Chester 4-H Dairy Club
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milk and protein., Warwick Man
or Sarge Robin, with 21,778 lbs.
of milk and 706 lbs. of protein.
The Lineback breed production
awards went to Becky Baity, West
Chester, with Pocopson Meadow
Chester County 4-H Dairy Club production award reci
pients are, from the left, Meredith Daily in the Ayrshire
breed, Becky Daily, in the Linebacks, Kevin Sollenberaer in
the Guernsey breed, Erica Lloyd in the Jersey breed, and
Angela Barlow in the Holstein breed.
PARADISE SALES BARN
where you get the most for your tobacco
11th Anniversary of The
Tobacco Auction!
First Salt! MONDAY, DEC. 9th
Receiving Date:
12/6 7-5; 12/7 7-12;
12/9 7-Sale Time
FARMERS Did you know our 609 tobacco
crop is one of the best in PA history? It will
meet MD 609 tobacco It is thin and it's just
what the swiss people like and what they
pay most for in MD.
Rumors spread that Paradise Auction Barn
will not open are FALSE! For marketing your
tobacco please think Paradise Sales Barn.
We need a full warehouse for first sale!
Demand is strong. Watch your moisture and
color grade.
Why do you think the price for PA tobacco is
increasing? Because they want the farmer in
PA to grow more tobacco. Looks like it will
be an interesting year for selling type 609 &
4
Mitch Ashby, auctioneer AU002616-R
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please call, we will ship UPS
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Jazz producing 16,785 lbs. of milk
and 466 lbs. of protein.
Trophies were also given out to
the 1996 4-H Dairy Round-Up
Show winners and fitting and
showing champions.
Russ Albright from the Avon
ONLY!
$83.00 years
In PA. NJ, OH, MD,
DE, NY. VA ft WV
(Other Areas $37 50 Per Year or
$73 00 For Two Years)
dale office of Keystone Farm
Credit presented Farm Credit
Awards to dairy members for ex
cellence in a wide variety of 4-H
activities.
Jody Hewitt, Spring City, won
the senior award in 4-H dairy, a
$5O savings bond. A $25 cash
award went to Julie Sollenberger,
Spring City, as the junior winner.
In the 4-H dairy goat division,
Jason Wagner, Spring City, re
ceived the $5O savings bond, with
Jessica Bohmier, New London, re
ceiving the $25 cash award.
Albright commented on the de
velopment of the new 4-H center
which recently dedicated a multi
purpose 200-fL by 80-ft building
that will be used for youth activi
ties and especially for roundups
and a fair in 1997.
An outdoor horse show-ring is
also to be ready next year.
He thanked the 4-H families for
their help in raising funds for the
project and asked that they contin
ue to solicit donations so that ad
ditional buildings and facilities
can be developed at the center.
Walter Wurster, recently retired
Chester County Extension agent,
was honored by the 4-H dairy
leaders and members and received
a large basket of gifts, including
dairy snacks, cookies, candy, a de
corative china pie plate and a din
ing gift certificate for the William
Penn Inn near Norristown. The
Chester County Kids Dairy Goat
Club gave him a card with $25 en
closed
The Manor Dairy Club pre
sented the entertainment for the
evening which included a Penn
sylvania Dutch storyteller, Dan
Martin from Cumberland County.
The evening concluded with a
square dance.
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LANCASTER FARMING WILL SEND A GIFT CARD ANNOUNCING ■
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Lancaster F«M7ng, Satiiidiy;'November
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s last week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these are averages,
so you will need to adjust your fig
ures up or down according to your
location and the quality of your
crop.
There is a $5OO reward for infor
mation leading to the recovery of a
stolen Bobcat sldd loader. It is a
Bobcat Model 7753 sldd loader
with a bucket, stolen from the
Quarryville area near Kirkwood.
Call the Grumelli Farm Service
at (717) 786-7318 or the Pennsyl
vania state police at (800)
332-6039. Reference incident no.
Jl-716251.
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Com. No.2y 2.95 bu., 5.27
cwt
Wheat, No. 2 4.21 bu.. 7.02
cwt
Barley, No. 3 3.19 bu., 6.82
cwt
Oats. No. 2 2.29 bu.. 7.13
cwt
Soybeans. No. 1 6.49 bu.,
10.84 cwt
Ear C0m—67.62 ton, 3.38 cwt
Alfalfa Hay —143.00 ton, 7.15
cwt
Mixed Hay 137.50 ton, 6.88
cwt
Timothy Hay 135.00 ton,
6.75 cwt.
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