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Spring Bottom Farms of Adams County hosted a Beef Field Day last Saturday, with more than 250 people registering for the activities. None of that bothered
these Polled Herefords, though, which grazed leisurely despite the presence of the visitors. A story about the field day appears on page 32. Lan “y te i ) l^| n |J^ )hoto
Confidence surfaced at family farm conference
By DIETER KRIEG
HARRISBURG The Northeast Regional Farm
Conference held last week in Cortland, N, Y. was definitely
worthwhile, According to Bill Ringler, legislative director
for the Pennsylvania State Grange. “I was very much
inspired by the reactions of government officials,” the
Somerset County farmer said emphatically, adding that
the entire two-day conference was “a humbling ex
perience.”
Charolais heifer show, sale termed a success
By KENDACE BORRY
CLEARSPRING, Md. Breeders, buyers, and fanciers
of Charolais cattle gathered last Friday and Saturday for
the first annual Colonial Charolais Heifer Show and Sale.
The event was held at the Myers Charolais Farm, near
Hagerstown, Md.
Forty-one lots of cattle, including two bulls and 39
heifers went under the auctioneer’s gavel July 13. It was
the breed’s first sale where the female Consignment
consisted of only Charolais heifers, both bred and open.
Sponsored by the Colonial Charolais Association, the
event sponsored field day activities, including a queen
contest, the sale, and the Colonial Junior show.
Top selling heifer at the sale was Riverwood Erita 57P,
consigned by Riverwood Farms, Powell, Ohio. Bom in
September 1977, the heifer was sold bred to Riverwood
Genesis 396 M 190227, the 1979 national grand champion
bull. She brought $3200, and was purchased by Kenwood
Farms, Seagrove, North Carolina.
Lancaster Farming. saturday,iuiy 21,1979
The Northeast Regional Family Farm Conference was
called and sponsored by the New York State Grange for
the purpose of defining needs of the region. Eleven states
participated in the forum. It is hoped that the outcome of
the conference, and possible future sessions, will be taken
into consideration when new federal farm legislation is
hammered out in Washington.
Numerous areas of concern were brought up at the
conference, said Ringler. They were:
Top selling bull at the sale was RCC Royal Avignon 2495,
consigned by the Royal Charolais Company, Youngwood,
Pa.
Bom in March of 1978, the bull brought $2300 and sold to
J.H. Blount, Jr., Greenville, North Carolina.
According to Corey (Buzz) Garey, of Garey Cattle
Sales, MorrisviUe, who managed the'sale, 69 per cent of
In this issue
Poultry queen contest 18
Lehigh dress revue 30
Chianina field day 34
Berks Holstein day 35
Charolais queen 42
Joyce Bupp 56
4-H horse round-up 58
Conservation field day 61
Life on the farm 62
Homestead Notes 98
Jr. Cooking Edition 100
Home on the Range 104
Kendy’s Kollumn 108
Food convention 122
1. Energy and tansportation. 2. Technology, icsearcn,
environment. 3. Credit, inflation, and government
regulations. 4. Land use. 5. Federal Isx structures. 6.
Commodities, price'supports, marketing and public
relations.
“Plenty of problems, but not too many answers,”
commented Ringler as he recited the topics.
According to Morris Halladay, Master of the New York
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all the female heifers were young open cattle, 11 to 16
months old, and he thought the price for them was strong.
“We had 26 buyers for 41 lots," he commented. “And
three different buyers were there to purchase five or six
females. More people were b;uying a number of cattle,
and the tempo of the sale was good. Thirty-nine heifers
were sold, 27 of them being young open heifers.”
The first Colonial heifer show was held Saturday af
ternoon.
A first time showman, Deedie House, Penn Yan, N.Y.
showed the grand champion of the show. The 17 year old
young lady exhibited a May heifer, DFH Miss Spirit 1978,
that she raised herself. The heifer had first been named
the senior champion of the show.
Janice Kaylor, Elizabethtown, Pa., showing her junior
heifer, was named the reserve champion of the show.
Janice showed a Fall heifer, 10 months old, known as
Spring Meadows Ranch Miss Kandace.
$7.00 Per Year
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