BEAVER SPRINGS (Snyder
Co.) —The Area Youth Livestock
Sale was held on Sept 19 here at
the Beaver Community Fair.
4-H and FFA Members offered
nine meat pens of rabbits, nine
single fryer rabbits, 18 market
lambs. 62 market hogs, and nine
market steers for sale. The grand
total of the sale was $29,470.
Lance Herman sold the grand
champion meat pen of rabbits for
$lOO to Best Marts. The reserve
champion meat pen, sold by Julie
Minium, was purchased by Clar
ence Shirk of the Middleburg
Livestock Auction for $55. Nine
pens of rabbits sold averaged
$48.33.
Larissa Baney’s grand cham
pion single fry was purchased by
Melanie Garman-Shaffer Insur
ance for $9O. Beaver Springs Auto
Parts paid $5O for Lance Her
man’s reserve champion, fryer.
Nine single fryer rabbits averaged
$45.
The grand champion market
lamb was sold by Luke Zeiby.
Bowersox Livestock of Winfield
purchased the 81-pound lamb for
$250. Melanie Garman-Shaffer
Insurance paid $3OO for George
Etzler’s 95-pound reserve cham-
For $5OO
KUTZTOWN (Berks
Co.) Members of the Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative living in south
eastern Pennsylvania are eligible
for grants of $5OO to implement
projects on their properties that
prevent pollution of runoff water
and ultimately protect water qual
ity and the Chesapeake Bay.
The funds are being made avail
able through the Dairy Network
Partnership, a coalition of found
ing partners ADC, Rodale Insti
tute, the Pennsylvania Association
for Sustainable Agriculture, the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Penn
State University, and the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency.
According to recent
news release, three dif
ferent types of projects
are to be considered for
funding.
One catagory of pro
jects that could receive
$5OO support funding
are those that involve
protection of waterways
on members’ farms.
These would include
such constructions as
streambank fericing,
stream crossings,
streambank plantings
with trees and shrubs,
and alternative watering
systems.
Another category of
projects are those that
would aid in establish
ing a rotational system
for exercise lots and
would include such
activities as the estab
lishment of vegetative
cover and fencing for
rotational lots.
A third category of
projects for funding
would be those that
would help establish a
grazing program, such
as establishing pasture,
upgrading cattle lanes,
installing fencing for
paddocks, and putting in
watering systems.
Beaver Fair Holds Livestock Show
The grand champion market lamb sold for $250 to Bow
ersox Livestock of Winfield. Luke Zeiby is exhibitor and
Tim Hall, left, Is the Judge.
pion. A total of 18 market lambs Restaurant purchased George Etz
averaged $175.83 per head. ler’s reserve champion hog, also a
Michele Fetterolf sold her crossbred, for $350. The 62 mar
-254-pound crossbred market hog ket hogs sold averaged $218.79
to Best Marts for $6OO. Rayauda’s per head.
Members Eligible
ADC
Conservation
Lori Sandman is project leader
for the Dairy Network Partnership.
‘This is the first time the Dairy
Network Partnership has offered
grants for direct implementation of
stewardship practices on farms,”
she said. “The 10 mini grants
available to dairy farmers are for
projects that will provide econom
ic benefits as well as improve
water quality. We will provide
technical support to ensure all pro
jects are completed to the farmers’
satisfaction.”
Leon Weber, the on-farm coor
dinator for the partnership, said the
project proposals are to be consid
ered and approved on'a first-come
basis.
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Grand champion market hog shown by Michele Fetterolf,
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