Columbia-Luzerne Holstein elects officers
LIGHTSTREET - The
Columbia-Luzerne Holstein Club
held its annual dinner meeting
recently at the Lightstreet Grange
Hall.
Almost 100 members and guests
enjoyed the milk punch and cheese
served by Dairy Princess Karen
Bissinger and dinner served by the
Grange members. Karen spoke of
the Dairy Princess Pageant to be
held in June and encouraged in
terested girls to apply.
Diane Bowen Bliss, of the Pa.
Holstein Assn., spoke of upcoming
events of the Association and
discussed plans of the Pa. Junior
Holstein Assn.
Roberta Bronson, of Sire Power,
Tunkhannock, presented an in
formative slide show detailing
their methods of selection and
handling of bulls in their A.I.
program.
Director Ralph Sands recognized
the fine entries in the outstanding
Junior Member Contest. Trophies
were presented to Richard
Shuman as the outstanding
member in the Junior Division and
Darin Holdren in the Senior
1984
SATURDAY, APRIL 14th
MANHEIM COMMUNITY FAIRGROUNDS
MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA
FEATURING:
SUSAN FALVEY'S
1984 FARM SHOW CHAMP.
BRED BY WADES
ANDY WAGNER’S POPULAR CHAMPION
AT MANY SHOWS IN 1983. BRED BY
BRUBAKERS
AUCTIONEER: Ken Brubaker
215/696-5483
FOR INFORMATION: Dorothy Brubaker
2418 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster, PA 17601
717/898-8984
Division,
Father-son team of Dennis and
Ben Wolff received
congratulations for their out
standing accomplishments this
year. Dennis consigned the top
selling female at the State Con
vention Sale in Altoona on Feb. 22.
This fine Chairman daughter is out
of his Della family. Bens’ In
termediate Calf, Pen-Col Pete
Beth, took first place in the Junior
and open classes at the North
American Dairy Show in
Louisville, Ky. last November.
Three new directors elected to
the board were Warren Sutton,
Duane Shuman and Mike Pecora.
They join Ralph Sands, Dennis
Wolff, Robert Bronson, Jack Dent,
Walter McVey and Craig Shultz on
the board.
The meeting closed with the
awarding of door prizes. Sire
Power donated a straw each of
Cal-Clark Board Chairman and
Sunny-Craft Chief Spirit. Taurus
Breeding Service donated two
straws of Wileeda Citation R.
Audrey Bronson, representing
Youngs Minerals, provided a ram
CLUB LAMB
SALE
HAMPSHIRES • CROSSES * DORSETS
• Including Half Brothers To 1984 Farm Show
Champion
• Only The Very Best Prospects Will Sell
• Lambs Will Be Wormed & Acclimated
10 • PUREBRED EWE LAMBS
HAMPSHIRES • DORSETS
• Exciting Prospects For Junior Projects
FROM: THESE LI
• Clyde & Dorothy Brubaker, Lancaster, PA
• Bill & Margaret Wade, Greenville, VA
• Tim & Sarah Fleener, Lancaster, PA
• Peter J. LeVan, Bellfonte, PA
Free lunch will be served from 11:00 to 12:30
gauge and 50 lb. of golden pellets.
At a subsequent directors
meeting the following off in.,-,
were elected - Mike Pecoia,
president; Ralph Sands, vice
president; Robert Bronson, sec.-
treas.; Warren Sutton, state
director. The following chairmen
were appointed: Marian Dent,
Youth Chairman; William
Conyngnam, Show Chairman;
Dennis Wolff, Breed Improvement
Chairman, Ralph Sands, Sales
Representative: and Duane
Shuman, Activity Chairman. Plans
are being made for a summer
picnic and a semen raffle.
LANCASTER - The Penn
sylvania Egg Marketing
Association will meet at the
Sheraton Conestoga Motor Inn at 6
p.m. on Friday.
Speaker will be Dr. Kenneth
Eskelund, a veterinarian and
president of Maine Biological
Laboratories. His firm is a
manufacturer of many vaccines,
LUB LAMB PROSPECTS
LEBANON TO IUMPKE
RT 72
PEMA meets Friday
1984
1:00 P.M.
RT 72
LANCASTER TO RT 283
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1984—A5T
Frederick sheep meeting set
FREDERICK, Md. The two fresh lamb carcasses and
Frederick County Sheep Breeder’s preparing them for sale.
Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. The Myer’s Super Thrift has
on Wednesday, April 18 at the been in the Myer’s family for three
F rederick County Extension Of- generations since Mr. Myer’s
fice. The program will feature the grandfathei 1 started the business in
cutting up of lamb carcasses and 1910. Until the late 1950’s most of
definition of various cuts of lamb. the butchering was done by the
This demonstration is designed family. Due to stringent govem
to be of interest to lamb con- ment regulations most meat now
sumers, as well as freezer lamb arrives in cry-o-vac portions and is
, only cut at the store in preparation
Bill Colfelt, the meat manager at for sale.
Myer s Super Thirft in Union Colfelt is a knowledgable meat
Bridge, and Elwood Myers, the cutter who has been with Myer’s
stores owner, will he '"iitin" m Super Thrift for ten years.
including various types of Avian
Influenza vaccines that are used in
the poultry industry.
He will discuss the pros and cons
of vaccine use during and after an
influenza outbreak. A proponent of
a balanced approach to disease
management, he agrees that
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OFFER ENDS
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during the initial phases of the
local influenza epidemic that
vaccine use was contra-indicated.
Familiar with the A.I. problems of
Minnesota, Canada, and other
areas, he will be telling us how
they have handled A.I. and how the
Pa. situation compares.
Adams County Ball
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parade of bulls featuring a stylish
representative from each of three
breeds.
First to stroll through the dining
room was SBF Royal Master Man,
a hereford bred in Missouri by Liz
Cummings and owned by DRS
Farm, of Mechanicsburg. Sired by
TCF Marathon Man, Master Man
was Senior Champion at the 1984
Pa. Farm Show. Master’s dam was
TCF Miss G.
Following the Hereford was TJH
Powerplay, an Angus bull owned
by Tim Hoffman, manager of
Hoffman’s Angus Farm in Dover.
A March, 1981 PS Power Play son,
TJH Power Play was named 1982
Reserve Calf Champion at the Pa.
Farm Show, and was Grand
Champion and Supreme Champion
over all breeds at the 1983 York
Fair. The bull will be offered for
sale at the Pa. Angus Association’s
“First Edition” registered bull
sale in Waynesburg on April 13.
The final bull to join the
festivities was Mr. Excell, a
Charolais owned by Ray and Mary
Grimes of McKnightstown. An
April, 1982 son of RCC Mr. Ex
pectation and Miss Chief 331, both
owned by Ray Bratton of Mc-
Veytown, Excell was the top
gaming bull during the 1983 Penn
State Bull Test, gaining 4.32
pounds a day, with a frame score
of seven. Entered in eight shows
during 1983, Excell was named
Grand Champion in seven, and
garnered Grand Champion honors
at this year’s Pa. Farm Show.
Following the Parade of Bulls,
members danced to the music of
the Executives.
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