M2-Lincastef Farming, Saturday, March 21, 1998
Greencastle
Livestock *
GnoMHUe, Pa.
March 19, 1998
CATTLE 160..PDA...C0WS STEADY
TO 1.00 HIGHER. HOLSTEIN STEERS:
STANDARD ONE AT 46.25; HEIFERS:
COUPLE SELECT 53.00 A 57.00; FEW
STANDARD HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
36.50-43.00.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY A
COMMERCIAL 37.00-41,75. CUTTER A
BONING UTILITY 33.5040.25. CAN
NER A LOW CUTTER 23.5035.75.
SHELLS DOWN TO 20.00
BULLS: PEW YIELD GRADE NO. 1
935-2155 LBS. 46.75-48.50. YIELD
GRADE NO. 2 FEW 1245-1275 LBS.
43.25-44.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Ml. ONE
415 AT 78.00; L2* COUPLE 375 A 755,
53.0057.00. HEIFERS Ml FEW 460655
LBS. 6200-67J0; M 2. ONE 535 AT
58.00; COUPLE 630 A 915 AT 38.00
BULLS: M 2. FEW 505-880 LBS.
40.005200.
CALVES: 262. STANDARD A GOOD
90-90 LBS. 2ftoo-28.00. STANDARD A
GOOD 90-120 LBS. 24.00-30.00, UTILI
TY 30-85 LBS. 10.00-19.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
5.00 TO 10.00 HIGHER, NO 1 90-125
LBS. 45.00-89.00 MOSTLY 6000-89.00,
NO. 2 80-125 LBS. 30.00-57.50. HOLS
TEIN HEIFERS FEW NO. 1 90-100 LBS.
70.00- NO. 2 65-100 LBS.
30.00- BEEF CROSS BULLS A
HEIFERS 60-105 LBS. 30.00-85.00.
HOGS: 10 BARROW A GILTS FEW
2-3 275-313L85. 28-50-3000. SOWS, 1-3
395-640 LBS. 22.00-26J0
FEEDER PICS: 0
SHEEP: 20. SLAUGHTER SHEEP,
COUPLE 25.00 A 3000.
GOATS: 2. NANNIES: LARGE ONE
AT 33.00 KIDS: LARGE, ONE AT
32.50
District To Honor Conservation
DAUPHIN (Dauphin Co.)
Individuals, families, and organi
zations are cordially invited to at
tend the Dauphin County Conser
vation District’s Annual Awards
Banquet.
On Thursday, April 2, the Dis
trict will honor persons and/or
groups for their outstanding con
tributions to the conservation of
our natural resources. Ed Wyto
vich will be recognized as the
1997 Conservation Educator of
the Year, David Woland will re
ceive the Conservation Fanner of
the Year Award, and the Milton
Dauphin
Conservation
Farmer
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servation farming with
no-till that caught the
eye of the judges. He
has demonstrated no
tilling for a lot of his
customers, and a great
deal of them have
switched over com
pletely to no-till.
Also, he has seen
direct and positive
results after using no-till
on his farm. The soil
stays in place. He also
uses a dense residue
cover, especially with
the wheat crop, which
keeps residue at 60-70
percent on the field.
Jersey Shore
Livestock
Market, Inc.
Auctioa nay Thursday
at 4:00 pja.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report wppllcd by Audios
Thursday, March 19, 1998
RETURN TO FARM CALF
50.009000.
GOOD VEAL: 300049.00.
COMMON VEAL: 10.0029.00
CHOICE STEERS: 58.0063.75
SELECT STEERS: 51.0059.00
COMMERCIAL COWS: 36.0042.00
CANNERS-CUTTERS: 31.0035.00.
SHELLS: 27.0030.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS: 60.0063.00.
SELECT HEIFERS: 55.0059.00.
COMMON HEIFERS: 46.0054.00.
GOOD FEEDERS: 600078.00
COMMON FEEDERS; 300059.00
BULLS: 38.0050J0
GOOD HOGS: 29.0034.50.
SOWS: 26.0028.00.
Hershey School will receive a
Special Recognition Award for
Conservation Awareness.
