C2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9,1980 HARRISBURG - Penn syvlania farmers had 1.920.000 cattle and calves on hand July 1, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. This is an increase of four percent from the July 1,1979 level of 1.850.000 head. The number of cows that Parents to compete in Montgomery 4-H Fair NORRISTOWN Alumni Flower Arranging & 4-H’ers and 4-H parents will Terrariums 1 neatly have a chance to show off displayed arrapr f,rn °nt their abilities at the fair and see if they can still win that blue ribbon just like they i sed to by competing in the Ten classes at the Mon tgomery 4-H Fair August 20- 23 This year there are open alumni and parent classes in handi-man, vegetable growing, exotic plants, flower arranging, terrariums, baked goods and arts and crafts Requirements are as follows Handi-man one object demonstrating skills in creative woodwork Vegetable growing Each vegetable entered should be on separate plate Enough samples should be displayed to fill an 8-mch paper plate iex 5 tomatoes or peppers, 2 or 3 zuchmni squash 1 water melon, numerous beans or peas, etc ) Exotic Plants a maximum of 2 potted plants that you have grown from a seed, cutting or small plant Crop service lists state livestock have calved, at 900,000, was three percent more than a year ago. The Keystone State’s calf crop for 1980 is estimated at 830,000, up nine percent from the 1979 crop. Milk cow numbers at 707,000 were up two percent from July 1,1979 Beef cows, Arts & Crafts 1 article displaying your creativity in one of these areas leathercraft, hooked rugs, quilting, macrame, and weaving All items must be original No kit crafts ac cepted Baked Goods 1 Breads, rolls or muffins 1 loaf or 6 muffins, 2 Cookies or ibrownies, 6 brownies or 'cookies, mclude recipe; 3. 1 Cakes, sheet or layer cake, frosted or unfrosted, include recipe or 6 cupcakes, 4 Pies, one pie or 4 tarts No cream pies due to lack of refrigeration 5 Jams, jellies and preserves 3 jars processed according to Penn State/USDA recom mendations include your recipe Non-perishable goods should be brought to the 4-H Center Tuesday evening, August 19, 7 30-9 30 p m for display Those goods that are perishable must be brought between 9 00-10 00 am Wednesday,August2o numbers at 193,000 head, were seven percent above a year earher The 289,000 milk cow replacement heifers 500 pounds and over increased four percent. Beef cow replacement heifers, at 42,000, were up two percent Other heifers 500 pounds and over at 44,000 were down 12 percent. Steers and bulls m this same weight category were up eight and two percent respectively from last year All calves under 500 pounds numbered 423,000, six percent above July 1,1979 Nationally, all cattle and calves on July 1 totaled 123 million head, four percent above July 1 a year ago and one percent above July 1, 1978 'This shows a herd in crease for July 1, after four consecutive years of reduction, and signals an upward trend in the cattle cycle All cows and heifers that have calved, at 50 1 million head, are up five percent from a year ago and three percent above July 1, 1978 Beef cows at 39 3 million head are up six percent from last year and milk cows at 10 8 million head are up one percent from 1979 Other inventories on July 1 and their changes from last year are as follows all heifers 500 pounds and over, 17 9 million, up one percent, milk cow renlacement heifers, 439 million, up seven percent, beef replacement heifers, 587 million, up two percent, other heifers, 7 63 million, down two percent, steers 500 pounds and over, 16 6 million, down one percent; bulls 500 pounds and over, 262 million, up seven per cent; heifer, steer and bull calves under 500 pounds, 36 0 million, up six percent. 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