HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-11-18, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987.
Huron shines at Royal bar row show
Fourteen-year-old Jennifer
Procter of RR 5, Brussels, has once
again scored big at the Royal
Agricultural Winter Fair in Toron
to, adding another championship
to Huron County’s reputation as
one of the premier hog-producing
regions of the nation.
Showing under the banner of
Bodmin Farms Ltd., Jennifer
captured the Reserve Champion
ship trophy at the prestigious
Ontario Junior Barrow Show on
November 13, defeating more than
100 entries from 11 counties to win
the competition’s second highest
award.
Her animal sold at $4.50/kg.
(dressed weight) to Quality Swine
of Shedden. while the show's
Grand Champion, exhibited by
Wayne Sonneveld of Kent County,
sold to Fearman’s Packers of
Burlington for $6.50/kg.
In 1986. as a first time exhibitor
at the Royal, Jennifer stunned the
competition at the same show bv
winning both the Grand Cham
pionship and the Reserve Grand
Championship, while her sister,
Kate, took third place after
Jennifer’s third animal was dis
allowed to win under the rules of
the competition.
On Friday, Jennifer’s second
animal placed eighth in the
competition, while Kate took a
1 2-place win, as well as the fifth
place ribbon in the Senior Show
manship division of the barrow
show.
Jennifer also took cash awards
for her first and third place wins in
the competition sponsored by the
Ontario Yorkshire Association for
barrows sired by purebred York
boars, while Jeff McGavin of RR 4,
Walton, came in third in the same
competition.
Brent Robinson of RR 4, Walton,
placed second in the Senior
Showmanship division of the On
tario Barrow Show', as well as
taking 11th place in the perfor-
Farm
mance division, while his brother
Jeff came ninth in the performance
class.
Kate Procter was 12th in the
barrow performance class; and
CindyCampschroerofRR 1, Blyth,
took both 14th and 15th places.
Melvin Bergsma of RR 1, Londes-
boroand JimRothof RR4, Walton,
also showed barrows, but placed
below the top twenty.
In addition, Jennifer, Kate, Jeff,
Brent, Cindy and Jim all won
Ralston-Purina jackets in the
Performance Plus Club for show
ing animals which had an average
daily gain (ADG) of 1 kg. or more.
Finally, Jennifer, Jeff and Brent
clinched both a seco nd and fifth
place win for Huron in the
Inter-County Group of Three
competition at the Junior Barrow
Show, while Kent County took top
spot.
Bob Robinson of Vista Villa
Farms, RR 4, Walton, is the
chairman of the Show Committee
ofthe Ontario Junior Barrow Show,
andJan VanVlietof RR2, Brussels
serves as past chairman. Bruce
BergsmaofRR 1, Londesboro, Ron
Douglasof RR 1, Clifford and Doug
Richards, formerly of Brussels, are
committee members of the 1987
showcase for young hog produ
cers.
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OMAF's
Richard Hamilton
transferred
Richard Hamilton, one of Huron
County’s best-known representa
tives of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, has left the
Clinton office to take up a new post
in Oxford County, working out of
the Woodstock office.
A Rural Organization Specialist
with OMAF’s Rural Organization
and Services Branch, Mr. Hamil
ton has been with the Clinton office
since May. 1985, when he graduat
ed with an agriculture degree from
RICHARD HAMILTON
the University of Guelph. He has
shared the position with Jane
Muegge of Clinton over the past
two years, but has not yet been
replaced on the OMAF staff in the
Huron County office.
With a mandate to assist in
developing the human resource
skills of rural people in order that
they might provide effective lead
ership within the agricultural
community and in developing and
organizing other activities and
programs, Mr. Hamilton has
maintained a high profile in the
workofboth Huron County 4-H and
Junior Farmers clubs.
As well, he was involved in the
Junior Farmers Leadership Camp
at Irondale, Ontario, last Septem-
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