WEEDSPORT, N.Y. - New
classes, a new location and the
first Futurity competition will be
featured at the Seventh Annual
Empire Classic Show July 28 at the
Cayuga County Fairgrounds at
Weedsport.
The Show and also the Junior
Show July 27 at the same location
are sponsored by the Empire
Polled Hereford Association.
The Open Show at 3:30 p.m. July
28 will open with the first Futurity
Heifer and Bull classes. The
Futurity competition began with 32
nominations in November, 1982.
Twenty-three of these were
renewed when the calves were
Simmental Expo
(Continued from Page D 2)
Kentucky was declared best
showman in the sr. division
showmanship, while curly-haired
Nikki Overpeck of Clinton, Indiana
chalked up yet another first place
victory in the jr. division.
Nikki’s cumulative points total
for the Expo events topped all
others, in fact, and at the closing
awards banquet, she was selected
the Expo’s overall winner and
awarded an eight-inch Swiss bell.
Terry Burkes of Glasgow, Ken
tucky came in second in the overall
points standings and was
presented a five-inch Swiss bell.
Along with ASA official David
Van Dyken from Bozeman,
Montana, National AJSA
President Sheryl Dickinson also
attended the Eastern Region Expo.
Sheryl hails from Gorham, Kan
sas, and is currently a senior at
Kansas State University. Her
FILLIPPO, INC.
DISABLED &
CRIPPLED COWS,
BULLS & STEERS
Competitive Prices
Paid
Slaughtered under
government inspection
Call:
Frank Fillippo -
Residence - 215-666-0725
Elam Ginder - 717-367-3824
C.L. King - 717-786-7229
Classic features first futurity
Empire
bom and 14 again at weaning.
Final nominations were being
made as the calves reached 335400
days of age. Futurity prize money
before the final nominations
totaled $7lO. The Futurity
premiums will be awarded with 60
points for show statistics including
weight, backfat measurement,
body length, and girth and 40
points for show placement by the
judge.
Sue Haynes of Groton, Futurity
chairman, said “excitement is
building as the first Futurity nears
its climax. The Futurity brings
together all the management
concepts of beef cattle production
father-one of the first major
Simmental breeders in the U.S.- is
primarily in the bull business. He
owns 500 head, while Sheryl’s
personal herd numbers six cows
and two bulls presently, having
been reduced during her stay at
college. Sheryl commented
Saturday on the hospitality she’d
experienced while attending the
Expo at Jackson’s Mill, and stated
how much she enjoyed the frien
dliness of the people she’d met.
Summing up, Expo committee
co-chairperson Susie Moore of
Fairmont, West Virginia, com
mented, “Everybody seemed to
think that it was pretty successful.
In fact, at the Expo Review
meeting it was decided to hold the
Expo here at Jackson’s Mill again
next year.” Judging by this first
year’s participation, next year’s
Eastern Region Jr. Simmental
Expo promises to be an even
greater success.
FRANK A.
WANTED
including breeding, successful
calving, and raising the calves
from birth to 12-18 months of age at
show time.” She added, there are
37 initial entries in the 1985 Fur
turity.
A new group class, a second get
of-sire class with only two animals
required, has been added. Mrs.
Haynes said this class is designed
to attract breeders who own their
own herd sire and wish to promote
the bull and his offspring in their
herd.
Entries for the seventh annual
Empire Classic Show are due July
1. Entry forms and other in
formation are available from Sue
Haynes, RDI, Groton, N.Y. 13073.
The Ju" 1 Sh<
ie Junior .now will be at 7:30
p.m. July 27. Information and
entry forms are available from
Junior Advisor Ken Auyer, Laird
Rd., Memphis, N.Y. 13112.
There will be a dessert bar
following the Junior Show and an
informal get-together for
exhibitors, EPHA members and
friends Saturday evening following
the Open Show.
Camping space will be available
on the fairgrounds and it is ex
pected many of those taking part
or attending the Classic Show will
stay for the Cayuga County Beef
Show Sunday, July 29.
The move from Cortland where
the show has been held in recent
years to Weedsport is part of the
Empire Polled Hereford
Association’s emphasis on serving
as many breeders as possible and
on providing new experiences
along with the tried and true
projects
„ J NEED
~ V more room?
Classified
(M 104. 6m CiVEft / Real Estate Ads
’TIDOUk.IZ'
JLmEmwSUt'Ml TRAILERS
MODEL 800.
This 8-ton tandem axle model
weighing 2,100 pounds has a 9-
foot 9-inch long, 5-foot wide and
24-inch high box (less extensions).
Sides and endgate can be removed
when needed. Swivel hitch and
tread at 77 inches for maximum
stability.
and certification services
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hourly
fees for U.S. Department of
Agriculture meat grading and
certification services that were
increased on an interim basis
March 1 will become final June 6.
Thomas H. Porter, an official of
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service, said the agency needs the
increase primarily because of the
four-percent pay increase granted
federal workers January 8. The
pay raise 4 increased the cost of
conducting the meat grading and
certification program.
The agency implemented the
increased fee rates on an interim
basis without a prior proposal
because it needed to collect more
revenue immediately to cover the
costs of providing services. Meat
grading and certification are
voluntary services provided to
USDA proposes deleting moisture
os grading factor for corn,
sorghum, soybeans
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture is
proposing to eliminate moisture
content as a grading factor for com,
sorghum and soybeans
The moisture content would be
displayed on all official inspection
certificates which show the official
grade determination, said Kenneth
A. Gilles, administrator of USDA’s
Federal Grain Inspection Service.
“Moisture content reflects a'
condition of the grain and not its
quality,” Gilles said. “During
meat packers and processors for a
fee required to be approximately
equal to the cost of the services,
Porter said.
Under the new fees, meat
packers and processors using the
service are charged $25.60 per hour
for work performed between 6 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Monday through
Friday. The fee for work per
formed on Saturday and Sunday
and between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.,
Monday through Friday, is $30.60
per hour. The fee is $51.20 per hour
for work performed on legal
holidays.
The final rule is scheduled to be
published in the June 6 Federal
Register. Copies also can be ob
tained from the Livestock
Division, AMS, USDA,
Washington, D.C. 20250. Phone:
(202) 382-1113.
harvest, moisture content of grain
is usually high. Com, sorghum and
soybeans may be graded U.S.
Sample Grade because of excessive
moisture. When appropriately
dried, however, these grains may
receive a U.S No. 1 or 2 grade
based on quality.”
Moisture content is not used to
determine grade in the U S. stan
dards for wheat, barley, oats,
tnticale and rye The revision
would bring consistency to the
various grain standards, said
Gilles.
Comments ma\ be sent through
July 23 to Lewis Lebakken, Jr.,
Information Resources
Management Branch. USDA, FGIS,
Room 0667, South Building,
Washington, D.C. 20250; telephone
(202) 382-1738.
The proposal is scheduled to be
published in the June 7 Federal
Register.
MODEL 150.
This 1 V4-ton tandem axle unit
weighing 630 pounds has 72-inch
Mg, SO-indi wMe and 10-inch
high hex (less extensions). Swivel
hitch and tread at 32 inches for
maximum stability.
9