*34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22,1981 Ag arena committee Lancaster seeks, salutes consignors (Continued from Page Al) UNIVERSITY PARK - The number of animals consigned to the Penn State Ag Arena sale scheduled for December 11 at the Farm Show Complex is on the rise, with the strongest support at the present tune coming from the beef industry. This all-breed sale will include dairy cattle, sheep, and swine as well, with proceeds going to the construction of a 190,000-square foot facility to be used in holding various student activities and exhibitions, such as the Little International, Dairy Expo, Hort Show, horse shows, FFA and 4-H judging contests, and statewide shows and sales. “We’re hoping people will consign animals to the Ag Arena Benefit Sale and donate 50 percent of the sale price to the arena,” says Milford Heddleson, College of Agriculture coordinator of en vironmental quality affairs and co chairman of the fund-raising campaign. “Our goal is to have several hundred high quality animals in this sale. ” So far, the several-hundred-head goal is still a long way off. According to William Nichol, co chairman of the ag arena com mittee and executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Holstein Association, there has only been one dairy animal consigned to date That animal is a Holstein offered for sale by Obie Snider of Imler, Bedford County. However, Nichol reports his state directors will be signing up more con signments by September. The sheep breeders also are having a slight hold-up in securing commitments for the sale since there is no statewide mailing list of sheep producers in Pennsylvania. According to Tom Calvert, of the Pa. Sheep and Wool Growers, the sheep committee is trying to “get everything cleared” to send out their appeal for consignments through the Extension service newsletters. So far, there are only three ovines on the sale register: a Suffolk yearling ewe and a Dorset yearling ewe from Penn State, and a Suffolk ewe lamb consigned by John Kimbark, Manheim, Lan caster County. The swine producers are having better results, reports Dennis Grumbine, president of the Pa. Swine Breeders Cooperative. There have been 14 breeders who have consigned animals to date The beef breeders are leading the way, however, with 28 producers consigning one or more head. The following swme producers have consigned animals: D. L. Grumbine & Sons, R 2 Myerstown, Berkshire -~1 boar, 2 gilts, l bred gilt; John Strawbridge, Stewartstown, Hampshire - 1 boar; Rodger Bankert, R 3 Hanover, Duroc - 1 boar, 1 gilt; Leon Arnold, R 7 Lebanon, Yorkshire -1 boar, 1 gilt, 1 bred gilt; Charles E. Gnest, R 1 Abbottstown, Spotted Poland - 1 gilt, Black Poland -1 gilt; James T. Parlett, R 1 Airville, Chester White - l boar, 1 gilt; Ed Hildebrand, R 2 Biglerville, Chester White - 1 boar, 1 gilt; Larry Arnold, Lebanon, Duroc -1 gilt; John H. Hinkle, R 1 Strasburg, Yorkshire-2 gilts; Charlesß. Hall, R 1 Julian, Yorkshire - 2 gilts; Elwood Houser, Lebanon, Yorkshire - 1 gilt; Joel Stem, R 2 East Berlin, Yorkshire -1 boar, 1 gilt; Lazarus Brothers, Whitehall, Yorkshire - 1 boar, 1 gilt, 1 bred gilt, Spotted -1 boar, 1 gilt, 1 bred gilt, Duroc -1 boar, 1 gilt, 1 bred gilt; and Harry Bachman, Ann ville, Berkshire -1 gilt. The following beef breeders will be represented Simmental - Norman Hughes, R 1 Portage, Good Hope Siipmental Farm, 1 heifer; Lyle Hafco, R 2 Canton, 1 heifer; Reed Mc- Cormick, Port Matilda, Skytop Farm, 1 heifer; Harold and Rose Schneider, R 1 Karns City, Rolling Ridge Farm, 2 heifers; Stone Row Farm, Stockton, N.J., 2 heifers; Linden Farms, LaGrangeville, N.Y., 1 heifer; Dr. D.P. Greenly, 1 cow and 2 Belted Galloway heifers. Limousin - John D. Moore, R 3 Newville, Keystone Limousin, 1 bull, 1 heifer. Angus - Conrad Grove, R 1 Downington, Devereux-Soleil , Farms, 1 heifer; Gilbert Watts, Bellwood, Logan Spring Farm, 1 heifer; Bob Coleman, Harrisburg, Longmeadow Farms, 1 heifer; William Sweigard & Son, R 3 Halifax, Mountain View Acres, 1 heifer; Harry and Nona Stam baugh. Green Pastures Farm, 1 heifer, 1 bull. Charolais - Ray and Sue Bratton, Bratton Charolais, Mifflin County, I bull, 1 heifer; Fletcher Byrom, Micasu Farm, Allegheny County, 2 heifers; Leo Dumont, Dumont Farm, Donstable, Mass., 1 heifer; Fred Mazey, Honey Brook Farm, Princeton, IJ.J., 1 heifer; Rodger and Mary Mitschelle, Flying M Ranch, Tioga County, 1 heifer; James Wentzel, Sunnyside Farm, Somerset County, 1 heifer. Chianina - Galen Dreibelbis, Hidden Hollow Farm, Centre County, 2 heifers