A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19, 2000
Red Hogs In Spotlight At Reading Fair
ANDY ANDREWS or crossbreds were left to select
Lancaster Farming Staff as champion and reserve. And
LEESPORT (Berks Co.) though Holloway admitted he
When it came time to choose a raises Dur °cs for his company in
champion, Reading Swine Show G,en Rock > he simply thought
judge Dave Holloway saw only a the hogs showed excellent
sea of red in the show ring last market representation,
week. Holloway said, “1 recognize
Nothing but Duroc purebreds them - 1 ,ove them.”
Jared Treichler, left, exhibited the grand champion hog
at Reading Fair last week. Dave Holloway was show judge.
Reserve champion of the Reading Fair Swine Show was
Lucinda Bray, left. At right, Dave Holloway judged the
show.
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The heavyweight champion
hog shown by Jared Treichler
exhibited length of body and
cleanliness, noted Holloway, in
“a package that’s mobile and
easygoing,” he said.
Jared, 16, Fleetwood, son of
Sandra Stump and Rodney Tre
ichler, showed the homebred,
purebred, 227-pound gilt from
the medium heavyweight class.
The Fleetwood High School
junior said he plans to show at
Kutztown and Allentown fairs
and at Farm Show.
The Berks County 4-H Swine
Club member said he selected
the hog at 75-80 pounds of
weight. The family uses all the
best quality hogs for breeding,
Jared said. He’s taking the
champion to Kutztown.
Holloway noted the, reserve,
the middleweight champion
shown by Lucinda Bray from
the heavy middleweight class,
follows the requirements of the
market pretty well.
Lucinda, 18, daughter of John
and Marcia Bray, Richland, ex
hibited a 214-pound Duroc
crossbred gilt from Oscar Man
beck.
Lucinda, a graduate of Tul
pehocken High School, is en
rolled at Penn State to study
landscape architecture.
Lucinda exhibited a cham
pion several years ago at the
fair, she said. Lucinda exhibited
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Anita Manbeck exhibits the grand champion pair of hogs
exhibited by her brother, Matt, at the Reading Fair Swine
Show. At left is show judge Dave Holloway.
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