A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18, 2000
Snyder Wins International Championship
LANSING, Mich. “Gil
bralter,” an 8-year-old Texas
Longhorn steer, showed his style
by winning the All Age Interna
tional Championship Steer divi
sion of the International Texas
Longhorn Association Show. He
is owned by Robert Snyder of
Columbus, Ohio and Dickinson
Cattle Co. Inc. of Barnesville,
Ohio.
Gilbralter sports 88 */«-inch
horns tip to tip with a serpentine
shape. His total horn growth
pole measurement is believed to
be over 128-inches. Longhorn
steers continue to grow horn and
may live to be 19 to 25-years-old.
The International Champion
ship Show was held at the Mich
igan State University Livestock
Pavilion for cattle qualified by
winning regional shows. The
Annual International Champi
onship Show and Convention is
the major event of the ITLA and the Great
Lakes Texas Longhorn Association.
Gibralter has won numerous shows in the
last two years. Big-horned Texas Longhorn
steers like Gibralter are shown loose at
Longhorn shows. A loose class, very popular
with Longhorn shows, is for very correct con
formation cattle with naturally good posture.
No show person can hold their heads up or
move feet with a show stick.
Americans Celebrate
Farm-City Week
NAPERVILLE, 111. Americans from all
walks of life will come together in gatherings
large and small during the next few days in
celebration of National Farm-City Week the
period beginning Nov. 17 and ending with the
traditional U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday.
Farm-City Week is an organized effort to
bring rural and urban residents together in
social settings to stress their interdependence.
“During these few days we will see Farm-
City events large and small,” explains Na
tional Farm-City (Council) Chairman Gene
Hemphill of New Holland, Pa.
“These might be as simple as a Kiwanis
Club inviting local farmers to a breakfast or
luncheon program. Or, it may be as large as
an entire community coming together with
visits to farms, petting zoos, rural-urban job
exchanges, and local producer organizations
sponsoring banquets. The entire purpose is to
bring farmer/producers together with urban
consumers.”
On Nov. 21 in Baton Rouge, La., local radio
stations will broadcast “remotes” from the
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation offices in
a “Marathon Against Hunger.” The public is
invited to donate food that will be given to the
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. The effort
is being spearheaded by the staff and the
Women’s Committee of the Louisiana Farm
Bureau.
The Farm-City Committee of Alabama
sponsors statewide essay and poster contests
with the basic message being that without the
farm, families would not have food, clothing
or shelter. Working in conjunction with the
Alabama Ag in the Classroom program, cash
prizes-are awarded and the top poster entries
are featured in a full-sized color calendar dis
tributed across the state.
“Too many people have forgotten that food
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Gibraltar, right, was judged International Champion Ail
Age Texas Longhorn Steer at the 10th Annual International
Texas Longhorn Association Championship Show held at
the Michigan State University Livestock Pavilion. He was
shown loose, which is typical of most Longhorn shows. He
is owned by Robert Snyder of Columbus, Ohio and Dickin
son Cattle Co., Inc. of Barnesville, Ohio.
Joel Dickinson of Dickinson Cattle Co., Inc. uses a push
broom to put the final touches on Gibralter, who minutes
later won International Champion All Age Texas Longhorn
Steer at the 10th Annual International Texas Longhorn As
sociation Convention and Show held at Michigan State
University Livestock Pavilion. He was exhibited by Robert
Snyder of Columbus, Ohio and Dickinson Cattle Co. Inc. of
Barnesville, Ohio.