A36-Lanc*ster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1990
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Seedstock Cattleman of the
Year was Mylan Messick, who
breeds Simmental and Chianina
cattle in Middletown. Messick, his
wife Dorothy and their children
Toe, Sally, and Michael, were the
second place Simmental Family of
the Year.
The Industry Service Award
went to Mildred Bunting ot Lan
caster, who edits the “Lancaster
Livestock Reporter ”
For the Pennsylvania Simment
al Association, President Bill
Shoemaker, Pittsburgh, presented
the yearly awards. Simmental
Family of the Year was Wayne
and Brenda Stough and children
Jay, Joyce, Raymond, and Wayne
Jr.
The Sloughs, who started the
Pennsylvania Junior Simmental
Association in 198 L raise show
cattle and donkeys for halter
breaking show cattle on Winter
Spring Farm at Seven Valleys in
York County.
Beginning with heifers they
bought for 4-H projects, the
Stoughs have had the Grand
Champion at the Pennsylvania
Simmental Show and Sale twice
and the Grand Champion Steer in
York Couonty in 1979. Wayne is a
past president of the PSA, and he
and Brenda are leaders in 4-H and
in their church. They believe
strongly in the value of youth and
family activities to provice chil
dren every opportunity to grow
and expand their knowledge.
Tom Whalen, who manages
Rolling Ridge Farm in Kams City,
Butler County, was the Senior
Member of the Year for PSA. Af
ter having an Angus and Brahma
herd for 20 years, Rolling Ridge
switched to Simmentals seven
years ago. Whalen is now vice
president of PSA and his wife
Nancy is secretary/lreasurer. With
a bachelor’s degree in biology,
Whalen has managed herds in
New York, Indiana, and Georgia
before coming to Pennsylvania.
He feels Simmentals would be
better converters than other beef
breeds if pastured on idle land in
Pennsylvania which was pre
viously used for strip mining, so
he expects the fast population
growth of Simmentals in Penn
sylvania to continue.
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Join the thousands ot Grangers
who will nationally celebrate
Grange Week April 22-28.
In recognition of the Pennsylva
nia State Grange, Gov. Robert P.
Casey has proclaimed the week of
April 22-28 Pennsylvania Grange
Week.
Recently, Casey signed a pro
clamation designating this week
long celebration. Prior to his sig
nature, he said that the Keystone
State takes pride in its rich agricul
tural heritage; that over the years,
the Pennsylvania State Grange has
been an important part of the
strong tradition, working to ensure
that our agricultural legacy is pre
served and promoted for future
generations.
He also said that since the
Grange was founded, its members
have dedicated themselves to
improving farming and rural life
in the interest of all Pennsylvania.
Casey said that the state recog-
Beef Expo: Good News For Cattle Producers
PSA Junior Member of the
Year was Jamie Cowell of Frosty
Springs Farm, Waynesburg. Only
13 years old, Jamie has already
shown a Junior Grand Champion
Simmental at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show and was second in her
class with the same heifer at the
1989 Eastern Expo in Springfield,
Ohio.
Also at the Eastern Expo, she
placed third in showmanship and
fifth in individual livestock judg
ing, and she was a member of the
second place Beef Bowl team. In
addition to her PSA activities, she
is in livestock judging, market
hogs, market lambs, and breeding
sheep in 4-H. Jamie’s family, in
cluding her parents Jim and Billie
Mylan Messick was
awarded the Seedstock Cat
tleman of the Year at the
Beef Expo.
Cowell and sister Alissa, owns 20
breeding cows.
Pennsylvania Beef Council
Executive Director David Ivan an
notfticed the 1990-91 veal ambas
sadors (VAs) and beef industry
representatives (BIRs). Lori Cash
of Centre Hall and Gwendolyn
Gray, Philadelphia, are the BIRs,
while Barry Sands, Montrose, and
Susan Eshelman, Lancaster are
the VAs. Ann Cranberry, Zelion
ople, is the state coordinator of the
program.
