A3B*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19, 1987
Keystone
(Continued from Pago A 36)
ter Stockyards, Lancaster; Dr.
Thomas Drake, extension veter
inarian PSU Animal Disease
Laboratory, and Dirk Wise assis
tant shepherd at PSU.
PSWGA president James T.
Sheeder, Somerset, presented the
awards. Receiving recognition and
a plaque in the Purebred Flock-
Adult division was Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Calvert from Greene
County, Spraggs. The Trumans
raise registered Shropshire, Che
viot, Merino and Dorset sheep.
They have exhibited sheep at the
Pa. Farm Show, Keystone Interna
tional Livestock Exposition, Ohio
State Fair, Maryland State Fair as
well as many county fairs through
out Pennsylvania. The Trumans
have sold sheep to the Heryy Ford
Museum in Michigan as well as
throughout the U.S. and Canada.
They have consigned rams to the
Pa. Ram Test every year since
1973 where their rams frequently
finish among the top. The Truman
flock is synonymous with the
sheep industry in western Pa. Their
two sons as well as their grandchil
dren have carried on their parents
excellence in the purebred sheep
industry each having their own
flock of sheep. Their son Robert is
a county agent in Mercer Co.
Accepting the award for his
parents was the Trumans’ other
son Thomas, who is a member of
the Soil Conservation Service in
charge of Project Grass in South
western, Pa.
In the Commercial Flock Over
100 Ewes division, the award was
presented to John and Sukey Jami
son, Westmoreland County, Lat
robe. The Jamison ewe flock con
sists of Finn Dorset Columbia
Hampshire crosses. The Finn com
ponent was induced to increase the
lambing percentage. The Dorset to
contribute to out of season breed
ing. When selecting terminal sires.
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Shepherd’s Symposium
muscling and rate of gain are con
sidered most important and the
Jamisons select ewes for replace
ments that are of multiple births. A
flock health program has been set
and the farm is fenced to facilitate
rotational grazing. Their market
ing expertise and creativity is
coupled with a tenacious attitude
and blinking bowtie to make the
Jamison Farm a success.
The award in the Purebred Flock
- Junior division was presented to
Peter and Jeremy Cattau, Indiana
County, Clune. The two brothers
raise registered Suffolk and South
down sheep and are members of
the National Suffolk Sheep Assoc.,
Jr. Suffolk Sheep Assoc., Ameri
can Southdown Sheep Assoc., Mid
Atlantic Southdown Breeder’s
Assoc., Indiana County Sheep and
Wool Growers Assoc., and assist
at the Indiana Co. Wool Pool. In
1986 they were members of the Pa.
FFA Livestock Judging Team that
attended the National Contest in
Kansas City, Mo. They are both
enrolled at PSU working toward a
degree in Agriculture Education.
Pa’s Oldest Active
Sheep Producer Honored
Another premier award was pre
sented at the banquet to Pennsylva
nia’s oldest active sheep producer.
“PENNSYLVANIA SHEEP
PRODUCER” magazine editor,
Dottie Alackness, expressed that a
statewide search was conducted
for this very special sheep produc
er and twelve nominations were
received with the producers rang
ing in age from sixty-eight to
ninety-two. Mrs. Alackness
impressed that it is obvious being a
sheep producer keeps one young
and in agriculture as the average
“older” sheep producer is in his
seventies. She also expressed that
being “old” is not an insult but that
these people are greatly respected
and admired. “And the ones that I
hold dear to me I call my Walking
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The recipient of this unique
Keystone Shepherd’s Award was
Christian Wilson, age 92 of 800
Davis School Rd., Washington.
Christian and his wife Laura own a
225 acre farm in Washington
County where he raises registered
Suffolk sheep and Red Polled
catde.
The Wilsons purchased their
farm in 1951 and started in the
sheep business with a flock of Cor
riedales and in 1960 replaced the
Corriedales and purchased ten
registered Suffolks. Christian cur
rently has a flock of forty purebred
Suffolks. He markets his lambs
almost exclusively as breeding
stock. He is actively involved in
his sheep operation and does have
help with the farm chores and Held
work. Christian keeps his sheep in
the bam during the winter months
as he feels they are much easier to
care for.
