Grand Champion
Steer Brings
$1.30 A Pound
) HARRISBURG "Blackle,”
the grand champion steer of the
eleventh Pennsylvania Live
stock Exposition brought $1.30
a pound at the auction Thurs
day that closed the show.
, The 970-pound Angus shown
by 16-year-old Scott Mclntire, of
White Post, Va„ was purchased
by Medford, Inc., of Chester, for
Foresta Meats, of Phoenixvilie.
For young Mclntire, a 4-H Club
member, it meant a return of
$1,261.
The price was 40 cents higher
than that obtained for the cham
pion steer last year which was
shown by Jay W Fought, of
Mechanicsburg, RD 2.
, The auctioneer at the Exposi
tion’s closing sale was Abe Diff
enbach, of Laror.ster.
Spirited bidding brought a
number of outstanding prices in
other categories. The grand
champion market lamb, an 88-
pound Southdown shown by The
Pennsylvania State University,
was purchased for $3.10 a pound
by George’s Foodliner, of Beth
lehem. The price was five limes
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higher than that received for
last year’s champion.
The grand champion lamb
carcass, a 57-pound Hampshire,
was knocked down at $3.25 a
pound, highest price in that
category since 1962. It was
shown by Fred W. Williamson
and Son, of Xenia, Ohio, and
purchased by Kunzler and Co.,
Inc., of Lancaster.
Judging of breeding stock
ended Thursday with the selec
tion of champions in the Ram
bouillet and Merino sheep
classes, and the Charolais and
Shorthorn classes of the beef
cattle division.
Oren A. Wright, of Green
wood, RD 2, Indiana, swept top
honors in the Rambouillet judg
ing, while Merino honors were
shared by Joan Hess and Sons,
of Cable, Ohio, and J. W. Cook
and Sons, of Trumansburg, N.Y.
Windholme Farm, of Orange,
Va., showed the grand champion
Shorthorn bull, while Sangamon
Farms, of Dewitville, N.Y.,
showed the grand champion fe
male.
The grand champion Charo
lais bull was shown by Litton
Charolais Ranch, Inc., of Chilli
cothe, Mo., while the grand
champion female was shown by
Michaelis Ranch, of Kyle, Texas
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competition with each other
and there is also competition
from imports,” he noted.
Johnson said city people see
farmers as either very poor
‘‘hay-seeds” or very rich. “But
farmers are really business
men with all of his problems.
A farmer must be a capitalist,
manager, laborer, bookkeeper
and veterinarian. He has in
vested between $lOO to $250
thousand,” Johnson pointed
out.
The big difference between
the city businessman and the
farmer, according to Johnson,
is that if the farmer loses his
business he also loses his home.
Johnson said the farmer is
not be to congratulated entire
ly. “No other industry has put
so many people out of work as
the farm industry.”
Still, Johnson told the group,
“You belong to the biggest and
most successful business in the
world. Foreigners say they,
could produce food to feed
their hungry if they had a
farm credit organization,” he
said.
Another highlight was pre-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18,1967—9
A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION was present
ed to former Associate County Agent Harry S. Sloat
(right) at the Farm Credit meeting, Wednesday, held at
the Plain and Fancy Farm. Making the presentation was
Richard B. Lefever, president of the Federal Land Bank
Association. L. F. Photo
sentation of certificates of rec- Assn., served as toastmaster
ognition to retired Associate The certificates noted “out-
County Agent Harry S. Sloat standing leadership in this
of Lancaster, and John J. Kah- community and distinguished
ler, M'lllersburg, a director for service to agriculture and its
26 years. Sloat served in Lan- related interests ”
caster County Extension Serv- ELBA directors elected weve
ice from 1921 to 1959, Richard Jacob N Smith, Annville Rl,
B. Lefever said in making the and /Allen H Kreider, Palmyra
presentations. Lefever, presi- R 2. Gorge Speece, Dauphin Rl,
dent of the Federal Land Bank was named a director in LPCA.