Polled Hereford sale came east for first time
YORK - The First Annual
Winner’s Way Sale of the
Pennsylvania Polled
Hereford Association, held
here last Saturday at the
York Fairgrounds, marked
the beginning of a series of
sales to be sponsored by the
Association in eastern
portions of Pennsylvania.
Thirty-eight head,
averaging $336, were con
signed by 15 Polled Hereford
breeders from all across the
state. Tony Dobrosky, York
County Extension agent and
an acknowledged specialist
with beef cattle, graded the
animals and picked
champions prior to the sale,
which was attended by an
estimated 150 people.
The top brood cow and top
female, consigned by ABC
Farms of Mount Airy, Md.
was sold for $775 to Spring
Bottom Farms of Fairfield.
The cow is sired by Domestic
Anxiety 3610. Spring Bottom
Farms, whose owner - Frank
Darcey Jr. - served as sale
chairman, also had the high
bid for a 709-pound bull calf
which topped the sale at
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$B6O. The young bull was out
of a first calf heifer which
was given to Junior
Association member Joseph
Reed, Jr. of Ligonier. Reed
raised the bull and was
obligated to return it to the
Association so that the
program can be per
petuated. The $B6O paid by
Darcey was turned over to
the Junior Association.
The top senior heifer of the
sale was FLF Victoria 81148,
by Victorious K 47 UBl,
owned by Falkland Farms of
Schellsburg. Ral Mar Farm
of Mount Pleasant paid $530
for the animal. The top
junior heifer brought $460 to
Huckleberry Farm of
Smithsburg, Md. Jeff
Claycomb of Osterburg, Md.
purchased the Progressor
daughter.
The top steer of the show,
weighing 470 pounds and just
T¥i months of age, was
consigned by Schochary
Ridge Farm of New Tripoli.
Jeff Golden of York Springs
purchased the winning
animal for $320.
Averages of the sale were
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as follows: 27 females, $337;
10 steers, $280; 1 bull calf,
$860; for a total of 38 head
selling for an average of $336
per head.
Other buyers at the sale
included Kim and Kathy
Knepper, Markleton, Pa;
The four class champions of the Polled Hereford
Association pose with their queen, Gail Snyder of
New Tripoli. The occasion was the First Annual
Winner’s Way Sale, held last Saturday at the York
Fairgrounds. Left to right are Kent Scales from
4-H sponsors horse-a-thon for epilepsy
byKENDACEBORRY
LANCASTER - On October
23, the Silver Spurs 4-H
Horse and Pony club teen
leaders are sponsoring a
horse-a-thon ride for
epilipsy. Horsemen will ride
for a period of time up to four
hours, with sponsors backing
them for their time in the
saddle.
The idea orginated about a
year and a half ago, accord
ing to 4-H leader, Mrs. Jane
Baker, Lancaster. The teen
leaders were looking for a
project that would be of
community interest. Mrs.
Baker was also involved in a
project with other people in
the Lancaster area con
cerning a Service Unit of the
Epilepsy Foundation of
America which had a need
for funds. The two groups
came together and worked
out the idea of the 4-H’ers
YANMAR COMPACT DIES
Phone 717-397-5179
Dale and Max Curfman,
Three Springs, Pa.; Elwood
P. Rill,Lineboro, Md.; Ral-
Mar Farm, Mt. Pleasant,
Pa.; Bolinvar Farm, Mid
dleburg, Va.; Frank and
Linda Darcey in, Fairfield,
Pa.; Stan Musser, Man-
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having a ride for epilepsy to
help raise funds for the
newly formed service unit.
Sponsors were gathered,
the horses trucked to the
starting point, and for up to
the full four hours, twelve
riders hit the trails. Even
though the weather was
“miserably cold and wet”,
as one 4-H’er put it, some of
the involved riders stuck out
the time, and managed to
raise $960 for the service
unit.
This year the club teen
leaders are hoping for better
weather and a ride in a
different area of the county.
While they’re still riding for
a time of up to four hours,
they plan to follow the
•. Horseshoe Trail, using the
Spring Lake area in Lan
caster County as their
starting point.
So far, nine riders have
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22,1977
Chester, Pa.; Troy, Kristy
and Becky Roadcap,
Halifax, Pa.; John Shearer,
York, Pa.; Glen Cary
Farms, Damascus, Md.;
Ralph Danner, East Texas.
Pa.; Rulless Bryant, Wor
cester, Pa.; James Miller,
ABC Farm, Damascus, Md.; C.J. Furlong from
Falkland Farms, Schellsburg; Sam Hunter from
Huckleberry Hall Farms, Smithsburg, Md.; and
Greg Snyder from Schochary Ridge Farm, New
Tripoli.
signed up to ride, but Mrs.
Baker pointed out that
anyone interested in riding
with the group and has a
horse, can still get sponsors
and become involved. The
ride is open to all 4-H
members and any other
interested person that would
like to join working for the
cause.
Mrs. Baker, an EEG
technician at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Lancaster,
estimates that there are
around 3500 epileptics in
Lancaster County. The
money raised for The Ser
vice Unit is used to help the
needs of these people. Open
meetings are sponsored for
the patients in which they
can air problems that face
them. The unit also helps in
finding jobs, handling school
problems, and doing general
work to help support the
epileptics.
Sue Baker, 731 Stony Battery Rd., Lancaster,
and her horse Ami, will be participating on Sunday
as part of the Silver Spurs 4-H horse-a-thon for
epilepsy.
Sr., Halifax, Pa.; Harold
Mullhausen, Jr., Taneytown,
Md.; C.J. Furlong, Portage,
Pa.; Adams Land & Cattle
Co., New Oxford, Pa.; Gail
Snyder, New Tripoli, Pa.;
Alan Schmidt, Monkton, Md.
The unit also sponsors an
educational program for
schools, service clubs,
colleges, and nursing
schools. It has put out a
paper concerning
procedures if an epileptic
has a seizure, and also has
printed a pamphlet con
cerning epilepsy. The unit
believes its main function is
to support the epileptics and
their problems.
Anyone who is interested
in making a contribution to
the Lancaster Co. Service
Unit of Epilepsy should
contact Rev. Barry Stahl,
165 Church Street, Lan
disville, Pa. 17538.
For anyone who would like
to know more about the
horse-a-thon, they can
contact Mrs. Jane Baker for
further information at 731
Stony Battery Rd., Lan
caster, Pa. 17601. Her phone
is 717-2854944.
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