Southeast manure management LANCASTER A specialist in manure management has been appointed by the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service to aid the Chesapeake Bay cleanup Sale average breaks $7OO at Adams- York Calfarama BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent YORK - A Sweet-Haven Tradition daughter topped the Adams-York Calfarama sale Tuesday evening at the York Fairgrounds. Average price on the 45 head of calves and two bred heifers was $702.98, up from last year’s average of $660. .1 MM*'* POWER EQUIPMENT * OPEN HOUS Wed. 8 AM to 9:30 PM; Thun. & Fri. 8 AM to 8 PM; Sat. 8 AM to 4 PM See One Of The Largest Dis REGISTER FOR DOOR PRIZES « Ist Prize -5 HP TROY PONY TILLER $875 Value * 2nd Prize -ECHO GTI6O STRING TRIMMER « 3rd Prize -BACKPACK SPRAYER Plus BOSCH SPARK PLUGS Reg. $1.50 PENNZOIL #3O Reg. $1.37 $1.09 GRAVELY SYSTEM UNADVERTISED SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE STORE DURING OPEN HOUSE DAYS effort. Mitchell D. Woodward will serve as project associate to work with the pollution problem caused by manure that washes into streams and eventually enters the Beshore Tradition Doreen Helen sold for $1650 to winning bidder Rick Wadel of Shippensburg. The December, 1983, heifer is from a Good Plus-83 Jet Stream daughter with first lactation records over 19,500 milk and 722 fat. Her second and third dams are also both Good Plus, and she carries a calf to Cor-Vel En MARCH 27, 28, 29 & 30 Pr/z LAWN BOY TWO CYCLE OIL 6Pack $3.99 Reg. $4.95 bay. The manure contains nitrogen that encourages plant growth. Woodward will be based in Lancaster County, although he will work in all Southeast counties that rhantmeiit. Beshore Farms, New Cumberland, was the breedei and consigner. Second high seller, and high seller of the calf consignments, was Sunnybend Jezebel Bootmck, a yearling heifer by Carlm-M Ivanhoe Bell. She went to buyer John Harr, New Oxford, for $l5OO. Her dam is a Very Good-86 jgfej/C 'sV»-. hown with the heifer are consignors E. Hubbard, and Jake Emig at the , halter. In the box are auction managers Dennis Remsburg V and Norman Hill. lays In Lancaster Count 99 s specialist appointed are part of the Chesapeake watershed. He will cooperate with organizations involved in Chesapeake Bay Study Project, including the Lancaster County Rippchen Boot-Nick daughter, with a string of records well over the 20,000 pound mark, and currently finishing a lactation projected to 24,400 with 885 fat. She was bred and consigned by Tom Boyer of York, who had placed sixth with her in the Farm Show junior calf class earlier this year. Walebe Bova Gail, placed third in the price list, selling for $l3OO to Danny Albright, Landisburg. By Rockalh Son of Bova, the December, 1983, heifer has a pedigree which carries the two closest dams scored Good Plus, and the third dam is Very Good. She was consigned by Robert Morris, Fawn Grove. Manager of the sale was the Remsburg Sale Service of Jef ferson, Md., with Dennis Rem sburg handling the auctioneer duties and Norman Hill reading pedigrees. Jake Emig served as leadsman. The Calfarama is an annual event, especially geared toward making available top selected youth project calves, and spon sored by the Adams and York County Holstein clubs. >rk Calfarama Sale was this bred radition, selling for $1650 to Rick ers • Tractors • Riders Tillers • Shredders • Chain Saws GRAVELY SYSTEM #Jv\ HeUUtg&i'^ / fount & Gallic* Equipment TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: 1755 W. Main St. 1515 Chocolate Ave. Ephrata, PA 17522 Hershey, PA 17033 Located on Route 322 Phone (717) 533-4060 Phone (717) 738-1131 Conservation District, the state Department of Environmental Resources, the Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. His programs will include research and demonstration plots in Lancaster and surrounding counties to show the benefits of manure in crop production. He hopes this will convince farmers outside the area that manure can be useful to them. If a marketing system can be established this will help to move some of the manure out of the area. York Farm Credit (Continued from Page A 10) acres and handle a milking string of 90 head, along with operating the family’s lime spreading business. Returned to the Federal Land Bank board were dairymen Ralph McGregor, East Berlin, and J. Wilbur Burkholder, Cham bersbiirg. McGregor’s farming operation includes 172 head of milking animals and 600 acres of cropground. Burkholder is in partnership with his son, with a 600 acre cropping program, 236-head milking string, and 500 hogs finished annually. Also elected were nominating committees for the 1986 director election. Names to the Production Credit nominating committee are Louis Wambaugh, Paul Hoch, J. Robert Myers, Michael Troutman and Adam Lobaugh. Nominating committee for Land Bank includes Richard Bratton, Francis Mains, Dale King, Clifford Hawbaker and Dwight Taylor.
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