A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 16, 2002
Dr. Diamond Reviews Carbon County Fair Sheep Entries
DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
PALMERTON (Carbon Co.)
The 4-H market lamb and
4-H and open breeding sheep
shows were recently conducted at
the Carbon County Fair, east of
Palmerton.
Dr. James Diamond, Dean of
Agriculture and Environmental
Sciences at Delaware Valley Col
lege, judged the event. A breeder
of Suffolk sheep, Dr. Diamond
served over 10 years on the facul
ty of Penn State College of ag ed
ucation, has done international
work through Cooperative Ex
tension in developing nations,
and was a former vo-ag teacher
at Upper Bucks Vo-Tech School.
In judging the fitting and
showmanship competition of the
4-H market lamb show Diamond,
keeping with his educational
background, occasionally
stopped to give instruction and
explanations to the exhibitors
and spectators. Two points he
stressed in showmanship were to
always have the sheep between
you and the judge and that the
exhibitor must always know
where the judge is. As his cham
pion fitter, Diamond selected
Ashley Barry from the senior di
vision. Reserve fitter honors went
to Christiana Graver, who first
topped the intermediate division.
Graver, 12, is the daughter of
Paul and Diane Graver and is a
seventh-grade student at Lehigh
ton Middle School. She has
started her own flock of breeding
sheep and also completed the
dairy beef and market swine
projects this year. Although she
does well with her other project
animals she will readily admit
that the swine she raises each
year for competition at the local
fair and the Pennsylvania Farm
Show are her favorite. Graver is
serving as the news reporter for
the Carbon County 4-H Live
stock Club.
Barry was then selected as the
champion showman of the mar
ket lamb show followed by Laura
Mazur, 13, daughter of Diane
Fisher, as reserve champion
showman.
Barry, 16, a junior at Lehigh
ton High School, is the daughter
of Guy and Priscilla Barry and
secretary-treasurer of the Carbon
County 4-H Livestock Club
where she also completed the
market goat and dairy beef proj
ects.
Moving into the weight classes
Diamond said, “In market lambs
you want to find high quality car
casses.” Diamond selected his
grand champion market lamb
from the heavy medium weight
class. The champion exhibited by
Barry weighed 117 pounds and
was described as being more de
sirable and firmer than the com
petition. The reserve champion
Luke Graver, 10, stands with his su
preme champion ewe of the Carbon Coun
ty Fair. The Jan. 2002 Dorset was first
named the champion ewe of her breed.
Graver is the son of Paul and Diane
Graver, Lehighton, and this is his second
year in 4-H.
market lamb ribbon was then
presented to Luke Graver, 10, a
second-year member for his
125-pound first-place winner of
the heavyweight class. Luke,
brother of Christiana Graver, is
in the fifth grade at Lehighton
Middle School. Luke also com
pleted the dairy beef and market
swine projects this year and will
be again competing in the market
swine competition at the Pennsyl
vania Farm Show this January.
As his champion fitter in the
4-H breeding sheep competition
Diamond selected Mazur follow
ing with Christiana Graver as his
choice for reserve champion fit
ter. Champion showman honors
went to Barry who was earlier se
lected as the champion showman
and fitter of the market lamb
contest. Diamond then awarded
the reserve champion showman
honors to Mazur.
In the 4-H and open breeding
sheep show Diamond reviewed
the approximately SO entries se
lecting the Dorset ewe lamb, BUS
205 “Buttercup” of Luke Graver
as the grand champion Dorset
ewe. This animal of Graver then
went on to be named the supreme
champion ewe of the show being
described as the animal that was
most true to the breed character
istics established by the breed as
sociation.
Christiana Graver then fol
lowed as her Feb. 2002 bred and
owned Hampshire ewe was se
lected as the grand champion
Hampshire ewe by Diamond. Re
serve grand champion Hamp
shire ewe honors went to the
March 2001 ewe of Barry. Grand
champion Hampshire ram hon
ors were then awarded to Chris
tiana Graver.
