50~~Umcast*r Farming, Saturday, Jan. 17. 1976
4-H steers return to Lancaster
I.ANCASTER - Several
baby beef stem, shown by
local 4-Hcra at the Farm
Show, traveled back to the
county this week. The
animals were purchased by
a number of business firms
including the Black and
White Holstein Farm,
Lancaster Farming, H. D
MaU and Ike Weaver.
Black and White Holstein
Farm, purchased the steer
shown by Kevin Rohrer,
Manheim R 7. Named
"Charlie”, the steer weighed
1250 pounds. It had been
shown in the light
heavyweight class.
Lancaster Farming
purchased the eighth place
steer in the light -
heavyweight class, shown by
Cathy Brubaker, Running
Pump Rd., Rohrerstown.
“Big Red” weighed 1235
pounds.
Jeff Martin, Leola,
exhibited the reserve
champion heavyweight at
the event which was pur
chased by H. D. Matz, of
Ephrata for 71 cents per
pound.
Ike Weaver of Ephrata
also bought several of the
county steers.
Commenting on the steer
sale, auctioneer, Abe Dif
fenbach of the New Holland
Sales Stables, noted that the
average of the sale had been
57 cents per pound without
the champion steers. Dif
fenbach also explained that
the average for the market
hogs had been 57 cents per
pound with lambs receiving
an average 60.34 cents per
pound.
The New Holland Sales
Stables bought 15 hogs at the
junior sale and the same
amount of 4-H market
lambs.
Parke Myers, partner In
the Black and White Farm
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Several steers raised by local 4-
Hers found their way back to Lan
caster County after the sales at the
Farm Show. Cathy Brubaker’s entry
in the light-heavyweight class was
purchased by Lancaster Farming
noted that the county firms
had supported the sales with
a good effort.
“Buying the animals show
the 4-Hers that we in the
county care about their
projects,” he explained.
“Local buying will
probably encourage more 4-
Hers to raise the quality
animals.”
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with Kevin Rohrer’s steer being
purchased by the Black and White
Holstein Farm. Jell Martin’s reserve
champion heavyweight (not shown)
was taken by H. D. Mate of Ephrata.
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