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FREDERICK. Md. The
Mid-Allantic Brown Swiss Calf
Sale held recently at the Frederick
Fairgrounds in Maryland recorded
an average of $1,071 on 36 calves,
a record number of consignments
for the 19-year-old sale.
Ohio cattle breeder Wayne Slik
er served as auctioneer for the sale
and his consignment was the top
selling animal, being purchased
for $2,700 by Robert Sigler, of
Oxford.
According to Sliker, “This
impressive and stylish group of
calves representing showring
genetics, All-American potential,
and good pedigrees, was the best
group we’ve ever sold.”
Sale manager Cindy Warner
said she continues to be pleased
with the quality of consignments
received year after year. “It’s been
a real tribute to the sale and its
good reputation for quality ani
mals,” she said.
Slikcr’s top selling animal was a
March calf sired by Trout Run Dis
tinct Blend. Her dam is a Very
Good 87-point Dodson daughter
with a record of 29,510 pounds of
milk, 1,373 pounds of fat and
1,042 pounds of protein on a lacta
tion started when she was 5 years,
6 months.
The calf's grandam is a 2-E
Improver daughter and the third
dam scored Very Good, 85 points.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Household Goods - Antiques - Old License Plates
1990 Ford Escort 12,000 miles
John Deere Riding Mower new ’92
Saturday, May 22,1993
9:30 A.M.
Auction held on site In southern Lancaster County, PA, 4 miles
south of Willow Street. From Route 272 go West on Byerland
Church Road at produce stand.
Mostly Collectables • Antiques
Grained side board; oak side board with beveled mirror; bow front
dresser; 5 piece bedroom suite; wooden wardrobe: metal war
drobe; dove tail blanket chest; solid wood table; drop leaf table;
book case with glass doors; treadle sewing machine cabinet with
electric machine; G.E. chest 14.8 cu. ft. freezer; G.E. cook range;
G.E. auto washer, ex. condition; G.E. elec, dryer; Ashley wood
space heater; Hotpoint refrigerator; G.E. dehumidifier; unusual
wooden cabinet with 4x4 drawers; 2 mantle clocks; old rocking
chairs; Emerson air conditioner Quiet Kool, good condition; cane
nursing rocker, a dandy; sofa bed; upholstered sofa and chair;
single bed with mattress; 6 matching plank bottom chairs with cap
tain chair; oak wood commode: hand operated knitting machine: 6
matching plank bottom chairs, early 1900's; 2 old wooden night
stands; wash stand with spiral side rails; No. 5 Blinkensderfer 1903
typewriter with wooden box carrier; 2 matching dressers: 8 day oak
mantle clock; 6 plank bottom blue matching chairs, early 1900's;
kitchen utensils; S.S. cookware etc.; 50 lots of books (lists avail
able): 1886 Martyrs Mirror; 1892 Popular World Atlas: complete set
of McGuffey readers in excellent condition; flatware; silverware; tea
towels; home spun linens; lot of glass and china dishes; brass hand
bell; earthen ware; 2 complete sets of china, 12 place settings;
brass floor lamp; wooden end table; magazine rack; agate and tin
ware; clothes tree; knitted socks; sewed in hand towels; 2 old
hooked rugs, 1 with pair of rabbits; childrens toys; old wood
blocks; old clothing, turn of century; kerosene lamps; old benches;
small slate boards; tin boxes; meat saw; copper printer plate of
Landisville; hay knife; old auto license plates pair 1917-1924; gal
vanized tubs; doilies - dresser scarfs; vacuum cleaner; Kitchen Aid
mixer; old stone axes and quartz arrowheads.
Garden - Lawn Tools
John Deere STx3O inch riding mower, power shift, new 1992; Echo
weed eater; 24 ft. aluminum extension ladder; step ladder; wheel
barrow; hand tools; few shop tools; dated 1937 digging iron.
1990 Ford Escort, 4 door, LX. auto., air, AM-FM,
12,000 original miles, bought new by the Hess'
Auctioneer:
Steve
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Food By New Danville District Youth Group
National Brown Swiss Recognizes Achievements
Two calves tied for second high
est selling animal at $2,000.
