Chester County Sheep and Wool Growers elect officers
BY JACK HURLEY
ATGLEN Election of officers
highlighted the second meeting of
the newly organized Chester
County Sheep and Wool Growers
Association on Thursday evening.
Held on the farm of Bill and Joan
MacCauley of Atglen, the meeting
attracted nearly 60 sheep fanciers
from around the county.
Penn State sheep specialist, Dr.
Clair Engle, began the meeting
with a seminar on market lambs.
Dr. Engle described techniques for
successful direct and ethnic
marketing, as well as commercial
marketing.
The hands-on seminar gave
participants an -opportunity to
evaluate a pen of market lambs in
terms of conformation and degree
of finish.
After the specialist’s presen
tation on grading techniques,
attendees were asked to grade
each of seven market lambs, and
results were reviewed and
Evening Sale
WOOD JAC - VUE FARMS
JACK & CAROL WOOD
COMPLETE CATTLE
& MACHINERY
DISPERSAL
Telephone Road
Cincinnatus, N.Y.
THURSDAY EVENING, May 24,1984
6:30 P.M. Sharp
Having leased the farm to Pete & Kelly Gelber we are selling the
Cattle & Machinery at the farm located on the Telephone Road, 2
miles West of Concinnatus, 18 mi. East of Cortland take Route 41
to Telephone Rd. Watch for Auction Arrows.
100 REG & HI GRADE CATTLE 100
The dairy consists of 80 milch cows & 18 bred heifers, (2) Reg. Service
Bulls. The cattle are in the following lactations (30) fresh cows, (20) due in
June, (16) due in July, (20) due Aug. thru Nov. calving & bal. are in various
stages of lactations. This includes the bred hfrs. The following sires were
used in this herd: Strephon, Kit Builder, Grand Fortune, Ford, Willow,
Jupiter, East Star, Elstan, Ted, Lewie, Jo-Dann Ivan, Harmony, BB
Bicken, Lee, Cockney, Halo, Aquaiious, Opportunity, & others not men
tioned. This dairy consists mostly of Ist & 2nd calf hfrs. that we raised from
the previous herd that we sold in 1962. This is a real opportunity to pur
chase good young cattle with lots of promise for the future. All cattle have
had shipping fever shots, Lepto, Blood & TB Tested ready for interstate
shipment night of sale.
1979 White #2-105 Diesel Tractor w/full air condition cab w/heater,
AM&FM radio & all the extras (only 1235 hours Mint Condition), Famuli
#1206 Diesel Tractor w/turbo & Year-A-Round Cab, good rubber all around
(ex. condition), Massey Harris #22 (gas) tractor w/3 pt hitch selling
complete w/Massey Ibtm 18” plow plus 10’3pt hitch drag (just like new
cond) JD #F34SH-sbtm 16” hydro automatic reset plows, JD #35 Cheaper
w/pickuphead
EXTRA SPECIAL; Int. #35 Rake w/dolly wheels (New in 1963)
Int #990 Haybine, Int. #56-4 row com planter, JD running gear w/im
plement tires w/kicker rack, Gehl running gear w/implement tires
w/kicker racks (both in ex. condition) Kuhn #GF4ST Tedder, NH #273 baler
w/ideker (Super Nice), NH #328 Spreader w/hydro end gate, AC Hopper
Blower, NI #lO-1 row corn picker, tool box for pickup truck, plus a few
misc. items.
VEHICLES SPECIAL: 1963 Lincoln Continental w/leather upholstery & all
the extras plus sucide type rear doors, Motor all overhauled runs great,
1955 Int. #l6O Series Truck w/rack (runs good & in good condition) Ap
poloosa Riding Horse, 5 yrs. old, 15% hands also selling Saddle ft Bridle.
MANAGERS NOTE; This is a very good young dairy with several cows ft
fairs, recently fresh & many more due June & July. Many of the cattle are
milking between (0 ft 90 lbs. per day. The machinery is in very good con
dition ft has had good care. Inspection welcome anytime. Not any small
items so please be on time. We invite you to come look at the cattle ft
machinery at anytime. Milking at 4:30 each end of day.
