104—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 23,1978
Representative named
TUNKHANNOCK - Sire
Power has transferred a
native Pennsylvanian to be
it’s newest representative in
Indiana. Ronald Flatness,
Sire Power’s Director of
Sales & Promotion an
nounced William Bovier*
from Canton, Pa., is now
Sire Power’s District Sales
Manager for Indiana.
Bovier’s new duties
include direct herd semen
sales, teaching A.I. training
schools, and promoting the
Sire Power young sire
sampling program.
Bovier was raised on a
Holstein farm. He became a
Northeastern Breeders
Association technician m
his home county, Bradford,
Pa., in 1970 following ihree
years of Army duty in
Germany.
Sire Power is a farmer
owned and controlled
Pa. production
down from 1977
HARRISBURG - Based on
acreage, utilization and
production data, Penn
sylvania produced more rye
but less potato, wheat, oat
and barley than the revised
1977 crops, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
Potato acres harvested, at
25,000 is down two per cent,
with a yield of 250 hun
dredweight per acre, the
same as last year. The result
is a two per cent decline in
production to 6.25 million
cwt.
Wheat acres harvested
were down nine per cent to
245,000. Yield is estimated at
33.0 bushels, unchanged
from last year, with the
resulting production of
8.085.000 bushels forecast.
Oats acres harvested were
off three per cent to 340,000
while yield remained the
same at 53.0 bushels.
Production of 18 million
bushels is down three per
cent from last year’s crop.
Harvested acres of barley
was unchanged at 125,000. At
a decreased yield of three
bushels to 47.0 bushels, a
crop of 5,875,000 bushels is
Big show upcoming
DENVER, Colo. - Perhaps
the greatest display of bull
power in the history of the
Charolais breed in the
Western Hemisphere will be
located in Denver’s stoned
Stockyards, Jan 11-20
These bulls will be
assembled to represent a
portion of the new “top of the
line” herd sires within the
breed which has scored top
rating m carcass contests all
across the country in 1978,
based on carcass value per
day of age-wider profit
margin for producer, feeder
and packer
The display, along with
representatives of the breed,
will stand by throughout the
1979 National Western Stock
Show for the benefit of the
thousands of cattlemen who
attend Denver’s ‘ Grand
daddy of ’em All” livestock
exposition
The showcase of Charolais
genetics will be located
adjacent to the Livestock
Exchange m u onl
William Bovier
cooperative with
Headquarters at
Tunkhannock, Pa. Sire
Power traces it’s origin to
the first A.I. organization in
the United States,
established over forty years
ago.
forecast, down 375,000
bushels from last year.
Rye acres harvested at
16,000 is up one-third with an
increased yield at 32.0
bushels resulting in a 38 per
cent increase in production
to 512,000 bushels.
At the United States level.
Fall potato production is
estimated at a record 319
million cwt., one per cent
above the November 1
forecast and four per cent
above the 1977 crop. Umted
States production of winter
wheat is down 19 per cent to
1.2 million bushels, while all
wheat output is off 12 per
cent to 1.8 billion bushels,
both due primarily to less
acres harvested
Reduced yield m rye was
offset by an increased
acreage harvested resulting
in a 51.0 per cent nse in
production to 26 million
bushels. As both harvested
acres and yield are down,
the United States oats crop
dropped 20 per cent to
601,477,000 bushels. A
decrease in barley acres
harvested offset a 4.5 bushel
increase in yield resulting m
a lower crop of 447 million
bushels
of the National Western
Livestock Center Sales
arena and in front of the
famed stockyards.
It is only one of several
things which will draw those
people interested in
Charolais cattle to the big
Denver exposition this
January
Entries of Charolais and
Charolais-cross cattle m the
pen bull show, feeder calf
show, junior steer and heifer
shows, and the Tom Prescott
Roll of Excellence Charolais
open breeding cattle show
are expected to reflect in
creased National Western
participation by Charolais
breeders.
A spokesman for the
American-International
Charolais Association said
that activities in Denver will
emphasize a growing ac
ceptance and interest in
Charolais cattle in the
commercial beef production
segment of the industry
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