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New Bertinville, PA 19545 215-367-2169 LAPP’S BARN EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE Gap, PA 17527 717-442-8134 SOLLENBERGER SILOS CORP. Chambersburg, PA 17201 717-264-9588 WALNUT BARN EQUIPMENT Port Royal, PA 717-436-9429 SOMERSET BARN EQUIPMENT Somerset, PA 15501 814-445-5555 compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. Remember, these ate averages, so you will need to adjust your fig ures up or down according to your location and the quality of your crop. Com, No.2y 3.11 bu., 5.56 CWL Wheat, No. 2 3.71 bu., 6.19 cwL STAR SILOS Myerstown, PA 17067 717-866-5708 PRINGLES FEED STORE, INC. Qreenville, PA 16125 412-588-7950 HARRY TROOP Cochranville, PA 19335 GLADHILL TRACTOR 215-593-6731 MART Frederick, MD 21701 301-663-6060 GNEGY SURGE SERVICE Washington, PA 15301 412-222-0444 JAMES L. HOSTETTER _____ c MoVeytown, PA 17051 GEORGE COLEMAN 717-899-6386 Elmer. 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Daily UPS Shipping Juniors between the ages of seven and 19 enter the Pot O’Gold Production Contest by purchasing c»ie of the animals consigned to either the Western National Pot O’Gold Sale in Puyallup, Washington, or the All American Pot O’Gold Sale in Louisville. Ky. Animals eligible for the 1997 contest would have been pur cahsed in 1994. Funding for the contest equals 17 percent of the gross of the two sales. The records completed by heif ers purchased in these'sales must be submitted to the American Jersey Cattle Association no later D Jty than July 1 to be eligible for competition. The heifer must calve before reaching 30 months of age. The actual first lactation production is adjusted to the mature equivalent (30S-day, 2x milking, age and month of calving). Adjusted records are then ranted according to the mature equivalent protein to determine the placings in the contest. All heifers must be tested in a DHI or DHIR herd owned by the purchaser or the purchaser’s parents or legal guardian. In the event this is not possible, a written request must be made to the All American Executive Committee by Dec. 31 of the year the heifer is purchased. The heifer can not be tested in the herd in which she is bred or consigned. Juniors, related or un-ielated, may form a partnership to purch ase animals in the Pot O’Gold sales as long as all other require ments are met Hayes [Continued from Page A 1) ber one industry. “We are in midstream at the moment,” Hayes said. “We can’t go back to the bank where we were. We have two choices. We can tread water as long as we have energy and then sink and drown, or we can move on to the next bank and go on straight ahead. Most of you know me and my incli nation is not to tread water or to drink a lot of it. My inclination is to get to the next bank and start working on behalf of agriculture in renewed spirit, vigor, stick with the good ideas we have, and develop new ones.” Hayes was the rep resentative from the 81st District of Huntin don and Blair Counties for more than 20 years, including the top leader ship roles. ‘This is not a one per son show,” Hayes said. “It was not my style in the legislature, and it is not going to be my style in the department of agriculture. It will take you and I working together. I believe prog ress in our society is measured by how healthy, excited, vib rant, and high-spirited the private sector is. The well-spring of our socie ty is the private sector. The public sector is to enhance, promote, advocate, facilitate, and make possible. But the private sector, the men and women who profes sionally are agricultur alists in all the various segments of agriculture, is the well-spring. So I look forward to working with you as a team.” Later in the week Hayes was scheduled to appear before the Senate Ag Committee with the likely vole of confirma tion coming next week.
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