C6-L«nc«stef Fniinhij, Saturday, November 25, 1995 ERIE (Eric Co.) Moss’s Steak and Sea House purchased the grand champion market steer at the recent 4-H and FFA Live stock Sale, held m conjunction with the Waterford Fair. Buyers for the restaurant paid $2.50 per pound for the 1,195-p‘ound champion Maine Anjous crossbred steer raised and marketed by Tim Kosiorek. Kosiorek, a Watlsburg-area resi dent, is a member of the True Grit 4-H Club. Moss’s Steak and Sea House donated the steer and a market lamb they purchased later in the Sale to the Erie County 4-H/ Youth development Program for resale, with the proceeds to benefit the program’s general fund. The grand champion market hog-was sold to Mills Associates ol Pittsburgh by Amber Markham lor 52.50 per pound. Markham is a member ol the Homesteaders 4-H ft- / 1 Sedgwicks Dividend 4174 was the reserve grand champ ion bull at the 1995 American Royal Roll Of Victory (ROV) Angus Show In Kansas City, Mo. The March 1994 son of TC Dividend 963 is owned by McCurry Brothers, Sedgwick, Kan.; Black Wave, Middletown, Md.; and Mlddlefield Farms, Ft. Collins, Colo. He first topped the Junior division before winning the reserve grand honor. Angus ROY Champs Selected From 243 Entries ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—Exhibitors from 17 states paraded 167 females and 76 bulls at the 199 S American Royal Roll Of Victory (ROV) Angus Show in Kansas City, Mo. Dave Nichols, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., eva luated the entries shown at the recent event. Krugerrands Moneyline took top honors in the bull show. The February 1993 son of Krugerrand of Donamere 490 won the senior division before receiving the grand champion honor. Quirk Land & Cattle Co., Hastings, Neb., owns the winning entry. The reserve grand champion bull award went to Sedgwicks Dividend 4174, a March 1994 son of TC Dividend 963. He was also the junior champion. He is owned by McCurry Brothers, Sedgwick, Kan.; Black Wave, Middletown, Md.; and Middlefield Farms, Ft Collins, Colo. In the heifer competition, WCC Miss Pride Ever 284 prevailed as the grand champion. Wallace Cattle Co., Leeton, Mo., owns the Classified ads 5 ? £ PAY OFF! k 4-H, FFA Livestock Sale Club and is Irom Summit Town ship. Her Hampshire crossbred hog weighed 250 pounds. C. Sher man Allen, Auctioneer, paid $5 per pound for the grand champion market lamb. This Suffolk cross bred lamb, weighing 100 pounds, was exhibited and sold by 4-H’er Lcann Russell of Waterford. Rus sell is a member of the Happy Hooves 4-H Club, Waterford. Al len donated the champion lamb to the Shnncr’s Hospital for Chil dren in Erie. Processing of the lamb was donated by Waller’s Meal Company, Erie. The reserve grand champion market steer was purchased by Grenier’s Meal Packing, Girard, for Sl.lO per pound. The steer, ex hibited by Julie James, Waterford, weighed 1,230 pounds. James is a first-year member of the True Grit 4-H Club. The reserve grand champion market hog was sold by '*■>*< * April 1994 daughter of GDAR Executive 727 that was first named the junior champion. Nichols selected the senior heif er calf champion for his reserve grand champion female. KC Til das Laura J 314 was the winning entry for Kyle Conley, Cameron, Mo. She is a September 1994 daughter of JR Juice ZOOS. A complete list of winners follows. Tout number shown; 243. Judge: Dave Nichols, Manhattan, Kansas. Heifers: 147 Shown. Junior Heifer Calf Champion: Wallace Cattle Co.; Reserve: White stone Krebs. Senior Heifer Calf Champion: Kyle Conley; Reserve: Whiteatone Farm. Intermediate Champion Heifer Bndy Brans; Reserve: Julia Wagner. Junior Champion Heifer: Wallace Cattle Co.; Reserve: Circle A Ranch. Senior Champion Female: Whiteatone Krebs; Reserve: Kami McCurry. Grand Champion Female: Wal lace Cattle Co.; Reserve: Kyle Costley. Bulk; 74 Shown. Junior Bull Calf Champion: Clifford Bush A Sonr, Reserve: Wallace Cattle Co. A Tom Kisses. Senior Bull Calf Champion: Gina McTuny, Reserve; Whiteatone Farm. Inter mediate Champion Bull: Whiteatone Farm; Reserve; Dale Grubbs. Junior Champion Bull: McCurry Brothers, Black Wave * Middlefield Farms; Reserve: Whites lona Krebs, TS Farms A Vollmer Angus Ranch. Senior Champion Bull; Quirk Land A Cattle CO.; Reserve: TC Ranch Inc. * Vision Angus. Grand Champion Bull; Quirk Land A Cattle Co.; Reserve; McCurry Brothers, Black Wave A Middlefield Farms. Group Classes. Junior Oet-of-Sire: McCurry Brothers. Best Six Head; McCurry Brothers. Jessie Carpmello, Watcrlord, to Erie Crawlord Cooperative, for $2.50 per pound. Carpmello is a member of the Happy Hoggers + 4-H Club The reserve chamoion market lamb was purchased by PcnnWesl Farm Credit, ACA, of Meadvillc, for $4.35 per pound. The Hampshire crossbred lamb, weighing 95 pounds, was sold by Debbie Perkins of Waterford. Per kins is a member of the Livestock Wranglers 4-H Club. The champion mediumweight market steer was purchased by Dave’s