One calf was consigned by Nor
man Jordan, of Siler City, N.C.,
and was purchased for $2,000 by
Scott Hood, of Middletown, Md.
The December calf was sired by
December Forest Lawn Tradition,
and the dam is a Very Good Peter
Rose. The grandam is an Excellent
Blend daughter.
Another $2,000 calf was con
signed by Gordon DeMay, of Pal
myra, N.Y.. and purchased by
Brandy Homing, of Huntingdon.
The October calf is a Lyndale
Magnum Elation daughter out of a
maternal line that goes back to
grandam Vine Valley Paul Patsy
SE.
The third highest price of the
sale was paid for a December calf
sired by Forest Lawn Tradition.
The calf's maternal sister was the
1992 Intermediate Calf National
Junior Bell Ringer, the Maryland
Bell Ringer, and look reserve
junior champion at the North Car
olina state fair. Consigned by Jen
nifer Keilholtz, the calf was pur
chased for $1,650 by Howard and
Norma Fleming, of Hollywood,
Md.
Also noteworthy was a consign
ment from Wind Mill Farm, of
Pine Grove, which was purchased
for $1,500 by Mike Kunkle, of
Jonestown. A December daughter
Owner:
JAMES H. & ANNA S. HESS
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Association and said he was very
excited by the sale’s support.
“We had a great sale and I
believe there is a tremendous
future for the Brown Swiss breed
as indicated by the interest and
support of the buyers here today,"
he said. “This was the most calves
ever sold in the history of the sale
and we didn’t have any scratches.”
Sliker was helped in the ring by
Maryland and junior members
who also helped in the bam and
with showing the calves.
Sponsored by the Maryland-
Delaware association, the sale is
Lebanon Growers Receive Wool, Mohair Payments
of sire Arvis MGP Convincer, her
dam is a Very Good 86-point
Improver daughter. The grandam
is Vine Valley Patrick Hatty, a 4E
cow with a lifetime production of
more than 206,000 pounds of milk.
Prices paid for -eleven other
calves exceeded the $l,OOO mark,
according to Warner. She said the
quality of consigments merited
good prices and calves went to
breeders in Pennsylvania, New
York, and Maryland.
Scott Hood is president of the
Maryland-Delaware Brown Swiss
NORTH CORNWALL (Leb
anon Co.) Price support pay-
ments for 1992 wool and mohair
marketings in Lebanon County to
taled about $7,500, Jenifer K.
Minnich, county executive direc
tor of the Lebanon County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service, sa<d this week.
The payments went to 30 sheep
and goat growers in Lebanon
County.
The 1992 support pirce for
shorn wool was $1.97 per pound,
and the national average market
price for shorn wool was $.74 per
pound. Minnich said a 166.2 per-
cent payment rate was used to
ABSOLUTE MUNICIPAL
SURPLUS AUCTION
THURSDAY, MAY 20TH
AT 10:00 A.M. (Rain or Shine)
LOCATION: Northampton Municipal
Garage, on tha corner of Laubaeh Ave. &
Smith Ln. (next to awlmmlng pool) North
ampton, PA.
AUTO & TRUCKS: 78 Plymouth S.W.;
84 Chevy Pick-Up; 78 GMC 3/4 ton pick-up,
4WD w/snow plow; 56 GMC 6x6 Army track
(track will not be at auction, pictures will be).
EQUIPMENT: Gravely tractor GMT 9000
w/mower; 78 traco trailer mounted leaf loader
w/227 cu. in. Chrysler industrial engine, also
leaf receiver box for standard dump track;
International tractor w/mower deck, Ferguson
tractor w/sickle bar mower; 86 Vanguard 3000
street sweeper: 83 regenative air street sweep
er, 75 Sullair air compressor, 1 dump body,
highlander cinder spreader, utility body, gas
powered tamper, 78 Obrien sewer router, 6’
York rake, Woods deck for John Deere 750,2
heavy duty comm, floor sweepers. McKee
Sno-Lauder Mod. 320; (1) 15’ 5 gange blitzer
pull behind mower.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT; 2 cash registers,
lots of typewriters, lots of calculators, copies,
Executone phone sets, cassette recorder, file
boxes, transcribers, 10 IBM 3287-2 printers,
wooden swivel chairs, 2 floppy disc drives,
dictaphone and other misc. office equipment.
