Vol. 11. 52 Local Riders i ; Invited to Try Luck at Rodeo Pennsylvania “cowboys” will be eligible to compete for ap . proximately $lO,OOO in prize money at the World Champion ship Rodeo in Harrisburg as a ‘ feature of the first Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition. The rodeo producer has secur ed special permission from the Rodeo Cowboys’ Assn, for area riders t,o compete in the five standard events. For those interested in milder forms of horsemanship, local riders “with appropriate Western nggm” are inyited to nde in the colorful grand entry at any or all performances of the rodeo. I Riders should have their own horses saddled and in position by 730 for evening performances and by 1:30 for the Saturday ma ' tmee. Local girl riders will be per mitted to enter the Girl’s Barrel Race which is held at each per formance. . 1 A feature of the first evening's performance will be the presen tation of Miss Lynda Humes, 17, of Waterford, Erie County, as “1957 Pennsylvania Livestock Ex positiqn^andiiodeajQueetC^^.'.-- The Fort Le Boeuf High School' / senior on Sept. 23 was crowned in Erie as the Northwestern Penn , sylvania Livestock Queen by state agriculture Secretary William t. Henning. She was chosen by Fu ture Farmers of America mem bers in her school to compete with similar candidates from high schools of the northwestern area. Entry fees for the various rodeo events are as follow: Steer wrestling, $25; calf roping, $35; bareback bronc riding, $l5; sad dle bronc riding, $l5; Brahma bull riding, $l5; girl’s barrel race, $l5; and parade, no fee. Registration can be made at the rodeo office in the Farm Show f Bldg,, between 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. Nov. 11. The Exposition has attracted 2,- 700 head of beef cattle, swine and ” Sheep -from 29 states and Canada. They wifi'be in competition for $75,200 in premium awards, one of the largest offerings in the country. Now Is The Time . • . SMITH moisture by deep tillage years many by the depth enables heavy snow more FOR PARASITES Livestock urged to be winter are efficiency as spray EXERCISE ■ LIVESTOCK of types ani too closely m recom all young stock have a chance for an open shed or box stall that can be of confining animals several months with- health conditions and normal growth dc- — All producers of cither grade or reg- as part of good herd management keep rec born into the herd. The future value of many of depend on ancestry. This will not be possible to animals are tagged and properly identified in herd Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Nov. 8, 1957 THIS WELL FED AND WELL fitted Hereford steer kept Lancaster County in the winner’s circle at the Southeast Dis- trict 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Show at Lancaster Union Stock Yards Wednesday. Turkey Breeders Plan - To Cut 1958 Flocks Based on Oct 1 surveys by the Crop Reporting Board, indica tions are that owners of turkey breeder hens expect to hold, at the beginning of the 1958 hatch ing season, four per cent fewer heavy breed turkey hens and 13 per cent fewer light type hens than at the beginning of the 1957 .season. The survey was based on re ports from the 15 most important turkey producing states. The 1,080 pounder was owned and shown by Miss Dorothy Groff, R 7 Lancaster. Some 90 Lancaster County Red Rose Beef Club members exhibited at the show. (LF Photo; $63 Top Paid For Feeder Calf At Yard Sale A premium price of $63 a hun dredweight for the top feeder steer in the third annual Feeder Calf sale held Saturday at the Lancaster Union Stock Yards was paid by C. L. Stoltzfus, Elverson. The Angus steer was entered by Homer T Gabel, R 1 Newport. A total of 303 head of steers and heifers from all parts of the Commonwealth as well as Mary land were entered m the sale. Sales for the animals weighing 150,980 pounds totaled $37,620.04 for an average price of $24.91 a hundred. Average weight was 498 pounds. The average for this years’ sale was about $3 over the sale last year. The top on fancy quality steers was about $3 ahead of a year ago when the top price paid was $3O a hundred. Wiliam Bixler, sale secretry, re ported the following verages for the sale: