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LEHIGHTON (Carbon) —Kirk
Cressley of Lehighton continued a
winning tradition as his 254-pound
crossbred market hog took top
honors at the 110th Carbon County
Fair. Cressley took the top honors
two years ago and, after dropping
Larry Arnold of Arnold’s Hog Farm was the successful
bidder on the reserve champion shown by Deanna Miller.
1 The grower can more easily fol'ow prescribed
feeding practices and programs He has control of
the system
2 Every feeder line accepts interchangeable pan
sizes, medium depth and deep pans, Plus Big
Dutchman offers The Orange One, a smaller feeder
with a more shallow 13-mch diameter pan for starting
poults
3 Feed depth and flow are controlled by a single
winch at the hopper end of the line Accurate settings
are easy to make without time-consuming, one-by
one adjustments Only Big Dutchman offers this
depth control feature
4 The 813 Dutchman turkey feedms system has an
outstandins capability for prosrammed feedins The
cable adjustment mechanism allows the operator to
fill all the pans in the line to maximum capacity when
birds are first brousht into the house As feed is eaten
out of the pans, the adjustable skirt will move down
to the pre-selected position
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to the reserve champion last year,
he paraded his Duroc crossbred by
Calvin Lazarus & Sons of Lehigh
County, into the top spot last Mon
day, August 22.
Cressley also exhibited the
grand champion pen-of-three, the
• Interchangeable pan sizes provide versatility matching the feeding
equipment to the needs and growth stages of the flock from poults
. to heavy toms
Duj Putehman.
grand champion lightweight, and
second-place heavyweight ani
mals. Crcssley’s grand champion
topped Thursday’s sale with suc
cessful bidder Hatfield Packing
Company paying $2.50 per pound.
Farm Credit then paid $.95 per
pound for the two remaining hogs
from Cressley’s grand champion
pen-of-ihree.
For reserve champion Judge
Dave Hartman went with a
222-pound barrow shown by
Deanna Miller. Miller’s medium
weight champion brought a $2.30
per pound price on Thursday and
was purchased by Arnold’s Hog
Farm of Lebanon.
Other weight class champions
included Kelly Wentz in the heavy
lightweight and heavy medium
weight classes and Cory Wentz in
the heavyweight class.
Champion fitter honors went to
Heather Green with reserve going
to Kirk Crcssley. In showmanship
Kelly Wentz, in her last year of
4-H, took the top spot with Cory
Wentz claiming the reserve.
The August 25 sale saw 35 head
go through the sale ring with an
average price per pound of $.76
The
Turkey
Feeder
that
Solves Four
Problems of
Continuous
Grow-Out.
• Strong central core keeps the skirt aligned and holds pan and shield
in position
• Large pan is extra deep with feed saving lip The'arge pan is 5 inches
deep, medium pan is 3 inches deep
• Drawcableraisesorlowersall pan skirts in the line Maximum feed
flow opening is 4 5 inches
• Ample open space between the pan and the upper shield allows
adult turkeys to eat comfortably
Suspension of the plastic core is strengthened by steel hangers that
engage the plastic core above the auger tube
There are no small parts Assembly and maintenance are simple and
easy
hog was purchased by Jerry Clemons of Hatfield Packing
Company for $2.50 per pound.
and $.65 per pound average
excluding the grand and reserve
champions. Including the grand
champion Hatfield Packing Com
pany was successful bidder on 18
head. Other buyers included
Arnold’s Hog Farm, George’s
Foodliner, Farm Credit, Raber
Farms, Lazarus Farm Market,
Brown Feeds, and Kuehner
Brothers Farm.
McKeehan Retires
From Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre)
James J. McKeehen, regional
director for the Southeast Region
of Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion, retired from Penn State July
18 concluding a 36-year career.
As regional director, McKeehen
coordinated the personnel, budget
and programs for 16 southeast
counties.
Just a month after earning a
bachelor’s degree in dairy science
from Penn State, he began his
extension career as assistant coun
ty agricultural agent in Erie Coun
ty. His father, James E.
McKeehen, was then county agent
in Wayne County. They were the
first father-son team of county
agents since cooperative extension
began in 1914 in Pennsylvania.
In Eric County McKeehen was
active in many phases of the exten
sion education programming
including dairy, livestock, poultry,
fruit, ornamentals and 4-H youth.
In 1956 he was promoted from
assistant to associate agent, then in
1958 he transferred to Delaware
County.
In 1974 he was named Delaware
County extension director. As
director he was responsible for
budget and personnel, and over
saw the development of all county
programs. During his tenure in
Delaware County, he was actively
engaged in developing multi
county programs, such as a turf
school, plant and pest seminars,
industrial weed control seminars,
fruit meetings, a shade tree sympo
sium and regular vegetable grow
ers’ meetings.
He also initiated programs for
garden supply dealers, landscape
gardeners, contractors and arbor
ists. In addition, he managed a staff
of 32 full-time and part-time
employees.
McKeehen and his wife, Barba
ra, plan to remain in State College.
They arc the parents of four ‘Penn
State’ children. James graduated in
’76 and Sally in ’7B. Ann will gra
duate in ’B9 and John in ’9l.