A26-UncMter Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1999
Winner of the Franklin County 4-H Hog Show was Justin
Conner, far right. From left, Richard Ringer, AgCholce;
Dave Hosterman, Judge; and Conner.
4-H Hog Clubs Conduct
57th Annual Show, Sale
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin by Craig’s Hqg Buying station for
Co.) The 57th Annual Franklin $1 a pound Reserve champion
County 4-H Hog Club Show and honors went to Marshall Daihl.
Sale was conducted at the Green- Diy Run, and was purchased by J.
castle Livestock Market Saturday, WUmer Lehman for 80 cents a
Aug. 14, with 83 4-H project ani- pound
trials shown and sold In the junior fitting and show-
The 83 head of pork-on-the- «ing class, Nicholas Wingert, St
hoof totaled 19,705 pounds and Thomas, was declared grand
sold for a total sale value of champion and Jamie Eaton, Dry
$17,814 or an avenge of 90 cents Run, was granted reserve champ
per pound ion honors.
The grand champion hog In the senior division, Justin
weighing 240 pounds, was shown Conner was declared grand
by Justin Conner, Chambersburg, champion and Adam Greenawalt
and was purchased by Craig’s Amberson, was declared reserve
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pound. The reserve champion
shown by Jordan Conner of
Chambers burg, weighing in at 235
pounds, was purchased by Hat
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In the pen-of-two class champ
ion honors went to Jonathan Wen
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4-H Members Show Goats At The Fair
WELLSBORO (Tioga Co.)
Tioga County’s first 4-H goat
show was a big hit at the Tioga
County Fair.
Despite the damp, gray
weather, the bleachers were full
of interested spectators.
Fourteen 4-H members from
Tioga county competed in a wide
range of classes with their goats.
The grand champion showman
award went to Rachel Cochran
of Westfield. She received a tro
phy donated by Glenview
Industries of Canton and a $5O
check from Autumn Mist Goat
Farm, Wellsboro.
Grand champion overall
breeds dairy doe trophy was
donated by Cynthia Hawk and
was awarded to Kate Lynn
Johnson of Wellsboro, with her
Nubian doe. Rachael Cochran,
Westfield, received reserve
champion with her Alpine doel
ing.
Tioga County has gone
beyond the more familiar dairy
goat show, and includes a wide
variety of goat classes besides in
their program. The grand cham
pion market goat trophy donat
ed by Ruff Acres of Erin N. Y. was
awarded to Angie Schreck,
Mansfield. Citizens and
Northern Bank purchased
Angie’s market wether.
Reserve champion market
goat, owned by Joseph Sepiol of
Wellsboro, was purchased by
Rockwell’s feed store of
Wellsboro. The top-selling mar
ket goat was purchased by
Citizens and Northern Bank for
$4.75 per pound and was owned
by Allison Gorenflo of
Lawrenceville. Michael Grand,
Wellsboro, donated the grand
champion banner and the
reserve GC banner was'donated
by Family Hair Styling,
Wellsboro.
The grand champion meat
breeding stock doe was awarded
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Rachael Cochran, Westfield, and her Alpine doeling,
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In the 4-H miniature goat
classes, Kyle VanDusen of Tioga
was awarded a champion trophy
from the Osceola Big M.
The 4-H members also
trained some of their goats to
pack and or pull. In die pack
goat competition, Jeb Weaver
received a trophy with his goat,
Maude. Carquest of Wellsboro
donated the trophy. In the goat
cart, level 1, Cassandra Banik of
Wellsboro, placed top in her
class with her goat Sammy.
Cassandra received a trophy
donated by Carquest of
Wellsboro.
The 3rd annual open goat
show was held Aug. 10 at the
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Tioga County Fair.
Timothy Grube and his wifi
Roxanne of Elizabethtowr
judged the show.
More than 66 goats from 21
exhibitors were entered in the
show. The county’s first 4-H goal
show was held in coqjunctior
with the open goat show. The
show has several divisions fron
the more familiar dairy divisior
to market, meat breeding stock
miniature, hair productdon,cart
pack, and just for fun divisior
classes.
Grand champion overal'
breeds, dairy doe was awardee
to Jeremg, Jrqwbfidge p:
Sabinsville with his Nubian doe
Jeremy Trowbridge also tool
reserve overall breeds with hi
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