Sale of grand M BY SHEILA MILLER HARRISBURG—It wasn’t ;-«an easy decision for Danny SGeorge, of George’s SlFoodliner, to go that extra Mdime to set a new Farm |iShow record for the grand Junior Market ilsteer. But when the auctioneer his gavel, a new had been made with a ; bid of $6.60 per pound. The bidding on the 1250 impound champ owned by Frey, Quarryville, '-'started out fairly slow. Bidders started in at one dollar, then two, and slowly Max Smith, the Lancaster County Extension agent, wearing a white hat, gives some words of advice and encouragement to Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell as he shows the grand champion steer to the bidders at Friday’s auction. C H cm TON / / I ‘-MTCCO 4 I THE LOWEST POURING HEIGHT ON THE MARKET TODAY 34"! 800 gal. Jamesway _ 1250 gal Mueller 600 gal. Girton D-2SOLD 1500 gal Mueller w/2 D-2 400 gal. Girton Compressors 800 gal. Girton D-2 1000 gal. Dan-Kool 625 gal. Jamesway 500 gal Milkeeper 600 gal Mueller Hi-Perform 500 gal Dan-Kool Ice Bank 600 gal. Mueller 545 gal Sunset ★ Service on all Makes of Milk Tanks ★ All Work Guaranteed SHENK'S FARM SERVICE .. 501 E. WOODS DRIVE LITITZ, PA. 17543 inVißg PHONE; <717) 626-1151 Bulk Tanks • Therma»Stor Our Service Trucks Are Radio Dispatched made their way up to the old record of $6.50 a pound. The auctioneer called and cajoled the bidders to go a bit higher. He even recited a poem as a sort of en tertaining encouragement. Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell jumped mto the act and led the top steer around the sale’s ring once or twice. He did his best to help break the old record, even though he gave himself away as a dairyman by walking backwards with the steer some of the tune. After whispered discussions with his con- HOW. SPECIAL PRICES ON NEW GIRTON MILK TANKS! "Where Performance Speaks Louder Than Words" YOUR AUTHORIZED GIRTON DEALER ew record champion steer is no easy task suiting buyer, Bethlehem food store owner, Danny George, gave in to tradition and kept his streak of buying the Farm Show grand champion steer running for yet another year. The crowd of spectators and bidders alike cheered after the record had been broken. Satisfied, the auc tioneer knocked the top 1980 steer off, and went on to break another record with the reserve champion, too. Acme Market, Inc. of Philadelphia bought Lan caster County’s Chris Herr’s reserve grand champion (Turn to Page A2B) • PLANNING LAYOUTS • SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE 625 gal. Sunset 735 gal. Sunset 1000 gal Sunset 550 gal. Steinhorst 500 gal DeLaval self contained Used Dumping Stations aid to Lancaster Co, steers rice Jhe Ambissador Landis mue y[o MILLPORT RD U AIRPORT tNCASTER 24 Hr. Service Offered Good guys always wear white hats, and everyone at the Farm Show's Junior Market Steer Sale will agree that Danny George, in his white hat and dark glasses, was a great guy. After a lot of thought and deliberation, the owner of George’s Foodliner, Bethlehem, set a new Farm Show record with his bid of $6.60 a pound for the grand champion steer. ■tj*pOnc „ SHENK 5 FARM SERVICE (STAUFFER Iroad Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19,1980—A27
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