C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1997 her Hampshire Crossbred pig. NEWFOUNDLAND (Wayne P 3 ™ 15 ’ 811(1 friends purchased Co.) - At 1 p.m. on Saturday. h ,°f> and lambs Aug. 30, here at the Greene- The sales volume buyer mboth Dreher-Sterling Fairgrounds, loc- dollars mA number of 8111111815 al youth successfully offered 97 was Milling Co - W8 X' market animals for sale at the 111811 AucUonecrs Wa y* Weaver Southern Wayne Junior Livestock md . Dan Na y lor yotanUwed their Sale. Area businesses, banks services to the sale for the benefit 'PI ;er was shown by Tim Oiver. Buyer was Dr. Henry Nebzydoski. :iiampio Grpnd champion market lamb waa shown by Michael Cambria County Lists Sheep Champions took grand champion with Waymart Volume Buyer EBENSBURG (Cambria Co.) The Cambria County Fair recently listed sheep show champions. Amanda Strittmatter, 10, took grand champion with her Suffolk Crossbred lamb. This is her sec ond year of showing. Jenctte Strittmatter is 16 and took grand champion with her Hampshire Crossbred pig. Jenette and Amanda are the children of Bemic and Tess Strit tmatter, Ebcnsburg. Ken Fetterhoff judged the show. of youth, and spoke with familiari ty about many of the sellers and their projects. A barbecue was held following the sale for suc cessful buyers. The food was donated by Lake Region IGA Supermarket. The first animal presented for auction was the 257-pound grand champion market hog, a home bred Yorkshire sired by Barrow maker, raised by Beth Ncbzydo ski. Beth is a member of the Pleas ant Mount Go-Getters 4-H Club and a student at the University of Scranton. This animal was pur chased by Waymart Milling for $3.75/pound. The reserve grand champion hog, a 250-pound homebred Hampshire sited by Image, was raised by Tom Nebzydoski, a seventh grade member of the Pleasant Mount Go-Getters 4-H Club. Blooming Grove Sand and Gravel purchased the animal for $1.45/pound. Michael Motsko took grand Grand champion market hog waa ahown by Beth Nebzy doaki. Buyer waa Waymart Milling. Amanda Strittmatter, 10, took grand champion with her Suffolk crossbred lamb. champion honors at this year’s market lamb competition. He sold his 102-pound grand champion lamb to Honcsdale National Bank for $2.60/pound. The 121-pound reserve grand champion lamb was raised by Annie O’Brien. This animal wag purchased by Lake Region IGA for $1.40/pound. Tim Oliver’s grand champion market steer was an Angus that was bought by Dr. Henry Nebzy doski, a Pleasant Mount veterina rian, for $1.55/pound. Tim ia a member of the Tri-Gal 4-H Club and is a student at Penn State. Tom Ncbzydoski’s reserve grand champion 1996 calf scramble steer was purchased by Wayniart Milling Co., for $1.25/pound. Three animals were returned for resale to benefit Steven Zeiler, a local young man who is recover ing from an automobile accident These animals were returned by Art Noble, John Petroski, and Don Frick. Also, Carroll and Dawn Krautter donated a feeder steer from their beef herd, and Mai's Pig Palace donated two feeder pigs to be sold for Zeiler. Hones dale National Bank donated a hog and lamb for resale to the CDS Fair for improvements to the livestock barns. Roger’s Service Station make a monetary donation to the benefit of the auction. Turf Professionals Attend Training SOUDERTON (Montgomery Co.) When we think about a school’s athletic programs, teams, uniforms, and booster clubs nor mally come to mind not athletic field maintenance. Properly maintaining athletic fields in the face of severe droughts, and other adverse condi tions is a concern for school dis tricts and universities across the country, and this was the main topic at this year’s Moyer & Son training day. HelcTin the summer at Moyer & Son, Inc.’s facility in Souderton, the purpose of the day was to pro vide professionals in the lawn care and turf management industries with up-to-date information on effective management of athletic fields, improved cultural prac tices, and new technologies. Speakers from Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Moyer & Son, and several green industry suppliers presented sessions on the proper planting of seed, the safe handling of insect and disease control products, and customized core aeration. Education sessions were held in a round-robin format on the grounds at Moyer & Son, Inc.
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