York shepherds ready for field day, sale YORK Sheep and wool producers of York County are wrapping up final preparations for their annual field day and sale, set for Saturday May 22, at the York Inter-State Fairgrounds. “There have already been a lot Steve rsole, chairman of the sheep producers sale, puts final fitting touches on a consignment animal headed to the May 22 auction at the York Fairgrounds. The sale is scheduled as part of the shepherd’s annual field day. ¥ HENRY K. FISHER I SANDBLASTING AND I 1 SPRAY PAINTING I ! Aerial Ladder Equipment Special Winter Prices on Interior Airless Spray Painting Sandblasting at our Shop During Winter months I 667 Hartman Station Rd * Lancaster, PA I 393-6530 NOTICE: LET US TOPDRESS YOUR SMALL, GRAIN WITH LIQUID NITROGEN ALSO LIQUID 7-21-6 AVAILABLE SOIL-TESTING CROP-SPRAYING WE ARE NOW A DEALER FOR LEBANON CHEMICAL AMMONIATED FERT. CHECK OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY. COMPASS QUARRIES LIMESTONE. SEED CORN. SOYBEANS. & ALFALFA SEED CALL L.W. ZIMMERMAN Jr. Rehrersburg, Pa 19550 Phone 717-933-4360 or 717-933-4293 of inquiries about the sale by out of-state sheep breeders,” says sale chairman Steve Ebersole. Sales activity gets underway at noon, with the auctioning of fleeces for home spinning hobbyists. At 12:30 p.m., market lambs for youth ff DM. ff " STOLTZFUS & SON, Inc. TALMAGE, PA 17580 CRUSHED STONE ASPHALT PAVING POZ—O—PAC If 717/656-'2411 If I II New & Used Silos New & Used Extensions Tear down & Rebuilt Gunite silo retiring & repairs j Repiastering, roofs, permanent pipe & distributors Oxygen Limiting Silos above and below ground manure storage Jamesway Unloaders Barn Equipment Write or Call DETWEILER SILO REPAIR Rd 2 Box 267-D Newville. PA 17241 717-423-6791 717-532-3039 717-776-3288 DRINK MORE MILK projects go m the sales ring, followed by purebred ewe and ram offerings. Special crossbred ewe consignments wrap up the sales activity, including crosses of Fmn- Dorset, Rambouillet-Oorset and Rambouillet-Suffolk The sheep sale caps a morning of educational programs and demonstratmos, opening with judging of sheep classes at 9 30 a.m. A special field day feature planned is a large sheep-related craft show, opening at 10 a.m. with a spinning demonstration. In cluded in the craft displays are numerous wool-related skills such as weaving and rug making. Henry Kuykendall and his four legged shepherd will present a sheep dog demonstration at 10:30, followed at 11 a.m with a carcass cutting program by Rick Har baugh of the American Sheep Producers Association Two “ewe chain” lambs will be awarded during the field day to youth winners in an essay com petition. Sponsors of the lamb awards are the Rotary Club and Shelley Bankert, R 3 Red Lion. York County 4-H lamb club is in charge of a lunch stand, and the craft show is scheduled to remain open through the day-long event Arrangements for the field day are being coordinated by Greg Lau, Loganville, and Tony Dobrosky, York Extension office livestock agent -J.B. .s£ During last years workshop and picnic, Don Moiaro of Dornsife, explains correct hoof structure before demon strating proper hoof trimming. Assisting him is wife, Roberta at the halter of their doe, Someday Hill Mark’s Bellenda 7M. Heart of Penn Goat club plans workshop DORNSIFE - The Heart of Penn Dairy Goat Breeders will hold their third annual dairy goat management workshop and picnic on Sunday, May 23 beginning at 11 am at the Wolf’s crossroads Picnic Pavilion near Sunbury The demonstrations, geared to help breeders with just one goat or an entire herd, include tattooing, disbudding, hoof trimming, milking, milk handling, clipping, selection, injections, mastitis detection and more. The Club opens its workshop and picnic to all those interested in dairy goats. There will be a small Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 15,1982-829 s.4gh admission charge to help cover rental of the facilities and other workshop-related expenses For more information and directions, contact Roberta Molaro at 717-758- 8359. “The Nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself," warned President Franklin D Roosevelt in 1937 in a letter addressed to all state governors He urged the states to set up soil conservation districts to work with the newly created Soil Conservation Service of the U S Department of Agriculture.
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