DATE:    8/29/96    
CONTACT: Stan Clements, (864) 229-6681
WRITER:  Bill Baker,    (864) 656-3875

Junior Beef Roundup is Biggest Ever
  
      CLEMSON -- The 10th annual South Carolina Junior Beef Roundup
was "the biggest and best ever" according to organizer Stan Clements.
      The event was held Aug. 3-4 at Clemson University's T. Ed
Garrison Livestock Arena.
      This year's Roundup boasted 213 exhibitors, an increase of 49
over last year, and 338 heifers, an increase of 46.
      "This is the biggest junior heifer show in the state," said
Clements, an Extension animal scientist with Clemson University.
People came from the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee."
     A total of 358 contestants participated in the junior
cattlemen's contest, 120 more than participated last year, Clements
said. Scholarships worth $500 were awarded to three young people:
Melissa Perrie of Saluda, Ben Spitzer of Fair Play, and Chad Davis of
North Carolina. Scholarships were awarded based on scores from an
essay, the junior cattlemen's contest and showmanship. 
     The Aug. 3 barbecue supper was attended by 540 people, and
1,200 free ice cream cones were distributed by Coburg Dairy.
     The roundup is sponsored by the Clemson University 
Cooperative Extension Service, the S.C. Cattlemen's Association and
the South Carolina beef cattle industry. 
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