PB6»Unc«stef Farming, Saturday, March 9, 1996
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Pennsylvania’s Meat Ani
mal Evaluation Center has an
nounced the results of the 84-day
weighing of the bulls on Pennsyl
vania’s Performance testing pro
gram.
The bulls are still gaining ex
tremely well in spite of the severe
winter. Hie bulls were weighed
off test March S and then the bulls
will be scanned ultrasonically to
determine fat thickness and loin
eye area. The bulls will all be giv
en a comprehensive breeding
soundness exam and be required
to meet minimum requirements
for breeding soundless, semen
quality and structural correctness.
The center will calculate a great
deal of information on all of these
bulls, such as adjusted 365 days
weights, feed efficiencies, and
current EPDs. The top 75 percent
of the bulls will be offered in
Pennsylvania’s 23rd Performance
ale Reports
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DISSINGER
ESTATE SALE
Nazi memorabilia
went on the block Wed
nesday afternoon at the
Horst Auction Center,
Ephrata. More than 500
bidders registered for
the public sale held for
John Bixler of Myer
stown and for the estate
of the late Lester Dis
singer of Akron.
Nazi military sold
included a coat and
whistle. $650; a hat.
$600; a banner, $350; a
knife, $310; and a bay
onet. $l9O. A 1993
Pontiac Sunbird went
for $5,175; a Fox Ster
lingsworth shotgun,
$1,525; a roly-poly
Santa, $650; an Appel
Jewelers clock, $460;
an oak stacked book
case, $380; bedroom
suites, $340 and $500; a
gate-leg table, $265; an
Empire card table,
$245; a decorated iron
chair, $200; and a
blanket chest, $lBO.
Auctioneers were T.
Glenn, Tim and Tom
Horst
MULL SALE
A consignment sale
of antiques, household
goods, collectibles and
tools was held Saturday
at the Horst Auction
Center, Ephrata for
Harry Mull and others.
A total of 395 regis
tered bidders attended
the sale, conducted by
Horst Auctioneers.
Items sold included a
cherry Dutch cupboard,
$2,100; a cherry mod
ern highboy, $700;
10-piece cherry dining
room suite, $1,245; a
clawfoot mahogany
extension table, $1,500;
a Victorian-era maho
gany china closet,
$1,275; a Hepplewhite
mahogany sideboard.
$625; and a mahogany
grandfather clock,
$B5O.
Also sold were an
oak bowed china closet,
$575; a stacking book
case, $650; a child’s
oak bonnet chest, $375;
a grained, decorated jel-
Meat Center Announces Results
Tested Bull Sale, scheduled for
Friday, March 29.
The bull sale is again one of the
focal points of Pennsylvania’s 7th
Annual Beef Expo scheduled for
March 28-31 at the Ag Arena on
the Penn State University campus.
The highlights of the Expo are the
educational symposium on Thurs
day; Friday will feature the bull
sale, commercial heifer sale, and
the annual Pennsylvania Cattle
men’s Association (PCA) ban
quet.
Saturday, March 30 will be a
full day with the Junior Beef Skill
a-thon. Purebred Angus sale.
Purebred Simmental sale. Pure
bred Polled Hereford sale, other
breed sale, and the Junior Quiz
Bowl. Sunday, March 31 will be
the Junior Heifer and Junior Steer
Shows. There will be a large trade
show and animal exhibits through
out the Expo. A variety of food
will also be available.
ly cupboard, $575; a lamp, $600; and a blue
pine step-back cup- kerosene lamp, $2OO.
board, $900; a tumbling Other items sold
block quilt, $500; a included a Moxie match
three-armed hanging holder, $3lO, and ser
light, $575; a double vice for 12ofFrancisan
brass-based student dinnerware, $575.
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In the bull testing program, the
IS Simmental bulls have main
tained a breed average daily gain
of 4.25 pounds per day through 84
days on test The lop-gaining Sim
mental is the April 10,1995 Hol
ley’s By The Numbers son Con
signed by Miller and Shoemaker’s
Simmentals. This top-gaining bull
overall breeds has gained 5.12
pounds per day on test with a ratio
of 120. (A ratio of 120 means that
he is 20 percent above the average
gain of his breed.) The second
fastest-gaining Simmental is the
March Ist M 4 Advantage son con
signed by Kenneth Foust. This
growthy bull gained 5.06 pounds
per day on test and has a lifetime
weight per day of age of 3.95
pounds per day.
The 28 Angus bulls have main
tained a breed average daily gain
of 4.09 pounds per day on test.
The top-gaining Angus bull is the
N. Bar Emulation EXT son con
signed by Monica Feeser. This
Feb. 14 bull has gained 5.04
pounds per day gain on test, a ratio
of 123, and also has the highest
lifetime weight per day of age
among the Angus with a 3.80
pounds per day lifetime. The sec
ond fastest-gaining Angus bull is
the DHD Traveler 6807 son con
signed by Marlin and Steve Paul.
This March 16 bull gained 4.99
pounds per day on test with a ratio
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of 122. The 26 Polled Hereford
bulls averaged 3.67 pounds per
day on test. The top-gaining
Polled Hereford is the I.G.S. Fore
caster 173 G son consigned by
Paul and Bette Slayton. This Jan
uary 1,500-pound bull has main
tained a gain of 4.78 pounds per
day with a ratio of 130. This bull
also registers the top lifetime
weight per day of age among the
Herefords with a 3.77 pounds per
day lifetime. The second fastest
gaining Hereford is the R.WJ.
Perfect 849 326 son that was con
signed by Ralph Strouse. This bull
has gained 4.54 pounds per day.
nr he three Charolais on test have
maintained a breed average daily
gain of 3.96 pounds per day. The
top-gaining Charolais is a BR
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pounds per day. The second fast
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New Trend son consigned by Ray
Bratton. This March bull gained
3.94 pounds per day on test.
The two Gelbvieh bulls gained
an average of 4.07 pounds per day
on test Both of these bulls are
owned by Dunkwalke Farm in
Jersey,
For more information on the
bulls, the bull sale, or the Beef Ex
po, please contact Glenn Eberly,
Meat Animal Evaluation Center,
651 Fox Hollow Rd., State Col
lege. PA 16803, (814) 238-2527.
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