A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, may 1,198; Huntingdon Holstein Heifer Sale earns Excellent rating BY PATTY GROSS Staff Correspondent HUNTINGDON - Central Pennsylvania fanners gave up a beautiful 60 degree, sunshiny day m the fields last Friday and turned out instead for the Huntingdon County Holstein Heifer Sale. Brandsdale Star Tippy Leda sold for $4,700 to top the sale. E. Janies McMath of Shirleysburg pur chased the heifer, consigned by Terry Branstetter of Tyrone. The Edale Pinonia Matt Tippy daughter is out of Bransdale Hope Star Lucy. Another from the Bransdale Farms in Tyrone commanded $3,800. Sired by Paclamar Boot maker, the yearling heifer is out of an Excellent Brandsdale Hope Ideal Lucille. Bransdale Boot maker Lilac-ET found a new home, again m Tyrone at Blackcrest Farms, operated by John and Robert Black. Alan Gearhart and his father, ; * «r s Top seller at $4,700 at the Huntingdon Branstetter, consignor; and John Foster Jr., County Holstein Heifer Sale is Bransdale Star sale chairman. In the booth, from the left, are Tippy Leda. Shown with her are, standing from auctioneer Mark Click, Mrs. James McMath the left, E. James McMath, buyer; Terry and Galen Gilliland, pedigrees. i Year-old Bransdale Bootmaker Lilac-ET was jyer. . , rear, are purchased for $3,800 by Blackcrest Farms at auctioneer Mark Click, Phyllis Yoder, Hun- Huntgindon County Sale. In front row, from tingdon County Dairy Princess; and Gaien the left, are Terry Branstetter, consignor; Gilliland, pedigrees. John Foster Jr., sale chairman; and John Donald of Martinsburg paid $2,750 for Blackcrest Molly Chief Pat- Red. The Red and White, con signed by Blackcrest Farms, is a 7- monthold Vincent View Molly Chief daughter. Her dam is Blackcrest Telstar Phyllis-Red. Autumn-View Stacy of Autumn View Farms in Petersburg travels to the Timothy Peachey farm in Petersburg. A 2-year-old daughter of Straight Pine Elevation Pete, she is out of a Good Gillbrook I Star Lobo. The heifer, bred to S-W-D Valiant, brought $2,250. Three other heifers made the $2,000 mark. R.G. Baker of Mar tinsburg paid $2,150 for Globe-Run GlendeU Lizzie, consigned by Vera & John Foster, Jr. of Petersburg. The heifer, bred Dec. 6, 1981 to Sweet Haven Tradition, is sired by GlendeU Arlinda Chief and comes from a Very Good Globe-Run Elevation LuLu. Terry Branstetter’s Bransdale Proud Mars Susu was purchased /■ w ' V-l*, Top heifer brings $4,700 by John Foster Jr. The S-W-D averaged $1,169.64, $BOO was the were bid on with the average Valiant bred heifer, is the daughter average price of the IS identified- selling pried at $918.52. of Marshfield Elevation Tony and grades, and the trio of hull* County Agent Harold Lockoff Bransdale Fond Proud Sis. She brought an average of $683.33. called the sale an “excellent sold for $2,060. Forty-six bred heifers were turnout for the times.” John Another top seller, consigned by moved through the ringat the Foster, Jr., sale chairman for the E. James McMath of Shirleysburg fairgrounds, bringing an average seventh year, says he was pleased moves to the Bransdale Farms in figure on $1,400, $879.55 showed up considering that the farmers could Tyrone. Bardale Molly Chief as the average price for the 11 open have chosen spring field work at Jamie, sired by Vincent View heifers sold, 27 registered calves home over the sale. Mblly Chief and out of Wip plesacres Elevation Jill, com manded $2,000. This was the tenth year for the Huntingdon County Holstein Club’s sale at the fairgrounds in Hun tingdon. Three young bulls were auctioned off along with the registered and mdentified-grade Holsteins The highly-organized, fast moving sale netted $112,350, averaging $l,lOl on 102 head of cattle. The price tags were down slightly from last spring when the average was $1,300 on 84 animals. This sale, the 84 registered heifers This seven-month-old Red and White heifer, Blackcrest Molly Chief Pat-Red, brought $2,750 at Huntingdon County sale. In front row, from the left, are John Foster Jr., sale chairman; John Black, of Blackcrest Farms, consignor; Alan and Donald Gearhart, buyers. In the back, from the left, are auctioneer Mark Glick, Phyllis Yoder, Huntingdon County Dairy Princess; and Galen Gilliland, pedigrees. Autumn-View Stacy sold for a top bid of $2,250 at Hun tingdon County Sale. In front row, from the left, are Timothy Peachey, Petersburg, buyer; Jim and Kim Grove, Petersburg, consignors; and John Foster Jr., sale chairman, in back row, from the left, are auctioneer Mark Glick, Phyllis Yoder, Huntingdon County Dairy Princess; and Galen Gilliland, pedigrees. McSparran on Board ROSEMONT, 111. - Robert B. McSparran, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, was elected to the Board of Directors of the United Dairy Industry Association at the organization’s 12th Annual Meeting held recently in Orlando, Florida! A dairy industry leader, Mc- Sparran has served Interstate as district director, chairman of the Executive Committee, and president since 1966. He has also served as a director of the Holly Milk Co-op and director of the Board of Quality Control Laboratory. In addition, he is a member of State Agricultural Council of Pennsylvania and a member of the National Milk Producers Federation. McSparran owns and operates a 200-acre dairy farm in Lancaster County with 130 Guernsey cattle and 60 milking cows. Every year he produces and sells more than 600,000 pounds of milk. He also raises com, alfalfa and soybeans. UDIA i ( the world’s largest commodity association and dairy promotion organization involved in advertising, marketing, nutrition research and education, and product and process research and development. Robert B. McSparran
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