A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 9, 1996 Performance Tested Ram Sale Successful UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Several hundred sheep producers attended the activities and heard from a slate of educa tional speakers at the Pennsylvani a’s annual sheep producers field day and Pennsylvania’s 18th Annual Performance Tested Ram Sale. There were a number of demon strations and commercial exhibits as well. The youth activities were also well attended. In the Performance Tested Ram Lamb and Invitational Ewe Sale the senior Suffolk ram consigned by Hall’s Suffolks sold to Samuel Small of Ml Pleasant, for $4OO. Li ibr iU’J * >»**< ''JfcsA-i. fcjkfc;Hi ,> ; <>v - -■ 4 v *.* >•’,< \ / i < . A <» .*'* *•>, / I'Vd* >1 ** >’ ; /,sH »> j» ?’ ; >*»» ,!'•# (v'.A R 52. Engineered For Better Returns. The R 52 may be the middle child, but it’s not shy when it comes to delivering powerful performance. Like its other GLEANER 6 ' combine brothers, the R 52 has many of the same rugged characteristics. In fact, about the only way you can tell these combines apart is by their bin capacity. The 225-bushel or optional 245-bushel grain tank makes this a favorite of f 3r,.:,:, who have mid-range acreage. Just like the other GLEANER combines, the R 52 comes with a Natural Flow Harvesting System that has a unique transverse mounting cylinder which moves your crop in a ribbon-like fashion from the concave through the cag£ So your crop never changes direction, giving you higher grain quality. The 64 inch cleaning shoe (the longest in the industry) contains an adjustable chaffer and sieve for even finer cleaning HERNLEY’S FARM GRUMELLI’S EQUIPMENT, INC. FARM SERVICE Elizabethtown, Pa. INC. 717-367-8867 Quarryvllle, PA 1-800-564-2511 717-786-7318 The 14 spring-bom Suffolk ram lambs sold for a total of $2,900, to average $207. The top-indexing Suffolk was consigned by Breezeview Farm and was sold to Jason Brower of Julian. The top-selling Suffolk was consigned by Cole Suffolks and sold to Thomas Unger of Northampton, for $4BO. The group of 10 fall-born Dorsets were in high demand and returned an average sale price of $348. Two top-indexing senior Dorsets, bred by Nix Besser Farms, sold to Max W. DeHart of Milton for $350 and Terry Louise Roup of Danville for $4OO. The top-selling ram or me saie was also consigned by Nix Besser Farms and sold to Max W. DeHart of Milton, for $1,075. The spring-born Dorsets relumed an average sale price of $217. The top-selling junior Dorset, consigned by Jamie Ban bury of Danville, Ohio, sold to John Mulligan of Belmont, N.Y. for $725. The top-indexing Dorset con signed by Kenneth Shifflet, as well as the third high-indexing ram consigned by Meamie Sulli van both sold for the second high est price, of this group, of $250. These rams sold to Benjamin Hep- BHM FARM b. EQUIPMENT, INC. ZIMMERMAN’S EQUIPMENT Waynesboro, Pa. FARM SERVICE, Inc. SALES-PARTS-SERVICE 717-762-3193 1/2 Mile Western 501 Route 934, 2 Miles North of Annvllle, PA 717-933-4114 717-867-2211 bum of Williamsport and Joan Reifman of Northfield, Ohio, respectively. The fall-bom Hampshire con signed by Tom Nickeson sold to Max W. DeHart for $530. The top-indexing spring-bom Hamp shire. also the fastest-gaining ram on test over all breeds, owned by Everett Hampshires sold to Debbie Wilhelm of Rural Valley, for $240. The lone Coniedale bred by Roger Bowman was selected by Victor Decker, of Tunkhannock, for the winning bid of $l4O. The Oxford ram from Everett Oxfords sold to David Schwoyer \k, ) and separation. The R 52 has a powerful liquid-cooled engine that can take on even the toughest farming conditions. The tur- bocharged, diesel power plant offers you the latest in technology, requires low maintenance, and holds 100 gallons of fuel, allow- ing you to work longer without having to stop to refuel. To get a closer look at the R 52, just stop by and see us. You’ll agree, the GLEANER R 52 is engineered for better returns. Ml. { AGCO ) Engineered For Better Returns :v v ■.✓vT'*** . . * *<**.> GLEANER* of Fleetwood, for $2BO. The fine Polypay ram bred by John Scott Jr. of Princeton, W.V., sold to Charles Caimes of Ligo nier, for $220. The Shropshire ram from the Robert Calvert family sold to John Spaulding of Prosperity, for $l4O. The last ram in the sale was a Tunis ram consigned by Barbara Carstensen sold to M.J. Pratt of Rebcrsburg for $l9O. The 43 rams sold totaled $10,910 to average $254. The per formance bleeders that had rams on test also consigned a nice group of invitational ewes. The 13 Dorset ewes tallyed a sale total of $2,595 to average $2OO. The 11 Suffolk ewes offered averaged $194. m\\ v,„ % ■> i't. V j ' P. ■ . * . C.J. WONSIDLER BROS. Quakertown, Pa. 215-536-7523 New Tripoli, Pa. 610-767-7611 Oley, Pa. 610-987-6257
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