DB-Lancastar Farming Saturday, March 22,1986
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Disc-chisel coulter unveiled
Mounted ahead of applicator shanks, Vetter's disc-chisel
coulter is designed for easy, economical one-pass high
residue mini-till operations while anhydrous or liquid manure
is being applied. Self-sharpening 17" or 20" ripple blade has
sealed bearings and Is spring loaded to prevent bouncing.
Adjustable for ground conditions, depth of cut and blade
wear. Can be used with chisel plows, field cultivators and
planters and offers fuel and time savings through more ef
ficient work from existing horsepower. For more information
contact Vetter Manufacturing Company, Colchester, IL
62326-0358.
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MONDAY, MARCH 31st Thru SATURDAY, APRIL sth
Keep This Date Open Full Details In Next
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Tuesday, April Ist Lancaster Fanning
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STATE COLLEGE - The 80
bulls at the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture’s Meat
Animal Evaluation Center com
pleted their 140-day performance
test on February 25. The sale
committee met and determined
which bulls should sell in the 13th
annual performance tested bull
sale scheduled for noon, March 28,
at the Ag Arena, which is adjacent
to the Meat Animal Evaluation
Center, 651 Fox Hollow Road, State
College.
Included in the sale offering will
be nine Simmentals, with five of
them finishing the 140-day test with
average daily gains in excess of 4.0
pounds a day. A Simmental posted
a 1441-pound adjusted 365 day
weight which was the top yearling
weight over all breeds.
There will be 18 Angus bulls
selling, with seven of these Angus
bulls having a frame score of 7.
Also, one of the Angus bulls posted
the top average daily gain over all
breeds with a 4.40-pound gain per
day while on test. The Average
Daily Gain on the 18 Angus bulls
was 3.72 pounds per day.
Seventeen Polled Herefords
made the grade and will be
presented for sale. Two Polled
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Performance Tested Bull Sale
scheduled for Mar. 28
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Herefords finished the test with the 17
average daily gains in excess of 4.0 There will be six Charolais m.
pounds per day. There were six eluded in the sale. This was a very
Polled Herefords with adjusted consistant group of Charolais with
yearling weights of over 1200 the average daily gain of the su
pounds. There will also be five being a very impressive 3.72
frame-6 Polled Herefords among pounds per day.
Lancaster, Berks Extensions
to hold grain futures workshops
Livestock and grain producers and Penn State Ag Economist H
interested in unproving farm Louis Moore,
profits by using alternative The workshop will also include a
marketing tools are invited to step-by-step, hands-on session,
attend introductory course in The Berks County Ag Center will
futures marketing on either ApriJ 2 be the site of the April 2 session,
or 3. Emphasis during the and the Lancaster Farm and Home
workshop will be placed on an Center will host the April 3
elementary approach to un- meeting. Reservations are
derstanding and using the futures required, and anyone interested
market and learning about ag should contact Clyde Myers (Berks
options. County) 215-378-1327 or Chester
Speakers for the workshop in- Hughes (Lancaster County) 717-
dude Bob Schlichter of Dean 394-6851 for details. These
Witter, Reynolds Inc., Harrisburg; workshops, conducted by the Penn
Alan Wudi, ag options specialist State Extension Service, begin at 9
with Prudential-Bache, Chicago; a.m.
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