ASO-Lmctster Fanning, Saturday, Octobar 7,1889 BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) —The top of the All- American Holstein Sale here last Thursday night at $35,000 was a two-month-old calf. But what a calf it was. The daughter of Plushanski MarkFife-ET (VG-88, 3y) with a two year old record of 29,368 m 4.5% 1325 f 3.5% 1042 p. Next dam was Flute (VG-87-GMD) with records to 35,745 m 5.2% 1828 f 3.4% 1193 p. 9Third dam was Fancy (VG-87-GMD with records to 35,614 4.4% 1584 f 3.5% 1231 p and the fourth dam was Charles Plushanski’s famous Faith cow (4E-94-GMD with records to 37,718 m 5.1% 1813 f. Art Acres Bell Pontiac was the sire making every animal you can see in the pedigree excellent or very good. The buyer by telephone was Doc-Trim Holsteins, Waupa ca. WI. Wilmer Hosteler, Oxford, bought the first choice female from five pregnancies due April 1990 from Valiant Elea-Nor-ET for $12,500 consigned by Woodbine Farms, Airville. The future heifer will be from the heart of the Ella family (4E-97 EEEE-GMD) all time All American aged cow with five records over HOlf to 48,731 m 4.2% 2028 F. The third highest selling price at $35,000 Calf Tops All-American Holstein Sale v Com» 4 All In The Selling Of A Calf When the $35,000 calf was told In the small arena at the Farm Show Building In Harrisburg during the All American Dairy Show last week, teams of sale staff members manned two dlrct llne phone calls from potential buyers from across the nation. One team was on the phone at the front of the arena and the contending bids came over the phone at the back of the arena. In this sequence of photos, Managing Editor Everett Newswanger caught Auctioneer Harry Bachman In auction as he relayed the bids from the peron at the phone to the auction ring above. You be the Judge. Did Harry’s team win or not?
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