Lancaster Farming Saturday Sept ?b 1076
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Invitational Holstein
recently completed record totalled 18,344 of milk and 687 of
fat. She is due to freshen in October to Glendell Arlinda Chief
Another high selling individual was “Shardale Kingpin
Goldie,” a 2 year old daughter of Whirlhill Kingpin. Con
signed by Dale Hiestand and Irwin Engle of Bainbndge, she
was purchased for $5lOO by S and H Acres. She’s due to
freshen in late October.
A cow and calf combination - one of several offered in the
sale - received a top bid of $4900.
Noting the wide range of geography represented by buyers
and sellers, Nichol commented: “There was tremendous
crowd interest... it’s a tribute to the job of selection done by
John Howard of our State College staff.” The sale was
managed by the Pa. Holstein Association, with Paul Coun
tryman chairing the sale committee.
Market hog
sale sets record
EPHRATA - The junior
market hog sale held at the
Ephrata Fair on Thursday
evening set a record for the
top price received. Gary
Eberly’s grand champion
brought $2.50 per pound in
comparison to 90 cents a
pound for the champion last
year. The animal was
purchased by Hatfield
packing.
Steve Strauss had the
reserve champion hog for
which he received $1.23 per
pound. Penn Packing was
the purchaser.-
The sale grossed over
Council reorganizes
GETTYSBURG - A
meetmg of
Adams-Franklin-York Coun
cil of Farmer Coopera
tives was held at Adams
Electric Copperative
headquarters office, here.
Officers elected were:
president, Bob Whitman,
Gettysburg, of Agway; vice
president, Jim Lytle,
Chambersburg, of Cum
berland Valley Cooperative;
and secretary-treasurer, Gil
Evans, Littlestown, of
Adams Electric
Cooperative.
Forrest Stouc), Chairman
of the Co-op Month Banquet,
reported on plans for this
event to be held on October
14 at the Cashtown Fireball.
Tickets will be sold by all
council members.
Serving on the council are;
Adams Electric
Cooperative, Agway,
Cumberland Valley
Cooperative, Federal Land
Bank, Interstate Milk
Producers Cooperative,
Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative, Eastern Milk
Producers, Adams,
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$4711 and had an average of
50.96 cents a pound for the
animals. Thirty-eight head
went through the sale ring.
While there were only
about seven buyers, the
bidding went fast and
everything sold well. The
auctioneer for the event was
Randall Kline, Stevens, Pa.
Other buyers for the sale
were the Brownstown Bank,
Knights Meats, New Holland
Sales Stables, and L. Pfautz.
Gehman's Feed Mill,
Denver, donated the
champion and reserve
champion trophies for the
show.
Franklin, and York County
Extension Services, Lehigh
Valley Farmers
Cooperative, and Production
Credit Association.
Standing committees will
be appointed at the next
council meetmg on October
19.
SUCCESS IS
knowing the
ROPES WELL
ENOUGH TO
PULL THE
RIGHT .
STRINGS/
Ronald Poole of Clear Spring. Md., who was in American's Invitational Holstein Sale, holds the top
charge of the stable crew at the Pennsylvania All- seller of the sale.
When buying nectarines, select fruits that “give” ever so slightly to palm pressure and
that show no green at the stem end
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