A3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 17,1981
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Almquist has drawn on for support
throughout the years.
Almquist lauds his wife Norma
of 39 years and his parents, Waiter
and Amy, who moved from their
Nebraska farm to a New York
dairy when Almquist was quite
young.
A great influence, he attibutes,
stemmed from his 4-H work and
teachers at all level.
One such teacher is Glenn
Salisbury of the University of
Illinois, who along with Henry
Lardy of the University of
Wisconsin, will share the Wolf
Prize with Almquist.
Pa.
Angus breeders capture
honors at Eastern Natl
top
TIMONIUM, Md. Competitors
from eight states claimed the
Angus rosettes at the Eastern
National Livestock Show in
Tinonium, Maryland, where Jake
White of Panama, Oklahoma,
judged the 84 females and 34 bulls.
Pat-Rics Henry captured the
junior and grand champion bull
awards for Pat-Ric Farms of
Germansville, Pennsylvania, and
Kyburgs Black Angus, Lyons, New -
York. 4-C Revolution 36-0139
moved up from the senior division
to take reserve grand honors for
three Ohio exhibitors: Way-View
Farms Inc. of Hebron, Michael
Colvin of West Salem, and John
Wise of Burbank.
Kruegers Scaara of Sayre led the
female show as junior and grand
champ for Greg Kreuger and
Family of Oxford, Pennsylvania,
and Genetics Unlimited Inc., West
Grove, Pennsylvania. Senior calf
Fleetwood Blackcap 1880 stood
Pat Rics Henry was declared grand champion Angus bull of
the Eastern National Livestock Show in Timonium, Maryland.
He first stood as junior champ, and is owned by Pat Ric Farms
of Germansville, Pennsylvania, and Kyburgs Black Angus,
Lyons, New York.
Herr shows 2 champions
TIMONIUM, Md. Barb Herr, shire Wether of the Show and the
of R 2 Narvon, showed two Reserve Champion Suffolk Wether
champions in the 4-H and FFA of the Show.
Market Lamb competition at the The Suffolk, which also was
Eastern National livestock Show named Reserve Grand Champion
last weekend. Market Lamb, sold for $2.30 a
Barb had the Champion Hamp- pound.
Sale Reports
Brooks End and Par Kay Farms
held their annual Fall Sale on
Friday, October 9. The auctioneer
was Mike Jones, Lagrange, Ga. A
total of 197 head sold for $62,210 for
an average of $320 per head.
The top-selling animal was a
Yorkshire Boar, Lot 103, a son of
Alpine selling for $9OO to Bell Bros.
& Bass, Windsor, N.C. The top
selling Yorkshire Bred Gilt was
purchased by Irvin Horst Mar
tinsburg, W.Va. at $BOO.
The top-selling Landrace Bred
Gilt was Lot 56 purchased by John
Stoltzfus, Nottingham, Pa. for
$420.
The top-selling Landrace Boar,
“It was Dr. Salisbury, (then at
Cornell) who first interested me in
animal science research. As an
undergraduate at Cornell, 1 was
deciding whether to pursue a
career in medicine, law or
agriculture.”
“After working in Dr.
Salisbury’s laboratory as an un
dergraduate, 1 knew I wanted a
career inresearch.
Almquist went on from Cornell to
earn a master’s degree at Purdue
and a doctorate at Penn State
where he has conducted research
since 1944.
“One of the most gratifying
things has been the support of the
Pennsylvania Agriculture Ex-
next for Richard A. White,
Fleetwood Farms Inc., Ghent,
New York.
In group competition, Way-View
Farms Inc. exhibited the best six
head and grouped Byergos 36
Prophet calves to win the get-of
sire class. JCJ Ranch of Big
Island, Virginia, topped the junior
get with Ken Caryl Mr. Angus 8017
progeny.
Additional bull show honors went
to: reserve senior Riverbend
Patriot Gem, Paxton T. Mon
tgomery and Leonard H. Mon
tgomery of Eagle Rock, Virginia,
and Harold P. Entsmingy Sr.,
Buchanan, Virginia; reserve
junior Gallagher’s Homerun,
Gallaghers Farm Inc., Ghent, New
York; intermediate champ
Supreme Advancer and reserve
senior calf Black Jack 21, Doug
Davis, Big Island, Virginia;
reserve intermediate Iras Happy
Times, White Hall Farms, Inc. of
Lot 126, was purchased by Sam
Lane Dover, N.C. for $675. The 46
head of Yorkshire Bred Gilts,
averaging $417; 30 head of
Yorkshire Boars averaged $532; 76
head of Yorkshires averaged $463;
35 head of Landrace Bred Gilts
averaged $327 ; 7 head of Landrace
Boars averaged $378; 42 head of
Landrace averaged $335; 79
Commercial Open Gilts averaged
$165.
This sale offering sold into 9
different states. Most of this sale
offering was new imported blood
from Scotland. The next sale of
fering-of Brooks End and Par Kay
Farms will be January 15,1982.
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Almquist expressed thank
fulness at the consistent support
from leading dairymen and the
two major Pa. A.I. co-ops in
providing, “confidence, moral and
financial support.”
He cited the support of collegues
and “a fine hard-working group of
grad students over the years,.”
“Finally the greatest satifaction
to me has come from working
cooperatively with some of the
finest people in the world those
that work in A.I. or those vitally
interested in breeding through
A. 1.”
The Wolf Foundation Prize was
developed four years-ago by Dr.
and Mrs. Ricardo iSubirana Lobo
Wolf. The Foundation recognizes
researchers in agriculture,
mathematics, chemistry, physics
and medicine for “outstanding
contributions on behalf of
mankind.”
North Gardeii, Virginia, Rlth
Valley Cattle Co. of Marion,
Virginia, and Oak Crest Livestock
Co. Inc. of Camesville, Georgia;
senior calf champion Fleetwood
High Interest, Richard A. White,
Fleetwood farms Inc.; junior calf
champ RFF Black Dollar 18,
Rocky Forge Farm, Hagerstown,
Maryland; and reserve junior calf
Gallagher’s Napoleon, Gallaghers
Farm Inc.
More heifer winners were:
reserve junior Classy Lass MG 9
80, Joel W. Stivers, Pittstown, New
Jersey; intermediate Keldonas
Erica ET2, White Hall Farms;
reserve intermediate Miss JCJ
Camilla 092, JCJ Ranch; reserve
senior calf Fairfield Euthalla 014
and junior calf champ Loam Knoll
Fairfield Mayjell, Fairfield Farm,
Lakeville, Connecticut; and
reserve junior calf T.O.F. Princess
Frisky Ann, Fritz C. Frey,
Quarryville.
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Since news of the award, two
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