D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Saptember 1.1984
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - When
judge Ed Winters of Red Lodge,
Montana went shopping for a
grand champion heifer at the
recent Indiana State Fair, he
looked to the East for his winner.
Parkers Miss Blackbird 503,
owned by George Parker and
Family of Bamesville, Maryland,
and Greg Krueger and Family of
Coatesville, won the purple rosette
and was also awarded the junior
champion title.
Judge Winters followed suit
when he pointed to the reserve
junior champion, Premier
Blackbird 4565 Y, and named her
the reserve grand champion
female. She was shown by Premier
Angus Inc.
Senior titlist, Greenbrae
Chairman, was announced as
grand champion bull for his
owners, Chairman’s Board of
Directors, Cloverdale, Ind. Judge
Winters then went to the in
termediate bull division and
named the intermediate winner, J
K Pine Tar, reserve grand
champion bull. He is owned by
Jerry Williams, Lockney, Texas;
Pine Tar Associates, Lockney,
Texas; and Premier Angus Inc.,
Cloverdale, Inc.
Premier Angus Inc. took home
more honors in the group com
petition. They exhibited the first
place get and junior get-of-sire
with progeny of Pine Drive Big Sky
and were named the Premier
Breeder.
The reserve senior champion
Aggression of GU&K was presented the reserve bull calf
title at the Indiana State Fair. He is owned by Greg Krueger
and Family, and Genetics Unlimited Inc., of West Grove.
(American Angus Assoc, photo).
Prides Blackbird of G.U. claimed heifer calf champion
honors for LaVern Krueger and Family of LaCrosse, Indiana,
and Genetics Unlimited Inc. (American Angus Assoc, photo)
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bull title went to Shadymere
Designer 3JS, owned by Kevin
Swaim and Family of Marshall,
Ind., and James Sipe, Carmel, Ind.
Premier Angus Inc. along with
Nick Brost, Oxford, Ind. led out the
junior champion bull, Brost Power
Drive. The reserve junior
champion bull ribbon was
presented to SS Rising Sun 64R,
shown by Stewart and Sons,
Greensburg, Ind. They also put
together the best pair of bulls, SS
Power Play 124 R and SS Rising
Sun64R.
Heritage Sky Marshall claimed
the reserve intermediate cham
pion bull spot for M.L. Haggard
and Sons, Losantville, Ind.
The bull calf champion, Premier
Charger, won another ribbon for
his exhibitor, Premier Angus Inc.,
and the reserve calf champion,
Aggression of GU&K, was shown
by Greg Krueger and Family, and
Genetics Unlimited Inc., West
Grove.
Premier Angus Inc., then led
Premier Elba 4586 Y to the in
termediate champion heifer spot
and was followed by Heritage Sky
Queen Ruth, owned by Joshua
Haggard, Farmland, Ind., to the
reserve intermediate position.
In the heifer calf division, the
champion was Prides Blackbird
991 of G.U., owned by Genetics
Unlimited, Inc. and LaVern
Krueger and Family, LaCrosse.
Reserve honors went to In
dependent Lady IA 184, owned by
Price Irving, Greenfield, Ind.
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Grand champion heifer of the 87-head Angus show at the 1984 Indiana State Fair,
Indianapolis, was the junior titlist, Parker Miss Blackbird 503. She is owned by George
Parker and Family, Barnesvilie, Maryland, and Greg Krueger and Family of Coatesville.
(American Angus Assoc, photo).
B Chester D. Hughes
_ Extension Livestock Specialist
Local cattle feeders are again
preparing for the fall rush of new
calves arriving into Pennsylvania
feedyards. While much of the talk
currently in associated with the
price feeder cattle will command
this season, I often wonder
whether this is the most important
factor involved in successful cattle
feeding.
Most likely the cattle feeder will
buy steers at the going price unless
it is drastically unreasonable. For
instance, whether steers sell in the
60’s, 70’s or 80’s, the farmer must
still pay in the going price range,
high or low. Making the best buy
not only involves price, but takes
into consideration as well, cattle
quality, weight, and most im
portant health.
In recent years, the approach to
animal health has switched from
treatment of disease to prevention
of disease. Cattle producers who
realize that preventive care saves
time and money in the long run are
concerned about how management
practices and environmental
conditions affect animal health.
One practice that produces
stress in feeder cattle is removing
them from the familiar maternal
environment to the competitive
feedlot. Because this transition is
unavoidable under most feeding
systems, cow/calf.producers must
devote considerable effort to
preparing animals for the change,
benefiting the cattle feeder. Some
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stressful environmental conditions
and procedures include dehor
nings, castration, weaning,
changes in feed and water intake,
loss of familiar surroundings, poor
sanitation, transportation, ex
posure to bad weather, and ex
posure to new disease producing
agents.
Most animals can withstand one
or more of these stresses
simultaneously and remain
healthy because they have a
variety of self-regulating controls
NY now accepting Bull
Test nominations
ITHACA, NY - One hundred
young registered bulls (born
between Feb. 15 and April 30,1984)
that meet the specified
requirements will be accepted for
the 1984-85 New York Bull Test.
The New York Bull Test will
again be conducted at the Cornell
University Livestock Teaching and
Research Center at Harford. It will
be jointly sponsored by
Cooperative Extension, the State
Department of Ag & Markets, the
animal science department at
Cornell University, and the New
York Beef Cattlemen’s
Association.
Nominations are open to out-of
state producers as well as New
York cattlemen and will close Oct.
8. They will be accepted on a first
come-first served basis. Test
requirements and rules and entry
blanks are available from William
Greene, 130 Morrison Hall, Cornell
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that keep their body system func
tioning normally. One such con
trol, the immune system, protects
the animal against potential
disease producing agents during
periods of stress. Numerous
stresses acting at one time may
overwhelm the immune system,
resulting in disease outbreaks such
as “shipping fever” in Penn
sylvania feedlots.
Authorities generally agree that
as must as 75 to 80 percent of
health problems in feeder cattle
are related to shipping. Once cattle
have adjusted.to their new en
vironment, health maintenance
should require less attention.
Cattle feeders should search for
and remember cow/calf producers
who supply an annual supply of
good quality, healthy cattle that
are properly prepared for the
feedlot.
Hie Cooperative Exteniion Service U an
affirmative action equal opportunity
educational InaUtatton.
University, Ithaca, N. Y. 14853.
The annual performance testing
program is conducted to evaluate
bulls under unbiased, uniform
conditions and to make these
performance tested bulls available
to beef cattle producers.
Each year the concept of per
formance testing gains greater
acceptance. Several sons of
previous performance tested bulls
were enrolled in the 1983-84 Bull
Test. Bull that meet the New York
Bull Test certification standards
aree branded with an outline of
New York State and these
“branded for performance” bulls
have gained acclaim in the show
ring. Others have sired banner
winning pens of feeder calves.
Each year the monthly per
formance test reports are awaited
not only by Bull Test consignors
but by interested cattlemen as
well.