Douglasville steer brings top dollar in New York ITHACA Two Penn sylvania steers were the top two animals consigned in the steer division at the New York Hereford Association’s 14th Annual Fall Calf Sale, held November 24th at Ithaca. Jesse Terry of NORTHAMPTON FARM BUREAU CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION TATAMY, PA ★ FEED, SEED CHEMICALS LIME AND FERTILIZER CUSTOM APPLICATION ★ TEXACO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SIMPLICITY LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT EASTON 215-258-2871 *■ » -*-- 1 O Livestock & Orain BOhIOS Precision engineered roll formed 52" high steel sides provide greater capacity at less cost. 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Dave Collins of Livingston Manor pur- the calf consigned by stockholders - Edward Simkin, Joseph Rasa Sr., and Bernard Devuyst - may not be employed by any PACA licensee until Oct. 26, 1980, and then only if the employer posts a surety bond and USDA approves. The firm was charged by AMS with failing to pay promptly for 140 lots of fruits and vegetables worth $106,408, purchased from April through December 1977. Officials said the firm failed to answer the charges, and USDA ruled that based on the evidence the firm had committed willful, flagrant and repeated violations of the Act. Under PACA, all in- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,1979—59 Homestead Hereford Farms of Whitney Point. The second highest selling heifer, was a 1978 October calf, out of RWJ Victor J 3 7110 and Stone Broke 7110- 871. She was purchased by Marshall Farms of Port Byron, New York for $825. The calf was consigned by Stone Broke Farms of terstate traders in fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables must be licensed by USDA. Adjustment made wheat testing machines NEW YORK, N.Y. - An adjustment has been made on all near infrared reflectance instruments used in the official testing of protein in hard red winter and hard red spring wheats, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said. LeLand B. Bartelt, ad ministrator of USDA’s Federal Gram Inspection Service, said an adjustment of minus 0.2 percent was made on master and stan dard NIR instruments Nov. 28. “In our continuing efforts to evaluate the accuracy of our equipment and procedures, we compared Hunterdon has Christmas party FLEMINGTON, N.J. - The December meeting of the Hunterdon County 4-H Sheep Club was held at the Panacek Farm, Ringoes. It MS tfe® Annual Christmas meeting. Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, Whitehouse Station, founder of the Hunterdon it’s in vour hands .. . control of your crop - control of the price you receive for that crop - control all the way from harvest to market - when you have your own, on-the-farm gram drying and stor age equipment. Now is the time - your mfs dealer is the place - he can tell you all the advantages of on-the-farm drying and storage equipment and the many reasons why mfs "Stor-age" is the equipment for you. Get control - keep control - with the "world’s most wanted grain bin" - mfs "Stor-age". ) I BUY NOW AND SAVE S J DONALD E. LICHTENWALNER >|S> &SON R.D. 2, Macungie, Pa. Phone 215/965-5214 7-74-2 WarnerviUe, New York. Stonen Farm, Arkport, New York, donated one-half of the price tag of a con signed heifer calf to the New York Junior Hereford Association. The Victorious granddaughter ASB Dorn Vicki 2109 was sold to Joel Getman of La Fargeville, New York, USDA is authorized to suspend or revoke a trader’s license for violating the Act. in protein test results obtained by FGIS Kjeldahl units at three locations with the master and standard NIR units at the Board of Appeals and Review,” Bartelt said. “Based on this and all other available information, we determined that a more accurate result would be obtained by adjusting the master and standard NIR testing units by -0.2,” he said. Bartelt said additional procedures are being developed by FGIS to identify the causes of the current situation and to prevent similar cir cumstances from recurring. sheep club County 4-H Sheep Club, was the guest. The two demonstrations given were “Prolapse of the Uterus of Sheep” by Carlotta Yontz, and the “4-H Year” by Elizabeth Panacek and Melissa Yontz. Reported by Frank Kolondra, club reporter.
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