DMjncwtw Farming, Saturday, August 26, 1995
C.J. HOUGHTALING
Tioga Co. Correspondent
WHITNEYVILLE (Tioga
Co.) —The number of exhibitors
and buyers was down from last
year during the 4-H and FFA
Junior Livestock Sale held re
cently at the Tioga County Fair.
This year, 27 exhibitors sold 45
animals for a total of $17,168. In
1994, 33 exhibitors sold 54 ani
mals for $658 more overall. How
ever, a few champion animals and
their owners fared belter this year
than those of the same ranking
over the past two years.
Among thoie who sailed past
the 1993 prices were reserve
Steve Thornton stands next to the grand champion
market steer he purchased for Northeastern Farm Credit.
The animal was raised by Brandon Reed of Tioga.
Buyer Steve Cornell stands next to the grand champion
market hog purchased from Duane Graves of Little Marsh.
Cornell represents Cornell Brothers, Inc. of Mlddelbury
Center.
Matt Nlckeson of Wellsboro holds his grand champion
market lamb for buyer Clyde Beard of Knoxville, owner of
the Cowanesque Valley Livestock Market.
Tioga Fair Hosts Livestock,
grand champion market steer foi
$1.15 per pound (.05 more per
pound than was sold in 1993),
grand champion market hog for $4
per pound (.75 more per pound
than was sold in 1994), reserve
grand champion market hog for
$2.25 per pound (.25 more per
pound than was sold in 1994), and
the grand champion Brown Swiss
gallon of milk for $5OO ($l5O
more than was sold in 1994).
This year, Brandon Reed of
Tioga sold his grand champion
market steer to Northeastern Farm
Credit for $1.15 per pound. Todd
Webster of Wellsboro had the
reserve grand champion market
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Milk Auction animals, owners, and buyers are seen here, along with the Tioga
County Dairy Princess Jolene Hultz of Mlllerton, far left. Others In the photos are,
from left, Erin Gummo, representing buyer Tioga Trail Rides, Larry Harvey represent
ing Judson’s Agway, Bradley Wales, Olivia Courtney, Jason Butler, Ellen Norman,
Don Gilman representing Mlddlebury Coop, and Steve Thornton representing North
eastern Farm Credit.
steer which went to Cornell
Brothers, Inc. of Middlebury
Center.
Cornell Brother Inc. also pur
chased the grand cham non mark
et hog from Duane Graves of
Little Marsh. The reserve grand
champion market hog, owned by
Traci Webster of Wellsboro, went
to Hatfield quality Meats in
Hatfield.
The grand champion market
lamb, owned by Matt Nickcson of
Wellsboro, was sold to the Cow
anesque Valley Livestock Market
of Knoxville for $4 per pound.
The Citizens and Northern
National Bank purchased Un
reserve grand champion markc
lamb for Raymond Gigee.
The highlight of the Livestock
auction was “Curlie the Pig,” a
223-pound market hog donated by
George Grater of Lawrcncivill'..
and raised by 4-H member Jen .lif
er Gorenflo of Lawrenceville.
Purchased and resold three times
during the Livestock Auction, the
pig brought a total of $680.15. The
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Agriculture Secretary
Charles C. Brosius has announced
one new appointment and three
reappointments to the Pennsylva
nia Vegetable Marketing and
Research Program Board.
Board members work to prom
ote Pennsylvania’s vegetable
industry and approve vegetable
research grants.
“We welcome our new board
member, and thank those who will
continue to serve,” Brosius said.
‘The board plays an important
role in the marketing of veget
ables, and they’ll work to protect
the crop by selecting research pro
jects to deal with pests and dis
eases, or select improved
varieties.”
The 14-member board is com
prised of 12 vegetable growers
nominated by their fellow produc
ers, a vegetable sales agent rep
resentative, and the state agricul
ture secretary or his designee.
The new board member is Don
A. Geise of Northumberland,
"Northumberland County. Geise
was appointed to a three-year
term.
