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.