A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1981
Penn State receives early Christmas gift
State Secretary of Agriculture, Penrose Hallowell, center,
was among the early bidders during the dairy sale as he bid
on the first dairy consignment, donated by Obie Snider,
foreground, while Deputy Secretary of Agriculture E. Chester
Heim looks on.
The high-selling consignment, Gill Brook consignment of the entire day. She was
Miss Penn State-ET is surrounded by a host of consigned by John Gilliland of Warriors Mark
Penn State supporters. The 4-month-old calf, anc * was purchased by Jeff and Bill Upton and
brought $lB,OOO, the highest price for a single Homan of Somers, Conn.
_ top-selling beef animal in the Penn State Genetics Unlimited, Inc., of West Grove, for
Ag Arena Benefit Sale, “SBF Mayflower 026" $3,000. At left is Samuel Smith, dean of the
an Angus consigned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penn State College of Agriculture, and second
Kinsley, right, of York, was purchased by from left, John Oswald, University President.
Ag Arena sale nets $140,0
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BY DONNA IUMMELLEO
HARRISBURG It was a day of
sharing and a day of caring.
Hundred of folks shared their
livestock with others, last Friday,
and cared enough to help Penn
State raise $140,000. toward the
construction of the new $900,000 Ag
Arena.
According to Dr. Milford Hed
dleson, coordinator of en
vironmental quality affairs in
Penn State’s College of Agriculture
and co-chairman of the fund
raising effort, 260 dairy cattle,
beef, sheep and swine, plus 45 units
ol semen and lum eiaUtyu Udn
splanls were consigned to Hit-sale.
“Those consigning animals were
asked to donate at least 50 percent
of the sale price to the building
fund,” the' co-chairman noted.
“The sale grossed about $285,000.”
While all consigners had the
option to split their sale price with
Penn State, many offered their
entire proceeds to the cause. And
the building fund got a boost from
not only Pennsylvanians, but out of
state buyers of well, many of
whom purchased the top sale
animals.
The day began at 11 a.m.,
marked by a rousing cheer from
the Penn State cheerleaders. With
the cheerleaders’ roar of “Buy that
cow!” still ringing in their ears,
prospective buyers went to work
sending their bids front and center
until Charles Backus’ gavel rang
for the last time. The first con
signment sold in the Penn State Ag
Arena Sale, Singing Brook Astro
Betty, was history.
The 4-year-old Holstein, con
signed by sale committeeman Obie
Snider, Imler, was purchased by
Sankey Crest Farm of Clearfield
% for $6,100. The Paclamar
' Astronaut daughter is out of an EX
93 Paclamar Double Triune.
But it was the second Holstein
consignment that brought the top
price for a single consignment of
any species. ' ''
Gillbrook Miss Penn State-ET,
sold for $lB,OOO to Jeff and Bill
Lipton and Roy Homan of Somers,
Connecticut. The 4-month-old ET
heifer, sired by either Valiant or
Pete, is out of a Very Good Boot
maker. John G. Gilliland of
Amid the noise of the auctioneer’s chant, Penn State
President John Oswald, quietly puruses a sales catalog. The
livestock auction was the first of its kind for Oswald, who
admitted, "I’ve never had my picture taken with a cow
before.” But before the day ended, Oswald had taken his
place next to many bovine dignitaries.
Jim Evans, left, of Genetics Unlimited, West Grove and
Frank Walton, London Grove, carefully scrutinize the list of
consignments before the beef sale.
Warriors Mark, consigned the top
animal.
Managed by the Pa. Holstein
Association, the dairy sale
resembled the party game,
“musical chairs,” at times, as
three auctioneers each took his
turn at the historic gavel. Charles
Backus of Mexico, New York,
yielded his turn to Doty Remsburg
of Frederick, Md., who then of
fered the, gavel to another
Maryland auctioneer, John
Merryman of Sparks.
When the last bid was taken and
the final auctioneer stepped down,
the dairy sale grossed $217,800 on
121 animals and 33 units of semen.
Hog buyers took to heart the
phrase, “benifit hog sale.” Dennis
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