54—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 3,1977
Would-be sheep shearers got a chance to learn the trade at the sheeps
hearing school held recently in Berks County.
Angus queen sought
YORK - The Penn
sylvania Angus Association
is looking for interested girls
to enter the Pennsylvania
Angus Queen Contest, the
deadline for which is Dec. 15.
Any girl 15 to 19 years of
age who is currently in
volved in raising Angus
cattle or is the daughter of
an Angus breeder, farm
manager or herdsman, is
eligible to compete for the
title.
To enter the contest, girls
are asked to send a short
autobiography, including
name, address, age,
telephone number, and a
synopsis of her work with
Angus cattle to:
Mrs. Helen Dixon, 1978
Pennsylvania Angus Queen
Contest, Druck Valley
Angus, Rl, Box 358, York,
Pa. 17406. Telephone 717-755-
4434.
Additional details for the
contest are as follows:
A black and white
photograph, suitable for use
in news releases should
accompany the
autobiography. Also include
the name and address of
your local paper.
Each entrant must be
sponsored by a member in
good standing of the Penn
sylvania Angus Association,
which will help an entrant
locate a sponsor should she
be unable to acquire one
from her area.
Two entrants are per
mitted to represent each
county.
The Queen must agree to
be present at the Penn
sylvania Angus Spring Sale,
Angus Field Day, Penn
sylvania State Farm Show,
Pennsylvania Jr. Angus
Heifer Show, and wherever
she is needed to promote
Angus cattle in Penn
dylvania.
The Pennsylvania Angus
Queen 1978 will receive a
complete Western outfit
along with a sash denoting
her status provided by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Pennsylvania Angus
Association. At the con
clusion of her reign, a trophy
is presented to the retiring
Queen by Valleys Edge
Farm.
Sheep shearing taught
MOHNTON - The first
Berks County Sheep
Producers Sheep Shearing
School was held November
15 and 16, using sheep from
the farm of Dr. Charles
McCrae, Mohnton, Pa. The
school which was sponsored
by the Cooperative Ex
tension Service and the 4-H
Sheep program, was held in
the Fall for several reasons.
The sheep used will be kept
indoors during the lambing
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season, and so will need less
of a winter coat. The project
of Fall shearing is also an
experiment to see if the
sheep will produce more
wool if shorn twice, once in
the Fall and once in the
Spring.
Instructing the par
ticipants was Robert
Houston, Columbia County
Extension Agent and Sheep
Shearing Instructor for Penn
State.
Main Street
Clyde Myers, Berks
County Extension Agent,-,
stated that he hopes to have'll
another sheep shearing
school in the Spring. If there
is anyone that would be
interested in hosting such a
school in Berks County, they
should contact him at the
County Extension Office.
Membership is also open to
the 4-H Sheep and Lamb
Club.
Kutztown, Pa. Ph: 215-683-7686