TERMS; Cash or Good Checks night of Sale w/postive ID.
Auctioneers
Arlo Kiehl
Peter Robinson & Bob Lathrop
Lunch available
JACK WOOD LIVESTOCK ft AUCTION SERVICE SALES MANAGERS
Cincinnatus, NY 13040 Phone 607-863-4141
P.S. Milking Parlor Equipment already taken out includes complete
Universal milking equipment for 4 stall Herringbone parlor, receiving jar,
control panel, weight jars, SS pipeline ft 4 Universal claws units w/auto.
Universal washers.
discussed by Dr. Engle.
Members also had the op
portunity to observe no-till plan
ting of forage brassicas on the
MacCauley farm. County ex
tension agent Cheryl Fairbaim
explained planting procedures as
Penn State agronomist Lynn
Hoffman utilized a no-till planter to
sow turnips and rape into a portion
of the MacCauley sheep pasture.
Following a lamb dinner,
nominations were held,with the
membership selecting four officers
and three board members.
The organization’s officers
are: president, Annette
Menhennett, Cochranville; vice
president, David Lytle, New
London; treasurer, Tom Mc-
Caffrey, Downingtown; secretary,
Bobbie Leis, Oxford.
Board members elected were:
Gerry Williams, Parkerford,
Judith Pfeiffer, of Landenburg,
and Bill MacCauley.
MACHINERY
Owners
JACK & CAROL WOOD
Newly elected officers and board members of the Chester County Sheep and Wool
Growers Association are: (foreground, from left) David Lytle, vice president, and Tom
McCaffrey, treasurer, (center) Annette Menhennett, president; Judith Pfeiffer, board;
Bobbie Leis, secretary, (rear) Gerry Williams and Bill MacCauley, board members.
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(B)
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REAL ESTATE AUCTION
SATURDAY, JUNE 2,1964
At 10:30 A.M.
Location: In Middlebury Center, Pa. on
Rt. 287 in Tioga County; 3 Mi. off Rt. 6
west of Wellsboro, Pa.; 7 miles off Rt. 15
North of Mansfield, Pa. Follow sale signs.
50 ACRE FARM w/2 story house beautifully
redone. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, modern
kitchen, glassed-in breezeway, 2-car garage,
office, fireplace, hot water heat, carpets. Sells
complete with appliances, blacktop driveway,
large bam w/2 wooden silos, 14 acres flat
tillable fields, balance pasture and pine trees;
borders large tract of state hunting land. One of
Pennsylvania’s finest small farms. AUCTION
starts at 10:30 with small items; REAL
ESTATE sells at 2:00 P.M.
• OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, May 27th - 2:00 ’til
4:00 P.M.
• See it on Sunday, May 27th and buy it on
Saturday, June 2, at 2:00 P.M.
Owners:
TOM & RHETAINGOHCK
Box 156 c,
Middlebury Center, Pa
16935
Tele: 717-376-4231
Auctioneer: Tom Young
Troy, Pa.
Tele: 717-673-8659
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PUBLIC SALE
OF TWO REAL ESTATES
(House & Garage) (Building Lots)
ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS
TRUCK, FARM A LAWN EQUIPMENT
TOOLS
SATURDAY, JUNE 2,1984
at 10:00 A.M.
Loc. at 299 Shultz Rd., Pequea Twp.,
Lane. Co.. PA (take Rt. 324 south of
Lancaster to New Danville; at traffice
light turn left onto Marticville Rd.; go 1
block & turn left onto Newswanger Rd.;
then turn right onto Shultz Rd. to sale;
watch for signs.)
Property open for inspection: Sat’s. May 19 &
26 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.
Sale by
PAULL. HACKMAN ESTATE
Alspach & Ryder, Attys.
HOWARD SHAUB 464-3541
and Roy C. Probst
Auctioneers (AU-000831-L)