BY BARB RADER
Staff Correspondent
MERCER The snow fell
rapidly earlier in the morning. The
wind blew, drifting roads on the
third day of spring. But the
Western Pa. Spring Spectacular
Sale was being held as scheduled.
The barn crew and sale selectors
including Laszlo Mozes, Arthur
Moore, Ralph Moore, Doug Slater,
Dan and Sam Kloss and Gary
Miller, were finishing up last
minute details preparing the 48
head of Holsteins to go through the
sale ring at 7 p.m. Not to mention
the Mercer County Holstein cooks
preparing all the food for the
hungry or even nervous con
signors.
The crowd turned out to be
standing room only. Then the gavel
fell as the first consignment en
tered the neatly ‘spring’ dressed
sale ring.
Lot 30, a Jan. ‘B2 Kingway
Elevation Very daughter, proudly
led by her young 4-H owner Alan
Amon, Stoneboro, started the
beginning of the sale. “Spring-
Lake-Vu Very Camero”, bred last
Aug. to Thoryma Electra was
donated last year to the young lad
NEWARK, Del. Delaware 4-H
and FFA members looking for
livestock projects for the state fair
this summer will have the op
portunity to buy feeder lambs or
pigs in early April as follows:
Feeder Lamb Sale, Saturday,
April 7, at Hickory Hill Farm on
Road 42, four miles west of Route
13. Lambs will arrive between 8
and 10 a.m. From 11 to 12,
University of Delaware extension
livestock specialist Ken Kephart
will teach a class on “What to Buy
W. Pa. spring Holstein sale averages $1164
Top seller at the W. Pa. Spring Spectacular Sale at $4,000
is “Ricopeg Astro Wayne Sally,” shown with, from the left,
Leslie, Dick and Bob Pegan, consignors; Dick Shidemantle,
buyer; and Ralph Moore, leadsman.
by the local club. Half of the price.
proceeds went back to the 4-H’er The lots then entered the ring
while the county club received the following the catalog sale order,
other half of the $1250 purchase Lot 1 set keen bidding pace.
Feeder sales announced
and How to Manage Your Lamb
Project.” The sale will be held
following lunch, which can be
purchased on the premises, lambs
will be sold by the pound and
buyers should expect to pay at
least 95 cents per pound for a 45- to
50-pound lamb.
Feeder Pig Sale, Saturday, April
14, at Carroll’s Auction on Route
13, two miles north of Felton. Pigs
will amvp between 7 and 9 a.m.
From 10 to 11 they will be judged in
pens of four. At the same tune
Kephart will conduct a class on
“What to Buy and How to Manage
Your Pig Project,” The sale will
take place at 11 a.m. Pigs will be
sold by the pound. Expect to pay at
least 85 cents per pound for a 40- to
60-pound pig. Lunch will be
available free at noon, courtesy of
Carroll’s Sale Company.
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TSELLS ITSELF
“Parkacres Chief Peggy,” fresh
March 1 and sired by Pawnee
Farm Arlinda Chief, caught the
eye of several bidders. Robert &
Barbara Freyermuth, Meadville,
held out to get the 85 point 3-year
old for $3300. She was the second
high consignment of the sale.
High selling animal was pur
chased by Dick Shidemantle,
Conneautville at $4OOO. The Wayne
Spring Fond Apollo two year old
ran a 5.4% with 1436 M and 78F in 30
days. Shes out of a 2E 90 VEVE
Linear system Paclamar
Astronaut at 12 years 9 months.
Second highest seller at the W. Pa. Spring Spectacular Sale
at $3300 to Robert and Barbara Freyermuth is “Parkacres
Chief Peggy," an 85-point three-year-old Chief daughter.
From the left are Laszlo Mozes, sale selector; Dan and John
Park, consignors; Ralph Moore, leadsman, with Roy Simpson,
pedigrees, and Sherman Allen, auctioneer, in box.
QUESTION?
ANSWER!
Robert Pegan, Cochranton was the
consigner of “Ricopeg Astro
Wayne Sally”. Following her in the
sale ring was her Dec. 9 calf The
Wileeda Citation R calf looking as
spectacular as her mother brought
the bidding out strong for a sum of
$1550.
With the sale averaging $1164,
prices were down about $2OO from
last year. Sherman Allen, Con
neaut Lake, was auctioneer with
roy Simpson, Butler, reading
pedigrees. Cattle went to
Mississippi, lowa, and Ohio with
some retained locally in Pa.
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