Al2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 12,1980 Blocking BY SHEILA MILLER HARRISBURG - One of the key issues confronting this year’s Farm Show was the cattlemen’s concern about the Commission’s ruling which banned blocking chutes from the beef barns. As a result of positive communications and un derstanding, the Farm Show Commission and the cat tlemen reached a com promising position The Commission decided to allow the blocking chutes to be kept in a specific location inside the barn. The exhibitors found a reserved spot marked off at one end of the beef bam, close to the dairy bam, that was for blocking chutes only And some exhibitors kept their chutes in the stall area next to their cattle. But, the chutes were out of the alleyways which was the mam reason the chutes were banned in the first place The state police fire marshall said that the chutes posed a fire hazard the way they Were kept in the w alk ways in previous years At the first Polled Heieford exhibitors Livestock market and auction news Joliet Cattle Thursday, January' 10 Weekly cattle; Friday through Wednesday’s salable receipts 6,000; 4 days last week 4,061; same period a year ago 6,750. Trading slow on Monday; turned ac tive on Wednesday in a forc ed trade. Slaughter steers and heifers ended the week steady to 50 lower than *»» i t • • LEON B HERSHEY Box 265 Paradise PA 717 442 4807 B RUSSELL SAUDER R 5 Box 322 A Manheim PA 717665 4153 JASON E MILLER 169 Strasburg Pike Lancaster PA 717 393 7244 chutes at banquet, held Tuesday evening at the Hanover Trail Restaurant, Show Director Charles Itle said the Com mission originally had made the ruling to make more room for everyone so that all livestock could stay an entire week Itle explained that to accomplish this “great chore”, his boss, Hugh Coffman reduced the number of commercial exhibits by ten per cent He also cut the livestock and poultry exhibits by seven per cent in order to get enough room Itle said the Commission felt the blocking chutes took up too much space; for each chute, one animal was eliminated. He said even with the limited entries this year, there were six animals where there only should have been five tied in the beef bam stalls Two rows of stalls had been eliminated to make room for the com mercial exhibitors in the barn This left one row for the chutes Itle expressed his ap preciation to the cattlemen for doing an excellent job of weonesaay or last week. Cows ended the week 50 to 3 00, instances 400 lower than Wednesday of last week. SLAUGHTER STEERS' Mixed high choice and prime 3-4 1150-1300 68.50-68.75, mostly YG 4, few 5,1250-1430 60.00-66 00. Choice 2-4 1050-1300 67.50-68 50 Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1250 66.50-67.50. Few Choice holsteins 1500 62.00 Wednesday Few good grade FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES LISTED BELOW WM J YODER Rt 2, Box 367 Narvon, PA 17555 717 354 0497 H MELVIN CHARLES Rl Washington Boro PA 717 684 5783 AMOS HURSH Lititz RDW4 PA 17543 717 733 6776 Farm Show, victory keeping the aisles free of obstacles. He pointed out there would be no problems with entries or space for chutes if there was more room He stated that the cat tlemen could do a lot as individuals and as an organization. “You need to support the idea of a new complex by voicing your opinion and letting the Pennsylvania legislators know that it is needed,” he said. The Farm Show Director stressed the need for his department to be funded at its current level for 1980. He pointed out the present administration is willing to spend the money it takes to keep the Farm Show building clean. He also said the present domestic water system will need to be replaced. The pipes of the original system are disintegrating and over 20,000 gallons of water are being lost each day This loss adds up to a lot of ta* payers dollars, and the Commission needs money to replace the water system One of the cattlemen pointed out one area the holstems 1100 61 00 Monday, SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed choice and prime 3-4 950-1100 66.50-67.00, 1 load Monday 67.25. Choice 2-4 900-1150 65.50-66.50. Mixed good and choice 2-3 800-1000 64.50-65.50. COWS- Utility & commer cial 1-3 48.00-51.00 Monday; 46.0049.00,1 load high dress ing utility 50.50 Wednesday. Canner & cutter 40.0045.00 Wed. You keep milk production up and feed costs down with our dairy pre-mixes. Wouldn’t you like to put some of that money you spend on commercial protein supplements in your own pocket’ That’s the goal behind an alfalfa, grain and Vigortone Dairy Pre-Mix feeding program. It helps you take maximum advantage of the protein and energy already in your home-grown feedstuffs. And legume roughage is a good source of protein; but it’s low in phosphorus and other nutrients so im portant to the needs of all dairy cows. That’s where Vigortone Dairy Pre-Mixes help These potent pre-mixes are specially formulated for the feeds grown on your farm and contain the pro per amount of phosphorus to balance the calcium content of your legume roughages. VIGORIOIIE PRE-NIXES It’s Time To Compare! 50 branch oSlcm 6000 3 p Anti RALPH E BRUNGART JAMES STUTZMAN SONS Loganton PA R 3 Kufztown PA 717 725 2355 215 683 7198 215 682 2624 CHESTER SOLTYS, JR Spring City PA 215 948 3547 ( .umnisMon could save money was in heating the beef barn. Don Sunday, York County, said he felt the barn was too hot for beef cattle and the heat should be turned back He also questioned the show director on the possibilities of having new tie outs in time for next year’s show Itle commented that they “need to strike a medium” in temperatures in the Farm Show complex, but said he would check into the possibilities of setting the beef barn thermostats at a lower level Concerning the tie outs, he said the Secretary of Agriculture will try to work on the possibility The present tie outs are used by beef exhibitors to Grayson Fair, Dauphin County, used a blocking chute to get his crossbred 4-H steer ready for the show. While he was blowing the water off the Angus x Chianina he had just watered, the animal kicked out with his hind foot, which fortunately connected with the metal chute instead of Grayson. Figure it for yourself. WERTZ BROTHERS R 5 Danville PA 717 2/5 4407 in communication keep their cattle outside at night because the cattle, for the most part, are not used to being kept indoors. The facility is located a distance away from the beef barn, and consists of three rows of staked-down, weathered fence, the strength of which is questionable Another item of concern for the cattlemen was the announcement that the Keystone Livestock Ex position was tentative Itle told the group the Com mission would like to hold the sho n earlier in the Fall to mat’h up better with the Timomum show But, he said, the complex’s calendar was already booked up The present date is too conflicting with other Vigortone Dairy Pre-Mixes also furnish the minerals, vitamins and other nutrients so important to good nutrition and better milk production. Special ingredients promote proper digestion ancf assimilation of rations, so your cows benefit more from less feed. 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WILMERJ WEAVER Rl Fredericksburg PA 717 865 6710 J CLYDE BRUBAKER 2418 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster PA national shows There are also conflicts in moving livestock into the barns because of the Standardbred sale running the week ahead of the Keystone show, ac cord'ng to I tie Les Midle, Washington County, told the show director he felt it might be better to change the date and have two good shows than what has been held in recent years Two other safety problems were pointed out to the director One major concern was the use of power washers in the large wash rooms With plugs and cords in water without ground fault receptacles, one cat tlemen said he felt the (Turn to Page A 39) ELAM G HOOVER R 2, Box 531 Reading, PA 215 926 2908 ELWIN H REAM Hughesville, PA 717 584 4085 RON HERSHEY RD#2 Gap PA 17527 717 442 8573
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