A representative from the
Washington County Extension
service, Joanna Shephard,
accepted the award, a buffalo hom
accented shepherds crook, as Mr.
Wilson was unable to attend.
Symposium Educational
Program Resumes
Dr. Don Bailey initiated the
program on Saturday morning at
8:00 a.m. followed by Patricia
Whitaker, V.M.D., Aspers, Pa. Dr.
Whitaker’s program revolved
around keeping lambs healthy
from birth to market stressing a
good preventative health program.
Dr. David Petriz, Purdue Universi
ty, West Lafayette, Indiana, fol
lowed with two sessions on man
aging for profit in a sheep enter-
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prise and the economics of pasture
management Dr. Petriz empha
sized the strategies to improve pas
tures which included; houseclean
ing, “clean them up!”, fertility,
“strip grazing,” renovation and
reestablishment
Production records and how to
use them and their need was dis
cussed by Dan Morrical, Coordi
nator for the National Sheep
Improvement Program (NSIP),
lowa State University. Mr. Morri
cal reviewed the NSIP and it’s ben
efits to producers. At this time the
PSWGA awarded memberships to
the NSIP to four Pa. sheep produc
ers. They were: Roy Thompson,
Coudersport; Robert Russo,
Friedens; John Jamison, Latrobe;
and Larry Breech, Danville.
Dr. Keith Inskeep, West Virgi
nia University, Morgantown, WV,
rounded out the symposium as he
presented an update on estrus syn
chronization and artificial insemi
nation of sheep.
Pa. Make-It-Yourself-With-
Wool Contest Finals
Winners of the Pa. State Make-
It-Yourself-With-Wool contest
were announced at the luncheon on
Saturday by state coordinator,
Cecile Midler. In the Preteen Divi
sion Jodell Rhoades, Berlin,
placed first; Brigitte Dawson,
Bethel Park, placed second and
Gayle Clyde, Slippery Rock,
placed third. In the junior Division,
Jennifer Stairs, Acme, placed first,
followed by Amy Jane Ross,
Marion Center, second, and Gwen
dolyn Perry, Hamburg, third. Plac
ing first in the Senior Division was
Marie-France Reyes, Greensburg;
second, Bonnie Pearce, Renfrew,
and third, Jacqueline Heald, Land
enberg. In the Adult Division,
Shirley Dunn, Chicora, placed
first; Joan Fichtner, Norristown,
Glory to God
in the highest
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second and Gloria Pearce,
Renfrew, third.
Overall winners of the contest
were, first place Marie-France
Reyes and second place, Jennifer
Stairs. These two young ladies
received an all expense paid trip to
the National MIYWW contest to
be held at San Antonio, Texas,
January 16, 1988.
Pa. Conference on Small
Ruminant Medicine Conducted
Also held in conjunction with
the Second Annual Keystone She
pherd’s Symposium was the Pen
nsylvania Conference on Small
Ruminant Medicine. Twenty-three
veterinarians from across the state
participated. Speakers included:
Dr. Don Bailey, D.V.M., Patricia
Whitaker, D.V.M., Wendy Free
man, V.M.D., Jon Palmer,
V.M.D., University of Pennsylva
nia School of Veterinary Medi
cine, Kennett Square, Dr. Keith
Inskeep, Dr. Thomas Drake and
Wendy Vaala, V.M.D. also of the
University of Pa. Veterinary
School.
The Keystone Shepherd’s Sym
posium and Pennsylvania Confer
ence on Small Ruminant Medicine
were sponsored by the Pennsylva
nia Sheep and Wool Growers
Association, Pennsylvania
Cooperative Extension Service,
Penn State Dairy and Animal Sci
ence Dept., University of Pennsyl
vania, School of Veterinary Medi
cine, Bureau of Markets, Pa. Dept,
of Agriculture, American Sheep
Producers Council, National Wool
Growers Assoc, and Allied
Industries.
A special thank you goes out to
the chairpersons of these two very
successful events, James Sheeder,
PSWGA president; Dr. Clair
Engle, PSU Extension Sheep Spe
cialist, Dr. Tom Drake and Dr.
Wendy Freeman.
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