Evening star., 1947-08-10
0Iney Boy, 10, Takes
) Awards al Livestock
Show in PooIesviIIe
By james BirchfieId

upper Montgomery SOuIlUy IcSl-
dents who turned out nearly 5000
strong yesterday for the seventh
annual Poolesville Livestock Show,
saw 10-year-old Jimmy Barnsley,
jr., of Olney. take first prizes in all
three beef breed classes, plus the
grand and reserve champion rib
bons.
Young Barnsley, whose father
operates the Barnsley farm at Oh
ney, took the grand champion rib
bon with his Angus steer and the
reserve champion ribbon with his
Hereford. His Shorthorn, while not
in the championship class, took first
ribbon in it's breed class.
According to his father, Jimmy
has been raising calves for two
years. Rather than pick one breed,
ne has calves of the three main
beef breeds to see what his choice
will be later, when he begins rails
ing cattle in earnest.
Awarded Calf.
In addition to the prize money,
Jimmy was awarded a purebred
Hereford calf by A. G. Rolfe, owner
of Pleasant Valley Farms, and a
$25 Savings Bond from the county
Angus breeders.
JimmXs grandfather is T. A.
Barnsley,-- county Agriculture ,Ad-
justment Administration Commit
tee chairman. ~
Also in the championship class at
yesterdays Poolesville event was the
Rev. c. A. Michael. pastor of the
Poolesville Methodist Church, who
was in charge of the swine depart
ment of the show.
Mr.. Michael showed the grand
champion Hampshire SOW, and took
first ribbon with his Hampshire gilt.
Born on a farm in Augusta
County. Va, Mr. Michael began rails
ing pigs as a sideline when he moved
to Poolesville four years ago. He
helped teach vocational agriculture
at the high school and went into
the purebred Hampshire pig busi-
ness on a small scale on his "one-
acre farm"
Officials Praise Show.
W. G. Hanson, of Mount Prospect
Farm near Rockville, showed the
grand champion bull in the beef
breeds. His Angus bull, bred and
raised at Mount Prospect, Is a
grandson of the Angus bull, Ravens
wood Pride Eric, and tips the scales
at 1851 something OF a record for
the breed at Is months of age.
Yesterdays Poolesville show de-
scribed by cattlemen and University
of Maryland officials as one of the
best on record. Said DR.. T. B. Sy-
mons, dean of agriculture and direc-
tor of the State Extension Service:
'The livestock shown here today
is good stock and shows what the
progressive farmers up this way are
doing"
Winners Listed.
Other championship winners in
the various classes:
Swine-George Leichlider, Duroc
boar and SOW; Alfred Poole, Hamp-
shire boar: William Wirley, Poland
China SOW; Tom Dorsett. Poland
China boar; Mount Prospect Farm,
Berkshire SOW. Showmanship prize
in the swine department went to Mr..
Poole. A total of 81 hogs was
entered.
Draft horses-Ray Norton, Rock
vile. Percheron mare; Warren
Howse, Gaithersburg, Percheron
stallion; Mr.. Howse, best horse in
show. In the teams class, first place
went to Wilbert McImerney, Rock
vile.
Sheep-M. Dorsett, of Beallsville,
took championship ribbons for both
his ram and eve. Raymond Poole,
Poolesville, won the showmanship
ribbon. i
Dairy cattle - Alfred Freysz. ir.,
Gaithersburg. took the grand cham
pionship with his Jersey bull, while
the champion heifer was owned by
Carol Mills. H.. of Gaithersburg.
Showmanship prizes in the dairy
and beef classes, respectively, went
to Billy Norwood of Rockville, and
Jack RUtter of PooleSville,