A3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 27,1983 Wayne holds record HONESDALE Hatfield According to Clyde Eltz, Packing purchased six pigs for chairman of the Wayne County $1,640.60 at the Wayne County Junior Livestock Sale, the 4-H & Junior Livestock Sale held in FFA members and leaders have conjunction with the Wayne expressed appreciation to Hatfield County Fair. Sixty-six 4-H & FPA • Packing for traveling some con pigs were sold, as well as 54 lambs siderable distance to participate Eric Megargel, left, R 5 Lake Ariel and a member of the Western Wayne FFA sold his market hog to Hatfield Packing, represented by Doug Clemens, right. The 204-pound hog brought $1.50 per pound. Ihe Signs of Su YourWh Junior livestock sale One hundred forty one 4-H and FFA animals sold for a total of $39,785.65. Total live weight produced was 21 tons. The average prices, including the two Grand Champions in each species, were $.84 for steers, $l.OB for pigs, and $l.lO for lambs.'Average prices not including the two Grand Cham pions in each species were $.77 for Cattleman’s secrets (Continued from Page A 22) A member of several farm organizations, Espy is directing his energy towards his position as president of the Pa. Beef Council. “My main concern is marketing,” he says. “If we don’t market, we won’t have much beef production in ten years.” To try and correct this problem, the Council is working on a beef check-off in which 25 cents per slaughter head will go towards the promotion of beef. Pennsylvania will be the 34th state to adopt the check-off. Espy says. In addition to the check-off, Espy believes a more healthy en vironment is needed for the state’s meat packers. This, he adds, will help increase demand for beef production as the industry does a more professional job. “A better grade of cattle, more slaughter houses and more packing plants will help increase marketing,” Espy says. Handing out promotional materials on beef quality and cuts to schools and in shopping centers .can also have a positive effect. Espy adds. Espy, named the 1983 Cattleman of the Year, puts his energy into a number of organizations. He is a member of the National Cat- the steers, $1.05 for the pigs, -and $1.02 for the lambs. Top volume buyer was Thomas Thiede who purchased nine steers, seven pigs, and five lambs for a total of $10,686.30. Buyers of other champion animals were as follows: the champion light weight steer raised (Turn to Page A 39) a half ton pick-up,” explains tleman’s Association and in 1981 KJelgaard. “The anhydrous am served on the board of directors. A monla is stored in a tank at 150 member of State Secretary of P-s.i. From the tank the anhydrous Agriculture Hallowell’s Animal anunonia goes into a metering Industry Advisorey Board, Espy device that regulates its flow into also works with the Penn State *be cold flow converter. The cold College of Agriculture Advisory converter (the white cylinder Board. pictured above the ammonia tank) An alumnus of Penn State,.Espy facilitates the expansion and graduated in agricultural separation of the anhydrous education and received his ammonia into two phases, a liquid master’s degree in 1971. He and phase, and a vapor phase. The. his wife Barbara, a high school liquid phase accounts for 85 pcf' English teacher, and his two cent of the mass flow, while the' children, daughter Jamie, 14, and vapor phase accounts for 15 per- John, 12, bought their first farm in cen i of the mass flow of the 1966. Since then, they have pur- anhydrous ammonia into the bale, chased three more. From the converter, both the cold Espy says he plans to increase liquid and the cold vapor flow by his operation, but he doesn’t know gravity through a hose into a metal just when. His future dream, he needle-like injector place in the says, is to have a computerized center of the round bale.” system to weigh the cattle. The anhydrous ammonia dif “The computer could identify fuses throughout the bale, the animal and weigh it elec- Kjelgaard notes that the treatment Ironically,” he explains. “The ’ bUt il animal would be sent through a ®J“ tag f OUS „ t ® d ° rt 300,1 chute to market if it failed to reach f *° t * ie greatest a 2.5 pound gain.” pwMnwhvaelfcrta. Treatment of hay that is slightly moldy, will wipe out the mold, " said Kjelgaard, but notes. “We will know more after we have results from our field tests and research at Penn State is com plete.” The system is half-perfected now, Espy says, but this is his dream, along with seeing the beef industry make a tum-around and stay healthy and strong. HYTEST Hay show (Continued from Page A 29) t) Larry Bediliiqn. Small Grains, Wilted M percent water or more 1. DaleGessner. Small Grain*, Low mol*tore-less •0 percent water 1. Herman Espy. Round bales (Continued from Page A 36) Kjelgaard’s field research. “The applicator is mounted in in m vn
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