Entertainment for the evening
will be the renowned “Living His
tory” interpreter, Richard N. Paw
ling. Pawling will reprise his new
characterization of Jack Hains,
1890’s Logger, entitled “Shays,
Peaveys and Woodhicks: Early
Logging Days.”
Pawling is a professor of Cul
tural Geography at Penn State. He
has worked for many years as a
ranger at Hopewell Furnace Na-
Smoketown, PA PH. 717-299-2571
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York Extension Offers
Beef Management Short Course
YORK (York Co.) - Penn
State Cooperative Extension has
developed a six week beef short
course to be offered on Tuesday
evenings, beginning on March
24th Most of the sessions will be
conducted at the York County 4-
H Center at Bair, PA. Sessions
will be held from 7:30 - 9:30 PM.
The York 4-H Center is located
at 771 Stoverstown Road, just
off Route 116 west of York.
The management short
course will provide information
for those just getting started in
beef production or those who
wish to increase their knowledge
of beef production. Participants
tional Historic Site. Described as
“something of an educator, histor
ian and entertainer,” he depicts
characters from the regions past in
very accurate and intriguing rendi
tions, dressing as they dressed,
speaking as they spoke. His re
creations of historical events and
individuals has won him national
recognition, including the “1995
Excellence in Interpretation”
award. Many remember Pawling
from 1995 when he did more than
orn
nology
Bt
lealth and
talks
with good
114 days
ng
:h high
root and
will learn the basics of beef hus
bandry through a combination of
lectures, panel discussions, farm
visits and an on-foot, on-rail beef
carcass evaluation session.
Pre-registration for the short
course is requested in advance
to the York Extension Office at
(717) 840-7408. Enrollment fee
is $3O to cover the cost of print
ed materials, demonstrations
and refreshments.
The introductory session on
March 24th will address the beef
industry in Pennsylvania,
breeds of beef cattle and keeping
and evaluating beef production
and financial records. Extension
Agent Tim Beck will present
information at the opening ses
sion.
Dr. Mike O'Conner,
Extension Specialist, Reproduc
tive Management from Penn
State's Dairy and Animal
Science Department will be the
featured speaker for the March
31st session. Topics to be
addressed include: heat detec
tion alternatives, timed breed
ing programs, use of artificial
insemination with beef cattle,
using artificial insemination
with heifers and the relation
ship of body condition score to
Leaders At Banquet
220 performances of “Legends of
the Backwoods” as part of the
Pennsylvania Game Commision’s
100th Anniversary.
This event will begin at 6:30
p.m. with a buffet dinner of turkey
and ham in the auditorium of the
Dauphin County Agriculture and
Natural Resources Center. The
center is located at 1451 Peters
Mountain Road, two miles north
of Dauphin Borough on Route 225
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breeding efficiency.
The third session will focus
on beef health issues. Dr. David
Wolfgang, D.V.M., field investi
gator with PSU's Veterinary
Science Department will speak
on important beef health issues
including; vaccination programs
for the beef cow/calf producer,
biosecurity for beef operations,
health programs for receiving
feeder cattle and topical anato
my of the beef animal.
Extension Agronomist John
Rowehl will discuss pasture and
forage management issues at
the April 14th session. This will
include forage establishment
and maintenance, pasture graz
ing management practices, weed
control and forage species char
acteristics. Agent Tim Beck will
address beef nutrition with
emphasis on evaluating forage
quality and planning feeding
programs for the cow/calf opera
tion and the stocker grazing
operation.
On April 21st, the group will
take farm tours to Wayne
Hoffman’s beef finishing opera
tion in the Dover area and to
South Branch Farms to tour a
purebred Angus beef cow/calf
operation.
between Clarks Creek and Peters
Mountain. Tickets are available
from the Dauphin County Conser
vation District. The cost of the
tickets is $12.50 for adults, $6 for
children ages 3-8 years old, and
free for children under 3 years old.
Ticket deadline is March 25. All
money is due by this date and any
cancellations after March 25 will
not be refunded.
For more information about the
banquet, call (717) 921-8100.
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