Vol. 11, No. 12
4-H Baby Beef
Average $32.15
At Farm Show,
Sixty-two tons of 4-H baby beef
went under the hammer of Col.
Guy L. Pettit at the Farm Show
Baby-Beef Sale Friday
The calves averaged $3215 a
hundredweight
Topping the sale was the Grand
Champion, shown by Glenn Fore
man, 15, R 3 Manheim The 1,075
Angus, named “Rex” sold for
$1 67 a pound to Howard John
son Restaurants.
Howard Johnson also bought
“Blaclcie”, the reserve champion,
another Angus, shown by Herbert
Frey, 19, R 1 Lancaster
This was the third year that
Howard Johnson has bought the
Farm Shows Grand Champion.
At last years sale, the; cham-,
pion brought 1.52 1-2 e pound and
the reserve champion, $1 a
pound.
Other Lancaster County 4-H
Club baby beeves sold as follows;
Hereford reserve champion, 1,-
085 lbs, shown by Leona Augs
burger, 15, Rein hold a, sold for
33 1-2 cents a pound to El Centro
Restaurant, Harrisburg
Dons and Joanne Shenk, R 3
Manheim, 1,100 lb Hereford to
Penn-Harns Hotel foij $29.50.- - " -
Kenneth Rutt, R 2 Peach Bot
tom, 940 lb. Angus, sold to George
Warner, for $32 a hundredweight
Peggy Hackmaij, R 3 Elizabeth
town, 1,090 lb Hereford, sold to
Medford Packing Co., for $27.50.
John D. Zimmerman, R 1 Rein
holds, sold his 1,020 lb. Angus to
Susquehanna Frozen Foods for
$3l a hundredweight.
Larraine Hackman, R 3 Eliza
bethtown, sold her. 1,005 lb. An
gus to Robert’s Grocery, Penn
brook, for $30.50.
Samuel F 7 Long, R 4 Manheim,
sold his 1,015 lb Angus for $30.50
to Robert’s Grocery, Pennbrook.
The second heavyweight Here
ford a 1,300 lb. steer belonging to
Christ Miller, Jr., R 1 Elizabeth
town, sold for $29 50 to Gilbert
Arnold, Linden, N. J
An 1,100 lb. Angus calf shown
by Henry Greiner, R 4 Manheim,
sold to Alvk Restaurant for $32
Marian Graybill, R 3 Manheim,
sold her 1,200 lb. Angus to Med
ford Packing Co. for $31.50.
Medford also bought the 1,115
lb Shorthorn shown by Shirley
Longenecker, R 2 Lititz, for
$2B 50.
Joyce Nolt, R 1 Reinholds, and
Dennis Sangrey, R 2 Conestoga,
selling their 1,085 and 1,075 lb.
Herefords as a single lot, got $29
from Cross Bros.
A 1,060 lb. Angus shown by
Donald Rutt, R 2 Peach Bottom,
sold for $32 to Susquehanna Fro
zen Foods.
James Gibble, R 1 Elizabeth
town, sold his 1,035 lb. Hereford
to Milton Grove, Lancaster, for
$29 50.
Robert Gibble, R 3 Elizabeth
town, sold his 1,160 lb. Angus to
Medford for $29.50
Joanne Foreman, R 3 Manheim,
ard Janet Frey, R 1 Lancaster,
selling their 1,010 and 1,015 lb.
Herefords as. a single lot, were
paid $29.50 by Ritchie's Market
Huntington.
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yuarryville (Lancaster county) La., r rmay. Jan. 25, 1957
Miss Mary Keene Tops 4-H Lamb Sale
THE GRAND CHAMPION pen of South
down lambs, grown and shown by Miss
Mary Keene, JRI Christiana, sold for $1 a
.pound to Economy Meat Market, York, at
Miss Mary Keene’s Grand Champion
Pen of 4-H Lambs Brings $270
HARRISBURG The grand
champion pen of 4-H lambs,
three Southdowns shown by
Mary Keelne, R 1 Christiana, sold
for $1 a pound at the Pennsyl
vania Farm Show. The lambs,
weighing a total of 270 pounds,
were bought by Medfords, Inc.,
for a total of $270. Last
year’s 4-H grand champion pen
sold for $1.20 a pound.
