VOL 36 NO. 18
Lilac Offspring Top Md. Holstein Convention Sale
EVA MARTIN
Maryland Correspondent
WEST FRIENDSHIP, Md.
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Story. Photo by Lou Ann Good, staff writer.
Accelerated Lambing Needed
To Support Direct Marketing
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
ELIZABETHVILLE (Dauphin
Co.) —Sheep producers in Pen
nsylvania were excited when they
first went to a meeting to leam
about a new plan to direct market
lambs. The collccuon stations were
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Amish Farmers Say Tobacco Auction, More Type 609 Needed
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
BART (Lancaster
Co.) —Several Amish farmers in
southeast Lancaster County asked
for this interview because of their
concern about the tobacco market.
Not because the price is too low,
but because the tobacco market
may be lost.
The interview look place at the
kitchen table of the spokesmen
who Said a number of farmers think
as they do. But no one wanted to be
identified.
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The sale of two offspring of the
multiple-award winning C Cath
land Lilac of Gay-Ridge Holslcins
in Ijamsvillc, Md., recently topped
set up and the consumer demand
was established.
But then the enthusiasm dimin
ished To direct market lambs, you
need a constant monthly supply of
lambs all year, and lambs must be
uniform m si/c, bone structure and
Weight. And in Pennsylvania most
sheep 'producers have only one
lambing time each year, and these
lambs come from many different
breeds and cross breeds. So every
thing you need for a direct market
ing program is missing in Pennsyl
vania’s sheep industry.
Bill and Helen Monde, Eh
/abclhvillc, were at the direct
marketing meeting and reported
the rcacUon of the other producers
who attended. And the Mcndc’s
have the answer to the problem if
you arc willing to do the work and
management necessary to accom
plish the task. The program they
So here’s a summary of what
these farmers said.
Farmers need the tobacco indus
try to off-set the low milk prices.
But they may lose their tobacco
market if more farmers don’t grow
Typc6o9and if they don’t sell their
tobacco through the Paradise
auction.
Type 609 brings a higher price
than Type 41. But Type 41 usually
produces more weight and is there
fore more profitable. But Type 609
sets the market price even for Type
41 because the company buyers
from the South come to the auction
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1991
the 1991 Maryland Holstein Asso
ciation Convention Sale and broke
records, bringing a combined price
of more than $40,000.
Bill and Helen Mende haye developed their accelerated lambing program to the
extent that a 400 (lambing) percent production rate is attainable.
to buy 609 and pay more than local
buyers the spokesmen called
middlemen.
The concern expressed by the
growers is that if these southern
company buyers don’t have a lar
ger supply, they will not come to
the action, and then the price will
go down to what the middlemen
will pay on the farm. The spokes
men said they expect an increase in
tobacco acreage this year and
reported that one contractor in their
part of the county already has
orders to build 17 new tobacco
sheds.
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The convention sale gross was
$184,350, according to early
figures.
The price for Gay Ridge AJ
Lilac-ET, a young heifer calf, set a
new record for the Maryland con
vention with a price of $20,100.
Her brother, Gay-Ridge Sir
Lilac-ET, Drought almost as much
with a $20,000 price.
All American Syndicate, based
m Point-Of-Rocks, Md., bought
the top consignment, while Lilac
Syndicate, of Damascus, Md., pur
chased the young bull.
Both calves were sired by Bn
don Astro Jct-Et.
Excitement and tension in the
DCI Changes Direction
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
TREVOSE (Bucks Co.) The
Dairy Council Inc. held its 71st
annual meeting Tuesday in south
ern Bucks County in older to
review the past year’s actions, new
directions and rccogni/c
achievements.
Dairy Council Inc. is a health
and nutrition organization that was
formed in the early 1900 s to help
combat malnutrition, mainly m
children, and were encouraging
Only a small percentage of the
tobacco is sold through the auction;
the remainder is sold by private tre
aty at the farm. The spokesmen cri
ticized their fellow growers who
didn’t sell at the action and called
them short-sighted to save two
cents per pound in commissions
now but lose the auction in the
future. This will happen if more
growers do not use the auction ser
vice and if they do not increase the
local supply of Type 609.
If the auction is lost, the spoks
mcn say the tobacco price will be
$15.00 Per Year
crowd of more than 400 began to
rise as they listened to the chant of
auctioneer Dennis Remsburg work
the crowd for bids on the choice
selection from C Cathland “Lilac.”
It was soon evident that a new
record for Maryland convention
sales would be made, as the bid
ding quickly exceeded the S 16,000
mark.
When the bidding slowed some
what, pedigree reader, Norman
Hill, quickly reminded the crowd
and the bidders of the outstanding
opportunity to purchase offspring
from the Lilac family.
C Cathland Lilac is classified
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the consumption of milk to help
combat health problems which the
consumption of milk helped to
avert.
The purpose of the council
extends beyond the singular role of
dairy consumption activist to the
context of endorsing dairy pro
ducts’ role in a balanced diet, con
sisting of the four major lood
groups.
The staff of the organization
includes communications experts
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back in the hands of the middle
men, much lower than the $1.50
per pound for Type 41 and 51.75
per pound for Type 609 farmers
received this year.
“Everybody will farm tobacco,”
the spoksemen said. “But few are
trying to maintain the price In the
South all the tobacco is sold
through the auction houses.”
The spokesmen said in the last
two years, because of the Paradise
auction, the price for Lancaster
County’s cash crop has goncaip 30
percent. They say they don’t want
to lose this price advantage.