10L.32N0.22 AT THE SPRING HOLSTEIN SHOW is the Premier Exhibitor Edward Doeberiener and the Preimier Breeder Robert Morrell. On the left is Judge Dennis Patrick and Pam Kendig, Pennsylvania Dairy Princess, and on right is Sue Elliott, Lebanon County Dairy Princess, and Ken Raney, PHA membership service. lohn C. Becker Fhomat A. Brewer i Jesse G. Cooper Virgil E. Crowley Larry C Jenkins Penn State FARM AND DAIRY k Business Seminar of the Week a New Weekly Seminar From Penn State Starts This Week BY H. LOUIS MOORE Professor of Agricultural Economics (Marketing) Tune will tell whether today lecomes a significant point in time or the readers of Lancaster ’'arming. It is, nevertheless, an important date for a dozen agricultural economists at Penn State who do extension work m farm management and marketing the business side of agriculture. We have agreed to provide a business seminar in each issue for your weekend reading enjoyment. We will alternate the responsibility tor preparing the articles, giving you access to a broad range of ‘experts”. Some of us have been wth Penn State about 30 years rtule others are newcomers with resher ideas. We will sometimes take a leneral glance at a timely topic Bt will at other times explore in |pth topics relating to the With These Participating Professors Jack J. Kirkland Milton E. Madison William T. McSweeny H. Louis Moore James W. Pease Blair J. Smith Alvi O. Voigt business side of agriculture. It is our intent to keep you on the cut ting edge of management and (Turn to Page A3O) Spring Clocks Ahead Tonight Most likely it will not make any difference to the roosters. But if the rest of us in Lancaster Far ming Territory want to keep up with the rest of the world, we’ll need to push our clocks ahead one hour before we go to bed tonight. Because daylight saving time arrives at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, suddenly it will be 3 a.m. And this all happens three weeks earlier than usual because the U.S. Congress so ordered. But what do they know about roosters. And cows. And plowing. And haymaking. And.... Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4,1987 Pa. Jersey Breeders Hold Meeting STRASBUEG - Jersey breeders from across the state congregated at the Historic Strasburg Inn, Lancaster County, last weekend for the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club. Hosted by the members from District 111, the two-day agenda included the crowning of the 1987 Pennsylvania State Jersey Queen, a special recognition for the stale’s former AJCC Field Represen tative, the Spring Jersey Calf Sale, Polled Hereford Sets Bull Sale Record BY MARY MAXWELL Centre County Correspondent STATE COLLEGE - Prior to last week’s sale, Glenn Eberly, Meat Animal Evaluation Center director, believed that a group of exceptionally fine bulls had been entered in the 14th Performance Bull Test. After last Friday’s sale of test animals Eberly knew that that crowd of 600 agreed with him. “We had the highest price ever paid for a Pennsylvania per formance tested bull,” said Here is the Robert Barkman farm near Breezewood in Bedford County. Leon Sollenberger, RD3 Everett who sent us the photo had this comment in response to our pretty farm on the cover of last week’s Lancaster Farming. “I just thought you might like to see that Lancaster County doesn't have all the picturesque farms in the com monwealth." This photo certainly proves that point Spring Holstein Show Features Deep Quality BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG More than 260 head of prized registered holsteins were paraded before Judge Dennis Patrick here at the 34th Penn sylvania Holstein Spring Show last Saturday. And when the dust had settled on the bright-colored woodchips that formed the exhibition circle in the large arena in the Farm Show Building, Morrell Farms, Cochranton, received the Premier Breeder banner and Queens-Manor Holsteins, Jamestown, received the Premier Exhibitor award. To get to this final grand prize of the show, Queens-Manor along with breeder Ed McMarrow had the Senior and Grand Champion Female of the show with the aged cow Kawartha Racheal, the up- and culminated with the Club’s Annual Business Meeting. PJCC President David Norman called the business meeting to order following the Saturday noon luncheon. Following the in troduction of guests and the reading of last year’s minutes, committee reports were given. Glen Kenny, Enon Valley, reported on the progress of Liberty Jersey Sires. This group is a cooperative of Jersey breeders Eberly, ‘and the highest total for animals sold.” A Polled Hereford brought the record selling price of $12,200. P.S. Checkmate, consigned by Penn State, was sired by Empires Equalizer 400 R and out of PS Justa Victoria 203. The bull’s per formance index of 101 was not exceptional, but Rocky Knoll Farm of Sudbury, Vt. had good reasons for wanting him. As Ernie Smith, Polled Hereford Association representative and Bedford County Farm Six Sections standing Red Romandale Crusader Daughter out of Kawartha Roland Renee. Morrell Farms had the Best Three Females. In addition, Morrell had the Grand Champion Bull and the first place Heifer Calf. In addition to the .Grand Cham (Turn to Page A2B) Vintage Hearing Postponed A federal court hearing in which Vintage Sales Stables, Intercourse, plans to contest the con stitutionality of the sl-per-head beef checkoff program has been postponed. Originally scheduled for April 3, the hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m., April 10, at the Lehigh County Courthouse, Allentown. committed to sampling more young Jersey sires. The group’s first bull, a Top Brass son, is now at Sire Power for collection and distribution. A second bull, a Duncan son, was just recently selected. Kenny also reported that plans are underway for the general membership meeting of LJS this coming fall. At that meeting there will be the election of directors and (Turn to PageA24) buyer for Rocky Knoll said, “I researched him and liked his background. Jhs mother has an outstanding production record. This particular animal has a good frame and we were looking for his natural muscling without ex cessive fat. Rocky Knoll will use him in its Polled Hereford and ’operations', plus perhaps showiiim.” The second highest selling animal was another Penn State (Turn to Page A 33) $8.50 Per Year
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