*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
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p m. on Wednesday.
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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
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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.
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