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The Huron Expositor, 1980-11-27, Page 74 • OOr for ram - 'A new Cenadian record price for Sheep was estab- lished et the Royal Canagian Sheep Sale at the 1980 RoYal Agrietliturel Winter Fair when Bill MacTaggart of Ouelph paid $10,000 for a yearling Suffolk rem, con- signed by Clare Bauman of West Montrose, The previous record Cana- dian price was $5,400, set at . the All Canadian Sheep Sale in Brandon, Manitoba, last " 'June. Mr. MacTaggert, who beught the 375 pound ram in conjunction with his parents, ,• Fergus Pearl DOWN AT THE ROYAL -Some of the Huron auction of thdir steers are Sherri. Marshall of gad ofand NobMacTag- leton, staeted . -C-OLITIVOTITberS-Teietx tug in the livebtock-T-13iyth-(seated)a-nct-erreg-Roggarth of RR 2, , building -up -a purebred Bode barn at the Royal on Friday before the afternoon , Kippen, John Coleman of Kippen, Paul of Suffolks five Nears ago, Mr. Bauman, who sold the Hoggarth and Bill Kinsman of the Kippen area and David Marshall Blyth. e ram, has enly been in the purebred e sheep business himself for seven years. HiS chief farming enterprise le hirkeys. A half brotber to the ram he spld •is his main breeding stud and that is why he felt free to put the ' yearling up for sale. In the show prec eding the sale, the $10,000 ram was' named the Grand Champien Suffolk Ram. The highest priced fetpale in the sele was a yearling Suffolk ewe consigned by Menges Brothers of Danville Dlinois. It was bought by .Ross Faber of Kippen for $1,250. -A---totat of 12 -animals -sold for 525,280 for an aVerage o,f $601.90 each. TtiE HURON EXPOSITOR N9VR.I.TER 271 19.80 - AJOP SELLER AT THE ROYAL-Topselling ewe in the Royal Winter ,,Fair sheep sale was sold for $1250. From left are Gary Brien -holding ewe, Russ Dow, Ross Faber of Kippen- the bOyer, Marylyhne Faber, Darren Faber and Mike Menges the selter. ' (Photo by Bob Miller) 'DAIRY PRINCESS CONTESTANTS -The five contestants for the dairy princess crown as they waited for the judging to•begin. L. to r. Vicki Jettray, RR 2, Wingham; Ena $mtd, RR 3 Blyth; Janet McIntosh, RR 5, BKissels; CaroJyn Strong, R.R. 1, Gorrie and Dianne Oldfield, RR 4, Seaforth who was later crown. -.princess by last year's princess Susan Zielman of Dashwood. •Robinson swine wins Royal Last year, Bob Robinson of R.R. 4 Walton, didnt show any Hampshires at the Royal Winter Fen. This year he did, and ceded up with the Reserve Grand Champion boar in ,the show. Mr. Robinson. of Vista Villa Farms, won several evvards in the swine competi- lion ati,the Royal. In the boar, seven to nine months class, Vista Villa Farms had the second held* third place entries. in a class af seven boars. • Included in the competition were a number of animals from Prince Edward Island farms In the competition for Hampshire boar s. age five to seven months. Mr. Robin• son's entry took third 'place The boar which placed second in the first class was teemed Reeerve Grand ".darting back `and forth" thampion for the class. • between his farm and the lair, said he was pleased with the showing of his entriee. ' In the Hampshire gilts competition, the Walton arca farmer took third and seven- th place with his entries in the six to eight months class. On Saturday, Mr.Robinson and his on Scott won first place in the breeder's herd competition, showing two male and,two female Hemp - shires. the same animals which won in their individual dasses. , In the Duroe competition. the Robinsons took top place with the top Duroc boar. This is first time Vista Villa Farms has entered Durocs in the fair . They also placed sixth in another individual class in the competition. The farrier, who said he spent the last two weeks 1986 Dairy Princess Dianne Oldfield Dianne's BY WILMA OKE Dianne Oldfield. 21. of R.R. 4 Seaforth, was chosen Huron County Dairy Priecess at a- dairy princess ball it Brussels Saturday night. Dianne, a third -year econ- omics Student at the Univer- \shy of Western Ontario, will compete in the provincial dairy princess competition at the -Canadian National Exhi- bition in 1981. a princess The four other cohtestants were: Vickie Jeffrey. of Wingharn. Janet McIntosh of R.R. 5 Brues,els; Ena Smid of R.R. 3 Myth and Carolyn Strong of R.R. 1 Gorrie. Dianne .arel the other contestants were the recip- ients of many gifts from various area businessmen. The Huron County Milk Committee sponsored the contest. Lyle Kinsman Kinsman wins at Royal show By Alice Gibb Lyle Kinsman of R.R. 2, Kippen left the Royal Winter Fair about 53,000 richer than when he arrived. The reason is that Lyle's steer, entered in The fair's Queen's Guineas competition, was selectea champion of the Limousin class. Lyle, 20 a member of the Kippfield Calf Club, was one of 22 Huron County 4-H members who showed livestock at the fair. The 4-H members went down to the Royal on Thursday, and showed their calves Friday morning. That afternoon. the cattle were. auctioned off before a standing room only , crowd in the fair's auction ring. Lyle's..steer. which competed against 72 other calves in its class, weighed 1,225 pounds, and was purchaSsed by Dominion. Stores Ltd. for 52.50 per pound at the auction. • The grand champion steer at the -Royal. which took top prize in the Queen's Guineas event. was entered by Norma Roddic, a 4-H member from Wyoming. Lambton County. Norma's steer was purchased for $11 per poUnd, also by Dominion Stores Ltd. • Lyle, showing a calf at' the