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Navajo Times
Window Rock, Apache County, Arizona
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The second annual Navajo Tribal Fair Junior Livestock sale featured auctions of 5 fat calves and 16 fat lambs raised by 4-H Club youth on the Navajo Reservation, totaling $3,006.41. Awards went to top exhibitors from Chinle, Window Rock, Shiprock, and Ft. Defiance, with buyers from Gallup, N.M. Wayne Nez won best project and a trip to Denver. A calf scramble involved 8 participants catching calves.
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The following are some of the results of the stock show sales, awards, etc. In the sales section, the first name is of the exhibitor and the second that of the buyer.
The second annual Navajo Tribal Fair Junior Livestock sale was a tremendous success. Sold at auction were 5 fat calves and 16 fat lambs for a total of $3,006.41. These animals were raised as 4-H Club Projects by boys and girls all over Navajoland.
Grand Champion Calf: 105 pounds, $171.63. Richard La Rue of Chinle, Arizona, 4-H. Buyer, Navajo Motors of Gallup, N.M.
Grand Champion Fat Lamb: 100 pounds, $40.00. Joe Mineer of Window Rock, Arizona, 4-H. Buyer, C. E. Gurley of Central Motors, Gallup, N.M.
1st place light calf: 835 pounds, $459.25. Barbara Wallace of Chinle, Arizona, 4-H. Buyer: John Guest of the Merchants Bank, Gallup, N.M.
Reserve Champion, 1st place mutton lamb; 110 pounds, $42.90. Ron Landbloom, Window Rock, Arizona, 4-H. Buyer: Rice Motor Co. of Gallup, N.M.
1st Place, Southdown Cross Lamb: 78 pounds, $28.08. Wayne Nez, Shiprock, N.M. 4-H. Buyer. C. L. Williams of Navajo Motors, Gallup, N.M.
1st place light fine wool lamb: 85 pounds, $31.45. Wilson Dehezy, Ft. Defiance, Arizona, 4-H. Buyer, C. L. Williams of Navajo Motors, Gallup, N.M.
1st Place Crossbred Lamb: 115 pounds, $41.40. Pete Cooper, Window Rock, Arizona, 4-H. Buyer, C. L. Williams of Navajo Motors, Gallup, N.M.
Wayne Nez of the Shiprock 4-H Club was selected as the boy having the best livestock project on the Navajo Reservation during the 1961 Club Year. Wayne will receive an all expense paid trip to the Denver National Livestock Show in February 1962. The trip is being sponsored by the First State Bank of Gallup, New Mexico.
In the boys and girls Calf Scramble, 6 boys and 2 girls entered the ring with 4 calves in the scramble. The following 4 were successful in catching a calf, George Morris of Chinle 4-H. Wayne Nez of Shiprock 4-H, Eldon McCabe of Window Rock 4-H and Thomas Kuntz of Ft. Defiance 4-H The idea of the scramble is for the youngster to catch the calf in the ring, take them home and care for them and show them at the next year's Fair.
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Navajo Reservation
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1961
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sold 5 fat calves and 16 fat lambs for $3,006.41; awards to top exhibitors; wayne nez awarded trip to denver national livestock show; 4 youth successful in calf scramble.
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The second annual Navajo Tribal Fair Junior Livestock sale auctioned animals raised by 4-H Club youth from various locations on the Navajo Reservation. Specific awards included Grand Champion Calf to Richard La Rue, Grand Champion Fat Lamb to Joe Mineer, and others. Wayne Nez selected for best project. Calf scramble event where youth caught calves to raise for next year.