Angus Sire Progeny Steer and Steak Contest
A cash prize of $2,250 plus the
returns from a special Angus
Beef Auction is awaiting the
winner of a unique Angus Sire
Progeny Steer and Steak Contest
scheduled for the World Angus
Forum in Kansas City, Missouri,
October 1-2-3-4. Prizes in the
event may total up to $14,250,
depending on availability of
production records of the sires
The contest, one of four big
shows at the Forum, is designed
John J. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph 442-4632
Paradise
West Willow Farmers
Assn., Inc.
Ph 464-3431
West Willow
as a practical and educational
approach to steer show com
petition with special emphasis
placed on parentage, actual age
and controlled feeding. The 121
calves, entered as 21 sire progeny
groups of five or six steers, are
all sired by registered Angus
bulls and were born between
January 1 and May 31,1972. All of
the 121 calves were nominated for
the Contest before they were five
months of age and were then
HEIFERS FAST at low cost with...
PURINA HEIFER CHOW
marked with a special tattoo by
regional managers of the
American Angus Association.
In January, the progeny groups
were received at Kansas State
University, Manhattan, where
they were placed on a winter
growing ration for four months
The steers were then individually
penned and placed on 140-day
feed test May 7. After the feed
period, the final placing will be
determined by feed efficiency
and gain, live conformation, and
carcass quality and cutability.
All 21 groups will be delivered
to Kansas City on September 29
and will be judged as groups on
foot beginning at 8:00 a.m on
Monday, October 1. Following the
live placing, they will im
mediately go to slaughter at
Wilson and Company. On the
final day of the Forum, special
More and more local dairymen are proving that a small extra
investment in heifer feeding can pay off when heifers freshen and
begin contributing to the milk check.
And research has proved that heifers which produce well in the
first lactation continue to be high producers over a longer
milking life than average cows.
Purina* Heifer Chow* has been developed to help you grow
big heifers fast, conveniently and at low cost. Heifer Chow is
a palatable coarse 14 per cent protein ration, fortified with
vitamins and minerals to stimulate fast, solid heifer growth.
To build low-cost growth, you need feed only 3 pounds of
Heifer Chow per heifer per day if your legume forages are of
good quality. For best results, start your heifers on the Purina
heifer growing program at six months of age until 90 days before
freshening when they’ll be fed on the basis of their condition
and on the quality of your forage.
Drop in soon and pick up a copy of our Purina Heifer Growing
Program folder. It explains the program to follow for fast
growing, early-freshening heifers at low cost.
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Ira B. Landis
Ph- 665-3248
Box 276. Manheim RD3
James High & Sons
Ph 354-0301
Gordonville
cuts from the top carcasses
selected from the live placing and
carcass placing will be sold at an
Angus Beef Auction held in
conjunction with an Awards
Luncheon at the Muehlebach
Hotel.
Judging the cattle live will be
Orville Kalsem, Huxley, Iowa;
Frank. Fox, California
Polytechnic Institute, San Luis
Obispo and Dave Pmgrey, Black
Bull Cattle Company, Benton,
Mississippi. The carcass judges
are Ike Baker, Dawson-Baker
Packing Company, Inc.,
Louisville, Kentucky; Dr. E. A -
Kline, lowa State University, A
mes, Jerry Seimet, vice
president in charge of meat
merchandising, Milgram Food
Stores, Kansas City and Dick
Theobold, area supervisor, USDA
grading service, Kansas City
Overall first prize in each of the
Wenger's Feed Mill Inc.
Ph - 367-1195
Rheems
John B. Kurtz
Ph 354-9251
R D i Ephrata
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,1973
three age classes will be $l,OOO.
Second through seventh prizes
will be $BOO, $6OO, $4OO, $3OO, $2OO
and $lOO An additional 25 percent
will be added to these premiums
if sire of the group has been
measured in A.H I.R at weaning
age and yearling age The grand
champion group will receive an
additional $l,OOO and the reserve
$5OO.
Entered in the contest are 21
progeny groups from 10 states
including the following farms and
ranches
Arrowhead Angus Ranch, Ada,
Oklahoma, William A Womack,
Jr., Ashford, Alabama, Griswold
Cattle Co Farms, Livingston,
Wisconsin, Jewell Sloan,
Cameron , Missouri ,
Wagonhammer Angus Ranch,
Albion, Nebraska, Jorgensen
Brothers Angus, Ideal, South
Dakota; Bnarhill Angus, Union
Springs, Alabama, Richard D
Miller, Blue Mound, Kansas,
Moyer Angus Farms, Hopkins,
Missouri, Charmar Farms,
Cameron, Missouri; Fullerton
Farms, Miami, Oklahoma,
Barnes Angus Ranch, Cody,
Nebraska, David R Miller’s Sun
Up Farms, Smithville, Missouri,
Bradford Brothers, Guthrie
Center, lowa, Tree Lane Farms,
El Paso, Illinois, J. J. Offutt &
Sons, Mexico, Missouri, Berl E.
Priebe & Son, Algona, lowa,
Scotch Valley Angus Farm,
Carlisle, lowa, Aristocrat Angus
Ranch, Platteville, Colorado,
Burch Angus Ranch, Mill Creek,
Oklahoma, Taft Angus Farm,
Rochester, Illinois, Walbndge
Farms, Millbrook, New York
Guernsey Field
Day Tuesday
The annual Field Day of the
Lancaster County Guernsey
Breeder’s Association will be
held beginning at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, August 14, at Romella
Farms,Strasburg RDI.
The morning program will
include judging of three classes
of Guernseys. Prizes will be
awarded at the afternoon
program in the mens’, ladies and
youth divisions for outstanding
judges. The official judge will be
Shop Wolfe, Carlisle, prominent
Guernsey breeder-manger.
There will be a drawing for a
calf, which will be awarded by
the Romella Farms hosts, to a
lucky youth. To be eligible for the
drawing, youngsters must be
between the ages of eight and 18,
must become a 4-H or FFA
member if not already a member
of either Club, and must show the
calf at dairy shows.
Following the morning judging,
a pork barbecue lunch will be
served at a nominal fee.
The afternoon program, to
begin at approximately 1 p.m.,
will feature a panel discussion on
feeding, breeding and calf
raising, drying-up and freshening
procedures Panel members will
consist of Fred Crider, Raymond
Witmer, K. D. Linde, and Robert
and Larry Breneman.
Miss Raelene Harbold, Lan
caster County Dairy Princess,
will be on hand to help give out
prizes to top judges.
Directions to Romella Farms:
South from Lancaster, take
Route 222 to Hessdale, turn left on
Bunker Hill Road, take first road
right and follow the signs
Its smart to drive slowlv
through small villages the
local gendarmerie ma\ bo
broke
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