Great gains accomplished by young 4-H’ers here

In the stock market, an 88 percent gain would be considered phenomenal. At the Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair’s 50th Annual 4-H Roundup, in the market steers category, even greater (weight) gains were achieved, but the winning steer, raised by Casie Kawamura, recorded a weight gain of 532 pounds, from a start at 610 pounds to a finish at 1,142 pounds, a gain of over 87 percent.

She took first place in the market steers division.

Brother Peter Kawamura’s steer recorded the highest weight gain among those who placed in the top three, starting at 472 pounds, ending at 1,038 pounds, for a gain of 566 pounds, or 119 percent. Kain Silva’s steer gained 627 pounds, or 109 percent, ending at 1,200 pounds after starting at 573 pounds.

The market barrows (castrated boars) showed even more remarkable weight gains, nearly 500 percent in the cases of the animals of winners Julianna Boucher (485 percent) and Jeff Andrade (493 percent). Please see the results below.

Many of the animals were auctioned off to folks like representatives from Big Save Inc., M & H Kaneshiro Farm, Inc.

The 4-H advisors are David Boucher, Robert Kawamura, Charlene Medeiros, Roy Oyama, Tracy Pimental, Anthony “Koni” Silva.

4-H market Lambs

1. Julianna Boucher, 110 pounds;

2. Thalia Souza, 115 pounds;

3. Casie Kawamura, 120 pounds;

4.Megan Souza, 95 pounds;

5. Leah Emura, 95 pounds;

6. Kalani Grace, 87 pounds;

7. Shaylee Masuda, 73 pounds;

8. Jeff Andrade, 74 pounds;

9. Joey Silva, 67 pounds.

4-H Market Barrows (pigs)

Senior Division

1. Julianna Boucher, 205 pounds (starting weight 35 pounds);

2. Jeff Andrade, 190 pounds (starting weight 32 pounds).

Junior Division

1. Kain Silva, 190 pounds (starting weight 34 pounds);

2. Joey Silva, 212 pounds (starting weight 39 pounds);

3. Megan Souza, 221 pounds (starting weight 40 pounds).

4-H Broilers

1. Kain Silva, (Cornish X) 29 pounds;

2. Megan Souza, (Cornish X) 29 pounds.

Clover Bud 4-H Lambs

Cheyenne Andrade, 98 pounds;

Kira Blackstad-Pimental, 98 pounds;

Hunter Grace, 93 pounds;

Amanda Rita, 107 pounds.

Clover Bud 4-H Broilers

Jasmine Silva, 30 pounds.