The reserve grand champion
4-H pen of lambs, also South
downs, 285 pounds, shown by
Nancy Gibblp, Elizabethtown, R 3.
Lancaster County, were bought
by Economy Meat Market, York,
at 65 cents a pound, for a total
of $185.25. This price compared
to 26 cents per pound paid for
the reserve grand champion pen
a year ago.
Other top 4-H pdns of lambs
sold as follows
First prize Hampshire, 455
pounds, shown by Janet GibMe,
R 3 Elizabethtown, to Penn-Harns
Hotel, Harrisburg, at 22H cents
a pound.
First prize Shropshire, 317
pounds, shown by Bruce Boyd,
R 1 Ephrata, to S. S Pomeroy,
Harrisburg, at 27 cents a
pound.
First prize Dorset, 335 pounds,
shown by Galen Byers, Carlisle,
to Schluderburg & Krudle, Balti
more, at 25h cents a pound.
First prize Cheviot, 313 pounds
shawm by Jay Fought, Mechanics
burg, to Medford’s Inc, Chester,
at 30 cents a pound.
The 36 pans of 4-H fat lambs
at the Pennsylvania Farm Show
sold at the show for a total oi
the 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Sale at Farm
Show Friday. The average price for the
90 lambs sold was $29.84 a hundredweight.
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$3,329 07 They weighed a total
of 11,156 pounds and averaged
29 84 cents per pound. This com
pared to the average ot
28.23 cents a pound. Without th e
championship and reserve cham
pionship pens the average was
27.10 cents per pound.
Three pens of open class fat
lambs, weight 856 pounds, sold
for a total of $197.27. This
brought the sale total for all
lambs to $3,526.34. Open Class
stock at the 1956 show.
Medfords, Inc., Chester, was
the leading buyer of lambs, tak
ing a total of nine pens. .Schlud
erburg Krudle, Baltimore, was
next, taking five pens. Buyers of
four pens each were Susquehan
na Frozen Foods, Sunbury, and
Leesport Livestock Market, Lees
port. Economy Meat Market,
York, took three pens
Four buyers took two pens
each Swift & Co.. Silver
Spring Livestock Market, Hoges
town; Hershey Abbattoir (E A
Koons), Hershey, and J. Fred
Fisher & Son, York. One pen was
sold to each of the following;
George F. firmer, Wemersvdle;
C. C. Snavely; York Livestock
Market, York; Trobbs Market.
Younsr Farmers Name
Tom Staman President
Thomas Staman, R 2 Columbia
was elected president of th 6
Pennsylvania Young Farmers’
Assn, at Harrisburg last week.
Forney Longenecker, R 3 Lit
itz was named seoretary.
Other Countians elected to of
fices in state organizations are:
State Bee keepers’ Assn., vice
president, O. K. Blanchard, Del
ta; Guernsey Breeders’ Assn., di
rector, Raymond Witmer, Willow
Street; and Pennsylvania Horse
and Mule Assn., vice president,
Mmer Lapp, Kinzers. '
Hereford Steer
Tops Western
Stock Show
DENVER (Special) A
prime Hereford steer today made
it six in a now for the breed in
the grand champion circle at the
National Western Stock Show.
The 1,000-pound Hereford nam
ed Red was shown by William
Irvine of Dysart, Pennsylvania, a
veteran feeder who has won top
honors on his Herefrd steers at
major shows across the country.
