Once State 4-H Champion Team Member, Now
Grand Individual At KILE Stockman’s Contest
Joe Emenheiser, left, was grand champion individual
at the Keystone Stockman’s Contest at KILE. At right Is
Laura Galante, who placed third. Missing from photo:
second place individual Nicole Ross.
Photo by Andy Andrews
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HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Strength in livestock
judging.
Knowing critical agribusiness
management points.
Those two made for a champi
onship strategy for the top over
all individual early this week
during the Keystone Stockman’s
Contest at the Keystone Interna
tional Livestock Expo (KILE).
Joe Emenheiser, 17, Felton,
bested 229 other contestants dur
ing the 23rd annual contest at
the state Farm Show Complex.
Joe said his strength was in
livestock judging. He was a
member of the county 4-H live
stock judging team that won two
years in a row and went to na
tional competition.
“It’s something I just wanted
to try, and I did all right,” he
said.
Joe noted that he raises sheep
but “I do better with the other
two” (beef and swine), he noted.
The son of Ben and Sharon
Emenheiser, Joe scored a grand
total of 564 points on the contest,
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which combines elements of a
skillathon with management and
other challenges. The contest is
open to FFA members, 4-H
members, and college students.
The competition tests their live
animal knowledge and verbal
skills, providing students with
valuable agri-industry related
learning experiences.
Joe has a flock of 45 head of
breeding sheep. He is involved in
Boy Scouts and in his local
church.
The eight-year York 4-H
member is a senior at Red Lion
High School. A member of the
school’s wrestling team, Joe is
considering pursuing an animal
science degree at Oklahoma
State University.
Joe was also honored with the
Pennsylvania Livestock Associa
tion (PLA) 4-H Boy Award dur
ing KILE opening ceremonies.
Second place went to Nicole
Ross, Central FFA Team A, with
559 points. Third went to Laura
Galante, Fairfax County Virginia
4-H Team, with a total of 548
points.
Placing beef in the contest was
Cheryl Fairbairn, Chester
County livestock agent. Ken
Kephart, Penn State swine
specialist, placed the swine
class. Ron Miller, Pennsyl
vania Department of Agri
culture division chief, live
stock and fairs, Bernville,
place the sheep class.
Paul Craig, Dauphin
County agent, placed the
hay judging class. Joan
Grim placed the meats iden
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Using Loaders , 3-Point Implements
Requires Safety Focus
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Driving a tractor
with a front-end loader or with three-point hitched imple
ments takes special skill, and a farm safety expert in Penn
State’s College of Agricultural Sciences said children age 14
or older should have extensive training in using these add-ons
before operating the tractor.
Farmers can assign appropriate farm tasks to their children
using the newly developed North American Guidelines to
Children’s Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT), said Dennis Mur
phy, professor of agricultural engineering.
“Children age 14 to 15 can operate tractors with front-end
loaders and three-point attached equipment, but they should
be limited to tractors between 20 and 70 horsepower,” he said.
Murphy said children should know that tractors outfitted
with front-end loaders can become less stable when driven
with the loader raised. “It’s probably a good idea to limit chil
dren to chores on relatively flat ground,” Murphy suggested.
Before starting the job, Murphy recommends that the child
and an adult check to see that all safety features are in place
and that the work area has no hazards. “Be sure to check all
hydraulic lines for leakage or wear,” he said.
Murphy said younger children can operate a tractor with
nonpowered trailed implements such as a cart or wagon. He
suggests children age 12 to 13 should be limited to tractors of
less than 70 horsepower. Children 14 and older can operate
any tractor, as long as it is not an articulated tractor. Adults
should supervise and check on a child’s progress every IS or
30 minutes.
He also recommends that the child wear hearing protection,
non-skid shoes, and long pants. In the summer, the child also
should wear sunglasses, sunscreen, a long-sleeved shirt, and a
wide-brimmed hat. “If the child has long hair, it should be
tied up,” Murphy said. “The child should be able to hitch and
unhitch the implement before using it.”
When training a child for any tractor-related chore, adults
should thoroughly demonstrate the task at the work site at
least five times and supervise the child closely.
“When operating a tractor with any trailed implement or
front-end loader, a child should have a cell phone, CB radio,
or walkie-talkie to allow communication with a parent or
adult supervisor,” he said.
Penn State offers a free publication, “Children and Safety
on the Farm,” which shows parents and others how to make
farms safer for children. Single copies are available free of
charge by contacting your county Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension office, or by calling the College of Agricultural Sci
ences Publications Distribution Center at (814) 865-6713.
Parents or other professionals interested in the NAGCAT
guidelines can buy booklets of six to 10 posters covering simi
lar agricultural tasks or a professional resource manual by
calling Gempler’s, a Belleville, Wis., safety supply company,
at (800) 382-8473 or by visiting the firm’s Website, http://
stock breeds, quality assurance,
feed and equipment identifica
tion, housing and safety, and a
management quiz. Also, Chet
Hughes, Lancaster County agent,
placed the quality assurance and
Dan McFarland, Penn State ag
engineer, placed the housing and
safety classes, according to Linda
Spahr, York County agent and
contest coordinator co- chair.
Following is a list of show
placings.
KILE KEYSTONE
STOCKMAN’S CONTEST
AWARDS
RESULTS
Individual Management 1 Andrew
Steins, Red Lion FFA Team A 2 Josh Jo
seph, Spotswood FFA Team B 3 Enc
Paulson, Spotswood FFA Team B
Individual Meats 1 Laura Galante, Fair
fax County Va Team 2 Nicole Ross, Cen
tral FFA Team A 3 Ike Diehl, Shippens
burg FFA
Individual Identification 1 Ben Weist,
Berks County 4-H Team 1 2 Joe Emen
heiser, York County 4-H Team A 3 Matt
Manbeck, Berks County 4-H Team 2
Individual Livestock 1 Amanda Gauker,
Berks County 4-H Team 3 2 Kelly Riley,
Biglervitle FFA Team A 3 Marsha Curry,
Clearfield FFA Team C
Individual Grand Totals 1 Joe Emen
heiser, York County 4-H Team A 2 Nicole
Ross, Central FFA Team A 3 Laura Ga
lante, Fairfax County Va 4-H Team
Team Subtotal Management 1 Spot
swood FFA Team B 2 Spotswood FFA
Team A 3 Red Lion FFA Team A
Team Subtotal Meats 1 Central FFA
Team A 2 Fairfax County Va 4-H Team 3
Spotswood FFA Team A
Team Subtotal Identification 1 Berks
County 4-H Team 1 2 Berks County 4-H
Team 2 3 Red Lion FFA Team A
Team Subtotal Livestock 1 Berks
County 4-H Team 1 2 Butler County 4-H
Livestock Club T 3 Bermudian FFA Team