A3B—Lancaster Fanning. Saturday, March 12.1983
Top-selling heifer, Glen Valley Astronaut Tutti was bought by Clair High, left, Mid
dlebrook Farm manager, Quarryville. Kenneth Umble, Glen Valley Farm, Atglen, con
signed Tutti.
BY TRISH WILLIAMS
LANCASTER The true spirit
of helping a fellow man in need is
still alive and doing well, thanks to
groups like the Mennonite Central
Committe, of Akron.
The MCC’s Third Annual Penn
sylvania Relief Heifer Sale held
Thursday at the Guernsey Sales
Pavilion netted an estimated
$BO,OOO for the world’s needy.
The sale has grown each year
since its beginning five years ago.
The first year no heifers were sold
and donated straw, hay and im
plements brought in $lBOO. The
next year income from the sale
doubled. In 1981, MCC held the first
World Relief Heifer Sale, bringing
in $BO,OOO. MCC through its diligent
efforts has maintained a sale in
Relief sale nets $BO,OOO for
come during the past two years
despite hard economic times for
the farmers who consign and buy
the heifers. The 1982 sale grossed
$85,000; this year’s sale fell slightly
to $BO,OOO.
A total of 100 heifers were sold
Thursday, all Holsteins and most
registered, with a few nice grades.
Most of those donated came from
Lancaster and Chester Counties,
with the remainder coming from
adjacent counties, said Wilmer
Kraybill, sale manager. Some of
the breeds most popular bulls were
represented, including: Jemini,
Arlinda Cinnamon, Molly Chief,
Marvex, Elevation, Astronaut,
Pabst, Electric, Sexation, Kenny,
Chairman, Triple Threat and
others.
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The top-selling heifer Glen
Valley Astronaut Tutti brought
$1625. Tutti was consigned by
Kenneth M. Umble, Glen Valley
Farm, R 1 Atglen. The buyer was
Steven 0. Sirota, Middlebrook
Farm, Quarryville. Tutti is sired
by Paclamar Astronaut and her
dam is Glen Valley Marvex Tonya,
a three year old.
The sale attracteded over 140
serious buyers and many spec
tators, who bought and consumed
food that was donated. After the
heifer sale, semen was sold from
the following sires: Very, Metore,
Dream Street Fast Buck, Spirit,
Valiant, East Star, Arrow. Also
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mealworm, known as the darkling
beetle, causes not only structural
damage to beams and bracing, but
has proven to be vectors and
reservoirs for several poultry
disease pathogens.
According to Collison, “the
adults and larvae of all three
species are very active and
commonly found in poultry litter
and manure. Leaky water foun
tains, excessive grain, broken
eggs, and dead birds encourage
infestations.
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“The lesser mealworm feeds on
damp, moldy grain and is com
monly associated with spilled
poultry feeds. Both the larder
beetle and the hide beetle are
scavengers, feeding on stored
animal and plant products,” he
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“Achieving adequate control is
difficult since thorough cleaning of
the houses does not occur
regularly. Once the houses become
infested, thorough cleaning along
with chemical control seems to
only suppress the population for a
world’s needy
sold were donations of hay, straw,
firewood, and seed com.
The MCC will direct the $BO,OOO
raised to its World Relief Program
which sends emergency shipments
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short period of time. Adults
migrate throughout the structure
during cleaning and are found in
cracks and crevices, insulation,
eaves, etc. which increases the
difficulty of achieving adequate
control,” he explained.
Ventilation systems were ad
dressed by Forest Muir and Bob
Graves, both from Penn State
Extension. They advised that,
generally, greater efficiency
comes from large fans, two
capacitor motors, lower
nameplate amps and smaller
motors.
Dr. Spangler Klopp, Inter-
Continental Biologies, Inc., and
Barrett Cowen, Wiley Laboratory
at Penn State, joined the program
discussing the Marek’s and
Gumboro problems in poultry.
Jay Irwin, Lancaster County
Extension agent, informed the
audience that a 12 1/2 minute slide.,
presentation on the Lancastf.>
County’s poultry industry is
available for school functions and
other programs by contacting him
at the Extension office, 394-6851.
of food, medica} supplies and
bedding to the world’s most needy
people, according to Lowell Det
weiler, director of MCC’s regional
office.
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