The audience for the evening
show was treated to a large sheep
show having several breeds repre
sented, at times with as many as
six pairs in the ring at one time.
As the evening progressed, avid
sheep breeder and 4-H member
Laura Mazur collected the fol
lowing championships in the 4-H
and open breeding sheep show:
grand and reserve Shropshire
ewes and rams; grand champion
Suffolk ewe and ram; grand and
reserve champion Montadale
ewes and rams; and grand cham
pion Karakul ewe and ram.
Mazur is currently the youth
ambassador for the Karakul
breed, a rare and ancient bred of
sheep. She will have several of
her sheep representing rare
breeds at the Small Farm and
Rural Living Expo in September.
More information on the Small
Farm Expo schedule and location
can be found on their Website;
www.smallfarmexpo.org or
in recent issues of Lancaster
Farming.
Shown is Laura Mazur, 13, Weatherly
with her Montadale ram that was selected
as the grand champion ram of the Carbon
County Fair.
The fair posted the following
results:
4-H MARKET LAMB
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting: 1. Ashley Barry.
Intermediate fitting: 1. Chnstiana Graver.
2. Jacmta Maleski. 3. Laura Mazur
Junior fitting; 1. Luke Graver
Senior showmanship. 1 Ashley Barry.
Intermediate showmanship: 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Jacmta Maleski. 3. Christiana
Graver.
Junior showmanship: 1. Luke Graver.
Champion fitter: Ashley Barry.
Reserve champion fitter: Christiana
Graver.
Champion showman: Ashley Barry.
Reserve champion showman: Laura
Mazur.
4-H MARKET LAMB
WEIGHT CLASSES
Lightweight: 1. Laura Mazur. 2. Ashley
Barry.
Light medium weight; 1. Chnstiana
Graver. 2. Ashley Barry.
Heavy medium weight: 1. Ashley Barry.
2. Laura Mazur.
Heavyweight: 1. Luke Graver. 2. Ashley
Barry.
GRAND CHAMPION MARKET LAMB
Ashley Barry
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
MARKET LAMB
Luke Graver
4*l BREEDING SHEEP
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting; 2. Ashley Barry.
Intermediate fitting: 1. Laura Mazur. 2.
Chnstiana Graver.
Junior fitting; 1. Luke Graver.
Senior showmanship; 1. Ashley Barry.
Intermediate Showmanship: 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Christiana Graver.
Junior showmanship: 1. Luke Graver.
Champion fitter LauraMazur.
Reserve champion fitter: Christiana
Graver.
Champion showman: Ashley Barry.
Reserve champion showman; Laura
'MaZUr.
4-H AND OPEN BREEDING SHEEP
DORSET
Ewe lamb under 1 year: 1. Luke Graver.
GRAND CHAMPION DORSET EWE
Luke Graver
HAMPSHIRE
Ewe 1 year and under 2:1. Ashley Barry.
Ewe lamb under 1 year: 1. Christiana
Graver.
Bred and owned by exhibitor: 1. Chris-
tiana Graver.
GRAND CHAMPION HAMPSHIRE EWE
Christiana Graver
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
HAMPSHIRE EWE
Ashley Barry
Ram lamb under 1 yean 1. Christiana
Graver.
GRAND CHAMPION HAMPSHIRE RAM
Chnstiana Graver
Pair of Hampshire lambs: 1. Christiana
Qraver.
MONTADALE
Ewe, 2 years and oven 1. Laura Mazur.
2. Laura Mazur. 3. Laura Mazur.
Ewe, 1 year and under 2; 1. Laura Mazur.
2. Laura Mazur.
Ewe lamb under 1 yean 1. Laura Mazur.
2. Laura Mazur. 3. Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPION MONTADALE EWE
Laura Mazur
Shown are the Carbon County Fair champion market
lambs. From left is Luke Graver with the reserve grand
champion market lamb and Ashley Barry with her grand
champion. Dr. James Diamond, Delaware Valley College
Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, judged
the event.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
MONTADALE EWE
Laura Mazur
Ram under 1 year. 1. Laura Mazur. 2.
