t ARKPORT, N.Y. - Two Pennsylvania cattlemen, Terry Shearer of Ab bottstown and Randy Becker of Fairfield, will be in structors at a Junior workshop sponsored by Stonen Farm, Arkport, N Y. on June 28. Shearer is farm manager at Pigeon Hill Farm where he has been employed for the past seven years. He is in charge of a herd of 80 brood cows, both registered and grade Herfefords. Becker has been herd sman at Spring Bottom Farm for two years He is m charge of the show cattle on this registered Polled Hereford farm which has 45 brood cows. Becker was 90-hp 4040 Everything the 4030 had-and more Ten more horses thats the first thing to grab your attention on the 4040 But it also packs more built-in working weight on a longer wheelbase Its a really solid performer m the field And the 90-hp 4040 is just as maneuverable as its smaller predecessor Stop in for full information on the 4040 a quick-handlmg peppy performer It s one of the NEW IRON HORSES* with more horses and more iron LANDIS BROS. INC. NEUHAUS’ES INC. ROBERT E. LITTLE INC. M.S. YEARSLEY & SONS Lancaster PA RD2. Y °rk, PA Zieglerville, PA West Chester, PA 717-291 1046 183 Loganville Ext 3 215-287-9643 215 696-2990 717-428-1953 or adamstown Equipment inc. 2351306 yKriniw agwayinc. MOl (near Adamstownf 40 SHOTZBERGER’S EQUIPMENT Center 215-484-4391 Elm, PA 215 298-2011 Chapman, PA 717-665 2141 215-398 2553 ”|S' NC - A.B.C. GROFF INC. FOSTER EQUIPMENT SALES I G. SALES Oley RD2 PA New Holland, PA Elmer, NJ Silverdale, PA 18962 215-987-6277 717-354-4191 609-769 1535 215-257-5136 Pa. cattlemen to teach at N.Y. workshop named the 1980 Penn sylvania Farm Show herd sman for Polled Herefords. Both Shearer and Becker are veteran beef showmen and have taken part m all the major Eastern seabroad cattle shows. The two will lead a discussion on “Competition and You - Developmg the Proper Attitude”. They will be m charge of a fitting and grooming training session. The program will also include a discussion on “Nutrition of Project Animals” by Bill Hudson, Steuben County Agricultural Extension Program leader, ana a discussion on “The Healthy Project Animal” by Dr. Eugene Johannes, DVM. The Junior workshop, which will be held at the farm, is designed to em phasize fitting and showing beef cattle and to pi oviOl a preview training aesaiou loi the 1980 county fair and Junior show season. It is open to all mterested youth. The Junior workshop will run concurrently with a Stonen Farm sponsored breeder forum on “Strategies of Success with Small Herds.” Forum participants will mclude Bob Morrison of Lexington, Ohio, farmer breeder and past president of the Buckeye Polled Hereford Association; Jim Herman of Edgerton, Ohio, farmer-breeder; Kenneth Swan of Whitney Pomt, N.Y., farmer-breeder and past president of the Empire Hereford Polled Association; William Greene, livestock extension associate at Cornell University; and Peter Comerford, grading specialist with the New York State Department of Agriculture ?nH Market* Nine shepherds certified in management SOUDERTON - Nine part-time shepherds from the Montgomery County area received certificates of accomplishment upon successful participation in a sheep clinic sponsored Dy the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service m cooperation with the Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service and the Department • Optically clear ana strength restored ' • Fraction of the cost /, ol replacement f Call your NOVUS METHODman™ 215-376-9772 location SHAPPELLNOVUS Div of Shappell, Inc 1141 Penn Ave (Rear) Wyomissing, PA 19610 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1980—C37 Topics of discussion will include management to maximize genetic progress, merchandising, the role of breed associations and questions from those at tending the Forum. Both the forum and workshop will begin at 11 a.m. Stonen Farm, easily ac cessible from the Southern of Agricultural Education at Penn State held recently at the farm of Warren Landis in Souderton. The sheep clinic was conducted as part of a statewide effort to expand sheep production m Penn sylvania. Basic technical sheep management skills were taught by Nancy Kadwill, County Agent of Collegevdle and Warren Landis, President of Bucks- Mont Wool Pool. The skills taught included catching, handling and throwing sheep, castrating and docking lambs, how to give an intramuscular in jection, hoof trimming; taking temperatures; worming with a dose syringe; how to make an “instant” halter out of baling twine; and deter mining the age of a sheep by its teeth. These sheep management skills were taught to enable shepherds to be competent in performing approved sheep management practices. Kadwill and Landis ex plained and demonstrated each skill followed by a laboratory session allowing each participant to practice the technical skills Under the watchful eye of the m- ALASKA KODIAK WOODBURNERS Tier Expressway, Route 17, is located six miles north of Homell. It is owned by Louis G. BmschJr. Additional information on either the Junior workshop or breeder forum may be obtained by contacting cattle manager, Stephen Dennis, R 1 Box 153 A, Arkport, N.Y. 14807 or by calling 607-545- 8619. skills structors, all participants had the opportunity to become competent m per forming each skill. To qualify to receive the certificate of ac complishment, individuals had to earn a score of 85 or higher by performing their newly learned skills before an evaluator from Penn State. Those receiving the cer tificate of accomplishment were Terry Newman, Harleysville; Leroy and Alta Poore of Ottsville; Marilyn and Ralph Mase of Telford; John Grocki of Pottstown and-Gretchen Stryelecki of Pennsburg. la^gS*«^^Pittl , niinq
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