LEESPORT - The Berks
County Cattlemen’s Association
outlined their activities for the new
year and elected officers at their
Dec. 17,1986 meeting held here at
the Ag Center.
Re-elected president of the
association is Ken Rarick of
Reading, and Mike Firestine,
Womelsdorf, continues as
secretary. Paul Holcombe of
Mohrsville is the newly-elected
vice president of the county
association. Serving as directors
are Dennis Manbeck, Robesonia,
and Sheila Miller, Womelsdorf.
The Berks County Cattlemen’s
Association, which represents
local beef and dairy producers who
raise breeding stock and feeder
cattle, has outlined its projected
activities for 1987. Most activities
are free for members of the
association. Membership, at $l2
per year, covers both the county
and state Cattlemen’s Association
dues, and includes a subscription
to Beef Week magazine. Anyone
interested in joining the
association should contact the
Berks County Extension Service
by telephoning 215-378-1327.
According to Rarick, the
association is planning an on
foot/ on-rail beef evaluation on Jan.
19,1987. This event is scheduled for
the Leesport Farmer’s Market,
Factory
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Berks Cattlemen Outline 'B7 Activities
located north of Leesport along
Route 61. This contest is open to
anyone interested in learning more
about judging cattle, or for
producers interested in seeing how
their animals score in quality and
yield grade, maturity, size of
nbeye, and fat thickness. This
year’s judge will be Dr. William
PLATTE CITY, Mo. The Ladies Auxiliary is offering three graduating high school seniors.
American Chianina Association $l,OOO scholarships to qualifying The scholarships are awarded to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
American-International Charolais
Association has recently released
two videotapes that are available
Greenhouse Workshop Scheduled
NEWARK, Del. - A workshop door.
for Delaware greenhouse
operators will be held Monday,
Jan. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Sheraton Inn, Dover.
A preregistration fee of $lO is
required and includes a lunch
provided by the Delaware Produce
Growers Association. After the
first $lO registration by a com
pany, additional members of the
same firm will be charged $5.
There will be no registration at the
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specialist. Ft.r more infonnation
on the evaluation, contact Clyde
Myers at the Berks County Ex
tension office.
Other activities planned for the
new year include; a beef cookoff
cdntest in May ; a beef promotion
with local food merchants in June;
on a loan basis.
The first tape is a 14-minute,
video that tells the story of the
Charolais breed. The second tape,
To register, make checks
payable to the University of
Delaware. Mail the payment to
Susan Barton, Townsend Hall,
University of Delaware, Newark,
DE 19717-1303. Registration is due
by Jan. 6. mh
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a field trip to Chester County to see
a demonstration of warm-season
grasses and to visit an embryo
transfer facility and beef farm in
July; a beef barbeque and trip to a
local meat packer in August; a
steer weight/age guessing contest
and winning-beef-recipe sample
giveaway at the Farm-City Day at
called “Profit Backed by
Demand”, focuses on the com
mercial beef cattle industry.
Both tapes are available in one
half-inch VHS or Beta formats.
The loan is free, with the only cost
to the borrower being the return
postage.
For more information or to
reserve your tape, contact the
AICA at P.O. Box 20247, Kansas
City, MO 64195 or by calling
816/464-5977.
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Penn Square in Reading on Aug. 6,
1987; a roast beef sandwich sale at
the Reading Fair in September;
and a Club Calf Steer and Heifer
Sale in November.
The next meeting of the
association .will be Feb. 24, 1987
beginning at 7-.30 p.m. at the Ag
Center.
one boy, one girl and the next top
applicant.
Applicants must be a junior
member of the American Chianina
Association and be a graduating
senior at the time of application.
Interested seniors should apply to
Judy Pannell, 1678 West Grantville
Road, Grantville, Georgia 30220.
Deadline for application is April 1,
1987.
Recipients will be announced at
the National Junior Heifer Show
banquet in August. The 1987
National Junior Heifer Show will
be held in Rapid City, South
Dakota.