KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
American Hereford Association
has announced a total of 28 bulls
have qualified as genetic trait
leaders m the first Hereford sire
evaluation summary resulting
from the analysis of the AHA’s
Total Performance Records field
data.
This first field data summary
follows the Association’s sire
analysis obtained from a designed
program that has been going on
since 1974.
The listing contains a total of 516
sires evaluated for their com
parative performance in the four
traits of birth weight, weaning
weight, yearling weight and
maternal breeding value.
The 28 trait leaders became
eligible for such designation by
excelling in one or more of the
traits based on certain criteria. A
trait leader is a sire that stands in
the top 3 percent of all Dulls
evaluated for a specific trait and
has had sufficient progeny records
in at least five herds to assure a
high degree of accuracy in the
analysis.
Among the trait leaders, one bull
was recognized in three categories
and five other bulls qualified in two
different traits.
The complete sire evaluation
summary is available from the
American Hereford Association,
P.O. Box 4059, Kansas City,
Missouri 64101, for $lO each.
Some of the leaders by traits
follows:
YEARLING WEIGHT
1. Grand Slam, breeder,
Glenkirk Farms, Maysville, Me.,
owners Gramt Hills Hereford
Ranch, Llano, Tx.; Wiese & Sons,
Manning, la.; Glenkirk Farms; 2.
LI Domino 72269, breeder, US
Tour Ashldnd'l Pioneer Tunnel Cool Mine & Ride the Steam Lokie
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine
Who would ever dream that he would have an op
portumty to visit an actual coal mine 7 By now you can,
conveniently and in complete safety, at Ashland, Pa , in
the heart of Pennsylama’s famed anthracite region
Here thanks to the efforts of a group of civic minded
citizens who formed a nonprofit organization for the
purpose, a real honest-to-goodness coal mine managed
by real coal miners has been restored as a tourist at
traction
Pioneer Tunnel is what is known as a horizontal drift
mine It runs for 1200 feet straight into the side of
Mahanoy Mountain You make the trip in comfort, riding
in open cars pulled by a battery operated mine motor
When you alight, deep inside Mahanoy Mountain, miner
guides tell and show you the fascinating story of an
thracite coal
The mine temperature averages 55*, so please bring
your sweater or jacket At times water drips from the
top of the mine and the floor plankmg is damp Also,
guests ride in open cars behind the lokie, which is a coal
burning engine Visitors are advised to dress ac
cordingly
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Hereford Assoc, names
Range Lvstk. Exp. Sta., Miles
City, Mt., Owners Clarence L.
Gross, Colquitt, Ga.; Charlie Cox,
Pasco, Wa.; Pruett-Wray Cattle
Co., Sasabe, Az.; 3. BB Domino
427, breeder, W.T. Bennett, Con
nell, Wa., owners W.T. Bennett;
Twin V Ranch, Inc., Gooding, Id.;
4. LHR LI Domino 337, breeder
Lund Hereford Ranch, Reserve,
Mt., owners Pruett-Wray Cattle
Co.; Baker Hereford Farms, Ada,
Mn.; United Livestock Brokers,
Ft. Collins, Co.; Hot Springs
Ranch, Salmon, Id.; 3. 4M Hum
mer, breeder, Hoffman Hereford
Ranch, Morristown, S.D., owners
Meyer Hereford Ranch,
Morristown, S.D.; JAR, Inc.,
Porcupine, S.D.
1. BB Domino 427, breeder W,T.
Bennett, owner W.T. Bennett;
Twin V Ranch, Inc.; 2. CL 1
-Domino 270 breeder Jack L.
Cooper, owner Tamarac Ranches,
Inc., Miami Beach, FL; 3. SH
Advancer 521 breeder C. Scott
Holden, owner Lacey Hereford
Ranch; Berg Brothers; 4. LHR LI
Domino 337 breeder Lund Hereford
Ranch, owners Pruett-Wray Cattle
Co.; Baker Hereford Farms;
United Livestock Brokers; Hot
Springs Ranch; 5. LI Domino
72269, breeder US Range Lvstk.
Exp. Sta., owner Clarence L.
Cross; Charlie Cox; Pruett-Wray
Cattle Co.
1. Mark I breeder Stone Hereford
Ranch, owner Wilson Hereford,
Thermopolice, Wy.; Mcßride
Ranches, Inc., Granger, Wa.; 2.
CH Domino 621 breeder Jack L.
Cooper, owner Debter Hereford
Farm, Horton, Al.; Lynch
Hereford Ranch, Winchester, Tn.;
3. CL 1 Domino 721 breeder Mark
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WEANING WEIGHT
BIRTH WEIGHT
COME & VISST
DAILY MAY 30 THROUGH SEPT. 6
Pioneer tunnel was selected as one of the top ten
tourist attractions in PA in 1979, by PA Travel
Advisory Council.
Group rates available on request.
