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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.
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Tested ram and ewe sale held at State College
Columbia, RambouiUet and
Suffolk, with the addition of
Horned Dorset and Cheviots
for the ewe sale. An ad
ditional attraction to this
sale'is the invitational ewe
sale. Hallowell noted 32
lambs and 12 yearling
purebred ewes will be of
fered.
tributed by the American
International Charolais
Association), and $4,500 for
the Hereford and Polled
Hereford event (25%
donated by the American
Polled Hereford
Association).
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
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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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because sheep gaming
weight faster usually con
-vert feed more efficiently.
“The sheep industry in
Pennsylvania is striving to
concentrate its efforts on
more efficient production of
a high quality product,” he
said. “A ram purchased for
its high performance record
is much more valuable than
one purchased for its
pedigree or show winnings.”
The Performance Tested
Ram Lamb Sale and In
vitational Ewe Sale are
sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture in cooperation
with the Pennsylvania State
Umversity and the Penn
sylvania Sheep and Wool
Growers Association. Lunch
and trucking will be
available.
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