400 Pa. Farm Bureau Members To Visit Legislators In Harrisburg CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) Nearly 400 Pennsylvania fanners will call on their state law makers Monday, March 14 to dis cuss legislation in the General As sembly which is important to agri culture. The visits will be part of the annual Harrisburg Legislative Tour conducted by the Pennsylva nia Farm Bureau. Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (Farm Bureau) is a voluntary statewide farm organization which represents 23,542 families in S 4 county units. The farmers visiting Harrisburg are members of county farm bureau legislative committees. “There are some issues facing the farm community which re quire legislative action,” said Farm Bureau president Keith Eck el. “It makes sense to meet face to-face with our legislators so they can leam first-hand how these is sues are affecting us and what we feel should be done about them. 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In addition to fitting the bulls for the sale, the Penn State Block and Bridle Club will be preparing plenty of good food for a large crowd. The Bull Sale is scheduled to get under way at 12 noon with the sale of the top indexing Polled Hereford. This SBF Royal Gypsy King son consigned by Fred McMur ray indexed 117 and was the fastest gaining of his breed. He also had the top yearling weight for the breed and posted a +5O lbs yearling weight EPD. Walter Boosel’s PS Jazz 008 son was the second highest indexing Polled Hereford. This bull had an actual birth weight of 70 lb. and an adjusted yearling weight of 1,232 lb. Twenty-one Polled Here ford bulls will be included in this sale. Next up will be 24 Angus bulls. The top indexing Angus bull is the lightest birth weight EPD bull consigned by Joe and Bobbi McMullen. This calving-ease bull with an actual birth weight of 69 lb. gained 4.62 lb. per day on test and recorded an adjusted year ling weight of 1,354 lb. This bull’s 118 index is tops of the 74 bulls completing the testing program. The second-highest indexing Angus was the R&J Maxima bull from Error Hill Farms. This ET bull recorded a final index of 115 and the top adjusted yearling weight (1,371 lb.) of the Angus up for sale. The top-gaining Angus also ended up third highest indexing Angus, with an ADG of 4.63 lb. per day on test and a final index of 112. The top two indexing Simmentals were both consigned by Ken Foust. These two top performing bulls have indexes of 115 and 110, respectively. They also recorded the two top adjusted yearling weights over all the bulls on test. Their yearling weights were 1,535 and 1,526 lb. The sire of both of these bulls, MF Advantage, was the top-indexing and top-selling Simmental bull in the 1990 Pennsylvania Performance-tested Bull Sale. The third highest indexing Simmental, belonging to Bill and Karen Flagg, was a calving-ease Simmental which recorded the top gain on test for the breed of 4.42 lb. per day. The lone Charolais tested had a very good gain of 3.70 lb. per day and an adjusted 365-day weight of 1,335 lb. This smooth muscled polled Charolais was consigned by Bratton Charolais Farm. For more information on the bulls or on the center's performance-testing programs, or to request a sale catalog, contact Glenn Eberly, Director; Meat Animal Evaluation Center, 651 Fox Hollow Road, State College, PA 16803 (telephone 814-238-2527 or 814-865-58571.
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