The grand champion, selected
before a packed arena in the Na
tional Western coliseum, was
bred by Woody Hereford Ranch
of Barnard, Kan
The grand champion, a senior
calf, was entered in the open
division and made the top steer
of the breed and the show by
Herman Purdy of Pennsylvania
State University.
Immediately following the se
lection of the Hereford as the
grand champion, Secretary Paul
Swaffar of the American Here
ford Assn, presented Mr. Irvine
a $5OO check. Special trophies
were presented to the winning ex
hibitor by L. M. Pexton, Presi
dent of the National Western
Stock Show.
The Irvine victory made it two
years in a row for lowa Here
fords in the grand champion
bracket. The top honor of the
National Western last year was
won by Dorothy Fae Siehl of
Gnnnell, la., on her 1,015-pound
Hereford.
Merle Groff Wins
F.F.A. Tractor Drive
If the state tractor driving con
test held at Farm Show last week
is any indication, Merle Groff, 17,
of R 1 Strasburg, is the best FFA
tractor driver in the state.
Groff placed first in the FFA
contest held Friday at Farm
Show. He collected $25 for his
efforts.
$2 Per Year
Angus Breeders
Sell Half Million
Cattle in 1956
HARRISBURG —Pennsylvania
Angus breeders rang up another
first this past year when they
sold over half a million dollars
worth of registered breeding cat
tle at public auctions, it was an
nounced at the Farm Show din
ner of the Pennsylvania Angus
Association.
Scott L. French, fieldman-sec
retary of the statewide group,
told members that 574 register
ed bulls, cows and heifers sold
for $502,137 at nine public sales.
The iprevious record was made
in 1955 when Angus sales totaled
$424,325.
The overall average of $875
was second only to 1952 when a
record of $912 was set, he said.
French predicted an even better
year for Angus breeders m 1957.
“As quality improves in Pennsyl
vania herds so will prices re
ceived for sale stock,” he as
serted
“Over 40 per cent of the cattle
sold an the 1956 auctions went
to out of state buyers,"’ the An
gus fieldman said, noting that
this was a ‘good indication of
the quality ot catffle produced in
Pennsylvania ”
Highest .selling Angus in Penn
sylvania during 1956 was 22-
month-old Bradleys Chimera, ac
cording to French. This fancy
heifer was bid in at $12,500 at
the Heckmeres Highlands pro
duction sale in Butler County.
Buyer was MiSlarden Farms, 4.nn
ville, Pa. Top bull was Eileen
mere 1064th. He sold at the Ah
mar Dispersal, Luzerne County,
for $3,100.
Another Pennsylvania recbrd
was set last spring, French said,
when 120 females in the Heck
meres Highland sale brought an
average price of $1,921. It Was
the highest average ever made
at a public sale of beef or dairy
cattle in the state, French said.
Breeders Name
New Committees
Tjhe Lancaster County Hol
stein Breeders’ Assn, has an
nounced its committees for the
coming year.
They are- Membership com
mittee Clarence E Lyons, Henry
H Hackman and Everett E. Ben
iamin Tourommittee; Robert
C. Groff, Mvin Hess Jr. and
Everett E. Benjamin: Conestoga
Classic Sale committee; H- Leßoy
Welk, Harvey Rettew and Clar
ence E. Lyons.
F. F A. Calf committee; C.
Robert Nolt, Robert H. Kauff
man and Jacob Hauser Jr.; An
nual Meeting committee; J. Mow
ery Frey, Paul L. Denlinger and.
H. E. Kettering Nominating'
committee; John C. Metzler, Ga
len Heri; and Jay E. Landis.
Auditing committee; J. Lester
Chartes, Leslie Hoover and Carl
Diller: Resolutions committee;
E. E. Brubaker, J. Robert Hess
and Abner H Risser; and Field
Day commitee; Paul G. Longen
ecker, Ira D. Welk and C. Rich
ard Landis.
The State Director is Clarence
Lyons and Elvin Hess Sr. is
D8.1.A. director.