion lamb,
also from the heavyweight class at
125 pounds, was exhibited by Julia
IHiowe and purchased by
1P.A.M.1.L.1.E.5, the Ranck fami-
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Eliza Walton, 14, right, captured the grand champion of the market steer show and
the Angus heifer show at the roundup this week. The steer sold to Hoss’s Steak and
Seafood House for $2 per pound. From left, Craig Campbell and Erik Lindberg of
Hoss’s and Walton.
Sheep Show
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At Roundup Sale
I'y, including Marla, Elizabeth,
JTason, Martha Joy, Daniel, Cather
ine, Twila, Barbara, and Paul
IRanck, Parkesburg.
Julia, 14, is the daughter of
1 and Maty Howe, Downing
t own. Julia, homeschooled, is
entering ninth grade. She showed
Phillip McAllister, left showed grand champion swine.
The hog sold to Bill, right, and Cheryl Fairbairn for $3.10 per
pound.
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“Buckwheat,” a wether, to reserve
champion, purchased from New
Holland Sales Stables. Julia said
they walked the lamb almost eveiy
day, for about a quarter of a mile,
in die evening.
Julia said she was grand champ
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