Al6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 1, 1994
GRAIN. CATTLE AND HOG
FUTURES MARKETS
(Closing bids: Thursday, Sept. 29, 1994)
LIVE CATTLE FEEDER CATTLE
HIGH LON LAST CHG HIGH LOW LAST CHG
6887 6835 6837* -22 SEP 7290 7280 7280* -5
6842 6800 6802* 0 OCT 7300 7260 7270* -12
6760 6720 6737* 0 NOV 7347 7320 7322* -12
6880 6855 6860* -7 JAN 7320 7290 7297* -10
6585 6550 6550* -20 MAR 7215 7195 7197* -10
6547 6525 6527* -17 APR 7187 7160 7160* -10
6585 6560 6560* -15 NAY 7155 7132 7132* +2
7145 7145* -10
CANADIAN DOLLAR
7454 7436 7444*
7445 7435 7441*
7430 7427 7430*
US DOLLAR INDEX
8786 8777 8780 a
8806*
SWISS FRANC
DEC 7822 7781 7806*
HAR 7842 7824 7834*
JUN 7902 7850 7863*
BRITISH POUND
DEC 15808 15740 15774*
HAR 15780 15726 15746*
JON 15710 15690*
KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK (Md.) Knob
View Counselor Patsy, a 3-year
old Carnation Counselor-ET
daughter bred and owned by
Richard and Patti Kepler, Knob
View Holsteins, had her day in
the sun Tuesday as she swept the
Three-Year-Old, senior champi
on female, two years and over,
grand champion female, and cow
any age Judged on udder alone
open classes at the Great Freder
ick Fair. The cow is a candidate
for All-Maryland, to be decided
on October 15 and 16. Her dam
was grand champion in Frederick
in 1992.
Judge Curtis Day of Shippens
burg, PA selected Patsy from a
field of approximately one hun
dred-fifty entrants in what he
termed a “really good, quality
show”. Nineteen classes were
J( v **| ,ner ot * h ® one-mllllonth ton of feed from the Purina
Mills Inc., plant at Centerville are Abe and Jay Hess, Cones*
toga. Dan Buttorff, commercial district hog manager, left,'
and Marc Lewis, production manager make the
presentation.
DEC
m
JUN
+lB
+l7
+l6
DEC
HAS
+44
+44
+44
Knob View Wins At
shown at the Holstein show held
at the Frederick County Fair
grounds.
Junior champion honors went
to the first place senior yearling
heifer Maryland-Garden-Spot
Nick Betty, out of United Nick-
ET, shown by Adam Stevens
for Maryland-Garden-Spot Farm.
Judge Day was impressed by the
heifer’s “clean, angular top-line”
conformation, saying she was “an
extremely quality heifer with a
beautiful rib”.
Knob View Holsteins also
walked away with the award for
junior best three females all bred
and owned by the same exhibitor.
Second place winner in this cate
gory was Len-Land Acres, fol
lowed by Mike and Elizabeth
Doody in third.
The “highly competitive”
Dairy Herd group class ribbon,
(Turn to P«fl« A 37)
LIVE HOGS
HIGH LON LAST CHG
OCT 3720 3630 3645* -45
DEC 3735 3670 3677* -50
FEB 3795 3755 3760* -17
APR 3827 3775 3777* -35
JUN 4335 4285 4292* -45
JLY 4340 4280 4285* -40
ADG 4240 4200 4205* -22
OCT 3970 3930 3930* -22
FORK BELLIES
FEB 3962 3895 3942* +3O
-7
-7
-7
HAR 3960 3907 3942*
MAY 4075 4025 4047*
JLY 4120 4095 4107*
AUG 4010 3995 4010*
FEB
-4
-16
With the champions are nils Day, Judge; Robin Fawley, Frederick County 4-H
Queen; Adam Stevens with the Junior champion; Richard Kepler with the grand
champion; and David O’Hara, Frederick County 4-H King.
CENTERVILLE (Lancaster
Co.)—The Purina Mills, Inc.,
located on Hempland Road, was
the location for an open house for
customer appreciation. This open
house was tied in with the
announcement of the production of
the one-millionth ton of feed that
was produced at the mill and the
100-year anniversary of Purina
Mills, Inc.
“Many fanners who were here
12 years ago when we opened the
.plant are back again today,” said
Phil Jaquith, district sales mana
ger. “And many of the people who
work here grew up here. So you
. **.. ® v , ' the one-mill ton of feed to Bacon Acres. In the photo are
from left, Marc Lewis, production managar, Purina, Lancaster, Glenn Kunkel, Hess
driver, and Jay and Abe Hess.
CORN
HIGH LON LAST CHG
2150 2140 2146* 0
2246 2236. 2244* -2
2324 2316 2324* 0
2370 2364 2370* 0
2410 2402 2406* 0
2450 2444 2446* 0
2512 2512 2512* +2
2570* +2
2424 2424 2424* 0
SOYBEANS
5476 5434 5436* -46
5576 5534 5536* -46
5674 5634 5640* -44
5746 5710 5712* -36
5806 5770 5772* -34
5800 5784 5784* -40
5834 5814 5814* -20
5920 5880 5882* -30
Frederick
Centerville Purina Plant
Has Open House
CHICAGO WHEAT
HIGH LOW LAST CHG
3894 3850 3884* -2
3976 3936 3972* -4
3840 3804 3830* -12
3534 3506 3530* -14
3566 3554 3566* -6
3656 3656 3656* -2
OATS
1270 1244 1256*
1320 1292 1310*
1346 1324 1340*
1362 1360 1360*
SOYBEAN NEAL
1642 1629 1631*
1644 1632 1633*
1663 1646 1647*
1700 1682 1683*
1728 1710 1711*
1754 1740 1741*
1758 1747 1747*
DEC
HAR
HAY
JLY
Holstein Show
can say we are a local company
even though we are a national
company.”
The mill was opened in 1982 to
produce meal feeds, especially
poultry feed. At the time, many
new poultry operations were being
developed in the area. Later the
need for other feed became evi
dent, and two pellet mills were
added in 1986. NowMhey produce
200,000 tons of feed per year and
reached the millionth ton on Mon
day of this week at 7 a.m.
According to Marc Lewis, pro
duction manager, -the special
milestone ton was given to Abe
K.C. WHEAT
HIGH LOW LAST CHG
DEC 3954 3930 3942*-14
HAH 3986 3962 3982* -4
NAT 3850 3822 3840* -16
JLY 3654 3554 3554* -30
SEP 3590* -20
HINN WHEAT
DEC 3916 3894 3904* -12
HAH 4030 4002 4022* -6
HAY 3970 3960 3970* -14
JLY 3716 3716 3716* -12
SEP 3600* 0
SOYBEAN OIL
+lO
+lO
+lO
+lO
OCT 2548 2525 2526* -25
DEC 2458 2433 2434* -28
JAN 2426 2406 2408* -23
HAH 2397 2377 2378* -22
HAY 2373 2355 2357* -16
JLY 2355 2335 2335* -18
AUG 2347 2330 2330* -15
and Jay Hess of Bacon Acres in
Conestoga. Hess’s Mill delivered
die feed, and Glenn Kunkel was
the driver.
The plaint runs 24 hours per day
with two 12-hour shills, five days
per week. Saturday is clean-up and
repair-equipment day. The plant
employs 13 people, five in produc
tion, two in the office, two
mechanics, two truck drivers, and
two supervisors.
About 400 customers, pros
pects, and other guests attended
the open house. Many of these vis
itors toured the plant