MISC.: Theater style seat (4 sets of 7), air
conditioners, Iransister organ, salad bar w/
cover, grills, sinks, bed side cabinets, war
drobes, pottery, clay, turn table, 3 beauty shop
dryer chairs, tables, 17 boxes of white dishes
(24 per box) Chandler & price printing press,
IS wheel chairs, walkers, 3 Hobart dis
hwashers, one 18’ wooden shuffle board
(needs Repair) lots of bicycles, 12 sections
2'/i X 50’ Fire hose, stop lights, 6 Saddle
mates w/coil springs, mini bike and lots more.
AUCT. NOTE: This auction seems to have
a little of everything. Small items will be sold
in the garage, large items on the lawn next
door. Lots of parking.
TERMS: Cash or PA checks
Auction conducted for Boroughs of North
ampton, HeUertown, Catasauqua & Macungie;
Allen, Whitehall, Lower Macungie Town
ships; and Northampton County.
Announcements day of sale take Preference.
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JJrfr INDUSTRIAL UQUDATION
.REAL ESTATE
PA Auctioneer'* * FARMS A FARM EQUIP.
No. AU-ooi 432 L ' . MUNICIPAL SURPLUS
PeterKral
TVuctionr
WILLOW BROOK FARMS, CATASAUQUA, PA. 18032
bring the average price received
by all producers up to the support
price.
“This rate was applied to the net
proceeds received by each produc
er for shorn wool marketed during
the marketing year,” Minnich
said.
For mohair, the 1992 support
price was $4,613, and the average
market price was $.86 per pound,
making the payment rate 436.4
percent.
“Payments were not made on
that portion of a producer’s sales
proceeds which exceeded $2.96
264-1011
regularly held on the fourth Satur
day of April, each year.
The 1994 Mid-Atlantic Brown
Swiss Calf Sale is tentatively set
for April 23, again at the Frederick
Fairgrounds.
All calves sold are entered in the
Mid-Atlantic Brown Swiss Futuri
ty with the first payment made by
the Maryland association. The first
futurity is scheduled for Septem
ber 1994, at the Maryland State
Fair, held in Timonium. For more
information, call Cindy Warner at
(301) 371-5206.
per pound for wool and $3.44 per
pound for mohair,” Minnich said.
To maintain normal pulled
wool marketing practices, ASCS
supported unshorn lambs at a level
comparable to the shorn wool sup
port rate. Therefore, producers re
ceived $4.92 per hundredweight
in price support payments for un
shorn lambs that were sold or
slaughtered during the 1992 mar
keting year.
Promotion fund deductions
from wool and mohair payments
were approved nationally by refer
endums held in 1991.
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QUILT, CRAFT &
BUGGY AUCTION
TUES. & WED.
MAY 25 & 26. 1993
9:00 A.M.
BUGGIES SOLD TUESDAY,
MAY 25, 1993
1:00 PM
Items can be sent to:
A. & c. Diffenbach Auction Inc.
% Carol Diffenbach
100 W. Jackson St., Box 186
New Holland, PA. 17557
Or Call: Auction Center (717) 355-7253
Home: (717) 354-3297
Receiving Dates - Auction Center
MON. THRU FRI. MAY 17 THRU
MAY 21, 1993
9.-00 AM TO 4:00 P.M.
Catalog Cut-Off Date:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 • 4:00 P.M.
No Quilts & Craft Items Received
After Frl. May 21,1993 • 4:00 P.M.
All Quilt & Craft Items Must Be Sold
ALL ITEMS WILL BE ON DISPLAY
ON MONDAY, MAY 24
7:00 AM. to 7:00 P.M.
A. & C. Diffenbach Auction Inc.
100 W. Jackson St., Box 186
New Holland, PA. 17557
Phone: (717) 355-7253
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