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
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Lancaster PA
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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
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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.
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( .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.
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R 5 Danville PA
717 2/5 4407
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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
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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
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