BY NANCY KUNICK Staff Correspondent MEADVILLE - Thirty-six heifers representing six dairy breeds went up for bids Saturday, April 13, at the Northwest Penn sylvania All-Breeds Calf Sale, held at the . Crawford County Fairgrounds. A Holstein heifer consigned by Queens Manor, Jamestown, topped the sale at $9OO. Haigsee Ultimate Janet, an October calf with a good pedigree, was purchased by Don Caldwell, Saegertown. Janet’s dam has a lifetime record of 104,555 milk and 3,889 fat. She was sired by Quality Ultimate. Volume buyer of the sale was Rob Dickson, who took home sit Dairy goat seminar slated CREAMERY - A special Dairy Goat Seminar has been scheduled for Saturday, April 27th to be held at the Montgomery County 4-H Center in Creamery. The program is open to all interested persons including current and potential producers and is being sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Services in Southeast Penn sylvania. The theme for the seminar is “Marketing-Milk and Kids”. Larry Sidorowicz, Milk Sanitarian with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will start the program at 10 a.m. with “Licensing a Dairy Goat Operation”. He will explain what is involved in the procedure, sanitation measures needed and economics involved. The next speaker will be Doug Newbold of Malvern who produces and sells cheese under the name of “Graystone Chevratel” in many of the cheese shops in the Philadelphia area. A former chef at “The Commissary” in Philadelphia, who has developed a quality product and a good market, Newbold will explain some of the pros and cons of marketing cheese and share personal experiences on PIGIPLAN = PRODUCTIVITY = PROFIT Pigiplan’s Early Weaning Program Increases Pigs/Sow/YearAnd PUTS MORE DOLLARS IN YOUR POCKET Pigiplan’s Worldwide Experience With Pigibox™ In Weaning Pigs At 14-21 Days Has Proved To Be The Most Effective Approach To Increasing Profits Look At The Figures Below... How Do You Compare? TABLEI TABLE 2 TABLES J.H. BRITT INDEPENDENT HOG PRODUCER, MEAT & LIVESTOCK COMMISSION NORTH CAROLINA STATE NORTH CAROLINA ANNUAL REPORT, 1984 NO..(Sows; HerdsWeanin 6 At 14-l« Days 900 Sow Unit Ave. Wean Ave 14 D ays Ave. No. of Sows & Gilts 255 No. of Pies/Retums/Sow/Year Ave. Weaning Ave. (Days) 17 12 -$1,085 Ave./Wean/Sow 9.1 Live Pigs Bom 10.36 id 4-*5i4S4 Pigs Weaned/Litter 9.3 ir w Farrowing Rate 80% Utters/Sow/Year 2.38 i 8;;;:;;.;:; ; ;;;::; ’ .Sum «*/&»/*„ 22 - 1 TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, CONTACT: Holstein tops Northwest All-Breeds Calf Sale calves to Cochranton for a total of $2,065. Marty Gessner of Spnngboro, purchased four calves totalling $1240. “Don’t look at this as an ex pense,” stressed auctioneer Sherman Allen as the heifers entered the sale ring, “it’s an in vestment in the future.” The sale average on 36 head reached $371. The second high selling con signment, also a Holstein, was Ebe-Tide Edie Star, owned by Charles R. Morrell of Cochranton. The six-week-old calf sold for $7lO. Irons Luney Tune, a Brown Swiss heifer consigned by Janet Irons of Smethport, claimed the the business angle of the dairy. Following the lunch break, Montgomery County Agricultural Agent Joseph Way will talk on “Maintaining Milk Quality” as it relates to the farm, store and consumer and how it is affected by management concerns such as feeding, sanitation, odors, light and refrigeration. At 2 p.m. a panel of producers will share their ideas and ex periences on marketing milk and kids, why they are involved in a goat dairy and management techniques. One of the producers will be Jake Fisher of Windy Hill Goat Dairy in Manheim who has had over thirty years of experience in raising goats. He markets milk privately and to The Goat Works in New Jersey. The seminar is scheduled to conclude at 3:45 p.m. Preregistration should be made by April 22. The course fee is $3 per person without lunch and $7 with lunch provided. Checks are payable to the “Montgomery County Extension Service” and should be sent to Nancy Kadwill, Box 20,1015 Route 113, Creamery, Pa. 19430. highest amount paid for any colored breed calf at the sale. The January 1985 heifer was purchased by Chad Nicolls of Conneautville for $690. In the Jersey breed, Don Graff of Centerville, placed the top bid of $4OO. Sold by An Beedle, Mead ville, this heifer showed her dam having a record of 13,869 milk, 620 fat, and 484 protein as a three-year old. High price in the Guernsey breed was $370 for an October calf consigned by Trotacre Farms, Enon Valley. Baytree Spirit Helga, a late January Ayrshire calf consigned by Warren Thomas, Emlenton, brought $350. The only Milking Shorthorn in the sale was consigned by John Bums of Saegertown and sold for 1310. The Northwest Pa. All-Breeds Calf Sale was sponsored by area dairy farmers and the Crawford County Cooperative Extension Service. Auctioneers were Earl Nicolls and Sherman Allen, with Gary Oakes reading pedigrees. WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Pitts burgh meat and poultry processing firm pleaded guilty and its president pleaded no contest in U.S. District Court to 32 charges of violating federal meat inspection laws and other crimes. Churchill Meat Co. admitted selling and transporting adulterated and misbranded meat food products, misrepresenting meat products as officially graded and engaging in mail fraud. The firm was fined $24,000. The firm’s president, Jack Lebovitz, pleaded no contest to the FARMER BOY AG. 410 E LINCOLN AVE M f ka* As high seller at the Northwest Pa. All-Breeds Calf Sale, Haigsee Ultimate Janet commanded $9OO. From left are: Don Caldwell, buyer; Nancy Mitrich, Crawford County Dairy Princess; and Ed Doeberiener, consigner. Pittsburgh meat company sentenced for violations same charges and received a $19,000 fine and four concurrent nine-month jail sentences. The court stipulated he must serve three months in prison. “The company had illegally used soy in ground beef and veal patties to increase their bulk and weight,” said Donald Houston, ad ministrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. “Because ingredients found in products must appear on product labels, the company was also guilty of misbranding. SWINE & POULIBY SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS BEST IN DESIGN, PRICE AND EXPERIENCE aO fV* wrtfcw t lays of life are critical 10 years of proven fei ivironment to maximi :eletal development »e complete concept for lother revolutionary i Mark All cages noi itruded aluminium ft id ease of manager™ MYERSTOWN PA 17067 “In addition, the company sold meat and poultry products to various institutions in Allegheny County, Pa., and misrepresented them as graded by USDA,” Houston said. The mail fraud involved the company’s acceptance of eight checks from Allegheny County for those products. Under the Federal Meat In spection Act, USDA ensures that all meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome and accurately labeled. INC, PH 717 866-7565
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