Sales Records Are Shattered Registered Holsteins sold at the " World ” f° r thc , thi . rd COn ; .... .. , . , , seeutive year, the total volume of pubhc auction during 1908 estab- sales rcported excecded $lO mil . lished four new U. S. iccords A j lon detailed report of thc year’s sales activities recently appealed Thc highest average ever in the “Holstein-Fiiesian World,” achieved at a U.S. Consignment the breed’s national publication Sale was reached in oct 1968 at An average price per head of the World Premiere Sale held in $579 40 had never before been Madison, Wisconsin, in conjunc appi cached in the histoiy of the tion with the Cential National I Red Rosel I DAIRY FEEDSg g ' "BEST OF FEED" for every breed. Decide today to use them on your farm! MfC AIICPI IMC Mechanized Feeding ■ W w Balm Battery • Gasoline • Electric Self-Propelled Self-Unloading Silage Carts Perfectly Balanced - Compact for Close Turns , fast Unloading Large Capacity You Will Like| Our Safety Bumper Clutch Tlll4ll/1 YOUR SII I° UNLOADER THROWS OUT HUNDREDS I IIIPlIV! OF TONS OF SILAGE EVERY YEAR This is a Better Way to In-Stanchion Feed Your Herd Buy Through Your Local Ryder Dealer C. B. Hoober & Son Intercourse, Pa. 717-768-3501 Amos Rutt Quarryville, Pa. 717-786-3897 Hostetter Surge Annville, Pa. 717-867-2896 Elmer E. Plasterer, Inc. Lebanon, Pa. 717-273-2616 Shollenberger Farm Supplies Center Port, Pa. 215-926-7671 Dependable Motors Honey Brook, Pa. 215-273-3131 Messick Farm Equip. Elizabethtown, Pa. 717-367-1439 RYDER SUPPLY CO. RR 5, Chambersburg, Pa. breed. The figure was determin ed from the prices received for 17,663 Rcgisteicd Holsteins sold in 290 auction sales reported to Are YOU Still Shoveling It? Why? WAREHOUSE ond PARTS SERVICE Barn and Feedlot Equipment Distributors Holstein Show. A group of 30 head were auctioned at an aver age price of $3,705 per animal. The previous U.S. high had been set in 1966 ut the National Con vention Sale in Wichita, Kansas, when 37 head averaged $3,236 Another record shattered dur ing the year was for the individ ual auction price of a female in a U S sale Future Hope Reflector Blacky (EX-93-2E) was sold in the Tara Hills Farm Dispersal, Millbrook, New Yoik, to Rown tiee Farms of Canada foi $44,- 000. Finally, a new record of 22 public sales, each averaging $l,- 000 oi better, was established duung the year This compaies to 11 such sales during the prev ious year Second high averaging sale of the year was registered at the Chambric Farm Dispersal, Rock foid, Illinois. Eighty-two head sold for an aveiage of $2,82104 In total dollar volume for a sale, this dispei sal was second only to the Tara Hills Farms Dis persal Zimmerman Farm Service Bethel, Pa. 717-933-4114 Fisher Bros. Red Lion, Pa. 717-244-2178 George N. Gross, Inc. Dover, Pa 717-292-1673 S, S. Spicer Implement New Freedom, Pa. 717-235-1793 Preston Implement Co. Cardiff, Md 301452-3911 Wertz Garage Lineboro, Md, 301-374-2672 Phone: 717-263-9111 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 7.1969—31 Five state Holstein associa tions sponsored sales averaging over $l,OOO Leading this gioup was Pennsylvania. Following in Older were New York, Ohio, New England and Idaho Two “Club Sales” weie also repoited as averaging over $l,OOO Lead ing this division again in 1968 was the Northeast Kingdom Hoi stem Club Sale, Baiton. Veimont —3O head averaged $1,107 50 Records kept by the “Holstein- Fnesian World” indicate that the top puces continue to be paid for animals with perfoim ance lecords Heifers undei two yeais of age out of officially test ed dams sold for an aveiage of over $2OO more than those from 20 ACRES AND A MULE THfS... PRICES AND GENEROUS TRADE IN JARED Martindale untested dams Females sold dui mg 1968 that were over two years of age and with official Association recoids sold for 5240 above the average for that same age gioup without iccoids The total numbci of animals sold at public auction leflecta onlv a poition of the 150,782 head tiansfeiied to new owneis bv Holstein-Friesian Association ot Ameiica duung the past yeai. Over 12,900 buveis pui chased then fust Registeied Holstein active expoit maiket was le flected in 2 463 Registered Hoi steins being officially tiansfeiied to owneis in 18 chfteient foieign countries R. STAUFFER Sales & Service Phone 445-6465
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