—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979 28 Ephrata Young Farmers (Continued from Page 26) cuts. The yield of usuable To determine the actual meat from a carcass can yield grade of a carcass vary greatly, regardless of 'requires a great deal of the meat’s quality grade. calculation, but the average Yield grades, according to consumer can look for the USDA, provide an in- several characteristics in a direct means for reflecting high quality, high-yielding the consumers’ preferences carcass, back through the retailers According to the report and the packers to the from Penn State, .4 inch of producer for beef. fat, especially over the nb The consumers who only buy retail cuts need not bother with yield grades, since these grades are only used to refer to carcasses and wholesale cuts. But for those who own home freezers and buy “sides” or “quarters”, yield grades can be important. The yield grades measure the yield of boneless, closely trimmed retail cuts from the high-value parts of the carcass. They also reflect the differences in the total yield of retail cuts. The following represent the expected yields of retail cuts by yield grades; Yield grade 1: this means the carcass will yield 79.8 per cent or more in retail cuts; Yield grade 2: 75.2 to 79.7 per cent; Yield grade 3: 70.6 to 75.1 percent; Yield grade 4: 66 to 70.5 per cent; Yield grade 5: 65.9 per centerless. TRAILER SALES Call 717-768-3832 or 717-354-0723 This 20’ x 6’ trailer has the 2 ft. Escape Door, Metal top & Tack Compartment. <fA EVERY WEDNESDAY IS i Wft‘ m* DAIRY CT DAY AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. New Holland, PA If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from 100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price. Mostly fresh and close springing Hols tems Cows from local farmers and our regular ship pers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite, Kelly Bowser, Bill Lang, Blame Hoffer, Dale Hostetter, H.D. Matz, and Jerry Miller. SALE STARTS -12:00 SHARP - Also Every Wednesday, Hay, Straw & Ear Corn Sale • 12:00 Noon. All Dairy & Heifers must be eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts. For arrangements for special sales or herd dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact Abram Diffenbach, Mgr. £ 717-354-4341 Norman Kolb ° 717-397-5538 eye, is plenty. One should notice the fat around the flank, over the rump, loin, and rib. -There should be thick muscling in the rib, loin, and round, and .the chucks should be thick and meaty, not thin and fat. The rib eye should be large in relation to the size of the carcass. While at the butchering plant, the Young Farmers had the opportunity to examine several carcasses while differences in Both their yield and quality grades were explained * Drink Milk for E to BURN } HARRISBURG - The Pa. Department of En vironmental Resources and Capitol Region Planning and Development Agency will be co-sponsoring the conference on the Penn sylvania Trails Program and Recreation Plan which will be held at 7:30 pun., February 15, 1979, at the College Center of Harrisburg Area Community College. Both of these programs are part of the Department of Environmental Resources’ effort to make recreational facilities and activities available to more of our. region’s residents. The agenda for the con ference will include a review of both of these programs, a slide show presentation, “round house” discussion of issue by attendees and a question and answer period. 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Some of the issues-to be discussed at the conference include: the need for more recreational facilities close to urban centers; the preservation and con servation of scenic, natural and aesthetic areas; the recreational needs of the handicapped; the possible use of quasipublic or private land for trail development; conflicts between motorized and non-motorized trail users, and the possible need for more loop or destination trails. For more information HI Hoffman formulas are the modern, practical approach to getting bigger crops of high-quality forage. They combine and blend lead ing varieties of grasses and legumes to give you broad spectrum per formance. Help you still make a good crop when adverse weather ... when soils or climate conditions are less than the best. Or when disease is a problem. And their built-in high yield potential really blossoms under good conditions. 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