D4-Lancasttr Faming Saturday, April 19,1986
NEWARK, Del. - Now’s the
time for sheep owners to prepare
to shear their flocks. “All too often,
people wait unto the last minute to
contact a shearer,” says
University of Delaware extension
agricultural agent Richard
Braczewski. “As a result, their
sheep aren’t shorn until after the
annual wool pool, which means
they could have difficulty finding
buyers for their wool.”
Barczewski suggests producers
arrange now for a late April or
early May shearing date.
“Producer and shearer have
certain resonsibilities to each
other,” the agent says. To make it
easier for shearers, he suggests
BSB to hold 'Top of Class' lamb sale
MANHEIM - Young livestock
exhibitors will have a new op
portunity to purchase project
lambs when B&B Livestock of
Danville, Ohio, stages its first
annual market lamb sale at the
Manheim Fairgrounds on April 26.
A major show contender
throughout the East and Midwest,
B&B bred the 1964 Farm Show
champion market lamb, as well as
the 1985 reserve champion.
Approximately 65 market lambs
will be offered, including Suffolks,
Hampshires, black-faced crosses
and Dorsets. All lambs will be
castrated and vaccinated, and will
weigh between 50 and 70 pounds.
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Superhopper
M.H. EBY, INC.
P.O. Box 127 Blue Ball, PA 17506
(717) 354-4971
Sheep owners
shepherds take the following
steps:
■ Be prepared. Have the
shearing area ready before the
shearer gets there.
• Pen the sheep ahead of time.
Don’t expect the shearer to chase
them.
• Make sure the animals are
dry. “There’s nothing more
frustrating to a shearer than
driving out to a farm expecting to
do a job that can’t even be star
ted,” Barczewski says.
• be prepared to roll and tie the
fleeces. Generally there’s enough
time to do this before catching
another sheep for the shearer. Be
sure to use paper twine only.
Lambs will be penned, num
bered, and weighed by 4 p.m. on
Friday and will be available for
inspection by prospective buyers.
The Manheim Fairgrounds is
located near the high school in
Manheim, off Route 72 and within
easy reach of the turnpike. The
sale will begin at 1 p.m. on
Saturday.
In addition to market lambs, 10
registered ewe lambs will be of
fered, including consignments
from Turtle Mead Farm, Sinking
Springs; Nix Besser Farm,
Narvon; and B&B Livestock.
For further information, contact
Christian Herr, 717-785-3193 (days)
0r657-8147 (evenings).
SUMMER SALE
On New 1986
Lightweight
GRAIN HOPPERS
should get ready for shearing
• Keep the work area clean. The
best surface for shearing is wood.
Have a broom handy to sweep
away tags and dirt so clean fleeces
won’t be contaminated.
• Don’t expect to trim feet and
deworm animals while they’re
being shorn. Shearers usually
don’t mind if these procedures are
completed before or after
shearing, provided there are
enough lambs to keep things
Prices steady at Angus On Parade Sale
HARRISBURG - Prices held up
well throughout this year’s Angus
On Parade Sale, according to
Pennsylvania Angus Association
secretary, Chet Hughes. Held at
the Farm Show Complex last
Saturday, the event’s average
price was $1,215 for the 48 lots sold.
The sale’s top female was
Eberlys Black Lucie H 29, a March,
1985 Pine Drive daughter owned by
Glenn Eberly, director of the Meat
Animal Evaluation Center in State
College. She was purchased by
Kennley Conner of Buffalo,
Kentucky, for $3,800.
The sale’s number-two heifer
was a New Yorker daughter
consigned by Frank Walton of Fox
Hill Farm, Kennett Square. Fox
Hill Jestress Gal TlB went to Harry
Bachman of The Colonel’s Angus,
Annville, for $2,300.
A Glenn Eberly consignment
also topped the bred heifers, a new
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moving smoothly while they work. Some also carry a supply of paper
In return for this cooperation, twine, but check ahead of time,
the shearer should do a clean, The producer may need to provide
smooth job,- removing all the wool this.
(including wool on heads and legs)
without excessively nicking or
cutting the sheep and without Shearing prices vary depending
second cuts to fleeces. The shearer ® n the number of sheep to be shorn
should also keep each fleece in one *®d travel distance to the farm,
piece, and treat animals gently. With only one or two animals, the
Shearers generally carry 100 feet price could be as high as $2O a
of extension cord for use with head. Usually, the bigger the flock,
electric shears, Barczewski says, the lower the price.
category in this year’s sale. GDE Cedar Hill Angus, Wellsville. Sired
Queen r ■««»»«» GDS, a Pine Drive by Waldeck Shocker and out of
daughter, sold to Herr Angus of Gamey Annabelle 4108, the calf is
Nottingham for $1,550. She was due in September. The embryo
sold with her calf at side, sired by sold to T&J Farms, Dover, for
Gunston Tall Texan. $1,850.
Herr Angus sold the top cow, a
Power Play daughter named Grist
Mill Mistress. She went to Fox Fire
Farm of Avella, for the top bid of
$1,650.
The sale’s only embryo was
consigned by Jim Eisenhour of
Nat'l Junior Angus Show set for July
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The date is
July 14 to 18, the place is
Springfield, Illinois and the event
is the 18th National Junior Angus
Show and Showmanship Contest.
This largest junior beef breed show
in the country is where over 600
head of Angus cattle will converge
at the Illinois state fairgrounds to
compete for the top honor of grand
champion.
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The sale’s top bull was Ex
tension, owned by Hughes Angus of
Lancaster. The February, 1985 son
of Premier Celebration went to
Kent Willauer of Quakertown for
$1,150.
Total dollar volume was $58,310
for the fifth annual sale.
Every exhibitor at the national
show must be a Junior, regular or
life member of the American
Angus Association, and be nine*
years-old by Jan. 1, 1986 and not
yet 21 years of age by that date.
For more information and entry
blanks, contact the Junior Ac
tivities Department of the
American Angus Association, 3201
Frederick Blvd., St. Joseph,
Missouri 64501.
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