WESTMINSTER, Md. - The Eastern Sheep Production Workshop drew a crowd of almost 300 sheep enthusiasts recently to Westminster, Md. The Workshop, sponsored by the Maryland Sheep Breeders’ Association, was held at Use good management, and Beaeon System Six! Another reason is Beacon. The Lants are taking advan tage of their Beacon Advisor, who helps plan the nutritional needs of their top producers. Using Beacon’s plan, like our new System Six, the Lants have fed these four fabulous cows Beacon protein supplements, dry or high moisture corn, limited amounts of corn silage, and hay and haylage (treated with Beacon Pre-Serv products). If you'd like to have better producers, maybe even record breakers like those of Lantland Farms, call your Beacon Advisor. We’ll do all we can to help make your cows worth a million. Beacon, Cayuga, New York. CALL YOUR BEACON DEALER TODAY! Wl MBMMERT CO. -MURPHY & CLOUSE FEED MILL Hanover, PA 717-637-6923 McCracken s feed mill, inc. Manheim, PA 717-665-2186 MARTIN’S ELEVATOR, INC. Hagerstown, MD 301-733-2553 H.O. ANDREWS & SONS, INC. McVeystown, PA 717-899-6772 BEACMFEEDS York, PA Ph: 717-843-9033' RICHARD! KENBIG Special Accounts Representative Phone 302-478-3058 Beacon Milling Company, We*re Employee Owned. That's Why We Shine. —"Z ivVa'2J-.-X« the Carroll County Agricultural Center. The early morning program consisted of a demon stration in the practical aspects of sheep management. Dr. Emory Leffel from the University of Maryland and Rick Hovtogot a million pounds oat of four eows. Over in Horseheads, New York you’ll find four very busy cows. Their names—Lantland Found Hope Sylvia; Lantland Ormsby Marsha: Lantland'Found Hope Daisy; and Lantland Found Hope Jaye. Together, they’ve pro duced a total of 1,006,455 pounds of milk since calving in 1969. Each has completed 10 lactations. 7 of which „ produced over 30,000 pounds of milk each! And they're still producing! One reason these four cows have done so well is good management. All are daughters of Lantland Fond Hope Clyde, a homebred son of Lakefield Fond Hope. They’ve been raised by Fred Lant and Family (Ross. Marjorie and Walter), owners of Lantland Farms and highly knowledgeable owners of over 210 cows and 150 heifer and calves. STEVENS FEED MILL, INC. CHESTER WIEST Sales & Distribution Beacon Advisor . Manager Phone 215-267-7042 Phone 717-741-2600 j J «>« *►•<* m 1 Eastern sheep breeders gather Carlisle, PA 717-249-2963 HOLT’S MILL Witmar, PA 717-393-1369 JOHN M. HERR 717-865-2401 Stevens, PA 215-267-2150 CLARK SUPPLY CO. Rising Sun, MD 301-658-6464 MOGEL BROS. FEED Hamburg, PA 215-562-5398 ISAAC K.LEFEVER Lund, a professional shepherd from Great Britain, demonstrated with lambs various methods of castrating and docking. Other sheep ' management practices, such as injections and hoof trimming, were shown to the large H. JACOB HOOBER Intercourse, PA 717-768-3431 NEW FREEDOM FARM & HOME SUPPLY, INC. New Freedom, PA 717-235-3606 ELROY SANER Thompsontown, PA 717-535-5583 JOHN M. KERR & SONS, INC. Grantville, PA 717-469-0988 G.S. SNYDER FEED Brodbeck, PA 717-235-1213 R.E. RUDISILL Sales & Distribution Manager Phone 717-854-2281 RAY BRANAS Beacon Advisor 717-843-4515 Inc. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31,1981— A2t» crowd in the sheep barn. Dr. George Ahlschwede, National Coordinator of Blueprint for Expansion, led off the af ternoon session of speakers. He issued a challenge to the sheep producers to take advantage of the opportunities in sheep production. Advanced technologies exist in the sheep industry to make raising sheep a profitable enterprise and he charged the sheep producers of today with the responsibility to make use of these technologies in their own flocks. He stressed the need of the purebred breeders to produce the seed stock for the commercial producers and to keep that seed stock pure so that the distinctive traits of breeds will be preserved. The second speaker on the program was Dr. Doug Hogue of Cornell University who spoke on sheep production programs for the northeast. Dr. Hogue described 3 possible systems: an early lam bing system, a late lambing system, and two accelerated lambing systems, which have been implemented at Cornell. He stressed that each producer has to assess markets and available inputs to decide which system fits individual needs best and then Pleasant Knolls sells top Hereford FREDERICK, Md. - At the recent Maryland Polled Hereford Sale at the Frederick Fairgrounds, a cow/calf pair, consigned by Pleasant Knoll Farms, Frederick, Md., sold for $2,500. Monkton, Md. breeder Suzanne Schmidt purchased the white-face pair. Schmidt’s own consignment, a bred heifer, sold to Walnut Hill Farms of Smithsburg, Md., for / IT’S MAGIC PHONE How quickly C ]) 717-394-3047 ( You Get Results \ or 717-626-1164 V Froip V Clas, ' CONCRETE SPRAYING SERVICE A PROVEN PRACTICAL WAY OF APPLYING CONCRETE ' • Repair Retaining Walls • Reseal Manure Pits • Strengthen Existing Masonry. • Reseal Silos Walls ' " • Trench Silo Construction Also Concrete Pumping Service ,:For Information'Call: KEYSTONE WRHE CO. 43 S. Harvest Road Bird-ln-Hand. PA 17505 select ewes which are capable of the maximum level of production. Dr. Emory Leffel took the floor again in the afternoon to demon strate the realities of the economics of raising sheep. He pointed out the two aspects that affect sheep economics the most; reproductive performance of the ewe and the rate and efficiency of gain of the lamb. Dr. Leffel gave several examples to show how the break-even point in sheep production is affected by these two variables. Fred Stapf of Henry W. Stapf Packing Plant gave a slide presentation showing lambs on the hoof and rail to illustrate the ideal lamb for the packer. He pointed out the biggest area of change needed in Maryland lamb marketing is the establishment of a system of sorting lambs by size and quality grade. With the smell of lamb grilling in the background, Bill Blake, the director of merchandising for the American Lamb Council, expertly demonstrated how you can cut a leg of lamb to get 7 different meals. His tasty tidbits of‘grilled lamb were sampled by the participants bringing an appropriate close to the all day workshop. $2,000. The total average for the females was $767. Following the female sale, steers entered the auction block and averaged $347 per head. The top .steer, an April calf, sold for $675 to Junior member. Tim Moser from Boonsboro, Md. The April calf was consigned by R & T Acres of Gaithersburg, Md. N-KRETE CO. 717-768-3641
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