Pennsylvanians Earn Titles
NORTHAMPTON, ■ Jfass. - Missouri, served as judge for this
Juniors from nine stalls brought event.
80-head of Angus bits, heifers, Championship honors in the
steers and cow/calf pairs to the bred-and-owned heifer division
Tri-County Fairgrounds at North- went to Double B Miss Burgess 915.
ampton, Massachusetts, to She 18 a January 1985 daughter of
exhibit at the 1986 Northeast White Hall Walhallo 371, and was
Regional Junior Angus Preview shown by Brian Bowman,
Show. Bill Conley, Clarksdale, Waynesboro, Virginia
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Reserve champion owned heifer was Lady
Evelyn 3001 of GU, shown by Erica McClellan,
Kennett Square.
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reserve champion honors in Angus steer show
for Nichole High, Lititz.
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in Regional Angus Preview Show
Deans Miss Emily 5205 was
awarded the reserve champion
bred-and-owned heifer title for
Bruce Petow, Kensington, Con
necticut. This heifer is a May 1985
daughter of Pine Drive Big Sky.
Taking home the purple rosette
in the owned heifer division for
Mark Moxley, West Friendship,
Maryland, was Stimmitcrest Dixie
T 238. This March 1985, Cobble
Pond New Yorker daughter earlier
received the junior champion,
ribbon from judge Conley.
Erica McClellan, Kennett
Square, Pennsylvania, led her
reserve junior champ, Lady
Evelyn 3001 of G U to the reserve
champion owned heifer spot. This
heifer was born January 1985 and
is a daughter of Premier In
dependence K N.
A 1,230 pound entry of Blake
Mahaffey’s, Pawling, New York,
claimed champion laurels in the
registered Angus steer show.
Fairfield Amos is a March 1985 son
of QLC Winchester.
For reserve champion steer,
judge Conley chose Waltz Black
Label, a May 1985 son of J&R Bold
Image. This steer weighed 1,125
pounds and was exhibited by
Nichole High, Lititz, Penn
sylvania.
Deans Hedgerow Edetta 381 and
her May, Genetics Yukon Jack bull
calf were named the champion
owned cow/calf pair for Bruce
Petow.
Gregory Shaw, Sutton, Mass
achusetts, exhibited the reserve
champion owned cow/calf pair,
Fairfield Evergreen 458 and her
March heifer calf by Princeton.
Greg’s brother, Martin, led
Shady Oaks Pride of Lundell and
her March, Cobble Pond New
Yorker bull calf to the champion
bred-and-owned cow/calf spot.
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Angus breeders put together
first place group of five Angus.
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On-Farm Semen Tanks
The popularity of on-the-farm
semen tanks has increased over
recent years, primarily because
livestock producers who breed
their own cows like the idea of
having top quality bulls within
reach. But for many of these
producers, mishandling or
neglecting the semen tank and its
contents will cause them
significant financial and genetic
loss. That’s why it’s important to
learn the right way to handle
semen.
The semen tank is simply a
thermos container built to
withstand liquid nitrogen tem
peratures around -320 degrees
Fahrenheit. However, a tank’s
physical condition and nitrogen
supply must be periodically
checked to make sure the semen is
being preserved inside. Frosting
around the neck is a good in
dication that a tank is losing its
refrigerating ability. Tanks can go
bad and when this happens, fast
action is necessary to transfer
semen to another tank before the
straws are allowed to warm to a
critical temperature. Semen is
normally preserved at - 202
degrees Fahrenheit. Above this
temperature, irreversible damage
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show was Greg Krueger ai
Family, Coatesville, Peni
sylvania.
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Livestock Ledger
is done. This also applies t(
routinely transferring semen.
Transferring semen from on<
tank to another should be done wit!
the concern for semen damage ai
all times. Temperatures rapidlj
rise from the bottom to the top ol
the neck. Raising the canister well
into the neck exposes the semen tc
temperatures that could decrease
quality.
It takes a coordinated effort
between two people with tanks side
by side to safely transfer semen.
Canisters should be raised only
high enough to locate the semen to
be transferred. The receiving tank
should have the appropriate
canister ready. Remember not to
raise the canister into the neck
until the transfer is about to take
place. A common mistake when
transferring or withdrawing an
individual straw for use is that the
canister is raised, then held in the
neck. This causes damage to the
other semen in the canister. If
several cones are to be exchanged,
canisters should be lowered and
allowed to cool between transfers.
The transfer should be completed
in 10 seconds. Use caution when
transferring and storing semen to
insure quality.
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