Al4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 28,1981
A barn razing, not raising, was held Thur
sday near Brunnerville to remove an old
structure. The barn was taken down to make
room in a new housing development, but it will
Lancaster SCD
to meet March 19
INTERCOURSE - The Lan
caster County Conservation
District’s Annual Banquet will be
held on March 19,1981 at 6 30 p m
at Harvest Drive Restaurant,
Intercourse
Following a family style dinner
and -musical entertainment,
presentation of the ‘ Outstanding
Conservation Cooperator” and
‘Stormwater Management”
Awards will be made
The speaker will be John R
Sheaffer, who is • President of
Sheaffer and Roland, Inc ,
Chicago, Illinois The title of his
speech will be "On-Farm Energy
Production An Idea Whose Tune
JHasCome ”
His firm is involved in en
vironmental planning and
engineering, solar energy, and
resources management
A native of Lancaster County,
(his family owns Sheaffer Meats,
Lancaster), Sheaffer and his firm
have been mvolved in many
agricultural, municipal, and
energy-related problems including
solid waste management, flooding,
water conservation, and manure
management.
Sheaffer and Roland designed
the methane systems at the Mason-
Grange hires PR director
HARRISBURG - Charles E
Wismer, Jr , Master of the Penn
sylvania State Grange, has an
nounced that Linda Boyer of
Palmyra has joined the Grange
staff as Public Relations Director,
effective Monday
She replaces former director
David Wemstock. Wemstock has
married and moved to Lansing,
Michigan to write for “Michigan
Farmer” magazine.
Boyer graduated with distinction
from Penn State, earning a
bachelor’s degree in journalism.
As a student, she wrote for The
Daily Collegian student newspaper
and was active in Sigma Delta Chi,
Society of Professional Jour
Bam razing held
Dixon Farm, Gettysburg, where
biogas is produced from manure,
and is used to run an engine and
generator, producing electricity
Tickets for the Banquet are $7
and can be purchased from any
Conservation District Director or
by calling the Lancaster County
Conservation District at 717/299-
5361
nalists, and Alpha Phi social
sorority
She was selected for Kappa Tan
Alpha, an honor society for jour
nalism majors, and Golden Key
National Honor Society
Prior to joining the Grange staff,
Boyer interned in the Campus
Relations Office of Penn State's
Capital Campus and served as a
volunteer writer and public
relations assistant in Penn State
University’s News Bureau
Wismer commented Boyer was
well-qualified for the position
"She has a lot of good ideas foi
promoting the Grange, and I think
she will be an asset to the
organization, he said
see continued use Mam timbers are going to
Oxford. Chester County, to be reassembled
Crew leader John S Blank, Leola, said the
extra boards will be sold off.
Plant
WITH
MPR
Alfred Dugan of Milton Hershey School Farms reserve champion in
the 1980 Alfalfa Growers Program receives congratulations from Dr
A A Hanson director of research for Waterman Loomis Co
PEST
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Livestock market
end auction news
Western Maryland
Livestock
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, February 24
Report supplied by auction
BUI CHER COWS Good run 1
$1 00 higher' High Yield 47 75-
49 85, Standai d & Utility 48 50-
47 50 Canneis 4150-48 50, Shelly
41 00 Down Bulls Few Good 1400
lbs 54 00-58 00 Steers Bulk Choice
2-4 s 59 50-bl 50, individual to
fab 50 Hellers Few Choice 2-4 s
57 50-59 50, 8-4 552 00-57 00
BUTCHER HOGS Good run -50
cents lower US #1 & 2 215-240 lbs
42 50-48 bO, US #l-8 215-2fao lbs
41 85-42 85, 170-190 lbs 84 50-8 b 50
Sows US 1&2 89 00-41 00, US 2&
85 00-88 50 Boais 400-000 lbs to
88 bO
VEAL CALVES Mostly steady
Good & Choice 95 00-106 DO,
Standard 75 UO-9U 00 Stocky &
thin 50 00-70 00 Killeis 80-100 lbs
IN 1980 THE MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL FARMS won
the grand champion hay crop silage award and reserve
grand champion alfalfa growing contest In 1979 Daniel
Schrack broke the 9 ton barrier for the first time in
Pennsylvania by producing 9 1 tons with WL3II a
CONSISTENT WINNER
I TOWN
62 00-69 00, Weak & Rough 62 00
Down
CALVES RETURNED lo
FARM Bulls $6 lower Holstein
Heifers Bulk 95-120 lbs 95 00-
120 00, Heifers tew 95-115 lbs
110 00-147 50, Holstein Bulls Bulk
'95-115 lbs 90 00-102 00 Beef Type
few 80-110 lbs 70 00-85 00
LAMBS 1 Choice Spring Jamb 80
lbs at 69 00
STOCK CATTLE Good iuii
pnces steady Steers Choice 300-
450 lbs 70 00-80 00, 450-650 lbs
62 00-70 00, Good 400-700 lbs 52 Ob
-62 00 Heiters Choice 300-450 lbs
58 00-65 00, Good 300-500 lbs 52 00-
58 00 Hulls Choice 400-550 lbs
68 00-75 00, Good 350-600 lbs 58 00-
68 00
PIGS AND SHOATS Hood
demand, highei prices By the
Head 15-30 lbs 13 00-21 00, 30-60
lbs 20 00-30 00, By the Lb 100-170
lbs 29 00-39 00, St Boars tew 155-
200 lbs 31 00-45 00
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