BY BARBARA RADER
Staff Correspondent
BEDFORD - The third Pa.
Ayrshire Spring Calf and Bred
Heifer Sale, held April 21 at the
Bedford County Fairgrounds, had
the highest dollar value calf sold
since the sale was established by
the state association.
Topping the Pa. Ayrshire Calf Sale at $7OO was C. Jack
Roselette. Pictured with the calf are, from left, David Paul,
buyer; Barb Weas, National Eastern Ayrshire field
representative; Sherman Allen, auctioneer; and Heather
Hernley, leadsman.
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Pa. Ayrshire holds
The top selling heifer, C. Jack
Roselette, sired by Toll Gate
Choice Jack, was bought by David
Paul, a former FFA member from
Garrett, for $7OO. The September
1983 senior calf was consigned by
Ardrossan Farms, Villanova.
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son, was purchased for $660 by Joel
Rudderow, Mount Laurel, N.J.
Also a senior calf, Conebella SM
Star is sired by Oak Ridge Star
Man.
Third high selling honors went to
a senior yearling consigned by
Douglas Long, Thurmont, Md.
Janice Schultheis, Chicora, bought
the calf for $450.
The highest dollar volume buyer
was Allen Farms, Conneaut Lake,
which bought seven animals.
Herdsman Leslie Allen did the
bidding.
Managing the sale was auc
tioneer Sherman Allen of Nicolls
and Allen, Meadville. National
Eastern Ayrshire Field
representative Barb Weas read the
pedigrees and also auctioned off
items donated in the junior
member’s first “Anything Goes
Auction.’’ Funds raised will go
towards youth activities when the
Keystone Club hosts the 1986
National Ayrshire Convention.
The Pa. Ayrshire sale, initiated
by association secretary-treasurer
Milton Brubaker, Lititz, has
proved to be an outlet in providing
and promoting the breed among 4-
H and FFA members. These
youngsters buy the Ayrshire
calves as club projects.
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All-breed calf sale
BY NANCY KUNICK
Staff Correspondent
MEADVILLE All six dairy
breeds were represented at the
Crawford County All-Breed Calf
Sale held April 28 at the Crawford
County fairgrounds in Meadville.
The sale boasted the largest
number of calves ever, with 39
head being led into the auction
ring.
The 15 Holsteins, eight Jerseys,
six Guernseys, six Brown Swiss,
three Ayrshires, and one Milking
Shorthorn sold before a crowd of
two hundred.
The calves averaged $442 with
the highest selling breed being
Holsteins at $553. The Brown Swiss
were also in demand at an average
of $5lO. The Jerseys brought an
average of $366 with the other
three breeds near $3OO.
Two high volume buyers each
purchased four animals. Gay-Mar
Farm, owned by Gaylord and
Martha Wagner of R 1 Tionesta,
took home Holsteins at a total cost
of $2,210. Don and Lisa Graff of R 1
Centerville, spent $l,BOO on two
Jerseys and two Holsteins.
Others purchasing more than
one animal were Bob Dickson of
Cocranton with three; Richard
Wamshuis of Edinboro, Marshall
Livingston of Jamestown, and Mr.
mm
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 5, IM4—A3I
averages $442
Alsdorf of the Cochranton area
each taking two calves home.
The top selling animal of the sale
was Spring Terrace Mars Irene, an
October 1983 Holstein sired by
Hound Oak Rag Apple Elevation.
She was consigned by Maria
Mitchell of Saegertown and pur
chased by Debbie Warnshuis of
Edinboro for $1,400.
Top selling animals of the
colored breeds are as follows.
A December 1983 heifer, Allen
Farms Chad Sandra, the top
Ayrshire was consigned by Allen
Farms, Sherman and Leslie E.
Allen of Conneaut Lake and sold
for $4OO to Jerry Wilson of R 2
Portersville.
In the Brown Swiss breed,
Matthew Laura Florence, a
September 1983 calf consigned by
Arthur Gerber of Volant, sold for
$825 to Richard Chesney of
Roaring Springs for an FFA
project.
A March calf topped the Guern
seys. Sandy View Star, consigned
by Merle A. Helbig of Conneaut
Lake, went for $425 to Miles
Livinston of Jamestown for a 4-H
project.
Ladybug Firechief Carol, a
September 1983 heifer consigned
by Jesse R. Moore of Volant sold
for $525 to Ned Kerr of Renfrew,
taking the honors of high selling
Jersey.
The only Milking Shorthorn at
the sale went for $3OO to Jodi
Lukas. Maple Ridge Dixie, a
December 1983 calf was consigned
by Robert G. and Leora Cun
ningham of Cambridge Springs.
At the conclusion of the sale a
drawing was held with the winner
receiving $lOO in cash. The raffle
was sponsored by the Northwest
Pa. Colored Breed Association.
Crawford Co. Dairy Princess
Kathy Worley drew the winning
ticket. The lucky winner was
Wendall Sherred of R 1 Venango,
who said the winnings would
probably go toward the calf he had
just purchased.
The sale was conducted by
auctioneers Earl and David Nicolls
of Conneautville and C. Sherman
Allen of Conneaut Lake. Pedigrees
were read by Jerr Raney of
Saegertown. The successful event
was sponsored by area dairy cattle
breeders and the Penn State
Cooperative Extension Service.
Plenty of ag activity
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individual funds for protection of
their own producers.
A number of amendments to the
proposed Democratic budget were
introduced in the House.
Rep. Samuel Morris, Chester
County, introduced amendments
totaling some $1.4 million for New
Bolton Center, which includes
funds for isolation-type diagnostic
facilities.
Rep. Jeffrey Coy, Franklin
County, introduced a similar
amendment calling for $750,000 to
go to Penn State.
Coy also introduced H.B. 2023,
which cites $193,939 for isolation
lab facilities at New Bolton and
some $124,000 for renovations to
Wiley Lab at Penn State and for
Summerdale Lab.
In yet another ag development,
Sen. Frank J. O’Connell introduced
SB. 1328, which calls for a $2
million loan from the General
Fund to the Milk Security Fund to
ease the financial problem of
monies already due producers
because of dealer bankruptcies.
This bill would call for a payback
system each fiscal year depending
on the financial climate in the
dairy industry.
But the $2 million is estimated to