D4-Lancaster Farming Saturday, July 29,1989
MC KNIGHTSTOWN (Adams
Co.) Fun and learning com
bined during the recent Pennsylva
nia Cattlemen’s summer Held day
held earlier this month at Ray and
Mary Grimes’ South Mountain
Farm..
Beef producers received an
update from Dr. John Comerford,
Penn State assistant professor of
animal science, on the Holstein
beef project being conducted by
the university. Sponsored by the
Pennsylvania department of Agri
culture, Agway Inc., and Century
Farms Inc., the research compares
fishmeal and soybean meal as pro
tein sources; compares com silage
and alfalfa haylage with cattle
type; determines energy and feed
efficiency using different forages
and protein and evaluate
carcasses of steers in the study.
The research, started in Novem
ber, has been done with Holsteins
fed out to 1,400-1,500 pounds on a
diet with no forages and 90 to 95
percent concentrates. There is
some indication that the ratio of
feed intake to weight gain is higher
for Holsteins than beef-cross steers
in the com silage and alfalfa hayl
age study.
The next Holstein steers will
arrive August 1 and the beef
crossbred will arrive October 1 for
the stage in the research.
In a brief update on how check
off dollars were being used, Dave
Ivan, executive director of the Pen
nsylvania Beef Council, reported
that the council will be a major
sponsor for Penn State football this
fall. In addition, the “Beef. Real
Food For Real People” campaign
is beginning to use ordinary people
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Producers Enjoy Cattlemen’s Summer Field Day
rather than celebrities.
Panel discussion
In a panel discussion, Ray
Grimes, Bob Tibbs of Darlington,
Md., Nancy Scott Bushy of Gettys
burg, and Dennis Byrne of Not
tingham discussed their beef
operations.
Grimes has a cow/calf operation
and produces grain and hay as cash
crops as well as Christmas trees.
He cautioned producers interested
in diversifying not to grow Christ
mas trees as the market has
become too saturated in the past
decade.
Tibbs works full time at the Phi-
WAYNE (Wayne Co.) The
13th annual Wayne County Junior
Livestock Sale will be Saturday,
August 12, 7 p.m. at the Wayne
County Fairgrounds.
All prospective buyers will be
treated to a beef barbecue from 5
to 6:30 p.m„ just prior to the sale.
The sale will serve as a climax
for more than 100 young people
who have been raising livestock
project animals in the 4-H prog
ram. Members who are raising
beef steers have had their animals
on a grain feeding program since
last October, while the sheep and
hog members placed animals on
finishing rations early this spring.
It is expected that 19 steers, 1 IS
hogs and SO lambs will be offered
for sale. All will be of market
weight with the steers weighing
about 1,000 pounds liveweight,
the hogs approximately 200
pounds and the lambs 100 pounds.
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ladelphia Electic Co. and has a
55-cow Charolais herd. He doesn’t
work a 9-to-5 shift, which helps in
working his farm, although it’s dif
ficult to stop baling to go to work at
3 p.m.
Tibbs hires a custom baler to
bale his hay, he usually harvests
about 200 six-foot bales per year
and 2,000 square bales of second
and third cuttings, which he feeds
to young stock and first-calf heif
ers. Some of his cattle is marketed
as freezer beef.
Bushy has purebred Angus and
produces commercial beef. At one
point she and one full-time
employee handled nine different
Animals will be weighed Friday
morning, the day prior to the sale,
for the purpose of determining
sale weight. They will receive no
feed or water from Thursday mid
night until after they are weighed.
The sale will be conducted as an
auction, with the animals being
sold to the highest bidder. Anyone
who does not feel comfortable
bidding in an auction can make
arrangements to have a 4-H leader
do the bidding and act as the buy
er. Such persons should contact
the Agricultural Extension'Office
to make the necessary arrange
ments and to secure information
on prevailing market prices.
Buyers will receive duplicate
ribbons based on judging con
ducted earlier in the week. Special
banners will be presented to the
buyers of the three grand champ
ion and three reserve grand
champion animals.
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farms, including some battlefield
pasture acreage. Her cattle are
spread out, but she checks on them
three times daily. She creep feeds
all calves, which are bom outdoors
during February, March, and
April. Calves are sold in October,
usually to one buyer.
Byrne is the herdsman and man
ageing partner of Herr Angus
Farms. The farm sold all cows this
year and is feeding 600 steers in
confinement and 200 on pasture.
Waste products from Herr Snack
Foods are used in the feeding prog
ram. About half the cattle ate sold
at auction and the remainder are
sold direct to packers.
Following the sale, arrange
ments can be made for transporta
tion and processing of the animals.
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Aussie Club Closing Its Registry
BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)
As of January 1,1990, the Austra-'
Han Shepherd Club of America is
closing its registry. For 17 years,
the organization has maintained its
own registry and show program, in
stockdog competition, obedience,
conformation, tracking, and junior
showmanship.
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Producers also had the oppor
tunity to take part in a cattle judg
ing contest Cliff Orley, a cattle
consultant with Keystone Cattle
Fitting Service and a partner in the
Catalyst Cattle Company, was the
judge. Richard Miller of Berks
County won the event.
Attendees could take special
tours of the Mason-Dixon Farms
or the Gettysburg Battlefield and
Eisenhower Farm. Mason-Dixon
Farms has a 1,300-head Holstein
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