Brattons take double victories FARM SHOW The Open Charolais Show held on Wed- Ksday was a winning event for the Vraond A. Bratton family of McVeytown, Mifflin County who took both the grand champion bull and heifer honors. BCF Miss Distinction, a summer yearling heifer sired by RCC Royal Distinction, was tagged senior champion by judge Miles McKee of Mahattan, Kansas before, he Chianina championship goes to Messick entry FARM SHOW Dwayne heifer - was exhibited by Moving M Messick of R 2, Elizabethtown, arm °f Rl. Warriors Mark, Dauphin County, won the heifer Centre County, championship in Chianina beef chianina classes at the 66th Farm Show with i Moving m Farm“m™re r Mark “Blue Sky Princess.” an Anril 1980 Sr - Yearim* Heifer* daughterof Blue Sky Jet Set. The reserve champion heifer, “oore, R 1 warriors Mark, 4 Joseph Messick “M’s Miss Lisa,” a September 1980 M ' ddle,own ’ 5 Mov,ng M Farm jp; >ieto\ led his Chianina heifer to another championship in the Farm Show complex. This same heifer was grand champion,at the49Bl Keystone In ternational held in October. FARMER BOY AG INC. BEACON STEEL PRODUCTS Adult Turkey Feeder Featuring Equipment For: Broiler Pan Feeding System FARMER BOY AG. INC. PH. 717-866-7565 457 E. MAIN AVE. MYERSTOWN, PA. 17067 BEST IN DESIGN, PRICE AND EXPERIENCE selected her as the grand champ of the show. The grand and Junior champion bull was Brattons’ RCC Mr. Expectation 3248, a summer yearling son of HCR Expectation 269. Their spring calf, PS Lady Caprice 428, earned the junior championship for the Brattons. Wade and Bonnie Hampton of R 1 Catawissa, Columbia County captured both reserve grand DISTRIBUTORS FOR: “45 Years of Manufacturing For The Poultry Farmer" TURKEYS AND BROILERS SWINE & POULTRY SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS trophies on Wednesday. Their spring yearling heifer, HCC Miss Lily, was tagged reserve senior champion before going on to stand next to the grand champ. She is a Royal Mischief daughter. And another Expectation son, HCC Mr. Expectation 2897, was the Hamp tons’ reserve grand and senior champon 2-year-old. The Hamptons also exhibited the reserve junior bull calf champion, HCC Sattelite 19, a May 1981 son of Mr, Expectation 2897, their reserve grand champion bull. Two of the remaining Charolais championships were awarded to HCR Expectation 269 get. Carolyn and Earl Clutter of R 1 Prosperity, Washington County, showed their September bull, RCC Mr. Ex pectation to the bull calf cham pionship. Their daughter Carla Loraine exhibited the reserve junior champion, RCC Royal Temptress, a September 1980 heifer. Frank and April Mull of R 2 Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County showed the reserve junior champion bull, Flying M John 91, a spring yearling sired by Flying M John Boy. Show results are as follows; 1 Raymond & Susan Bratton. R 2 McVeytown, 2 Wade & Bonnie Hampton, Rl Catawissa, 3 Crystal Lynn Clutter, Rl Prosperity. 4 Carla lorame Clutter, Rl Prosperity, 5 Kirk Fisher, Rl Oley 1 Raymond A Bratton, 2 Kirk Fisher, 3 JohnS Eaton. Jr. R 2 Windsor Spring Yearling Heifer, Mar.-Apr. I Wade & Bonnie Hampton, 2 Crystal Clutter 3 Kent Fisher, Oley, 4 Kirk Fisher ★ DICKISON UfirA LAYING CAGES . ★ DICKISON BROOD Vm* DoiqOM «wpwri(ut*\ ©ROW CAGES 19 years of Manufacturing Experience of Poultry Equipment and will Custom Make to your Specifications Flat Chain Feeding System, 3 or 4 Deck with Dropping Curtains CHAROLAIS Sprinf Heifer Calf-After Feb 28 Jr. HeHerCalt-Jan.-Feb. 1 Frank & April Moll. R 2 Orwigsburg Winter Heifer Calf, Nov.-Dee. I Wade 8 Bonnie Hampton Sr Heifer CaH. Sept-Oct 1 Carla Lorame Clutter Junior Champion Female 1 Raymond & Susan Bratton Reserve Jr. Champion Female 1 Carla Lorame Clutter Late Summer Yearling HeHer, Jui -Aug 1. Wade & Bonnie Hampton Summer Yearling Heifer, May-June Senior Champion Female 1 Raymond A Bratton Reserve Sr. Champion Female 1 Wade 8 Bonnie Hampton Grand Champion Female 1 Raymond A Bratton (Turn to Page A 35) The champion Charolais bull was exhibited by Raymond and Susan Bratton of McVeytown, Mifflin County. Bratton is currently president of the Colonial Charolais Assn. His summer yearling champ is a son of HCR Expectation 269. (Continued from Page A 22) Park, and Washington County, Md.’s John and Betty Herbst, Thornburgh spoke to the esteemed award recipients and guests about his administration’s belief in the farm family. “The qualities demonstrated by Pennsylvania’s farm families are the qualities that create a good society, a good Pennsylvania, and a good Maryland,” Thornburgh began. His belief in the fanning way of life has been enhanced during the past several years by spending time, sometimes over night visits, on some of Penn sylvania’s farms, he recounted. Thornburgh pointed out a fact that many residents of the Keystone State are unaware of, and that is: “Pennsylvania has the largest rural population of any state in the nation. ” Because of the importance this rural population plays in the role of the Com monwealth’s economic picture, the governor pledged the state government’s support for the “laborers in the vineyards of the farm economy”—a flowery description of the state’s soil stewards. Lynn Thornburgh cited several pieces of important agricultural legislation that were passed during Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1982-A23 in Charolais Master Farmers his time in office, including the law which now permits local govern ment to create agricultural districts to help preserve far mland. “Our score card for aid and assistance—and getting off far mers’ backs—has been good," Thornburgh quipped. “But we can’t rest on our laurels.’ ’ The Keystone State’s chief recommitted his administration’s efforts to assist in encouraging the growth of agriculture and agribusiness in Pennsylvania. One area that will receive special at tention in the near future is ex pansion of markets, he said. Thornburgh commented that “we can go a long way in solving the world’s health and nutrition problems” in a “breadbasket” like Pennsylvania. After expressing his ap preciation for the Pennsylvania food decorations that filled the Governor’s Christmas tree (created by 4-H’ers, FFA’ers and other farm youth from around the state), Thornburgh quitted the festivities to return to business-at hand budgetary proceedings. Before making his exit, Thorn burgh made this final observation; “The farm family is alive and well in Pennsylvania, this is our 300th year.”
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