(Hi KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 59th
National Polled Hereford Con
vention-Show-Saie has drawn more
than 500 entries for the Feb. 16-18
event in conjunction with the 1982
Dixie National Livestock Show in
Jackson, Miss.
Prize-winning cattle from all
across North America will com
pete in the annual breed classic for
more than 820,000 in premiums and
international acclaim. Polled
Hereford judging is scheduled for
Feb. 16 and 17, with a three-man
judging team responsible for the'
placings. Serving on this team will
be Joe Lewis of Alfalfa Lawn
Farms, Lamed, Kans.; Dave
Hawkins of Michigan State
University, East Lansing; and Bill
Bennett of BB Cattle Co., Connell,
Wash.
The National Polled Hereford
Sale will be held Feb. 18 and will
feature a consignment of 43 top
quality Polled Hereford bulls and
heifers- An advance nomination,
screening and selection procedure
was re-instated 1 for this year’s
National sale, and all show
animals will compete in the
r National show.
During the week’s activities,
eight people will be honored by the
American Polled Hereford
Association for their dedication
This
The results are in, 300
and they prove that 250
the Agway veal
ceding program can 200
:et your veal to
ight fast. 150
- r veal
Finisher. Thoroughly
tested by Land O' Lakes, manu
facturer of Agway veal feeds, and on
over 400 calves at three professional
veal producing farms, these feeds
really performed. On the three
farms, average gain per calf was
2.28 lbs. a day, with a feed
conversion rate of 1.64 lbs. of feed
per pound gained.
Polled Hereford Breeders gear up for nat’l show
and service to the breed and the
livestock industry. Slated for
enshrinement ,in the Polled
Hereford Hall of Fame are pioneer
breeders Earl Vescovi, Roundup,
Mont.; Ernest Painter and his
fattier, the late Ralph Pumter,
TOWANDA A crops workshop
senes will be held in'the Troy and
Wyalasing areas beginning in
early February. The workshops
will be a series of four meetings
covering a broad and basic range
of subjects, starting with the soil.
The soil; its capabilities, liming,
including forms of lime, when to
apply for best results, how it works
and the big side benefits; fertilizer,
primary, secondary, and
micronutrients, as well as forms
such as dry, liquid and gas and
what you really need; forages,
both legumes and grasses and
gram crops will be covered from
seed to harvest.
The meetings time, dates and
places are:
Wyalusmg - 8 p.m. - Feb. 11,16,
23, and March 1 at High School
Vocational Agricultural
Feed Fed
On lbs )
V -W *
~
p.,
100 150 200
Field tests have
conclusively demon
strated that fat source
and protein quality
are major factors in .
performance success story, too. For
S' oJy opfS.y more information on the Agway
* and n* protein that m£? show
contains £“^veai
24% protein and 20% fat plus extra |
vitamins, minerals and antibiotic JL tnhpa rM ]
fortification. Veal Starter features monlv-mSer
the same percentage of protein and
fat, plus added fortification for the
needs of a rapidly growing calf. And Kmul
Feed conversion rate with Agway veal
ceding program: results showed that
■*s gained one pound for everv 1 64
of La Harpe, 111. The recipients of
the APHA Hall of Merit Award for
industry-wide leadership and
service will be R.O. Buckley,
executive vice president of the
Mississippi Cattlemen’s
Bradford plans crops workshop
Classroom.
Troy - 8 p.m. - Feb. 15,22,25 rand
March 2 at Troy School Commons
'Building Vocational Agricultural
Classroom.
The workshop will be conducted
by A 1 Homan and Lehan Power,
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New
York produce firm, Arista Produce
Corp., Astoria, had its produce
trading license suspended by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
after failing to pay a Perishable
Agricultural Commodities Act
reparation award of $1,946.
Charles Brader, a marketing
official with USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service, said that the
award was issued in favor of a New
York shipped for tomatoes pur-
2.28 lbs. a day on the
veal feeding prog
thofs not unusual.
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USDA suspends produce trading license of Pa. firm
Agway veal feeds use top
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6,1982—A23
Association, Jackson, Miss., for his
work in public affairs; Hilton
Briggs, president emeritus of
South Dakota State University,
Brookings, S.D., for education and
research; E.H. “Ham’’ Wilson,
Farm Management Specialist,
Northern Tier. Anyone interested
m attending must make reser
vations by Feb. 8. Classrooms will
hold only a limited number and
reservations will be made on the
order-received basis. Those in-
chased between August and Oc
tober 1980. The firm failed to an
swer the shipper’s charges, and
USDA ordered payment of the
amount claimed.
The firm may not operate in
the produce industry under PACA
until the award is paid. The firm’s
sole officer, director and
stockholder, Spiro Moshopoulos,
may not be employed by or af
filiated with any PACA licensee
iram*
executive vice president of the
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association,
Montgomery, Ala., for con
tributions in communciations; and
Jim and Sue Rowland of G&R
Polled Herefords, Marysville,
Kan., for their work with youth.
terested may wntev or call in
reservations. A fee of $3 will be
charged 'to cover the cost of
materials received during the
senes and will be collected at the
first meeting.
without USDA approval.
Brader said the act provides for
damages to be paid by those who
fail to meet their contractual
obligations in buymg and selling
fresh and frozen fruits and
vegetables. Interstate traders,
must be licensed, and *h'> law
requires that their be
suspended if they fail to pay the
reparation awards.
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