Twenty-nine fancy steers aver aged $33.23 a cwt, 129 choice steers averaged $27.33 a cwt.; 51 good steers averaged $23.22 a cwt.; 31 medium steers averaged $21.25 a cwt; and 63 heifers averaged $l9 51 a cwt. Abram W. Diffenbach was the auctioneer. Members of the sale committee were James Dunlap, show chairman William McCoy, grading and group chairman; Richard Hoober, publicity; Bix ler, and W. M. Dunlap Jr., sale secretary-treasurer. County Guernsey Breeders Dinner To Be Nov. 15 Pennsylvania’s outstanding young farmer who is also the owner of the highest producing Guernsey herd in the state will be guest of honor and speaker at the county Guernsey breeders as sociation annual meeting. The young dairyman is Eugene Harding, Brookville. The annual event, a diner meet ing, will be held at 6-45 p. m. Nov. 15 at Rhoads Spanish Tav ern, Quarryville. Harding was chosen as out standing young farmer by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania last spring. Tickets for the dinner, costing $1.50 each, may be obtained from Frank Hershey, 442 Willow Rd., Lancaster, association secretary. An election of directors will be held at the meeting. Keystone Farmers Receiving Higher Prices for Products than Year Ago Pennsylvania farmers during the month ended Oct. 15 receiv ed higher prices for their pro ducts than a year ago and the index of prices received was one per cent above a month earlier, the State Department of Agricul ture said today. Higher prices received for potatoes, hay, milk, dairy animals and eggs were offset by lower prices received for corn, soybeans and apples. The prices received index stood at 260 per cent of the $2 Per Year Lebanon Girl Shows Champ At SE 4-H Show A Lebanon girl showed her An- Tus steer to the Grand Champion .hip at the Southeast District 4-H 3aby Beef and Lamb Club Show Wednesday afternoon Miss Doris Teist’s victory gave Lebanon County its first grand champion ship since the district show has ieen held. A 1,080 pound Hereford shown ly Miss Dorothy Groff, R 7 Lan aster, kept the Garden Spot in he winner’s circle by being lamed reserve champion. There were 94 Lancaster Coun y animals in the competition. r ’hirty-one steers had been re moved from the show Tuesday to ie groomed for Farm Show next anuary. Miss Reist is the daughter of lerman Reist and lives on a gen ial and truck farm near Leba non The steer cost her $13910 r hen she bought him as a 535 ounder at New Holland. He /eighed in Wednesday at 1,150 'ounds. She has had two herefords and ne Angus steer in previous years f steer club work Here are the exhibitors who nil show at Farm Show ANGUS Lightweight David Zimmer man, Reinholds Rl, Thelma Cas sei, Manheim Rl; Wayne H. Mil ler, Mount Joy Rl. Medium Weight Marlin Cas jel, Manheim Rl, Lorraine Hack man, Elizabethtown R 3, Samuel F Long, Manheim R 4; Magda Trey, Quarryville R 2. Light Heavyweight—John Zim merman, Reinholds Rl; Darvin Boyd, Ephrata Rl; Nancy Rohr er, Lititz R 3; Betty Jane. Hess, Elizabethtown R 3. Heavyweight John D. Mar tin, Marietta Rl; Donald M. Herr, Refton; James Gibble, Elizabeth town R 3. HEREFORD Lightweight Nancy Gibble, Elizabethtown R 3; Dennis San grey, Conestoga R 2; Clyde Brandt, Marietta Rl; Mary Jane Herf, Refton. Medium Weight Kenneth Rutt, Quarryville R 2; Billy Hack man, Elizabethtown R 3; Peggy Rutt, Quarryville R 2; Jay Ranch, Quarryville R 2. Light Heavyweight Leona Augsburger, Reinholds Rl; Allen Esbenshade, 1631 Esbenshade Rd.; Larry Rohrer, Lititz R 2. Heavyweight Doris Shenk, Manheim R 3; Jean Miller, Eliza bethtown Rl. SHORTHORN Lightweight Marian Hack man, Elizabethtown R 3; Ned Bushong, Lititz Rl. Heavyweight Mary Louise Miller, Manheim R 2. 1910-14 base level and compared with 257 per cent for the month ended Sept. 15. Nationally, the price index was 240 per cent on Oct. 15. It was 245 per cent a: month earlier. In addition to averaging high er prices for products sold, Pen nsylvania farmers also paid a lower average feed bill on Oct. 15 in comparison with the pre vious month. Only hay prices ad vanced, averaging $l5O a baled ton higher, while the principal feeds remained at the same level or dropped slightly.
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