—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979
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Pork Congress
(Continued from Page 31)
10:20 *.m. - Defend Your
Product - by Gall McPherson
of New Park, a “professional
far .a wife.”
11:45 a.m. - Lunch
1:20 p.m. - Pig-Suede
Fashion Show by Tammy
Moerer,
2:45 p.m. - A presentation
by Drs. Balsara and Pierce
on The Porcine Heart Valve.
4 p.m. - Craft demon
strations.
- 5:15p.m.-adjourn.
As was noled earlier, the
Keystone Pork Congress has
split sessions and a general
session. Program details
follow:
GENERAL SESSION
1:39 p.m. - Housing the
growing and finishing pig, by
Robert Fritschen.
2:30 p.m. - Discussions.
2:45 p.m. - Porcine heart
valve presentation by Drs.
R.K. Balsara and William
Pierce.
3:30-break
Berks
LEESPORT - The Berks officers for the new year. Mary Anne Yanos
County 4-H Baby Beef Club They are: President, Kemanneßarick.
held its first meeting on Darlene Dietrich; Vice .
January 31 at the President, Ronald Suthf; The meeting dates
Agricultural Center in Secretary, Cheryl Adam; , dlscussed at the
Leesport. News Reporter, Liane Haas; Parents committee
The members elected Game and Song leaders, reeling.
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LEGHORN HENS
Pullet Hauling Service
Pullet Truck Capacities:
620 coups 11,160 birds
508 coups 9,144 birds
252 coups 4,536 birds
216 coups 3,888 birds
180 coups 3,240 birds
128 coups 2,304 birds
40 coups 720 birds
Steve Reppert
BOX 55, STRAUSSTOWN, PA. 19559 I
PHONE: 215-488-1188 COVERING THE U.S. & CAN AD A I
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Tammy Moerer
SESSION A
10 a.m. - Breeding herd
housing by Robert
schen.
10:45 a.m. • Breeding herd
management by Dan Hagen.
11:30 a.m. - Discussion.
4 p.m. - Flat decks and
other weaned pig facilities,
by Robert Fritschen.
4:45 p.m. - Discussion.
5:15 p.m.-adjourn.
baby beef club
elects officers
WANTED 200,000 FOWL PER WEEK
SECHLER'S POULTRY
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF POULTRY -«•
Ed Wertz
CALL EARLY FOR YOUR CHOICE OF SCHEDULING
SECHLER'S POULTRY
SESSION B
10 a.m. - Feeding,
growing, and finishing pigs,
by Grant Sherritt.
10:45 a.m. - Controlling
health problems in newly
purchased feeder pigs, by
Larry Hutchinson.
11:30- Discussion.
4 p.m. • The outlook for
feeder pigs, by H. L. Moore.
4:45 p.m. - Discussion.
5:15 p.m.- Adjourn.
In addition to the above
speeches and discussions, a
room will be set up where
special computer and
calculator programs will be
demonstrated.
Summarizing the ac
tivities of the upcoming
event, one regular visitor to
the American Pork Congress
said joyfully:
“We’re bringing the best
to the East. The interest m
hog production in this part of
the country is the backbone
of this event. Our growth has
been tremendous, as is
evident not only in the
number of hogs produced,
but also in the number of
sales that have been made
by allied agribusinesses.”
WE USE OUR OWN SANITIZED
LIVE HAUL RIGS
PARTIAL SECHLER FLEET
Let us professionals handle both your
fowl and pullet service and
get a real good deal on both.
Scott Sechler - Owner
A love of sheep
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Si., also travelled to what
she termed a “big station”,
one with 50,000 sheep on it. ~
And she was on the “biggest
sheep station in the world,
which covered Vz million
acres.”
She compared the life in
Australia to that of the
United states of about ten to
15 years ago. She called the
people very friendly, and
told of some of the slang they
use.
For instance, in Australia,
if you want to say hello, it
would be “Good day, mate”;
a “Yank” is an American; a
“bloke” a boy; and a
“sheila” a girl.
She observed that in
Australia the farmers didn’t
feed the sheep grain, and -
found that “that they were in
surprisingly good con
dition”. She thought, the
technology there was not as
vast in her native USA, and
told that the roads are made
of what is known as “bull
dust”, and impassible when
wet.
“One guy I heard about
lost 400 sheep in mud,”, she
commented on. “They just
sank in.”
She didn’t see as much
pollution m Australia, and
noted taht the beaches
weren’t as crowded. And she
saw a lot of sharks.
One aspect of her trip that
will help her in her business
is that she learned to spin
wool in Australia. She also
made connections with
dealers there, and is able to
buy animalskins for her
work.
and
Her family has their own
flock of Hampshires, and
along with her sister, Kathy,
Richard Sechler
Owner
16, she cares for the ewes
and lambs. She has sheared
sheep since she was 12 or 13,
she recalls, and now she
mostly manages the flock.
A senior at the Soudertpn
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HEAVY HENS
Fowl & Broiler
Handling Equipment
50,000 Per Day
We have our own catching
crew and loader if needed.
Paul Levan
High School, she was the
state winner of the Junior
Stockman Award in 1976,
and had the champion sheep
at the Montgomery County
Fair in 1977. She has also
competed in the Pa. Farm
Show in Harrisburg, where
she has placed sixth in
showmanship for the state.
Donald Berger