Royal for the fifth time, was the, only •champion in the Queen's Guineas competition from 'Huron County this year. However, he points out, a number of other local entries were in the front,row, which means the Huron County calve s placed among the top entries in their class in The show ring. Next year, when he turns 21, Lyle will compete in the 4-H competition for the last time. The 4:'H member. whose family owns a beef feedlot operation. works' as e meat cutter at Al's Market in Hensel'. Lyle said the calves entered in the Queen's Guineas eeent are judged on their weight, on how the -y look and how good a finish' the animal has. .Lyle's sreer. a yeer-and-a-half old. was top of his class when first shown at the '4-H Achievement Day 'competition at Seaforth Fall Fair. The leaders of the Kippfield Cal€ Club, which had other calves entered in the Queen's Guineas competition, are Lawrence Beane and Les Falconer. Crop top of 82 entries Bolton hay king again BY: HERB SHOVELLER ° • The judges at 'the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair are going to have to do • something about Russelk•Bolton and his hay. Perhaps ttley should consider just giving him the w r d's championship for his hay for as Ion as the 79 -year-old Winthrop arca farmer cares to enter. Or maybe they could decide to disqualify him to give others a chance because his field crop seems to be in a class by itself. Last week. for the ninth consecutive year. Mr. Bolton won the over-all champ- ionship for hay at the Royal. and in doing so. his crop outclassed 82 other entries. He won the first time he brought his hay to the fair. in 1972 and he hasn't last since. Actually. his victory this year wasn't' all that easy. "Last year the cornpetititra wasn't so stiff. but this year it was mueh stiffer," he explained. "It must has -e been pretty close There weren't as many entries as last year. but the quality was better.'• By winning. Mr. Bolton not only further solidified his international reputation as a prime quality hay grower. but he also managed to keep the chanipionship in Huron County. The winner has been Huron farmer for 17 of the past 22 years. "The main reason 1 work at this is to keep Huron County and Seaforth in the news," he said. Mr. Boltop. along with previous winners Bob Allan ef Brucefield (1962. 1963). Wilber Keyes of Varna (1964), Bob Foiheringham of the Seaforth area (1955. f966) and Russell Dallas of Beucefield (1969, 1970) have managed to do just (hat. One might .assume thees a special' explanatien far this nine-year winning streak. but Mr. Bolted says that's not the case. "Well. really. there's no seetet." he said. "It's jnet a matter of harvesting it at the proper Stage." One reason might be the fine soil his farm is blessed with. "1 guess it's what they call Perth loam. and it grows hay really well." Now that he has developed his interna- tional reputation. Mr. Bolton has given some consideration to competing else- where in Canada and the world. "I inquired about one fair in Engle& but they don't grow alfalfa over there." he explained: "And someone asked if there was one he -Chicago. I would enter them. and there's the Agribition In Ifegina. I'd like to go to the one in England, or even Scotland- they have a couple over there." HAY ON THE ROAD Although Mr. Bolton may be willing to take his hay on the road, he's going to have to convince his wife Edna before he gets the green light. "No," she joked about the prospect of international travel. "he's too Actually. the hay champion has man- aged to pack 'a great deal of globetrotting into his life. partly because of his involvement in the Ontario Wheat Grow- er's Board for 20 years (two as chairman) and partly because 'the pe;digreed seed business he operates with son Artenecessi- tated it. . • He explained he had visited every province in Canada. "including Newfound- land", and has also been to the British Isles. , Mr. BOtran was raised in the area. and liegan farming on his own (n 1922. Before that, he farmed with his father, and now son Art operates the "home" farm. . • Although his win means a financial reward of S100. there are other. more valuable rewards that he detives from competing at the Royal we enjoy going to the fair," he said "we have a great time. We've been there nire years now and we've got to know mans people." LONG LOST BROTHERS One of the closest acqiiaontances..he has developed through the fair is Mex Black- hall. a farmer from 'Aberdeenshire. Scot- land. "Re wasn't there the year. but last year I met hirn up where (he exhibits are Nand he threw his arms areend me. You'd think we were teng lost erothers." Mr. Blackball has been as successful as Mr. Belton by winning the world champ- ionship for his barley nine ernes. "He lost this y-erso we're evene' explainer! Mr. Belton "Ed ike to get one up on Alex." Unless those judges take steps to halt him entering, competitors at future winter fairs will have to knock eff the nine -time champion because he intends to keep on tryieg. • "It depends on us he ard Edna)." said Mr. 1301t071. "But if tee pled Lord's willing, keep trying.... Watton Duff's United Church in Walton will host a musical entitled. It's Cool In The Furnace. at the Church on Sunday, November 30 at 8 o'clock. The musical • will he presented by the Senior and Youth Choirs of Londesboro United Church. • An Expositor Classified will pay you dividends Have you tried one? 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