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Vol. 48 No. 39
Livestock Exhibitors In The
Spotlight At Delaware State Fair
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRINGTON, Del.
Junior exhibitors found
themselves in the spotlight,
literally, at the Delaware
State Fair Tuesday night.
Class winners from the
beef, goat, lamb, and swine
shows were introduced
under bright lights for the
choosing of champions.
Emcee for the event was
Dennis Hazzard, general
manager of the fair.
It was the third annual
Livestock Extravaganza,
where the best out of a
total of 450 animals exhibi
ted by 300 youth were on
display.
Grand champion exhibi
tors were Josh Hastings of
Townsend, Del., beef; Cole
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Longtime Youth Showman Exhibits
Champion Lamb At Cecil County Fair
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
FAIR HILL, Md. Kyle
King got his first experi
ence in the show ring when
he was 4 years old, han
dling his older brother’s
market lamb.
Now 14, Kyle King has
marked another big mile
stone exhibiting his first
Kyle King, right, exhibits the grand champion market lamb at the Cecil
County Fair this week. Chelsea Davis, front, has reserve champion. Join
ing the winners are Kimberly Underwood, Cecil County farm queen, and
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Cole Garey, right, exhibits the grand champi
on market goat at the Delaware State Fair this
week. His cousin Stephen Melling helps out.
The fair’s “Livestock Extravaganza” features
the top picks out off a field of more than 450
total head of beef cattle, goats, iambs,
swine shown by about 300 youth exhibitors.
grand champion market
lamb at the Cecil County
Fair here this week.
“I’m really proud of my
self,” King said of his ac
complishment leading the
111-pound Suffolk light
weight to the title. This was
his fifth year as an “offi
cial” 4-H exhibitor. He’s
shown a reserve champion
Five Sections
lamb before, but never the
top one.
King’s lamb demonstrat
ed “ideal finish and very
good conformation,” said
Robert who traveled
from Lancaster County to
judge the event in which 12
exhibitors showed a total of
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Saturday, July 26,2003
Sixteen dairy farms across Pennsylvania have been chosen as
Dairy of Distinction winners this year for their positive image of milk
production in the state. Lancaster Farming honors these farms in
the Dairy of Distinction section included this issue.
Jerseys Compete At Kimberton
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
KIMBERTON (Chester
Co.) Interspersed among
the thousands of people
who jammed Kimberton
Community Fairgrounds
Thursday evening, were cat
tle enthusiasts with 200
head of Jerseys.
“From start to finish, this
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At Kimberton Community Fair, 9-year-old
Melissa Huff shows the grand champion Jersey,
a 2-year-old named Cotton. Turn to page A 34
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July 21-25. Photo by, Lou Ann <Jood
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