Hereford - Terry Shearer, Pigeon Hill Farms, R 1 Ab bottstown, bull semen; Richard Samders, J & R Farms, Union County, 1 heifer. Polled Hereford - The following farm owners have agreed to consign animals, the number to be determined at a later date: Dr. Frank Perrone, Chalfont Farm, Greensburg; William Gray, Graystone Farm, R 1 Schellsburg; Phil Scott, R 2 Gettysburg; Jesse Terry, J.V. Farm, R 2 Douglassville; Stockdales Hereford Farm, Dayton; Hunt Hereford Farm, R 2 Portersville; Frank Darcey, Jr., Spring Bottom Farms, Fairfield; Lawrence Dodds, Spring Rung Farm, York. Any other producers interested in consigning animals to the December sale should contact the following people: Dairy cattle - William Nichol, Pa. Holstein Association, 839 Benner Pike, State College, PA 16801; Beef cattle - Robert Coleman, Pa. Cattlemen’s Association, 4605 North Road, Harrisburg, PA 17109; Swine - Dennis Grumbine, Pa.Swme Breeders Cooperative, R 2 Myerstown, PA 17067; and Sheep - Tom Calvert, Pa. Cooperative Sheep and Wool Growers, R 4 Berlin, PA 15530. Penn State’s Heddleson points out the estimated cost of the Ag Arena is $900,000. About 19 percent of this amount has been raised to date. Ag Progress (Continued from Page Al) out on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The event opens each day at 9 a.m and closes at 5 p m on Tuesday and Thursday, and at 7 p m. on Wednesday. For more details about how to reach your Ag Progress Days destination, along with a complete schedule of events and exhibitors’ list and map, turn the pages of this week’s issue of Lancaster Far ming A special pull-out map, found on page Dl7, will help you find' your way to one of the largest outdoor ag events in the East See vou there ag behind at about |143 million - only $2O million back. And had it not been a depressed year for poultry operators, that lead could have beeen completely wiped out and put the egg and broiler operators in the top spot. Another interesting statistic shows that Lancaster County now has almost half—46.4 percent to be exact - of all the layers m the state. “That’s enough eggs to feed about 7 million people,” Irwin points out. Lancaster also has more than a third of the state’s hogs. Now you can choose from North America's best selling line of forage harvesters, from the smallest to the largest. WE CAN NOW LEASE EQUIPMENT TO YOU FROM sto 7 YEARS ★ We are offering every • 5 YEARS -13.9% Simple financial tool available to help you, we’re moving • 7 YEARS 10.75% Simple with the time Interest A SELECT LINE OF GOOD USED EQUIPMENT f WAIVER OF NH 273 Baler super sweep Nl Cut-Dftioner § FINANCE *l™s* ~ Hesstonpt 10 Mower } On New & Used Mu«oo a erW !u rower Conditioner \ Forage Equipment mu rower NH Super 717 Harvester w/1 \ Till March 1,1982. a ü b,ne row corn head \ 0n Ha y Equipment (2) NH 469 Haybmes i Till April 1,1982 YOUR Cl WHEY & SON UK. ~“ v t'Sr“' c ' 101 S. Lime Street, Quarryville, PA Phone: 717-786-2895 Of course, all the figures add up to the fact that Lancaster County has an even firmer grip on the title as the Number One ag county in the state. In all major livestock categories, it continues to lead in everything but sheep. And on the crop side of the ledger, Lancaster continued to show gams, too. Corn, for gram, is still tops, with silage second. Tobacco is in a close third. But if the present tobacco har vest cures out well and farmers get a good price this winter, the big leafed crop could well move into the runnerup spot. There’s a lot more tobacco out there this year. The trend of taking land out of pasture and putting it back into cultivation continued, with the number of tilled acres jumping by about 22,000 from 1979 to 1980. A lot of it went into corn, as well as hay N.H. 718 acres that were converted to row crops. Com and silage had a combined value of some $6B million in 1980. This should jump considerably this year. Those ears are a lot bigger and filled out this year as compared to the 1980 drought year. Those plants are a lot taller and have leaves all the way to the ground and should fill silos a lot quicker. Sizable harvest hikes are ex pected over last year’s avereage of 85.9 bu. of corn to the acre and 15.5 tons of silage. Last year, the last full year under the retiring Max Smith as extension director, saw Lancaster County agriculture continue to grow. Max was the first to see it pass the half-bilhon dollar mark. And, it looks like it won’t take long for Jay to help nudge it over the bilhon dollarmark. N.H. 782
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