i!B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1,1979 **>d ram an -STATE COLLEGE - noon - • u Pennsylvania Agriculture The Secretary said ap- \ Secretary Penrose Hallowell proximately 42 ram lambs D today announced the First representing ten breeds, and • e Performance Tested Ram 44 ewes wdl go across the 1 a Lamb Sale and Invitational block. The performance the Ewe Sale will be held at the tested ram breeds to be sold Hall Pennsylvania Meat Animal include: Dorset, Hampshire, am Evaluation Center in State Shropshire, Southdown, ed e College today, starting at 12 Merino, Oxford, Corriedale, . Contestant at Big E WEST SPRINGFIELD, He is Gordon Smith, Mass. A Pennsylvania Greenfield Farm, Lan resident has entered cattle in denberg, Pa., with one entry competition at the 1979 in the jackpot event and one Eastern States Exposition Charolais winter heifer. Beef Cattle Shows scheduled during the Big E’s 12-day run Beef cattle will be judged in West Springfield, Mass. b y breed according to the following schedule: Angus, j. Thursday, Sept. 13 at 9:30 SSdUTlSrit am >' Charolais, Thursday, Sept. 13 at 9:30 a.m.; Hereford and Polled /)/! 1 1 C 10 C C Hereford, Saturday, Sept. 22 twuaca at B;3ft a m au events be held in Mallary Arena. o~Pflf*ioTll A total of $1,500 will be awardedfortheAngusshow. $9OO for the Charolais tea kettle pot boil - or, does your tea kettle sound off with a loud whistle or barely gasp? The | J 1111 li I culprit might be sediment. And sediment can flake off A lll# into your tea or coffee water. Cdll YOUT HIiSKEE-BILT MAN! Plus it greatly increases the .. . „ .. time and therefore the Huskee Gives YooMo*! it takes for water to I boil. 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Other livestock com petitions will include a “Big E” Steer Jackpot Show on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Mallary Arena. A total of $1,650 donated by the Eastern States Exposition will be awarded for this competition, plus a jackpot in which exhibitors con tribute $l5 for each steer they enter in the show. “This performance tested ram lamb sale was initiated by the request of sheep producers across the state,” the Secretary said. “Producers will have an opportunity to buy sound, performance tested rams that are ready to go into the flock for the fall breeding season,” he added. Fifty-six ram lambs were put on an 80-day test from May 25 to August 13 at the Agriculture Department’s Meat Animal Evaluation Center at State College. “During that controlled period,” Hallowell said, “the average daily gam of all rams was .73 pounds. The average daily gam ranged from .58 to .99 pounds. “Prospective buyers will be able to compare each ram eiACIER BAY RREPtACE INSERT “Quality Without Compromise” ■ 1” Air Space Surrounds entire Firebox. ■ Firebrick Lined. ■ V 4” Steel Construction. ■ Cast Iron Doors. HIESTAND WOOD STOVES lambs’ performance test records for weight gam, lorn eye area, fat thickness, type score and index.” Hallowell noted through ultrasonic scanning of lorn eye area, the lambs to be sold range from 3.83 square inches to 1.53 square inches. Hallowell said careful selection of a new stud ram' is a major part of overall flock management. “The genetic potential of a flock can be drastically improved with a stud having good composition of growth with the least amount of fat.” Approximately 87 percent of the genetic makeup of a lamb comes from, the last three generations of rams used. 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