A34-Uncwttr Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1987
Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals jm
0 Nationwide
Reports from two sales for the
week of July 23 to 29 averaged
$1,201 on 134 head. The sales
were held in New York and Wis
consin. The top prices at the sales
were $2,500 and $3,500. The fol
lowing is a brief look at the results
of these sales.
JERSEY
The 11TH YANKEE SYNDI
CATE SALE held in New York
averaged $1,007 on 43 head.
Topping the sale on a bid of
$2,500 was a bred heifer sired by
Top Brass. She will freshen in ear
ly September to Yankee F W
Dozer.
Her dam, sired by Ethan Allen
and classified VG-86, produced an
average on two lactations of
14,033 milk and 561 fat. The sec-
NATIONAL DAIRY COW SALE INDEX
©1987 Lancaster Farming Newspaper
This sale index can help dairymen place a value on the dairy cows in their
own herds. Breed organization sales and private dispersal sales reported in
Lancaster Farming are included in the dollar averages.
Ayrshire Brown Guernsey Jersey
Swiss
Year to date:
Nation 925 1213 1087 1059
Pennsylvania 720 623 539 904
Four previous weeks:
Nation 4980 755 2059
Four previous weeks
+/-year to date; 3767 higher 332 lower 1000 higher
Holstein Red and Milking
White Shorthorn
Year to date;
Nation 2098 1923 852
Pennsylvania 1919 2837 744
Four previous weeks:
Nation 3094
Four previous weeks
+/- year to date; 996 higher
ond dam, EX-91, has a top record
of 15,250 milk and 661 fat.
The second high price of $2,000
came on a March 1986 calf sired
by Top Brass. Her dam, sired by
Brave Berry, produced a 2-year
old record of 15,210 milk and 653
fat.
The sale average improved by
more than $4OO from 1986.
Larry Benson auctioneered the
sale which was managed by the
Yankee Syndicate.
HOLSTEIN
The HOWARD LEHNER
COMPLETE DISPERSAL held in
Wisconsin averaged $1,395 on 91
lots.
Topping the sale on a bid of
$3,500 was an EX-90 5-year-old
cow sired by Sexation. She com
pleted a top lactation of 21,512
Cheater Manure Day Set For Aug. 13
You are invited to attend a man
ure management field day at Art
and Duane Hershey’s Farm,
Cochranville. Visit with the Her
shey’s about the process of obtain
ing funds for nutrient management
work on your farm, tour their new
manure and waste water storage
and handling facilities, and bring a
water sample for a free nitrate test
by the mobile nutrient manage
ment van. Also, here the latest on
soil nitrogen testing, and the Ches
ter County test plot on nitrogen use
in com.
You can call the Chester County
Extension Office, or the Octorara
Young Farmers Office for a I nch
reservation.
The mobile van can test four
manure samples at a time. If you
are interested in having a manure
sample from your farm analysed,
please call the office. Free testing
will be on a first come basis.
Program sponsored by: Octora
ra Young Fanners Association;
Chester County Extension
Service.
Feel free to attend this meeting,
even if you are not in the specified
Chesapeake Bay watersheds, or a
member of the young farmers
association. The principles of
proper manure management apply
to all farms!
milk and 83S fat in 346 days.
Her dam, classified Excellent
and sired by Rocby Ivanhoe Dina
Charm, produced a best effort of
23,920 milk and 829 fat.
A 4 year old sired by Oak Hill
Ranch Kit sold for the second high
price of $2,700. She registered a
top lactation of 18,548 milk and
646 fat.
Keith Stump served as auction
eer for the sale and Alvin Piper
Associates managed the sale.
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Schedule:
New Horse Barn Readied For Fair
MEYERSDALE A new
horse bam containing an indoor
ring and more than 60 stalls will be
ready for occupancy when the
Somerset County Fair opens here
Aug. 23 to 29.
The facility has been donated by
the Robert W. Decker family of
Garret, long-time exhibitors and
breeders of Belgian horses.
The central, dear-span ring
measures 190-by-60 feet, with
stalls along the perimeter. Haller
and performance classes will be
judged in the new structure and, if
necessary during inclement weath
er, the horse pulling contest could
be held inside, according to fair
Manager Emerson Suder. Unsure
of the seating capacity that might
be needed, Suder said bleachers
will not be installed until next year.
Eventually, the new building will
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When:
Thursday, August 13, 1987
Time:
10:30 AM- Noon
10:15-10:30-
10:30-11:00-
11:00-11:15-
11:15-11:25-
11:25-11:35-
Chester County’s com nitrogen
use test plot, and the latest on soil
nitrogen testing.
11:35-11:45-
Update on Chesapeake Bay
Funding available to you.
Comments by the Soil Conserva
tion Service
ll:45-noon-
Noon-
LUNCH- will be provided free of
charge- you must call for a
lunch reservation
WE SHIP UPS DAILY
Drop off your water sample to be
tested by the mobile nutrient lab.
Tour of Hershey’s new manure
and wastewater handling system.
(Duane & Art Hershey)
Tour of DER’s mobile nutrient
lab and an explanation of water
and manure testing procedures.
New Manure management man
ual, how it can help you on the
farm.
replace the current horse bam
which Suder described as an older
structure.
Yearly, some 250 horses are,
entered at the Fair, the manager
noted.
In other physical changes for the
1987 Fair, Suder said themain
exhibit hall is being refurbished
and a new floor design being
installed. Instead of straight shelv
ing on which to display exhibits,
cubicles and block spaces are
being arranged for more eye
appealing ordering of entries, he
indicated.
All commercial exhibit space
inside and outside will be full,
Suder said of the upcoming Fair.
Entries have been accepted, he
added, for 120 market steers, 165
market hogs, 121 market lambs,
188 dairy cattle, 250 horses plus
goats and rabbits.