Laura Mazur.
Ram lamb 1 year and under 2: 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPION MONTADALE RAM
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
MONTADALE RAM
Laura Mazur
Pair of Montadale lambs: 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur. 3. Laura Mazur.
SHROPSHIRE
Aged ewe, 2 years and over. 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur.
Yearling ewe, 1 year and under 2: 1.
Laura Mazur.
Ewe lamb under 1 year 1. Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPION SHROPSHIRE EWE
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
SHROPSHIRE EWE
Laura Mazur
Bred and owned by exhibitor. 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Laum,M4?u^
Ram lamb under 1 year: 1. LaiirtrMazut.
Ram yearling, 1 year and under 2: 1.
Laura Mazur.
Drought Emergency
Lifted In 16 Counties
Cumberland, Chester, Delaware Counties
Remain In Drought Emergency
PHILADELPHIA Gov.
Mark Schweiker recently lift
ed the drought emergency for
16 counties, while continuing
the drought emergency in
Cumberland, Chester and Del
aware counties.
“We are thankful that Octo
ber’s rainfall was above nor
mal in some areas of south
eastern and southcentral
Pennsylvania,” Gov. Schweik
er said. “What we have to re
member now is that this
drought was years in the mak
ing, and we still need to prac
tice water conservation, espe
cially in the three counties
where the drought emergency
has been extended.”
Northampton, Lehigh,
Berks, Bucks, Montgomery,
Philadelphia, Lancaster and
York counties have been up
graded to drought-warning
status, which calls on residents
to voluntarily conserve 10 per
cent to IS percent of their
daily water usage.
Dauphin, Lebanon, Bed
ford, Fulton, Franklin and
Adams counties been upgrad
ed to drought-watch status,
which calls on residents to vol
untarily conserve 5 percent of
their daily water use.
Perry and Schuylkill coun
ties have been upgraded to
normal status.
GRAND CHAMPION SHROPSHIRE RAM
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
SHROPSHIRE RAM
Laura Mazur
Pair of Shropshire lambs: 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur.
SUFFOLK
Ewe, 2 years and over: 1. Laura Mazur.
2. Laura Mazur. 3. Ashley Barry.
Ewe, 1 year and under 2:1. Ashley Barry.
Ewe lamb under 1 year: 1. Laura Mazur.
2. Laura Mazur. 3. Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPION SUFFOLK EWE
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
SUFFOLK EWE
Ashley Barry
Ram lamb 1 year and under 2:1. Ashley
Barry.
GRAND CHAMPION SUFFOLK RAM
Ashley Barry
Pair of Suffolk lambs; 1. Laura Mazur. 2.
Laura Mazur.
OPEN BREEDING SHEEP
KARAKUL
Fall yearling ewe: 1. Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPION KARAKUL EWE
Laura Mazur
Spring ram; 1. Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPKHt KABAKUL ram
LauraMazur
Because Cumberland,
Chester and Delaware coun
ties remain in drought-emer
gency status, residents there
continue to be under mandato
ry water-use restrictions.
Groundwater level remains a
problem in these three coun
ties and is the deciding factor
in keeping them in drought
emergency status.
Gov. Schweiker first de
clared a drought emergency
on February 12, for 24 coun
ties in southcentral and east
ern Pennsylvania. He extend
ed the emergency for 20
counties on May 8, extended
the emergency for 14 counties
on August 9, and then added
five counties to drought emer
gency status on September 5
after a long dry spell.
“While our rainfall for the
past few weeks has been excel
lent, we’ll need several more
months of above average rain
fall to return all of our coun
ties to normal status,” Gov.
Schweiker said.
For more information, in
cluding a color-coded map to
show the drought status of
each Pennsylvania county,
visit the PA Power Port at
www.state.pa.us, PA Key
word: “drought.”