A3O-Unc«ster Farming, Saturday, October 30, 1993
Dutch Country Calf Sale Provides Forum For Youth
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba- lhe Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s
non Co.) A purebred Angus Association and is held as a way to
calf sold for $750 to top last Satur- make ste ? r and heifcr ca,ves av ? il ‘
day’s sixth annual Dutch County a^e 10 ra ' se as or PPA project
Calf Sale and Show, held at the anim als or otherwise to show, or to
Lebanon Area Fairgrounds. add 10 a breeding program.
.The annual sale is sponsored by Also held in conjunction with
the Berks/Southeast Cattlemen’s the sale and show is an instruction-
Association, in conjunction with al evening, held the night before
the sale, for youth intending to
purchase and/or raise a beef cattle
calf for a 4-H or FFA project
During the instructional even
ing, Rebecca Sonncn, a former
county 4-H club member who now
works for the Middle Atlantic Milk
Marketing Agency, presented a
motivational and instructional talk
on career opportunities in
agriculture.
Practical demonstrations and
talks came from Dr. Lynn Sam
mons. a Myerstown-based large
animal veterinarian who discussed
feeder calf health care, and Elene
Hitz, who demonstrated tech
niques for grooming and fitting
cattle for show.
According to Sheila Miller, rep
resentative of the Southeastern
Pa./Berks County Cattlemen’s
Association, the Dutch Country
Calf Sale was designed to be more
of a genetic sale, more of a club
Rebecca Sonnen, with calf sale, which has been growing
Middle Atlantic Milk Market* in popularity and success,
ing Agency, talks to a group “We had kids from as far away
of 4*Hers about career plan- as Northampton and Centre coun
ning and opportunities in tics and a lot of interest in the pre
agriculture. sale youth conference,” she said.
Jason Stoltzfus holds the halter of his champion steer
calf.
Elene Hftz demonstrates fitting steers.
On the left, Jim Simo, and his son Cory, on the right, stand with the purebred Angus
calf they bought at the Dutch County Calf Sale which brought the highest-price paid,
and CJ. Haffner, who holds the halter. N
During the sale, which offers all
animals for sale on a per-head
basis, instead of a per-pound basis,
a total of $12,595 was raised on 21
head offered, for a sale average of
$599.76.
The top selling calf was a
purebred Angus calf consigned by
Salunga Acres, of Mt. Joy, and
purchased by Jim Simo, of Lancas
ter. for son Cory, 13, who is a
member of the Lancaster County
4-H and an eighth-grade student in
the Conestoga Valley School
District.
Two calves tied for second
highest selling, bringing $675
each: a purebred Polled Hereford
also consigned by Salunga Acres,
and a purebred Angus consigned
by Lester Schwartz, of West
Winds Farm, in Kimberton.
There were two calves which
tied for the lowest price paid, both
were young Simmental-Limousin
crossbred calves which brought
$460 per head.
In the show held prior to the
sale, Scott Hummel, judge,
selected Lester Schwartz’s
purebred Angus to be champion,
and the offspring of a Limousin
crossed to a Simmental-Angus
crossbred, as the reserve
champion.
Both men received cash awards
for placing as champions.
For Schwartz, who has been
raising registered Angus for eight
years, has 25 registered cows and
uses all artificial insemination,
Saturday was his first time con
signing and showing at the Dutch
Country Calf Sale.
Arnold, of Lebanon, has 17
commercial cows, mostly Angust-
Simmcntal crossbred, a registered
Limousin bull is the herd sire and
he does all natural breeding. He
raised the grand champion of this
year’s Lebanon Area Fair.
moons, a. ;ge animal veterinarian, demons
trates some basic beef calf treatment during a talk on feeder
calf health.