BY JACK RUBLEY WEST CHESTER - It seems that the Chester County 4-H Market Lamb Show usually comes down to a family feud between members of Atglen’s MacCauley family. Although owners Joan and Bill MacCauley don’t have any problem producing Suffolk lambs that will top the market show, just which one of the sisters will take top honors is hard to predict. It was only fitting, though, that older sister Nancy would show the grand champion in this year’s C. Aquilante (rear) pictured with his granddaughter, Jennifer Nemeth, once again dominated the Chester County 4-H sale. Club members who sold him their lambs are pictured. MAKE RAIN whenever you need Giant sprinkler installation covering five acres. ...with TICO & BAUER Irrigation Equipment • Wheel Row • Center Pivot • Hose Reel • Giant Sprinkler We Offer All Types: • Trickle • Solid Set • Hand Move • Liquid Manure Disposal We’ll design and install a system for any requirement using TICO quick-couple pipe (the only irrigation pipe made to withstand 300 p.s.i. pressure) and standard components. Over 30 years service to U.S. and Canadian growers. • Hale 3PT9/550,500 gal. PTO Pump $1,250 • Hale 6 cylinder Chrysler pump, 800 GPM, at 100 PSI $2,750 • Tico Tempist Detroit dsl. 6/71, rebuilt, 1,750 GPM at 100 PSI $12,500 • 40pcs.Wade2x20 $25 * 50pcs.Shurerain5x20 $45 •50 pcs. Race And Race 3x20 $3O *2O pcs. Tico 6x30 $lOO •75 pcs. Tico (Spliced) 4x30 $55 *9O pcs. Larchmont and Right (barband) • 200 pcs. Larchmont 4x20 $35 Bx4o $l5O • 130 pcs. Tico (High Pressure) Bx4o $175 Phone us today -1-315-964-2214 TICO MFC., INC. Dept. LF, Box 173, Williamstown, N.Y. 13493 MacCauleys Sweep Chaster Co. Market Lamb Show event, held at the Goshen Fair on grade Suffolk lamb shown by Monday. A junior at Lancaster Donna for reserve honors. Donna’s General Hospital’s School of 118-pound wether was also sired by Nursing, this is Nancy’s final year Nightrider. of 4-H competition. Bidding was spirited at Wed- The winning lamb was a 12&- nesday night’s 4-H lamb sale, with pound wether out of MacCauley’s prices staying above $l.lO Nightrider ram, a previous Farm throughout the sale. Gerry Show Suffolk champion. Williams, representing Bran- This was the second year that dywine Savings and Loan of Nancy managed to unseat younger Downingtown, set a new sale sister, Donna, who maintained a record when he offered the final five-year winning streaking from bid of $3.65 per pound for the grand 1980 to ’B4. Show judge Robert Leib champion. Williams then donated of Mechanicsburg singled out the the lamb back to the club, and it USED INS PIPE BAR( Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 2,1M6-A27 Nancy MacCauley had Chester County’s champion 4-H market lamb. Lamb sold to Gerry Williams, of Brandywine Savings and Loan for a record $3.65 a pound was resold for $1.55. Three ad- “There’s nothing like helping the ditional lambs crossed the auction kid’s,” the grandfather of 30 block twice by sale’s end. confides. “These kids send me a Once again this year, the sale’s note, and it gives me joy to receive most enthusiastic buyer was C. them.” The veteran 4-H supporter Aquilante, owner of Aquilante’s took home eight lambs this year. Market, Berwyn. The sale average was $1.39, not Although he himself was never counting champions. A total of involved in the 4-H program, 2,131 pounds of lamb crossed the Aquilante has been buying project block, earning 4-H’ers $3,255. lambs for the past 20 years. Bauer Rainstar Reel Irrigater it.....
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