1989 Pennsylvania Cattleman’s
Queen Kelly Mankamyer of Som
erset turned over her promotional
duties to the 1990 queen, Faye
Kreval of Cherry Tree, Indiana
County. Faye’s task will be to
educate consumers, environment
alists, and animal rightists about
Grange Week Set By Gubernatorial Decree
m/.es the important services pro
vided by this grassroots organiza
tion. Local Granges often serve as
hubs of community activity, and
they have provided convenient
forums for community and region
al planning in rural communities.
Members have also taken active
roles in government and the legi
slative process. Committed to the
ethic of honest labor, the Pennsyl
vania State Grange maintains
standards of productivity and pat
riotism, to ensure that Pennsylva
nia agriculture keeps growing bet
ter and that rural America remains
vibrant.
The Pennsylvania State Grange
will celebrate its grassroots on
Monday, April 23, at the Holiday
Inn, Grantville. The Pennsylvania
Grange Week Banquet will begin
with a social hour at 5 p.m., fol
lowed by dinner at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $ll and can be pur
chased by calling the Grange
office at (717) 234-5001, or toll
free 1-800-552-3865.
Bill Shoemaker, president of PSA, presents the Performance Tested Bull Sale Top
Seller and Buyer Award to the Mylan Messick family of Middletown, Pennsylvania at
the Beef Expo. Their Slmmental bull, MF Advantage, sired by Paplllon, was purchased
by Foust Hidden Oaks of Gettysburg for $5,400. From left, Joe Messick, seller; Bill
Shoemaker, PSA president; Ken Foust, buyer; Mylan Messick, seller; and in back,
Mike Young, auctioneer.
the value of beef in the diet and
techniques of beef cattle handling.
Performance Tested Bull Sale
Pennsylvania’s 17th Perfor
mance Tested Bull Sale was held
March 30 at the Penn State Ag
Arena. The top seller was a Sim
mental from Messick Farms, Mid
dletown, purchased by Kenneth
Foust of Hidden Oaks Farm, Get
tysburg, for $5,400.
At the annual sale, jointly spon
sored by Penn State University,
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, the Pennsylvania
Glenn Eberly won the
Commercial Cattleman of
the Year Award at the Pen
nsylvania Beef Expo.
State Gov. Robert Casey shakes hands with William Ringler, state master of the Pen
nsylvania State Grange. To Casey's left is Mildred Ringler. In the back, from left, are
Ernest Miller, chairman of the Grange executive committee; Charles E. Wismer Jr., for
mer state master; Brenda Shambaugh, legislative director; Mary Buffington, Grange
national lecturer; Steve Crawford, state deputy secretary of agriculture; and William Buf
fington state Grange overseer.
Mylan Messlck and family were awarded the Simmental
Family of the Year at the Beef Expo.
Cattlemen’s Association, and the
Pennsylvania Beef Breed Asso
ciations, auctioneer Mike Young
sold; 56 bulls for an of
$1,965. Total sales came to
$llO,OOO. Glenn Eberly read the
pedigrees.
The breakdown by breed was
13 Polled Herefords, total
$25,900, average $1,992; 19
Black Angus, total $38,050, aver
age $2,005; 1 Red Angus, $1,050;
17 Simmentals, total $35,700,
average $2,100; 3 Charolais, total
$4,700, average $1,570; 1 Chian
gus, $1,600; 1 Salers, $2,000; 1
Shorthorn, $l,OOO.
Other Events
Other events at the Pennsyl
vania Beef Expo were the cattle
Feeders Symposium, the PCA An
nual Meeting and Fun Auction,
the Pennsylvania Angus Associa
tion Female Sale, the Junior PCA
Sock-Hop, the Breed Association
Female Sales, and the Cattlemen’s
Barbecue and Hoe Down.
In upcoming events, the* PCA
and the Pennsylvania Polled Here
ford Association will sponsor a
field day on July 28 at the Stoney
brook Farm in Troy, Pennsyl
vania. Keystone Ribeye will be
served, and there will be demon
strations, a dance, and other acti
vities.