C2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 27, 1991 Annual Ram Lamb Test Program Nearly Completed STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Pennsylvania’s De partment of Agriculture’s Meat Animal Evaluation Center wishes to announce that Pennsylvania’s annual ram lamb testing program is nearing completion. The 75 rams on test have com pleted 70 days of the 84-day test These rams have been consigned by some of the more progressive sheep breeders in the northeast. Pennsylvania’s ram lamb per formance testing program is the only centralized sheep perfor mance testing program in the northeast. Many commercial and purebred sheep producers are be coming more aware of the need for reliable performance informa tion on the seedstock which they are obtaining for use in the im provement of their flocks. As pro ducers become more educated to the value of objectively attained information, the demand for cen trally tested rams increases and consequently this encourages the purebred breeders to consign bet ter rams to the performance test ing program. This year the group of rams on test includes: one Columbia; 23 Dorsets, including seven fall bom lambs; 11 Hampshires, (one fall bom); three Katahdin (two fall bom); nien Polypays (two fall bom); one Rambouillet; one Ro manov; two Shropshires; and 23 Suffolks (one fall bom). The rams are weighed every 14 days and an average daily gain calculated, as well as a lifetime weight per day of age. They will be ratioed within their breed group. At the end of the 84-day FRANK A. FILLIPPO. me. - WANTED - DISABLED & CRIPPLED COWS, BULLS & STEERS Competitive Prices Paid Slaughtered under government inspection Call; Frank Fillippo - Residence - 215-666-0725 Elam Cinder - 717-367-3824 C.L. King - 717-786-7229 1991 BARN PAINTING Aim For The Best - In Coating Film Thickness To do it right use the finest kind of bristle brush evening out the coating into a film thickness that does not peel in normal moisture stress (found on most barn siding from outside and inside by livestock or stored animal feed ) 1. PREPARATION. Peeling old coatings (improperly brushed) needs to be removed The best method is simply water blasting or power washing' High volume of water - medium pressure is best' Done professionally or do it yourself, especially on the easy to reach areas This is resurfacing IM 2. BEST NEW START ON RESURFACED WOOD SIDING After spraying on this Kind of barn paint or stain, take time to pay attention to brush out in all directions to create a film thickness that will pre vent future peeling & resurfacing costs & effort This film will let excess moisture breathe through it Depending on the amount of weather wear it can be recoated lightly in 10-15 years Southern exposures usually wear faster. For more Information call /Vtl 1-800-626-9043 ( | 215-445-6186 or write phares s. hurst 233 E. Maple Grove Rd. Narvon, PA 17555 BRUNING PAINT test the rams will be evaluated by a committee for breed character, breed type, correctness of mouth, breeding soundness, black fibre content, etc., and will need to meet minimum standards. The animals will be scanned ultrasonically to DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.) Delaware Valley College (DVC) professor Frederick Hof saess was recently honored by the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) with the Eastern Reg ional Outstanding Teacher Award, sponsored by the Agway Founda tion, Inc., at a recent conference at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Hofsaess, the chairman of the college’s Animal Science Depart ment, was one of four award win- •Revolutionary 3 Lui erteed Vehicle Alignment, AIIVeMcIce t * determine backfat thickness and to estimate loin eye area. After all the calculations and evaluations, approximately the top 75 percent of the rams will be of fered for sale in Pennsylvania’s 12th Performance Tested Ram DVC Professor Honored ners, receiving a plaque plus a stipend of $5OO for his honor. He was nominated by Dr. Craig Hill, dean of Delaware Valley College, with a submission of a dossier that included letters of recommenda tion from administrators, faculty, peers and students, along with an essay Hofsaess himself wrote on his philosophy of teaching. The submitted materials were then reviewed by three members of NACTA’s Teacher’s Recom mendation Committee. In addition to his Outstanding Teacher ODfYE Per Pitch Design 11,11 IJIHH W> I I Iff'nm 'V 1 /” *S? 7 A. JfML. A > „ e Jd*t a... <’ a v . ✓ Tetat o<w*ipi^-* BP.Lebzetter&son [2 l&feM FIELD & FLEET CENTER rri” < 0 When \bu Need On-The • ROUTE 283 & RHEEMS EXIT ; Perm Tire Service In A 1-800-932-3999 OR 367-6777 j ; H u,, y Wt (Far Panniylvania A Maryland) " ( Can Cut \bur Downtime ' .. . .** ~ e _e . ■ - ______ Down To Size' Located Behind Me»kk Form equipment —M— Lamb and Invitational Ewe Sale, scheduled for August 3 at 1 p.m. in the Penn State Ag Arena. 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