Garage, Waterford, from Lisa James, also of Waterford. Members of the Beefers 4-H Club raised the county’s 4-H charity hog this summer. Its sale also benefited Shriner’s Hospital for Children. The 225-pound Dur oc crossbred hog was raised by Lloyd Hess, Mckean, as his pro ject animal. Monies to cover the cost of feed and veterinary care for the project were donated by Owens-Brockway of Erie. The hog was sold by celebrity auction eer Bill Knupp, of WICU TVI2, for $3 per pound. The hog was purchased by Meadvillc Livestock Auction, Gary’s Sales Service of Edinboro, and C. Sherman Allen, Auctioneer, and donated to the Shnncr’s Hospital. Processing of the hog was donated by Waller’s Meal Company, Erie. According to Carolyn L. Bel- extension agent - 4-H/Youth with the Erie County Cooperative Extension Office, 24 market lambs, 51 market hogs, and 28 market steers were sold through the livestock sale in 1995. The sale provides 4-H and FFA mem bers with a market outlet for their project animals. Sale averages this year, excluding pricer paid for grand and reserve champions, the charity hog, and resale animals, ranged from $1.54 per pound for market lambs to $.92 per pound for market hogs •and $.83 per pound for market steers. Many members will use any profits from the sale of this year’s project ani als to finance next year’s project work. Research Finds No Health, Environmental Risks With Use Of 2,4-D CHICAGO, 111. Extensive research confirms that the herbi cide 2,4-D poses no significant risk to farm workers’ health or to the environment. That conclusion, supported by almost 270 studies conducted dur ing the past six years, was pre sented here at a day-long sympo sium by members of an industry task force. “We have completed 90 percent of the studies required by the EPA for reregistration of 2,4-D, and none of die studies suggest that the chemical poses any significant risk when used properly,” said Don Page, executive director of the Industry Task Force II on 2,4-D Research Data. That’s good news for farmers, turf and lawn care operators and home owners, all of whom use the inexpensive herbicide to control a broad spectrum of broadleaf weeds on crops such as com and soybeans, as well as golf courses, lawns, roadsides, and utility rights of way.. The 50-year-old product is the most frequently used herbicide worldwide and remains the third most popular herbicide in the United States. Use in this country. Page noted, is actually increasing because of the herbicide’s grow- Hoss’s Steak and Sea House purchased the grand cham pion market steer from Wattsburg-area 4-H member Tim Kosiorek at the recent Erie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Sale. The 1,195-pound Maine Anjous crossbred steer was donated back for resale, with the proceeds to benefit the Erie County 4-H/Youth Development Program. Leann Russell of Waterford sold the grand champion market lamb to C. Sherman Allen, Auctioneer, and Associ ates, of Conneaut Lake, at the recent Erie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Sale. The lamb sold for $5 per pound, and Allen donated It to the Shrlner’s Hospital In Erie. Process ing of the lamb was donated by Walter’s Meat Company, Erie. ing popularity in no-till and minimum-til! crop production systems. The studies required for rere gistration included a battery of toxicology and residue work as well as research tracing the envi ronmental fate of the chemical’s acid, ester, and amine salt forms. The six-year research effort, which cost some $25 million, was funded principally by the task force’s current members Rutgers Hires New Fruit Entomologist CLAYTON, N.J.—Dr. Peter Shearer recently joined Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a spe cialist in fruit entomology. Shearer will be working out of the Rutgers South Jersey Research and Development Center in Upper Deerfield Township, Cumberland County. Shearer is the first of three new fruit specialists to be located at the center with their staffs working in fruit research and extension. These positions are the result of grower efforts in ■»* .* 1* »v Rhone-Poulcnc Ag Company, DowElanco, Nufarm USA, and AGRO-GOR all manufacturers of products containing 2,4-D. According to William Mahl burg, chairman of the task force’s Toxicology Subcommittee, a number of rodent studies confirm that 2.4-D, when ingested orally, is actually less toxic than many other more commonly consumed compounds, including caffeine, and about as toxic as aspirin. obtaining $500,000 to annually support tree fruit research. Shearer comes to Rutgers Cooperative’ Extension with extensive experience in fruit sci ence, having worked as a private pest management consultant for tree fruit growers in California and as a research technician work ing on insect problems of apples, pears, and cherries at the Mid Col umbian Agricultural and Research Center in Hood River, Ore. for nine years.
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