Suffolk ram
tops Sixth
Performance
Tested Sale
STATE COLLEGE Active
bidding highlighted sale activity at
(he Sixth Performance Tested
Ram Lamb and Invitational Ewe
Sale held Sept. 1 at the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture’s Meat Animal
Evaluation Center in State College.
The top-selling ram was a Suf
folk entry from the Pennsylvania
State University purchased by
Gerald F. Clair, State College, for
$5OO Nine Suffolk rams averaged
$2BB, 11 Dorset rams averaged
$115; three Hampshire rams, $81;
a Columbia ram for $100; and a
Shropshire ram returned $6O. A
total of 25 rams brought $4,264, or
an average of $l7l.
In the Ewe sale, a top price paid
was $220 by Danielle Ellenberger
of Kittanning, Armstrong County,
tor the Dorset ewe lamb consigned
by Peter J. LeVan of Bellefonte,
Centre County. Fifteen Suffolk
ewes averaged $133; 11 Dorset
ewes, $115; five Hampshire ewes,
$B9, five Columbia ewes, $57; two
Shropshire ewes, $5O; and two
Cheviot ewes averaged $3B. The
average for the 40 ewes sold was
$lO4
Indiana
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The owner of the reserve
champion hog was also the owner
of the reserve champion carcass
hog. Linda Winebark sold her 165
pound hog carcass to Joe
Defelice’s Family Style
Restaurant for $6 a pound. Linda is
the daughter of Clayton Winebark,
Rochester Mills.
Evergreen Motors, Indiana,
purchased Tom Decker’s 60-pound
grand champion carcass lamb
with a bid of $l5 per pound. Tom
Was also the owner of the reserve
champion Suffolk lamb and is the
son of Doyle Decker Penn Run.
The reserve grand champion
lamb carcass was owned by Clark
Bruner, Blairsville. This 56-pound
Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell (left) shares a
moment with Kathy Bishop after she sold her grand cham
pion market hog to D.W. Patterson for $4.75 per pound.
Friday, Aug. 31, was designated State Secretary of
Agriculture Day at the Indiana County Fair.
Juniata 4-H'ers hold livestock sale
4-H sale
lamb carcass was purchased by
Blairsville Foodland for $l3 a
pound.
Micki States, a third year 4-H
member from Rossiter, sold her
669 pound grand champion beef
carcass to Bonarrigo Ford Sales in
Blairsville for $2.10 a pound. The
reserve grand champion beef
carcass owned by Ed Krevel, son
of Don Krevel, Cherry Tree,
weighed 669 pound. Blairsville
Shop-N-Save was the successful
bidder with a bid of $2.30 a pound.
Auctioneers for this annual event
were, Clayton Winebark,
Rochester Mills, Pete Stewart,
Armagh, and Charles Stewart,
Armagh. All animals were sold for
slaughter only.
Delaware will
offer horse
program
NEWARK, DE - If you are
thinking of buying a horse, or if you
already own one, the University of
Delaware Cooperative Extension
Service is planning a program that
should be of interest to you. An
equine short course will be offered
at two items and locations: the
Stampers Arabian Farm, Route 9,
Lewes, Delaware, on Wednesday,
October 3 at 7:30 p.m.; and the
Thomas G. Barthelmeh Farm,
Clayton, Delaware, on Wednesday,
October 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Joseph M. Haines, a horse
veterinarian from Fair Hill, Md.,
will explain how to select a horse
and conduct a physical
examination, Dr. C.M. Reitnour,
University of Delaware extension
equine specialist, will give tips on
horse feeding and nutrition.
The same program will be of
fered at both times and locations.
It is free and open to all interested
persons, regardless of race, color,
sex, handicap, age or national
origin. For further information
contact a county extension agent.
In New Castle County call 451-2506;
in Kent County call 736-1448; in
Sussex County call 856-5250.
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Ma. -
Beef champions were named this
week during the Eastern States
Exposition in West Springfield,
Mass.
The grand champion bull of the
“Big E” Angus Cattle show was
Prince of Wildwood 1075 owned by
Rally farms, Millbrook, New York,
and bred by William Pruitt,
Wildwood Acres. Reserve grand
champion bull was Harmony Hill
Power Drive owned and bred by
Harmony Hill Farm, Noltwood,
New Hampshire.
Harmony Hill Katinka 327 owned
and bred by Harmony Hill Farm
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The Juniata 4-H Beef Club sponsored a sale on Sept. 6,
selling their Juniata County Fair champions. Grand champion
steer (clockwise from upper left) was a Simmental-cross
exhibited by Christen Weaver of Mifflintown and sold to Dick
Berrier of IGA Foodliner for $1.95 per pound. Pictured are
(left) 4 . i leader Harry Williamson, a representative of con
tending bidder Tony’s Cottage Inn, Christen Weaver, Dick
Berrier, and Raymond Long of Long’s Auctioneering.
The reserve champion steer, shown by Brian Apple, also
went to IGA for $1.37 per pound. Pictured are contending
bidder John Groninger of Juniata Concrete, 4-H leader Tonda
Baker, Dick Berrier, and Brian Apple.
Doug Schofield sold his grand champion lamb to IGA for
$2.54 per pound. Shown with Doug are (left) 4-H leader Mary
M. Stoner, the runner-up from Horning Oil, and Dick Berrier.
The reserve champion lamb shown by Erica Schofield went
to Del Shank Racing for $2.60 per pound. Pictured are
contending Kollar and Berrier of IGA, Del Shank, Mary
Stoner, and Erica Schofield.
Beef champions named
was Grand Champion Female.
Reserve Grand Champion Female
was Rally Queen 5503 owned and
bred by Rally Farms.
In the Big E’s Jackpot Steer
Show, grand champion honors
went to Robert Richmond of The
Plains, Va. Richmond took home a
jackpot worth $392 with his
Chianina-Angus steer. The reserve
champion title, along with a
jackpot of $l6B, went to Wanda
Buss of Millbrook, N. Y.
The special feature of the
Jackpot competition is that, in
addition to the premium money
paid, a cash jackpot is built by the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22,1984—D3
exhibitors based on the number of
steers entered in the show.
Seventy percent of the jackpot
goes to the grand champion and 30
percent to the reserve grand
champion. Forty-two steers were
entered in the competition.
By class, the winners were:
•Lightweight, William Fearn,
Southwick, Massachusetts, with an
1100 pound Chianina-Angus;
Mediumweight, Wanda Buss, with
an 1185 Chianma-Angus; and
Heavyweight, Robert Richmond
with an 1245 Chianina-Angus. Both
shows were judged by Jake White,
Colorado Springs, Colo.