A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12,1980 Vintage Sales Stables hums BY PAT KAUFFMAN PARADISE - The familiar drone of Kersey Bradley’s voice is directed across the small auction ring to wooden chairs occupied by buyers for fat steers. The room is almost ex clusively male with the only fema' is those serving food behind the counter. Now and again a woman wanders mto the seats clearly un comfortable following her husbancf. Boys, the youngeht perhaps 3, on a trip with their dads amuse them selves with sodas, people watching or daydreaming to the rhythm of the auc tioneer’s voice It’s Tuesday and the setting is Vintage Sales Stables along Route 30 East of Lancaster at Paradise. An even dozen buyers are Travelers along Route 30 East near Paradise are welcomed to Vintage Sales Stables by this Angus statue ■ —r>.-J m mm.'# \i'w*m Julie Thompson and Donna McGeehan chose a 4-legged mode of transportation to the auction. They giggled when asked why they had come seated at the use-worn desk which runs the perimeter of the half-circle pit. And depending on the quality of the animals which charge from the scales, the droning voice starts the chanting at $6O or more. The auctioneer knows his buyers well and directs his attention to the ones whose quality he’s selling. They motion back at him with various tics and im perceptible nods. One conversmg on the phone moves his fingers slightly Steers of every color waddle through Mrs E. Mark Hitz, Campbelltown, watches the action from the rear of the stands She has accompanied her husband on his buying trip for Abattior of Carter, New Jersey Privately she confesses with activity on dreary Tuesday there are things she’d rather do. But she proudly talks of her husband and the many years he has'been a cattle buyer. She says that she wishes she had a history of his 73 years. Dave Findley, New Providence, sits near the back watching the animals move through with a moderate amount of in terest While he sometimes buys and sometimes sells, today he is just watching. He says he had some business down m the area so he stopped by to watch the sale for awhile. Bob Denlmger, Mount Joy, and his family watch with more mterest than some They have brought a few animals with them and want to compare the prices they receive with those others get Paul Murry, Millersville, who hauled 2 loads of animals to the auction said the attendance this overcast day is about three tunes the normal, a thought which one of the cooks confirms. Back in the chutes, everything appears normal until the stockman moving cattle into the weigh master’s chute appears. There m a blue flowered dress is the stockwoman, Mary Horning Working beside her is husband Darnel The Homings have worked at the Stables with their son, Marlin for approximately three years. When asked how she came by her job using microphone and electric prod, she says they had been hauling steers in every week and things just sort of evolved from that. Marv said she works on Hunterdon County sets rural ramble FLEMINGTON, NJ. - The Rural Ramble, a Hunterdon County con servation tour, will be held this year on July 19, an nounced Calvin G Wettstem, County Agriculture Agent. The tour was created m the early 1960’s to cultivate an mterest m conservation, Conservation measures, and to show folks what the district was domg to foster conservation of soil and water. Bill Mclntyre, retired county agricultural agent, recalled the Rural Ramble had its beginning in the Soil Conservation office, when a tour of surrounding .far mland brought together SCS and other agricultural personnel to view con servation efforts underway m the county This year’s theme will be simply ‘New Agriculture’, said Wettstem Stops on the tour include Albert Enea’s Christmas tree farm, near Croton; Ted Blew’s gram farm, Oak Grove; Leon’s sod farm, south of Pittstown; Delaware Valley Nursery, near Eventtstown, Rausch’s dairy goat operation, Holland Town ship; and Kozak’s Old Dogwood Hill horse farm, Mt Pleasant Bill Happel, operator of a general farm near Pittstown and long-time Soil Con servation District super visor, has never missed the Buyers surround the semicircular auction ring and spectators alternately listen or not depending on what type animal charges from the doors. their Shady Breeze beef farm, R 2 Myerstown and goes along on the Virginia buying trips for their 100-150 head of feeder cattle Outside the auction buildings, Julie Thompson and Donna McGeehan rode over to the auction on their horse. The attraction for them probably has little to do with the cattle And in the lot, farmers discuss business and pay their trucking bills. A few tourists wander around the parking lot peering mto the wooden pens and exchangmg oohs and aahs over the size of the animals. The mood this misty day at Vintage is definitely lay back as farmers catch up on news from other farmers who are also catching a brief respite from haying and other sunny day activities. annual Rural Ramble m 19 years. Happel, who has spent a lifetime farming, dairying and raising field crops, sheep and beef m later years, has always had a strong interest in con Spurs N’ Burrs announces HELLERTOWN - Recently members of the Spurs N’ Burrs 4-H Club provided pony rides at the Sprmgtown Country Fair They also participated m a grooming clinic for their members conducted by Holly Lorah Bonnie Hottle, Came Stuart, Jenny Stuart, and Jenny Fisher attended the Buck’s 4-H sponsored Susan Harris Clinic Everyone participating received tips on proper equitation The Club held their grooming and showmanship show recently The results are as follows Senior class 1 Kendra Vanderford showing Beata- Rita; 2 Bonnie Hottle showing Flymg-dutchman Junior class 1 Jenny Stuart showing Maude; 2. Came Stuart In the first year class Christine Van derford placed first After the showmanship classes were completed, the ; ;v- v s ijT - Mary Horning and her husband Daniel move the animals through the chutes onto the scales. servation He was an early trustee of the South Branch Watershed Association, strong participants in the Rural Ramble m its growmg years. William Dietze, director of Hunterdon’s conservation show winners club held a fun show. The results are as follows; Dollar bareback walk, trot 1. Jenny Fisher, riding Taffy, 2. Christine Van derford riding Tucka; 3 Came Stuart, riding Cocoa; 4 Jenny Mease riding Ginger In the dollar bareback walk, trot, canter 1 Martha Willard riding Jude; 2 Jonna Quinn, riding Tucka, 3 Susan Gaydoes, 4, Kendra Vanderford In the lead line class 1 Susan Scott riding Gmger, 2 Jonna Quinn, riding Tucka, X IT S MAGIC How quickly ) ( You Get Results V Froi V Clas; Elnßrai* IB 4* district has arranged this year’s tour. Tickets are $7.50 per person for the tour and lunch at the Pittstown Inn, and can be obtained from the District Office at the Ex tension Center, Rt. 31, Flemmgton. 3. Lynn Usner, riding Maude. In the Junior Equitation 1 Carrie Stuart riding Cocoa; 2. Jenny Stuart riding Maude; 3 Jenny Fisher, riding Taffy; 4. Jenny Mease, riding Ginger Senior class results were: 1. Martha Willard; 2. Kendra Vanderford, 3 Gretchen Vanderford, 4 Bonnie Hottle. In the water race 1. Martha Willard; 2 Kendra Vanderford, 3 Gretchen Vanderford, 4 Jenny Stuart, 5 Jenny Fisher PHONE 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 i'
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