—Lancaster* Farming, Saturday,. May 25. 1974
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“Polled Hereford Day”
Celebrated June 29
Clove Creek Farm,
Poughquag, N.Y., will host
cattlemen from New York,
Virginia, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and all of New
England at a “Polled
Hereford Day - U.5.A.,”
Saturday, June 29, with
registration beginning at 8
a.m.
This will be one of a series
of unique, regional summer
activities across the U.S.
that are designed to keep
cattlemen informed about
the latest developments in
the beef cattle industry.
“Polled Hereford Days -
U.S.A.” are the culmination
of 10 years of American
Polled Hereford Association
(APHA)-sponsored National
Clinics and Cattlemen’s
Conferences.
According to Clove Creek
Farms’ owner Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., and manager
Gordon
registration will be followed
by a session on estimated
breeding value of beef cattle,
a concept emphasized at the
1973 American Cattlemen’s
Conference. Persons at
tending the event will be
involved in demonstrations
and contests using a com
bination of all they see and
all they know from per
formance and progeny
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records on cattle to select
animals. that excel in
, economically-important
traits.
Nationally prominent
program participants will
include U.S. Congressman
Jerry Litton of Missouri, and
Leland Herman, APHA vice
chairmad of the board,
Wayne, Neb.
Another feature of the day
long activity will be an open
forum titled, “The Breeder
Speaks.” Moderated by
Orville K. Sweet, APHA
president, Kansas City, Mo>,
the panel will consist of John
H. Royer, Jr., Afton, Va.;
Leland Clark, Poolesville,
Md.; Bill Gray, Schellsburg,
Pa.; Truman Lawrence,
Lewisburg, W. Va.; Dr. A 1
Cowan, Dept, of Animal
Science, Univ. of Conn.,
Storrs; and Blair Surber,
Stortnvffle, N.Y.
Other activities include a
farm tour, lunch and awards
presentations. All area
cattlemen are invited to
attend.
“Each of the 12 regional
events will carry the theme,
‘Now is the best time,”’
Sweet said. “This theme was
selected because now is the
time for cattlemen to
make plans to gear up for the
future in the beef industry.”
Letters to the Editor -
Editor;'
Lancaster Farming
Dear Sir,
As an Englishman at
present in America on the
FFA International exchange
scheme, I read with interest
your report of the comments
of the English tour group.
However, I would like to
clarify some of the
“possible” wrong im
pressions that “may” have
been created by this article.
I would have thought that
it would be perfectly normal
for the large-acreage far
mers of any community to
take overseas trips. Firstly,
they normally have hired
men and-or farm managers
Vintage Show
Won by Herr
Vintage Sales Stables,
Inc., held their annual spring
show and sale last Saturday,
and a pen of 20 Angus steers
was awarded the blue ribbon
for best of show.
The judging team of R. P.
and A. W. Mills, Virginia
cattle dealers, awarded the
first place trophy to Ben
Herr, Quarryville, owner of
Shady Brook Farm for his
animals, which were also
tops in the Angus com
petition.
Reserve show honors went
to the first place mixed herd
owned by Eli Martin, Lititz.
Ben Herr also showed the
first place Hereford group.
Second place in the breed
categories went to Isaac
Geib, Manheim, for his
Angus steers, and to Paul
Herr, , Quarryville, who
placed second in both the
mixed breed and Hereford
categories.
Kenneth Hershey, who
managed the Vintage Sales
Stables, said there were 380
animals in all competing for
the trophies. He added that
the yearling sale has been an
annual event at .Vintage
since 1969.
working for them in
England. None of them were
full-time dairy farmers and
in England this is now the
slack season for a lot of
crops. Your article to me
creates the impression that
they represent an average
cross section of the farihing
community. Statistically,
they are the elite - only 15
percent of all faring of the
UK are over 400 acres • 20
percent are in the 300-400
acre category.
Nicholas Walshaw must be
an exception if he ploughs
ISOO acres or anything over
100 acres of sand-silt soil
with a 2 furrow plough. The
fact that he grows lucerne
shows that be farms on the
light lands of Essex but most
farmers in England do not
use 45 h.p. tractors as their
main work horse - there are
not many left on the market!
I have seen no petrol driven
tractors on big farms in my
lifetime. The exception is the
Fordson which is paraffin
driven and is used for jobs
such as muck-shifting etc.
No petrol engine tractors to
my knowledge are marketed
in the UK now.
I admit that the 100 h.p.
tractor is still in the minority
in England but the numbers
have nearly doubled in the
past two years for obvious
reasons - timeliness of work
versus the value of crops. I
would suggest that the 75-100
h.p. charge is common now
as the main work-horse on
the farm.
On the subject of
inheritance taxes W. S.
Elkington I think is ill
informed.
Death duties in the UK are
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