Pennsylvania Angus Association in Steady Advance; Sales Fees Pay Way (Continued fiftm page 10) t)m e Now we have an experienc ed staff at our beck and call lor sales ” Personal calls on participat ed members are another part ot the piogram, but the board ot duectors pointed out m setting up the program that his capacity js advisory. Sales Provide Income The fieldman can be consulted about such things as general herd management cam and feei ng, ratings of individuals and pedigree/), selection, of calves and other phases of an Angus j,eid But he is not expected to s tep m and do such work as castrating, tattooing and yeten naiy work - / “With the large numbers of sales he conducts he really doesn’t have much time left, for visiting and advising breeders,” Mi Atterbury saidjof the field man “The sales provide the in come that keeps the association going ” French said, “I’d like to spend more time visiting the breeders, but there are only so many hours in a day. I visit the farms at eveiy oportumty, and spend as much time with them as I can. £*»«***♦*••«♦**• Christiana •i Bowling Center H 2 * . ■§ |Luncheonette| | ' (On Old Route 41) » •: H « Daily Special Platters H | Homemade Soups S H Foremost Ice Cream H guM....i iii![i|)i||| ,| [|| ||. Authorized Dealers * Master Mix ♦Ferguson Equipment ♦Lincoln Welders ♦ Thermopane ♦Universal Milkers ♦Miller’s Insecticides ♦ Koppers Creosoted Posts HIESTAND Inc. N^ rA °!vM' J »• mqWU ***%& &v4 a/)^utJU ' &£$&&& Q 12.Q JJtAjUt/ t • j jUW* *»»£*>*%£&* ** n The sales also offer an oppor tunity to talk to the breeders as do the trips inspecting the sales animals.” Among the other important duties of the fieldman under the expanded program is to call on prospective members, something which several members think should be expanded to offer a wider outlet for their produc tion. Maurice V Hitt of near* Land enburg and a member of the association since its early days is one of, those who thinks the work with prospective members should be expanded Mi. Hitt said, “In the 40’s when we began the association there were fewer beef cattle m Pennsylvania than, there were in 1870. Harold Reif and Guy Lead er were active in getting the, or ganization rolling. “By 1952 we felt we had grown to the place where a, fieldman could help in getting small herds started and getting and northwestern Pennsylvania, farms “We Need a Wider Outlet” “Many registered herds have been established since 1952, but we need a wider outlet now tor our production. We’re trading too many cattle among ourselves when they should be going out into new herds. “New herds could be establish ed on a million acres of western ■i | and northwestern Pennsylvania -land which is now abandoned and unworked. Commercial herds here could supply more of the beef which is now being im ported into the state.” I Last year an advertising pro publications in Pennsylvania to gram was earned on in farm promote Angus cattle. “Wet got * Wirthmore Feeds ' * Haverly Bulk Tanks *Sauder Loaders * Anhydrous Ammonia * Wheel A-Way Egg Washers * Irrigation Equipment . * DeKalb Chix & Started Pullets Marietta 6-9301 Sales such as this one are the chief source of income tor the Pennsylvania Angus Assn. The Keystone state group manages consignment sales for its, three regional groups plus individual farm production and dispersal sales. It also acts as consultant for individual sales for a fixed per centage of the gross receipts. In the auction box here are Jim Coyner, Warrenton, Va.; Cols. Hamilton James and Paul Good, auctioneers, and Scott French, fieidman-sec •etary of the association. icsults from the advertising and expect to ~get more,” said Mr. French. “I’d like to spend more time visiting prospective breed ers both' registered and com mercial but there is only so much time The sales are im poitant because they give us noney to continue to operate. “Some of the associations out side of Pennsylvania have regu lar publications tor which they sell advei Using to maxe- extia money, but those publications are very time consuming. “Our only publication is a newsletter sent icgularly to members and interested per sons with information which will oe ot interest to breedeis. It is mimeographed, except for the punted January issue, and doesn’t take as much time to piepaie as a printed magazine” Mr. French’s other duties in clude advising purchasers and breeders on sales at private treaty, advising individuals on production and dispersal sales and advising the sectional groups on their sales, working with field days, shows and fans and go mg out of state to attend shows and sales as a repiesentative ot the association or to accompany state breeders as an advisor. Cites Benefits to New Breeder Neal D. Ivey of Ivy Farm, near Malvern, who became an Angus ireeder and a member of the association five years ago after* iCtirmg from the advertising ousmess, told-of his idea of the value of the association: “It has been of great help to new breeders like me. It enabled He to learn much more rapidly Jian if I had not been a mem ber. A Pennsylvania breeder who does not belong is missing some advice he needs. “In my opinion the greatest asset has been the fieldman program inaugurated four years ago. The work of the fieldman has done more to hold the as sociation together in these times ot low prices than any other single factor.” Henry Gingrich, manager ot Millarden Farms, and Art Neu enschwander, herdsman, agreed that the work of the association has done much to stimulate in terest in Aberdeen-Angus m the state. “Both the small breeder and Ihe larger breeder benefit from the advertising and promotion work,'”- Art said Mr. Gingrich added, “I’d say that the small breeder probably benefits more because he reaps a lot of ad vertising that he wouldn’t be able to afford if he had to buy it as an individual.” In interesting breeders in joining the association, Scott admits failure up to the present on one Pennsylvania breeder Chief Source Of Income * * * * who has gamed an international reputation in military and poli tical fields. “President -Eisenhower is not a member of the Pennsylvania association,” he said woefully. “When the Brandywine Assn, gave him the cow and calf in 1955, I thought we had the chief executive,” he laughed. At the annual meeting m 1955, Scott noted that 44 per cent of the cattle sold at their spring sales we'nt to newly established herds. “I think our advertising pro- ULTRA-LIFE s INTERNAL CULLING i| MEANS GREATER PROFIT i ★ Laying Mash ★ Hi-Energy ★ Growing Mash ★ Breeder Mash ! ★ Turkey Grower ★ Beef-Gro Supp. ! ★ Dairy Balancer ! Custom Mixing ; WEST WILLOW FARMERS ASSOCIATION WEST WILLOW - Ph. Lane. 4-5019 | m ■ H. M. 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