16—Lancaster Farming,
Lancaster County Ranks Among Top
Ten in Total Cattle, Calf Sales
Despite the fact it is pitted
against the cattle-producing
counties of the California range,
the Arizona flatlands, and Colo
rado s mesas, Lancastei County
in 1954 placed ninth in the to
tal number of cattle and calves
sold, with total value of $lB,-
843,548
Even the Sand Hills of Ne
braska couldn’t equal the lank
of the Gaiden Spot, for the 120,-
584 head sold here stood well
above Cheiry County, Neb, in
11th place with 115,016 The
Sand Hills are noted for sup
plying feeder cattle to Corn
Belt lots for fattening
Weld County, Colo. First
Standing fust was Weld
County, Colo was 297,829
0 6 per cent of the US. total
01 44,350,808, valued at $47,-
996,987 Maricopa County, Anz.
was second with 213,159 worth
$33,648,263 Los Angeles Coun
ty, Calif, was third with 210,178
and seventh m value with_s2l,-
528,976, and famed Imperial
County, Calif, fourth in number
and third in value with 182,626
bringing $28,621,134
Among the top 100 counties
in number of cattle and calves
sold alive in 1954, twenty were
in iowa, 14 in California, 13 in
Nebraska, 12 in Illinois Others
standing above Lancaster Coun
ty were 1, Weld County, Colo,
2, Maricopa county, Anz; 3, Los
Angeles County, Calif; 4, Im
perial County, Calif, 5, Kern
County, Calif, 6, Pottawattomie
county, lowa, 7, Tulare County,
Calif, 8, San Joaquin County,
Calif
New York County 39th
St Lawrence County, New
York, standing in 39th place,
Angus Trophy for International
Miss Jo Ann Williams, a secretary in the offices of the
American Angus Association, St Joseph, Mo, examines
the Stephen Birch Perpetual Challenge Trophy which is
available for piesentation to the exhibitor of the Grand
Champion Steer at the International Livestock Exposition
in Chicago for the first time this year The cup will be
awarded if the steer is an Aberdeen-Angus, and if the
breeder and owner are the same The winner will keep
the trophy for a one-year period, and will be given the
small replica of it, which Miss Williams holds However,
if won three times by the same person, the large trophy
becomes the winner’s permanent property. It has been
donated by Stephen Birch, Jr, of Mahrapo Farms, Mah
wah, N J , in memory of his father. Mr. Birch, Jr. will also
donate a cash prize of $250 to the breeder and owner of
the steer, which is in addition to the $250 to be donated
by the American Angus Association.
Friday, Aug. 10, 1956
was the only other eastern
states county listed among the
fast 100 in numbers sold
Lancaster County ranked 11th
in value of sales m 1954 The
total U S value was $4,283,451,-
830
Again among the top coun
ties in cattle and calves on
farms, Lancaster County ranked
18th in number with 146,848
against a national total of 95,-
027,041 Cjherry County, Neb.
was first with 285,296, Weld
County, Colo, second with 283,-
836, and Mai icopa County, Anz,
third with 236,961
West Lampeter Plans
Horse Show,. Broiler .
Barbecue on Saturday
To raise additional funds for
operating the 1956 Community
Fair, the West Lampeter Com
munity Fair, Inc, will sponsor a
horse show and broiler barbecue
at the Lampeter Community
Grounds Saturday, Aug 11.
Chairman of the horse 'show
committee is Robert E Good of
Willow Street, and heading the
broiler barbecue is Roy B Herr
of R 7 Lancaster First event will
open at 10 am DST Saturday
classes are listed
in the horse show, with morning
sessions from 10 a.m to 12.30
p m, afternoon sessions .from
1 30 p, m to 8 00 p m
The West Lampeter Com
munity Fair is scheduled Sept
26, 27 and 28 with a gymkhana
Friday, Sept 28
Modern science can she!
much light on times and condi
tions and even philosophies of
biblical times and must be
taken into .account by theolo
gians
Kessler, R 2 Holtwood, stands
in a tomato patch adjacent to the packing
plant on his farm. Stalks average three
feet in height He has" 100 acres in toma
FOOD PRESERVATION |
Industrial scientists are busy,
looking at the atom and miracle
diugs .in their search for ways
V
J. M. Bomberger'
Farmers Supply Co.
187-39 E. KING ST., LANCASTER
Paul H. Gehma”
DENVER
Fred L. & John E. Homsher
STRASBURG AND QUARRYVILLE
BEACON
Growing-and Packing
I to piolong the edible life of
_food While housewives are in
tensely interested in the sub
ject, reseaich is proceeding par
Call Your
ELM
Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc.
RHEEMS
toes under cultivation this year. At the
right is -a, photo showing packing opei a
tions at the plant of Chris Atkinson &
Son. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photos)
OPPORTUNITY
KNOCKING
Every year many more poultrymen discover ,
Beacon feed does something extra ‘
Experienced nutritionists point out that even an
ordinary feed will satisfy birds as they come into
their first flush of production. But temporary satis* 1/
faction is expensive m the end. - iJ
The profit formula for long-season sustained pi o- r
Auction is based on a feed so well balanced . . . and
so highly concentrated in nutritional values . that b'
it can maintain body weight and peak production 1 1
over many months , “ j 1 *
Beacon is so formulated ... to justify itself on *
profit over feed cost basis . . . not to meet a certain
price per bag
That’s why TOP poultrymen who have mad*
comparisons say, "Birds lay more and longer on Beacon,
. . feeding cost per'dozen is lower.” 1
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS. You must open the door. \\
Beacon Feeds and the Beacon Program can boostf
your poultry piofits ~
B eacon Dealer
O. Kenneth McCracken
Millport Roller Mills
Earl Sander
NEW HOLLAND
Osceola Flour Mills
ticularly with foices,
in mind, since food storage and
transportation is one of the
Army’s greatest problems.
MANHEIM
LITITZ
GORDONVILLE
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