E6-lanc«ster Farming, Saturday, April 13,1991
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)
Bedford County has been long
known for quality dairy fanning.
And test results from the Pennsyl
vania Performance Bull Test at
Penn State University show a
climbing reputation in the Polled
Herford division.
Placing first among 21 Polled
Herefords in the 112-day test was
Paul Slayton, who leases 1,500
acres of the Falkland Farms near
Schellsburg.
Slayton has 100 head of pure
High Quality Wool
Earmarked For
Upcoming Sales
DENVER, Colo. More than
2.5 million pounds of high-quality
wool will be offered to domestic
and foreign buyers at three
upcoming sales sponsored by the
United States Wool Marketing
Association and the American
Sheep Industry Association.
The USWMA is in charge of
the sales while ASI will supply the
wool prepared under its Wool
Quality Improvement Program
guidelines by producers nation
wide.
The first sale will be held April
16 in San Angelo, Texas, where
more than 360,000 pounds of
wool will be offered. The second
sale on April 30, will also be held
in San Angelo 425,000 pounds
of wool will be up for sale. The
third and final sale will be held on
May 21 in Rapid City, S.D., and
will offer the most wool of all
470,000 to 490,000 pounds.
“Judging from the amount of
inquiries we’ve received so far,
we’re expecting good attendance
from both producers and buyers,’’
said Joe Helle, chairman of ASl’s
Wool Council. Helle is pleased at
the amount of interest, noting the
joint program between ASI and
USWMA is only in its second
year. “We had a lot of feedback
after the pilot program last year
and not all of it was favorable,”
said Helle. “We recognize that
last year’s sale didn’t bring the
higher prices producers were hop
ing for but what they need toreal
ize is that this was due to circum
stances beyond our control.”
Tilmon Receives National
Extension Assignment
NEWARK, Del.— Dr. H.
Donald Tilmon, University of
Delaware Extension farm manage
ment specialist, will be working on
a 30 percent time basis with the
Cooperative Extension System/
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
His appointment runs from March
1, 1991 through February 28,
1992.
During his assignment, Tilmon
will lead a nationwide review, test
ing, and implementation of the
USDA-developed Farm Decision
Support System computer model
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Hereford Places High In Bull Performance
bred Polled Herefords, 50 com
mercial, and 50 German Gelb
viegh. The Gelbviegh are a project
of Slayton’s. Since January, the
Slayton herds have produced 53
calves.
Slayton said he has been enter
ing the competition for the past
eight years and has always been
very competitive but has never
won before. ‘ ‘lt has been a person
al objective of mine,’ ’ said the for
mer manager of the “Polled Here
ford World Magazine.” The bull,
named Turning Point, is the result
Helle is referring to Australian
floor prices that fell just days
before last year’s sale. This
resulted in many of the participat
ing producers not receiving the
maximum potential for their
higher-quality, well-prepared
wool. “I think the majority of pro
ducers understand what hap
pened,” said Helle. “We still
have a large following that is very
committed to the program and
understands the long-term impor
tance of quality wool’s competi-
tiveness in a global market.”
Helle said that unless producers
have a top-quality wool to offer
buyers this year, they may not
have any takers for their product.
‘ ‘Quality is of paramount impor
tance,” said Helle. “And the
Wool Quality Improvement Prog
ram helps provide producers with
a more marketable product.” The
program’s emphasis is on proper
shearing and preparation tech
niques which results in the kind of
wool warehouses and textile com
panies prefer over a lesser-quality
product.
Wool prepared under the prog
ram’s guidelines also got high
marks after samples of it were
used in combing trials. “The
information we’re getting back
from the combing trails indicates
that we have a superior product
that’s generating a lot of interest
from domestic and foreign buyers
alike,” said Helle. “When we
produce a product that gets this
kind of response, you know we’re
on the right track.”
or fertilizer applications. It is also
aimed at reducing dependence on
off-farm resources. The program
will be site-specific to state and
regions that decide to use it
Several year ago, Tilmon was
involved in implementing another
nationwide Extension computer
program, FINPAK.
The Delaware Farm Manage
ment records-keeping program led
by Tilmon will continue uninter
rupted with the help of Garland
Saville, an Extension associate.
Saville has been hired to assist
with the 25 participating farm fam
ilies. This project was funded by
the Delaware General Assembly in
1988.
of two Falkland Herefords and
was raised on the Slayton farm.
Slayton moved to the Falkland
Farm because “it always enjoyed
an outstanding reputation,” he
said.
Leon Falk was regarded as a
philanthropist with National Steel
in Pittsburgh. The farm is now
owned by his widow, Lottie.
In partnership with Paul is his
wife. Bette, who grew up on a
Polled Hereford farm in Wiscon
sin.
Paul Slayton, Schellsburg, raised the first place bull In the bull test at Penn State
University. Here, Slayton Is shown with some of the many awards he has won for
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Slayton says he hasn’t shown
cattle for many years but has
entered other bull tests in West
Virginia and Wisconsin. “This is
the best record we have had yet,”
he said.
He is a member of the Bedford
County Cattleman’s Association,
the National Cattleman’s Associa
tion, and a number of other Polled
Hereford groups.
Placing fifth in the Penn State
competition was Tawnya Wolf
hope. a former Pennsylvania
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