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Built from 1935 through 1952, the John Deere “B” proved to be the most popular
model Deere & Co. ever Introduced, with some 306,000 sold. Original sales material
noted that while the Model “B” weighed less than two good horses, “It will do the
work of four.” The 1935 John Deere “B” is one of 14 models to be featured in the 1991
Classic Tractor Calendar, produced by Du Pont Agricultural Products, maker of
Classic herbicide for soybeans. For Information, write Classic Tractors, P.O. Box
1755, Wilmington, DE 19899.
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Beef Expo Draws 7,000
RICHMOND, Va.— The 1990
Virginia Beef Expo held on April
27-28 at the Rockingham County
Fairgrounds resulted in the sale of
more than $560,000 in seed stock
cattle, according to Joe Meek,
expo manager.
Three hundred and four head of
purebred cattle were sold at an
average of $1,855 a head. The
two-day event drew an estimated
7,000 people.
Eight major breeds of cattle
were featured at the Expo, includ
ing Angus, Charolais, Limousin,
Polled Hereford, Red Angus,
Shorthorn, Salers, and Simmental.
It was the first event of its type to
be held in Virginia, and drew buy
ers from throughout the East
Coast.
The cattle industry is the single
largest agricultural industry in
Virginia, with cash receipts total
ing $419,693,000 in 1988. Virgi
nia ranks 21st nationally among
cattle producers, with an inven
tory estimated at more than
1.700.000 head of cattle. Of this
number, there are approximately
39.000 purebred cattle in Virginia.
In addition to the sale of
purebred cattle, the Expo also fea
tured events of interest to the
whole family, including a black
tie, Celebrity Beef Cook-off, a
working cattle dog demonstration,
a cattle working rodeo contest, a
team roping/cutting horse demon
stration, a trade show, and an “all
you-can-eat” beef food festival
featuring the Wildwood Girls
bluegrass band.
Winners of the Celebrity Beef
Cook-off were John Huston, pres-
Lancaster Fanning Saturday, May 12,1990-Dl9
idem of the National Live Stock
and Meat Board, in first place; in
second place, Robert Wilcox,
president, Lukhard’s Finer Foods,
Inc. and past chairman of the
board for the Virginia Food Deal
ers Association; and William
Groseclose, chairman of the
advisory council for the Harrison
burg and Rockingham Convention
and Visitors Bureau in third place.
Tied for fourth place were Virgi
nia State Sen. Frank Nolen; Regi
nald Reynolds, executive secret
ary of the Virginia Catdemen’s
Association; S. Mason Carbaugh,
commissioner of the Virginia
Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services; Carlton
Courier, president of the Virginia
Agribusiness Council; Chrys
Peterson, news anchor with
WHSV-TV3. The winners
donated their cash prizes to three
charities, including $3,000 to the
Virginia Cattle Drive For Hunger;
$BOO to the American Heart Asso
ciation; and $6OO to the Ronald
McDonald House.
The judges for the Celebrity
Beef Cook-off included Caroline
Mayer, staff writer with The
Washington Post; Louis Maho
ney, food editor of The Richmond
News Leader; Manfred E. Roehr,
treasurer of the Virginia Chefs’
Association and manager of
Shields Tavern in Colonial Wil
liamsburg; Craig Moore, owner
and chef of the Joshua Wilton
House in Harrisonburg; and Shaun
Hunt, director of purchasing, Sut
ton Place Gourmet in Washington,
Virginia, and Maryland.
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