Risser Shorthorns Win State Show; Grand Champion Ball Brings $3OO By ERNEST J. NEILL Leon B Risser, Lititz, topped both the bull and female cham pionships in the Pennssylvania State Shorthorn Breeder Asso ciation Show and Sale at f,he Keystone Sales Barn in Mt. Joy Thursday of last week. J. D. Spectator, calved March - 11, 1955, was -crowned grand champion bull by Hershel H. Allen of Hi Ho Farms in Phoe nix, Md. The winning bull was sired by Marellbar Spectator, a dark roan owned by William Bartholomay, Jr., that sired the top >and third placing Shorthorn steers at the 1956 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Later J. D Spectator sold for $3OO to J. M. Rheam, Millers town, Pa. Reserve champion bull vyas Timberlee’s Envoy, a roan calf owned by F. W. Smaltstig, Pitts burg, a good roan son'of Colly me Bapton He sold later to Dr George E. Ruth, Stouchburg, Pa , at $2OO. Risser’s J D. Butterfly 3rd, a yearling daughter of Jammer Dahl Sportsman in the Risser herd, shared sale top at $4OO aft er winning the purple for the Lititz herd in the female divi sion Buyer was Hi Ho Farms, Phoenix, Md . Reserve champion female, lot 10, Cherry Hill Rosewood B also brought $4OO, consign ed by Pennsylvania State Uni versity, bred by H. L. Strause of Reisertown, Md., selling to Canford Farms, Monkton, Md. She sold bred to Willow Lee Wonder 32nd. . Thirty-six head of breeding stock ' totaled $7,580, averaging $2lO. Thirty calves sold for a to tal of $3,563. Quite a few sales were made out-of-state, with White Plains Farms, Mountville, S. C. making several purchases. Maryland, as well as Pennsylvania buyers, selected several head. Lancaster County consignors included Warwick Farmss, R 4 Buying in Sept. Shows Increase Washington, (USDA) —Dairy price-support purchases in Sept ember 1956 amounted to 678,- 745 pounds of butter, 14,334,093 pounds of cheddar cheese, and 17,586,531 pounds of nonfat dry milk, the U. S. Department of Agriculture reported today in its September- summary of dairy price-support activities. These purchases compare- with purchases of 114,474 pounds of butter, 14,644,926 pounds of cheese, and 25,506,308 pounds of nonfat dry milk in Septem ber 1955 September ended with all USDA’s butter stocks commit ted and none available for sale or distribution, m addition to commitments already made. A year ago an September 30, CCC had an estimated 114 million pounds available for sale and other distribution The USDA has found outlets for this quantity plus the 180 million pounds of butter purchased under price support smce Sept ember 1955. For the first time since heavy support butter buy ing resumed in late 1952, the USDA has all its butter stocks at the end of the flush produc tion season completely schedul ed for program use This en ables the industry to enter the fall period with no supplies of government-owned butter over hanging the market. Since late 1952, USDA has purchased an proximately 1,026,000,000 pounds and all of this quantity has been committed to a variety of outlets. September 1956 commitments for use amounted to 3,300,029 pounds of butter, 27,194 446 pounds of cheese, and 9,202,930 pounds of nonfat dry milk. SAME BIRTHDAY DENVER, Col. Betty Lou Kaiser, 10, and Joanne Kaiser, 8 celebrated their birthday Wed nesday, July 13th. A sister, Ka ren, 2, was also born on Friday the thirteenth, Jbut her month is November. , Lititz, receiving $765 for five head; Harold B. Endslow & Sons, R 1 Marietta, purchased two head for $245, and the Rissler farm showed seven head that -brought $1920 total, buying two animals tor $330. Other consignors all from Pennsylvania included Wil liam Bottenfield, Hollidays burg;«Raymond Brackbill, Me chanicssburg; A. P. Bucks & Son, Palmyra; W. P. Camp bell, Centre Hall; the End slows; S. A. Hunter, Grove City Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mc- Elhaney, Imperial; Pennsyl vania State University; James Rheam, Millerstown; the Ris sers; F, W. Smalstig, Pitts burg; and Warwick Farms. Warwick Farms consigned five head in the club calf sale that totaled«2,los lbs, and sold tor $459, averaging 2181 cents per , pound Endslow consign- totaled 1670 lbs, totaled $550, averaging $32 97‘cwt. Lancaster County buyers in the club calf sale included: Ira Rutt, Peach Bottom, four head for the Red Rose 4H Baby Beef Club; Risser, six head; Elmer M. Hoover, R 1 Bird-in-Hand, sev en; A B Martin, New Holland Pike, Lancaster, and Joseph M Kreider, R 4 Lebanon, one head each. Average price for all calves, a total of 13,810 lbs, was $25.85. Smalstig consignments averaged $23 06 cwt; Warwick $21.81; A. P. Bucks $26 43; Wil liam P. Campbell $28.32; William Bottenfield & Sons $20.75, and H. B. Endslow & Sons $32.97. ELECTRIC VENTILATING FANS Proper-dairy barn ventilation is a mighty important factor in top milk production. As success ful dairymen know, keeping cows comfortable and healthy steps up milk production, increasing dairy profits. “In addition, a properly venti lated barn gets rid of your mois ture problems. Much of the water a cow drinks is exhaled as mois- S' ture. This moisture rots timbers PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v s w> i -x* <, * ’• ' :' v * •* ' - ' ' z\* *■ i. ~ ' 'Mv * vC-'-eV* -, . ; Foam extinguishers of the Quarryville Fire Co-were kept in readiness following the collision of a tractor-trailer loaded with potatoes and a sedan at the Buck. The crushed car, under the trailer which climbed a cinder pile, is shown here. Its three occupants and the driver of the trail- BUILD DAIRY PROFITS! <> * ■? ( * •* * Friday, Oct. 19, 1956 Lancaster Farming—ll Foam Extinguishers on Hand • 4 ", and rusts metal roofs and fittings. By installing an automatically controlled ventilating fan your barn will stay dry and clean* smelling year round. Ask your electrical farm equip ment dealer or PP&L represent ative about all the advantages of an electric barn ventilation today... install yours before the herd moves indoors for the winter. 3 * a s i t I 4 wl>< ' ‘ • ' v * jffiLpr er escaped injury. Involved were, Mr. and Mrs. James Burke, and their son of Lost Creek, Pa. and in the truck, Richard Haf fner x 18, R 2 Ephrata, son of Lewis Haf fner, San Mateo, Fla. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). * ' 41 * 'V
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