ASHLAND COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES
19th & Oak Sts.. Ashland, PA 17921
Phone 717-875-3850
“Spend the day with us! ”
W. Cooper, Willow Creek, Mt.
owner Indian Mound Farm, New
Harmony, In.; Steen Hereford
Ranch, Marfa, Tx.; 4. RH Big
Northern 2054 breeder Glenklrk
Farms, owners Radakovich
Herefords, Earlham, la.; Camp
bell Bros., Providence, Ut.; Jensen
Bros., Logan. Ut.; 5. SR Mark I
J 215, breeder Stone Hereford
Ranch, owner Oxley Hereford
Ranch, Mahnomen, Mn.
Disaster
covered
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ex
pansion plans for federal crop
insurance were accelerated
recently by .Secretary of
Agriculture John R. Block to in
clude all acreage planted to crops
formerly covered under USDA’s
disaster payments program.
Block said these crops will be
eligible for insurance in 1982,
beginning with wheat and barley
planted this fall. Other crops
covered are com, cotton, grain
sorghum and rice.
About 95 percent of the U.S.
soybean acreage will be covered,
with the remainder becoming
eligible after USDA collects yield
data, he said.
“By making this insurance
available nationwide on disaster
crops, we can provide greater
protection for farmers and stdl
meet our goal of reducing
dependence on the federal
government,” Block said.
He said the Reagan ad
ministration can now avoid ex
tending the disaster payments
WEEKENDS SEPT. 6
THROUGH OCT. 31
Picnic and playground facilities are
available in a park adjoining Pioneer
Tunnel Also nearby is a state operated
museum devoted to mining technology and
geology
Moving on to the picturesque town of
Ashland, another attraction awaits you, a
bronze replica of Whistler's famous
“Mother” painting, erected as a memorial
to the mothers of Ashland
Geology buffs will enioy searching for
fossils near a gigantic exposed fault The
fossil site is located about IV2 miles from
Pioneer Tunnel, and guided tours can be
arranged at the Tunnel Office
For Further Information Contact
Lancaster Farming Saturday, May 16,1981—D19
bull leaders
MATERNAL
BREEDING VALUE
1. Titan 23D breeder L.H.
Henuset, Pipestone, Man., Can.;
owners Spickler Ranch, Grace
City, N.D.; James L. Sutton,
Onida, S.D.; Duncan Ranch Co.,
Joplin, Mt.; 2. LI Domino 72549,
breeder US Range Lvstk. Exp.
Sta., owners Warren Gibson,
Wallace, Nb.; Larry Gibson,
Wallace, Nb.; 3. M&M Major
Misch 125 breeder Morns
crop acreage to be
by crop insurance
program under the omnibus farm
bill currently before Congress.
That program expires later this
year.
Previous federal crop insurance
expansion plans would have added
250 counties per year to the
program, making the insurance
available on 97 percent of the
disaster crop acreage in 1982.
Block also announced that
USDA’s Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation is preparing an in
dividual yield guarantee program
for all disaster crops and
soybeans. Farmers able to prove
their yields over a given period of
years can have the coverage
tailored to their own production
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A big "added attraction” on your visit to Pioneer Tunnel is
an opportunity to ride an old-fashioned, narrow-gauge, steam
locomotive (lokie). the Henry Clay The Henry Clay, with its
string of brightly colored mine cars and of course a red
caboose, takes you on a three quarter mile ride around the
side of Mahanoy Mountain to show you another kind of mining
known as strip mining The Steam Lokie will take you to
Mammoth Stripping an area where an unusually thick seam
of anthracite known as Mammoth Vein bent up to the surface
of the earth Here, in days gone by, monstrous steam shovels
of the Panama Canal type ripped out ipillions of tons of coal
from the exposed seam and left a 150-foot high man-carved
wall of solid rock extending as far westward as the eye can see
You can look down into the gaping trenches man has left and
almost hear the crashing, clanking, rumbling coal mining
operations of yesteryear
Nearby is a relic “bootleg" coal hole This and others in the
area were dug by men who were willing to defy trespass laws,
brave caverns and company guards to obtain a few bags of coal'
to sell or heat their homes
Neiderworder, Hermosa, S.D.,
owners Donald H. Elders,
Midland, S.D.; Ernest Nemec,
Midland, S.D.; 4. B&K Wabash
Britisher, breeder Blume Ran
ches, Ltd., Castor, Alta., Can.;
owners Madison River Cattle Co.,
Three Forks, Mt.; Brooks Ranch,
Burlington, N.D.; 5. Sir Arthur,
breeder Stone Hereford Ranch,
owners River Oaks Farm; Paul
Ogren & Sons; Volunteer Hereford
Farms.
history- This will be effective with
1982 spring-planted crops, Block
said.
However, he said, since in
dividual farm yield data may be
limited or unavailable in some
areas, FCIS may develop identical
rates and coverages involving
several counties for the crops to be
planted this fall. These coverages
would be converted to the in
dividual yield basis the following
year, he said.
Under the new insurance
program, coverage is readily
avadable in each county since
many private agents and com
panies are writing and delivering
the federal insurance, Block said.
Steam Lokie