Sheep field day scheduled for Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.
• Something new has been
added to the annual State
Sheep Field Day to be held
June 4 at The Pennsylvania
State University.
The “something new” is a
Performance Tested Ram
Sale, reports Lancaster
County Extension agent Max
Smith. Approximately 35
yearling rams that have
been on feed test since
January will be offered for
sale as the final event in the
day’s program.
The Field Day program
will have something for
everyone. The morning
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program, starting at 10 a.m.,
will be divided into two
sections. One section, held at
the Beef-Sheep Center, will
feature a progress report on
the Finnsheep Project,
comparing production of
Fmn-cross ewes with more
conventional mutton type
sheep. This will be followed
by a discussion of records,
recordkeeping and the
development and use of an
index. The final event in the
Sheep Center program will
be a discussion and
observation of an electric
fence for sheep.
The other section,
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scheduled at the Meats
Laboratory, will start with a
workshop on the
management of orphan
lambs. This will be followed
at 11 a.m. with a
demonstration on lamb
cooking and film. “Lamb -
the Versatile Meat.”
Lunch will be served at the
Meats Lab at 12 noon.
Following lunch, one phase
of the program will continue
at the Meats Lab. Mrs.
Janice Bates, of Washington
County, and her 9-year-old
daughter, both dressed in
colonial costume, will
demonstrate spinning and
natural dyeing of wool. This
will be from 1 to 2 p.m.
The performance Tested
Ram Sale will be held at the
Meat Animal Evaluation
Kantner
SCHUYKILL HAVEN, Pa.
- David L. Kantner,
Schuylkill County extension
director on Penn State
University’s Cooperative
Extension Service staff, has
been promoted to assistant
director of the Southern
Allegheny Region, effective
June 15.
Dr. Thomas B. King, Penn
State associate dean for
Extension, said that Kantner
will supervise Extension
programs in Bedford, Blair,
Cambria, Fulton, Hun
tingdon, and Somerset
counties. He will be
headquartered on the Penn
State Altoona Campus.
He succeeds Assistant
Director Leland H. Bull, who
retired January 1,1977.
Schuylkill County Ex
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i enter at 2 p.m. The top end
of the 41 rams on test will be
offered at auction. These
rams have performed well
and should be of benefit to
most any sheep flock in the
state. Just before the sale
there will be a discussion of
the value and use of
performance tested rams.
Bill McClure has worked
very closely with the
Virginia Ram Performance
Testing Program and has
been asked to discuss this
topic.
The field day is sponsored
jointly by the Pennsylvania
Sheep and Wool Growers
Association and the animal
science section of Penn
State.
The careful selection of a
moves up
David L. Kantner
tension Director since
Ocotber 1973, Kantner was
appointed to the Penn State
Extension staff in 1966 as
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new stud ram is a very
important part of overall
flock management. In fact it
is probably the most
important single factor when
determing what will happen
to the genetic potential of
your flock, according to
Robert Kimble, director of
the Pennsylvania Meat
Animal Evaluation Center.
Too many people evaluate
the true worth of a ram by
what he costs, or what his
pedigree is, or what he has
won at the shows, rather
than on his performance.
Remember, says Kimble,
that approximately 87 per
cent of the genetic make-up
of a lamb comes from the
last three generations of
rams used. That is why the
in Extension ranks
assistant Bucks County
Extension agent.
In Schuylkill County, he
developed in-depth
educational programs in
dairy, livestock, and farm
management. Under his
leadership, enrollment in 4-
H programs have grown
from 700 members in 1972 to
over 2300 in 1976.
He assisted in the
establishment of the first
Extension county com
munity resource develop
ment agent position in
Pennsylvania and developed
the position of agricultural
assistant in Schuylkill
County to work in the areas
of home grounds
management, youth
gardening, and small and
part time fanning.
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old baying that pedigrees tell
you what an animal should
be, shows tell you what an
animal appears to be and
performance tells you what
an animal is, becomes so
important.
Tliere will be individual
performance records
available on all rams selling
in Pennsylvania’s First
Performance Tested Ram
Sale.
The Meat Animal
Evaluation Center’s
programs are sponsored by
the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
in cooperation with The
Pennsylvania State
University and the
Pennsylvania Sheep and
Wool Growers Association.
Kantner recently received
a Public Affairs Leadership
Fellowship supported by the
W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
He studied economics,
sociology, government, and
communications as they
relate to analyzing social
and economic problems in
rural areas.
The new assistant director
served as chairman of the
Southeastern Pennsylvania
4-H Leaders Forum, 4-H
District Horse Show, and
Regional 4-H Lamb and
Sheep Shows. He also is a
director of the Pennsylvania
Livestock Association.
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