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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1967
Steer* And Hogs P«»sin 9 informotion
c ,l p - A ° On To Classmotes
oell vjooa At by Clair Zerby
Solanco Sale
The 945-pound grand cham- distinction of having a student
pion Angus, owned and shown from the American Field Sei’v
by Donald Swinehart, Quarry- *ce in its classes. He is 17-year
ville SI, brought 72 cents a °*d Tahir Guner of Tekirdag,
pound last Friday at the So- Turkey. Tahir is living on the
lanco Fair Baby Beef and Fat Charles Keller Farm, Lititz R 2.
Hog Sale. This was two cents Some interesting things Ta
higher than last year’s cham- hir has passed on to his fellow
pion. The buyer was Truman classmates about life in Turkey
Ferguson, of Ferguson and ? re v , er y interesting. His father
Hassler, Quarryville. Total price 15 , a fanner, having eight dairy
was $6BO 40 ammals and six hundred sheep.
The dairy animals average
Ronald Rank’s grand cham- about six to eight pounds of
pion pair of Yorkshire hogs milk per day. They are kept
weighing 460 pounds, were sold mainly for meat purposes,
for 44 cents a pound, or $202.40, Also, all of the cattle in the
to Joe Bowman, of IGA Food village, a population of around
Market, Quarryville. 200 people, are grazed in one
group by one or several herd-
The FFA reserve grand cham- ers
pion steer, weighing 1110 lbs. Many of the sheep are milk
and owned by Joe Linton, e£ j an( j the milk is made into
Quarryville R 3, was sold to Lan- cheese. The average produc
caster Union Stock Yards for tion per day runs around two
30 cents or $333 for the Here- pounds and the average woo]
ford. clip is approximately four
Lewis Kreider’s reserve grand are wheat,
champion pen of hOe,s, weighed Parley, some corn, sunflowers
510 pounds rnd brought 27 an( j me i ons xhe land is more
r 3 nearly level, with rainfall be
▼t*6-70 - ing a limiting factor in getting
The steers brought a total of yields. The corn doesn’t
$6,816.14 and the pens of hogs, '§ row as tall as it does m Lan
51727.42. caster County. After corn is
o i tit tt- r picked, the cattle are allowed
Samuel W. Hippey, of Willow go j n^0 ,the fields and graze
Brand Meat Products, Willow on the , sta , lks .
Street, bought the other 12 Tahir is presently spending
pens of hogs for a total of $l,- some 0 f lk is class time learning
to judge dairy cattle, beef
In the steer sale, Willow steers, market hogs and lambs
Brand and Musser’s each bought an( j laying hens. He is very
four animals, and New Holland anxious to see the Lampeter
Sales Stables bought two. pair and to be a participant in
Other supporters were Lancas- the Livestock Judging Field
ter Union Stock Yards, Vintage Day. He is also anxious to
Sales Stables, James Kreider, learn how the people of Lan-
First National Bank of Stras- caster County go about being
burg, Joe Bowman, auctioneers some of the best farmers in
Kreider and Diller, Kersey the world. He hopes to take
Bradley, and Lancaster County some of the ideas that he sees
Farmer’s Bank. and learns along back to his
J. Everett Kreider and Carl country -and to himself ibecome
Diller sei’ved as auctioneers, a better student of agriculture.
selling the 21 steers and 13 pens He plans to continue his edu
of hogs m one hour. Vo-ag teach- ca J lOI l m one the technical
ers J. Richard Wood and Wil- or. colleges in Turkey
Ham Fredd served as ring an- and then fther become a farm
nouncers, with Leon Kreider as er " W( *' k f< * th « foment
ring m the agricultural field.
Public Auction
LANCASTER COUNTY FARM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4,1967
Located 8 miles West of Lancaster, ZVz miles East of Mount
Joy, near Elm Tree School, Vz mile Northeast of 230 By-Pass,
Lancaster and Elizabethtown bus every hour near by.
NO. 1. Beautiful grand old Colonial limestone home, Walls
two feet wide, large colonial round side porch columns, 11 rooms,
center hall, 3 fire places, all conveniences, 2-car garage, 2 acre
lawn, with area lights and shade, a real old homestead well taken
care of, will stand another 150 years.
NO. 2. The farm buildings consist of a large stone and frame
bank bam, 125 feet long, also a practically new 3-story cow barn,
stanchions and cleanout equipment, tobacco shed, part has cellar,
can hang 15 acres, silo, several good poultry houses, and a well of
never failing water, excellent huise or stock farm.
NO. 3. A portion of above mentioned farm consisting of 37
acres lays adjacent to south side of macadam road, is also very
desirable limestone land, all in high state of cultivation. The
land frontage along public road of several thousand feet is quite
an asset, would also be a suitable location for a church home or
a memorial park, easy access to a number of towns, also water
and sewer lines, easily accessible.
Note this property will be offered divided and also as a whole.
Property will be open for showing every Wednesday and
Sunday, from 3 to 6 P.M. and on day of sale.
Conducted by: Terms and conditions by:
J. Omar Landis Auct. Service NOAH S. MYERS
Phone 665-4806 ’ ,'d BARBARA H. MYERS
John Beyer, Atty. Phone 652-1756 Harrisbitrg
This year the Warwick Ag
riculture department has the
58-ACRE
of 2:30 P.M.
GETTING READY FOR THE
LAMPETER FAIR. These senior boys in
the Warwick Agriculture Department
are shown preparing for the judging
contest which was held Thursday at the
W. Lampeter Fair in Lampeter. (Left to
Agyray
TRUCKLOAD SALE OH ACHAT
CORN CRIBS
CRIB SIZES AVAILABLE
750 and 1100 Bu. Capacity
13'-9" Diameter
1500 Bushel Capacity
16'-8" Diameter
FIRST COME - FIRST SERVED
Come in to-day and see an erected Bin in our parking area.
ORDER TO-DAY (LIMITED SUPPLY)
CALL 394-0541" Ask for Mr. Shelly or Mr. Hoffer
BEE-LINE ijPg?
Supply CenterH§aSL
5x5 GAUGE
right) Tahir Guner, Exchange Student
from Turkey, Howett Seiverling, War
ren Buch, Kent Fritz, (with the lamb);
Barry Kreider, and Clair Zerby, Vo-Ag
teacher.
BAR MESH
ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE
Corn Diverter
Roof Ladder
Vent Stack