A34:l<na«ter .Farming, Saturday,-April 2,-.1994 STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) Pen nsylvania’s 21st Annual Performance Tested Bull Sale was held here at the Meat Animal Eva luation Center on Fri day, March 2S. There was a very large crowd in atten dance to appraise an outstanding set of per formance tested bulls. There were 121 regis tered bidders from eight different states. Dr. Max Van Buskirk, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agricul ture, brought greetings from the department. Van Buskirk also announced that the public’s support for the performance testing programs conducted by the Meat Animal Evalu ation Center should be reaffirmed by sending letters to him in Harris burg indicating that these programs are ben eficial to and supportive of the meat animal industries. The sale started in grand fashion with the twenty Polled Hereford bulls recording the top breed sale average of $1,783. The top index ing Polled Hereford bull, bred by Fred McMurry, was the first bull in the ring and he sold to Bayer’s Here ford Ranch of Twin Bridges, Mont, for $2,000. The McMurrys received the top indexing Polled Here ford award presented by the Pennsylvania Polled Hereford Association. The lot #3 bull con signed by Paul and Bette Slayton sold for the top price of the day. This bull with tremendous EPDs sold to Mike and Judy Patton of Olean, N.Y. for $3,400 on a mail bid. Lot #5 bull consigned by Frank Darcey and Lot #6 con signed by John & Janet Humphrey each sold for $2,400 to Hochreither and Lukan of Hawley, Pa. and Watchtower Farms of Wallkill,N.Y., respectively. The Angus breed started with the top indexing bull consigned by Joe and Bobbi I 9 ! Call or write i I for our listing, V j or see our local A ! listing in ! f Lancaster 9 j Farming’s | j March 2 | 26th issue. 9 Longacre Real Estate *RI. 100, Hanford, PA 18050 |215-679-5919 Bull Sale Held McMullen. The McMullens from Lan caster County, Pa. received the top indexing Angus bull award from the Pennsyl vania Angus Associa tion as well as die top indexing bull over all breeds award. This award was presented by the Pennsylvania Cattle men’s Association. This bull then sold to Watch tower Farms of Wall kill, N.Y. for $1,700, the third highest price for an Angus bull. The top selling Angus bull was also consigned by the McMulleris. This low birth weight bull sold to Hendrik Angus Farm of Knoxville, Pa., for $2,300. The second highest selling Angus bull was the high mater nal trait bull consigned by Erskine Cash of Centre Hall, Pa. The Rito 2100 GDAR son sold to P T Mclntire and Sons of White Post, Va. for $2,000. The 24 Angus bulls grossed $32,730 to record an average of $1,363. The Simmental divi sion of the sale started with the two top indexing bulls bred by Ken Foust of Gettys burg, Pa. These two bulls were both sons of the top-indexing and top-selling Simmental bull of Pennsylavnia’s 17th Annual Perfor mance Tested Bull sale in 1990. Foust’s two bulls sold to William Mclntire of Shelocta, Pa. for $1,700 and to George Robinson of Kreamer, Pa. for $1,600. These two prices were surpassed only by the top selling Simmental. This out standing black Simmen tal consigned by Mes sick Farms of Middle town, Pa., was purchased by Ken Foust for $2,500. The last bull in the TR sale was the lone Charo lais bred by Raymond Bratton of McVpytown, Pa. This bull sold to Richard Eigenbrode of Waynesboro, Pa., for $l,BOO. Overall, the 59 bulls sold for a total of $88,350 to tally an aver age of $1,498. This average would have to qualify this sale as very successful when consid ering the fact that the average was almost $2OO higher than last year’s overall average of $1,307. For mote information on Pennsylvania’s per formance testing prog rams, contact Glenn Eberly, Director, Pen nsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Meat Animal Evaluation Cen ter, 651 Fox Hollow Road, State College, PA 16803, (814) 238-2527 or (814) 865-5857. Pa. Beef Expo Debuts In Harrisburg PORT MATILDA (Centre Co.) The 1994 Pennsylvania Beef Expo will be highlighted by a large commercial Trade Show and Jerry Palen, nationally recognized cartoonist There will be many other events - five cattle breed sales, the annual Cattlemen’s Association Award Banquet, and the Northeast Beef Cattle Symposium. For the first time, the Beef Expo will be held at die Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg. All exhi bits, sales and shows will be inside the Farm Show Complex. The Trade Show will consist of over 40 commercial exhibits offering a wide range of new pro ducts for the catde industry. “Space is still available for more exhibits,” according to Dan Card, co-chairman of the Expo Trade Show Committee, “the trade show has always been one of the main attractions of the Beef Expo, and we are pleased that the commercial companies provide the necessary support to make the Expo a success.” Jerry Palen, creator of the popu lar Flo and Elmo cartoons, will be OUNTY at the Expo all three days Fri day, Saturday, and Sunday, April 8,9, and 10. Mr. Palen provides whole-family entertainment as he and his audience laugh about his real-life experience of “growing up country” and then later owning and operating his own cattle oper ation in Wyoming. According to Lowell Wilson, professor of animal science at Penn State, “Jerry uses the finesse of a finely-tuned storyteller as he helps people understand that working together as a family and as a couple in agriculture can be fun; and Jerry uses each of us, plus Flo and Elmo, to illustrate how we can laugh along. Jerry also draws cartoons at each of the events he attends, allowing us to laugh at ourselves even more.” Palen will be at the Expo all three days and will certainly bring a new dimension to the event The Educational Program, with important contemporary presenta tions on grazing systems, handling newly arrived cattle, use of growth promotants. nutrient management and marketing innovations, will (Turn to Pago A3B)
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