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.
The 1980 calf crop is ex
pected to be 45.5 million
head, about six percent
above the 42.8 million born in
1979. This would be the first
increase in the calf crop
after five consecutive years
of decline.
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