Reappointed board members
include Frederick Funk, of Mil
lersville, Lancaster County; David
Miller, of York, York County; and
William C. Goodwin of Lake
City, Erie County. Each was reap
pointed to a three-year term.
In addition to these four mem
bers, the board includes the fol
lowing members, listed by name
and city and county of residence:
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State Announces Vegetable
Board Changes
Manure Systems Tour Set
SUNBURY (Northumberland
Co.) The Northumberland
County Conservation District is
sponsoring a tour of six central
Northumberland County manure
storage systems on Wednesday,
Sept 6.
Farmers with livestock or any
one interested in viewing and
learning more about mmanure
storage and management systems
are invited to attend.
The tour will begin at 9 a.m. on
the Thomas Strouse dairy farm in
Point Township and end about 3
p.m. on the Paul Ross dairy farm
in Upper Augusta Township.
Lunch will be provided for partici-
Milk Auction
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money from Curlie’s sale was
donated to the Livestock Sale
Committee for promotion,
expenses, and bam improvements.
Another donation was made by
Cornell Brothers, Inc. when the
buyer purchased a 160-pound
market hog from Lauren Webster
of Wellsboro for $152. The hog
will be used in a pig roast to bene
fit the construction of a swine
wash area at the Tioga County
Fairgrounds. The roast is slated
for this coming fall.
The Milk Auction grossed
$1,335 from the sale of one gallon
pf milk from each of the four
grand champion animals in the
Junior Dairy Show.
Middlebury Coop purchased
the milk from the grand champion
Brown Swiss Bo Ka Blend Maria,
a 3-year-old owned by Jason But
ler of Middlebury Center.
Milk from the grand cliampion
Ayrshire, Blue Devils Star Butter
cup owned by Bradley Wales of
Millerton, went to Tioga Trail
Rides of Wellsboro for $l6O.
•Robert Constantine, Smock,
Fayette County
•Gerald R. Reporting, Rheems,
Lancaster County
•Boyd A. Mem, Northumber
land, Northumberland County
•Richard Pallman, Clarks Sum
mit, Lackawanna County
•Daniel Schantz, Zionsville,
Lehigh County
•Carl T. Shaffer. Mifflinville,
Columbia County
•Robert Trax, Finleyville,
Washington County
Ellen Norman's grand champ
ion Jersey, a 4-year-old named
Normandell Sooner Jesse, brought
$325 for the one gallon of milk
purchased by Northeastern Farm
Credit
For the fourth year in a row,
Judson Agway of Columbia
Crossroads purchased the grand
champion Holstein milk. This
year, the milk, purchased for $350
belonged to Esßern Enhancer
Bute Buddy, the 6-year-old grand
champion Holstein owned by Oli
via Courtney of Mansfield.
Proceeding the Livestock and
Milk Auction, a basket made by
Jackie Gummo of Wellsboro and
filled with Tioga County products,
and a wool shawl made in one day
during the fair in a Sheep to Shawl
demonstration also went on the
auction block. Proceeds from the
basket benefitted the- Livestock
and Milk Auction while proceeds
from the shawl helped to fund the
Tioga County Historical Society,
which has a farm museum on the
fairgrounds.
•Ralph F. Wh'iland, Pennsylva
nia Furnace, Huntingdon County
•and Elmer Itoltzfus, Leola,
Lancaster County.
Brosius has selected Ana Maria
DiStefano, director of the depart
ment’s Bureau of Market Deve
lopment, as his designee to the
board. William Troxell of North
umberland, Northumberland
County, is executive secretary of
the board, and Michael Varner of
the Bureau of Market Develop
ment serves as the department’s'
liaison to the board.
pants.
Fanners with manure storage
systems will explain their opera
tion and answer questions. Also
personnel from the Natural Re
sources Conservation Service
(NRCS), formerly the Soil Con
servation Service, and the North
umberland County Conservation
District (NCCD) will be on hand
to answer questions.
Arrangements have been made
to visit three dairy farms and one
farm each with poultry, swine, and
beef.
For more details, contact the
Northumberland County Conser
vation District, (717) 988-4224.