D2-Lancaster Fannins Saturday, May 14, 1988
Youth Lamb, Feeder Pig Sale Nets $11,419
BY LISA RISSER
LEBANON “Sold!” came
auctioneer Harry H. Bachman’s
exultant cry 122 times as feeder
pigs and lambs were sold to 54
buyers representing nine counties
at the Youth To Youth Club Lamb
and Pig Sale last week.
Bidding was generally brisk on
the 17 lambs and 105 pigs. Three
pigs in particular generated con
siderable interest bringing a sale
high of $2OO each. The pigs, sold
by Daryl and Darren Grumbine of
Myerstown, were sired by a $4,500
boar named Perry, who was a high
finisher at the National Hampshire
Show and sired the grand champ
ion at the 1987 national barrow
show. Buying the pigs were Greg
Bankert of Hanover (York), Kelly
Bachman of Annville (Lebanon),
and Darren Grumbine.
The top bid for lambs was $l3O
and it went out to three animals.
Making these purchases were the
Kleinfelter Brothers of Myerstown
(Lebanon), Michelle Bushong of
Lebanon, and Greg Bankert.
The average price paid for
lambs was $119.55 for a total of
$2,025 while pigs sold at an aver
age price of $89.46 for a total sales
of $9,394. The night’s volume
buyer were Rita and Andy Ger
male of Elizabethtown (Lancaster)
wit)i eight pigs followed by Chad
McAllister of Spring City (Ches
ter) with six pigs.
This is the second year for the
sale, which is the brainchild of
Lebanon County livestock agent
Ken Winebark and several county
4-H’ers. This year Winebark
received a $5OO National 4-H
Commodity Marketing grant, one
of six in the nation, which went
toward promotion of the sale and
inservice training for leaders and
extension people for developing
similar programs.
The program is designed to gen
erate interest in breeding projects
among the 4-H’ers and is a teach-
Excess Poultry Manure Could Become New Energy, Feed Source
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre)
In Lancaster County, some 55
million chickens and 360,000
humans are peacefully co-existing,
but the chickens are beginning to
threaten that stability, according to
a Penn State poultry scientist.
Along with the more than 55
million layers and broilers in the
county comes the attendant poultry
manure. In Lancaster County, the
top poultry-producing county in
the nation, there is just too much of
it to go around.
“Poultry manure contains nitro
gen, phosphorus, potassium and
other nutrients, making it an ideal
fertilizer for both agricultural and
home gardening purposes. How
ever, the amount of nutrients in the
total animal waste from chickens
and livestock far exceeds the
amount the county can use on its
land,” said Forest Muir, associate
professor of poultry science.
He has developed one solution
to the problem burning poultry
litter to create energy. With fund
ing from the Pennsylvania Chesa
peake Bay Program, he demon
strated that poultry waste is a
viable energy source. The broiler
litter produces a lot of heat with
little smoke or odor when it is
burned on a constanj, basis at a high
temperature.
“By burning poultry litter, the
total amount of available animal
manure in the county is reduced,
thereby lessening the amount of
nutrient runoff from the land into
Eric Ham. . Darren Grumblne prepare a pig for
the Youth To Youth Club Lamb and Pig Sale.
ing tool for marketing, breeding,
and sales skills.
The animals were supplied by
eight 4-H’ers: Jennifer Arnold,
Daryl and Darren Grumbine, Eric
Harnish, Shelby Heagy, and
Donald, Jay, and Michael Klein
felter. Early in the day animals
were brought in and eventually
weighed and tagged. The breeders
shared exhibitor duties.
Just prior to the sale all 4-H’ers
and FFA’ers were invited to parti
cipate in a contest that rewarded
buyers’ certificates. The youths
were asked to guess the joint
the Chesapeake Bay watershed,
part of which is in Lancaster Coun
ty,” he said.
Currently Muir is researching
uses for the ash residue from the
burning of broiler litter, which is a
mixture of sawdust or wood shav
ings and manure.
