DM— Lancaster Firming Saturday, June 20, 19«1 , ' Greg and Martha Lau of Loganville, Pa., look over a pen of mature ewes at the tri-state ewe sale. GOT A CONCRETE JOB? When you want to: BREAK IT! CUT IT! SMOOTH IT! MIX IT! We’ll rent you the right equipment to do it faster and cheaper. • JACK HAMMERS • PLANERS • COMPRESSORS • MIXERS • CONCRETE SAWS • TROWLERS 393-1701 720 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603 l2th & Spring Sts O*7C 9DffeC Mm enta/s Reading, PA 19604 uI U'*wO«f D ntmlS 940 Cornwall Road 0*74 iGCO Lebanon, PA 17042 Cl fc"TrUUO /Rentals East Mam Street OOQ C 470 Unlimited Palmyra, PA 17078 OwO^wTiU $12,000 grossed at First. See Us • LANCASTER • • READING * • LEBANON • • PALMYRA • Lu> } A—s .7^5 KNOXVILLE, Maryland - Maryland’s second annual tn-state replacement ewe sale was held on June 6, at Merry Peep O’Day Farm. Approximately 120 people from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland were present. The 110 commercial ewes ranging in age from lambs to 8 years old, grossed $12,000. The top selling ewe sold for $220 to Bluemont, Va.; she was a fall born, black, twin lamb a Comedale and Dorset cross consigned by Dahl Drenmng of Woodsboro, Md. The lamb was one of only 7 black sheep that sold in the sale with an average of $167. The top yearling was a Hamp shire Suffolk cross from a highly productive ewe sold by Merry Peep O’Day farm, hosts of the sale, to Charlestown, W.Va. for $lBO. Two yearlings ewes with ewe. lambs by side consigned by Clark Jamison of Glenville, W.Va. sold for $2BO each. The 33 yearlings averaged $127 with twins bringing an average of $l6 per-head more than singles. The 27 ewe lambs averaged $l2O with twins bringing an average of $37 higher than singles. The 43 mature ewes ranging in age from 2 years to 8 years, were sold with detailed lambing records available in the catalog averaged $76. The top selling ewe was consigned by Jonathan May of Timbenalle, Va., she sold for $l4O, DAIRY f=r EQUAL MUSIC LENDER FARM CREDIT SERVICE ewe sale and was a twin western Suffolk cross. In addition to the sale some top sheepmen from the Tri-state area presented their approach to sheep equipment, health, feeding, and recordkeeping. W. 6. Carpenter, a southdown breeder from Jefferson, Maryland, and Jack Price, a Hampshire breeder from Westminster, Md., started off the workshop with advice on the basic sheep equip ment needed and health prevention methods for the flock. The key points stressed were economy, foresight toward prevention versus treatment, and management techniques that work for the producer. Jonathan May, a commercial sheepman from Timberville, Va., covered many aspects of feeding the flock; emphasizing economy for the producer and utilizing Feed quality monitoring important GETTYSBURG - It is very important that chicken farmers refuse to take feed quality for granted. After each delivery of feed take a sample and place it in a small jar. The following information should be marked on the container. Type of feed delivered, date and quantity delivered, bin that it was Milking parlors, carousel operations, butterfat content, haylage, silage, pro tein supplements it’s the language of dairy And you've got to speak it to succeed spoken here. Joint Lond Bonk and PCA Services Contact Your Local We speak Dairy We make all kinds of short term loans to fanners for equipment purchases, operating expenses, whatever you need for your operation Were farmer owned and excess forage to compliment the sheep’s main attribute con verting roughage to red meat efficiently! ‘‘lf you have too many sheep to keep records, then you have too many sheep!” stressed Clark Jamison, a commercial producer from Glenville, W.Va., who spoke on the importance of recor dkeeping and utilizing those records. Recordkeeping should be tailored for each flock’s goal whether it be wool quality, growthy lambs, or prolificacy. The key point, Jamison emphasized, is to utilize these in replacement ewe selection and in culling the flock. Merry Peep O’Day farm is managed by Bambi and Jim Priegel. The auctioneer was Robert Mullendore of Boonsboro, Md. placed m, type of medication and quantity, and -of course feed company’s name. In the event you bave a flock problem, the feed sample will serve as a very important diagnostic took Once the birds are sold, then the feed samples should be property disposed of. farmer controlled We know what you're up against Call or come by today FARMING spoken here
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