“Burning converts the nitrogen
in the poultry litter to a gas, which
can be removed in the furnace
stack. The resulting ash contains
phosphorus and potassium, com
ponents in poultry feed. Thus, the
ash could be a potential feed ingre-
North American Limousin Foundation Has
DENVER. CO The North
American Limousin Foundation
(NALF) has compiled a listing of
approximately 200 of the top cows
in each of the four traits evaluated
by NALF with Expected Progeny
Differences (EPD’s). With the
increased usage of EPD’s by cat
tlemen across the country, a num
ber of requests for this information
has surfaced. The Limousin Dam
Trait Leader List will be similar to
the Limousin Sire Summary,
which NALF produces every year.
It will include EPD’s and accura
cies on birth weight, weaning
weight; yearling weight and milk
ing ability.
According to Dr. Wayne Van
derwert, director of research and
weight of three pigs. Tyler Stump
guessed the weight right on as 227
pounds. He received a $l5 certifi
cate good toward the purchase of
an animal. The next closest guess
was supplied by Doug Musser,
who received a $lO certificate, fol
lowed by Greg Strickler, who
received a $5 certificate.
The sale ended with a drawing
open to 4-H and FFA members.
Chad Decker from Centre County,
who received a free pig, which
donated by Lebanon Valley Bank,
which originally purchased the
animal.
dient,” he said.
If the ash is found to be a safe
food source, it would help justify
the feasibility of burning poultry
waste. Muir is continuing his tests
of the ash.
"There may be heavy metals
present in the ash, because burning
tends to concentrate anything pre
sent in the product being burned. It
is possible that the ash could con
tain levels of copper, lead and mer
cury, which are harmful to poul
try,” he noted.
Compiled Dam Trait Leader List
education at NALF, “The qualifi
cations and EPD ranges of the
Limousin Dam Trait Leader List
are equivalent to those lists found
in the Sire Summary. One impor
tant difference should be noted,
and that is cows do not accumulate
progeny records as rapidly as bulls
so a lower accuracy requirement is
utilized for this listing.
“Grand progeny records also
can contribute to a cow’s record,”
said Dr. Vanderwert, “thus making
it possible for cows used heavily in
embryo transplant to make the trait
leader list.”
EPD’s are available on all cattle
registered by NALF including
those cows with lower accuracies
which do not meet the specifica-
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The 4-H’ers whose breeding projects supplied the ani
mals were, left to right, back row: Jay Klelnfelter, Shelby
Heagy, and Michael Klelnfelter; middle row: Donald Kleln
felter, Daryl Grumblne, Darren Grumbine, and Eric Harnlsh;
and front row: Jennifer Arnold.
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Chad Decker from Centre County won the drawing for I
free pig. The animal was purchased and then donated by
Lebanon Valley National Bank, represented by Mike Fier
stlne, head of the agriculture department. Helping to bring
the pig home to Chad was his friend Amy Alters.
Muir’s research on using poul
try manure as an energy/feed sour
ce is one important component of
the multi-faceted approach to sol
ving the Chesapeake Bay’s prob
lems. The College of Agriculture
is involved in a series of projects in
association with the Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay Project.
Dr. Al Turgeon, professor and
head of the Department of Agro
nomy, said, ‘The Chesapeake Bay
is receiving substantial amounts of
nutrients, such as nitrogen and
tions to be listed in the Limousin
Dam Trait Leader List. For more
information on the Dam Trait
Leader List contact the NALF
American Hot Dogs May Get Leant
A unique experience in America
is eating hot dogs plump,
greasy, bright red and put into buns
to be consumed with mustard, rel
ish, chili and gobs of onions. Visit
ing royalty, including Queen Eli
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phosphorus, causing rapid growth
of algae, which shades other aqua
tic vegetation. This, in turn, affecli
the spawning of fish and other
sealife.
“We are concerned abou t the ne
contribution of agricultural land)
to the eutrophication (oxygen
depletion) of the bay. If nitrates
leach through the surface, they
also affect groundwater quality.
Penn State is attempting to under
stand and develop strategies to
deal with this serious problem."
office at 100 Livestock Exchange
Building, Denver, Colorado,
80216 or call 303/296-8835.
may get a leaner look. The govern
ment announced it is allowing hd
dog and bologna processors to sub*
stitute water for fat so long as there
is no loss of nutritional value, foril
wants to encourage lower &•
products. ,
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