A22-Laricaster Farming, Saturday, April 25,1998 Maryland Juniors give special awards to Bob and Made line Valentine on the left, and to Harold and Peggy Long. This award Is given annually by the Junior association to people that have helped and supported Junior activities whenever neededl Maryland Brown Swiss Breeders Review Year (Continued from Pago Al 9) thought out business plan for the association, and sees a lot of exciting things happening for Brown Swiss in die future. Also on the program was an update on die upcoming Mid Atlantic Brown Swiss Calf Sale to be held on Saturday, April 25, at the Frederick Fairgrounds, 10:30 ajn. Dennis Smith from the sale committee reported this is die best line-up of calves we’ve had for the sale. Many are sisters to All-Americans, Na tional Bell Ringers, show winners, and pro duction winners. “There’s a great selection of September, December, and June calves, as well as several March calves consigned to the sale,” said Smith. For more information, con tact Cindy Warner at 301-371-5206. Nonna Fleming and Becky Chaney recog nized and gave awards to die Maryland Brown Swiss Juniors. Show results were an nounced and Maryland Junior Bellringers were awarded. Also, the record book winners were: Junior-Catherine Purdue; Intermediate- Amanda Stowers; and the Senior-Amanda Valentine. The Sweepstakes winner went to Chris Keilholtz. The Scholarship for this year was given to Shanna Smith, who is attending Frederick Community College. Also recog nized for their top fund-raiser of selling Wolf gang candy was Jason Fleming for being the top seller, and Chad Stocks was the second highest Each year the Junior Association makes a special award to people that have helped them through the year, been committed to the Juniors, and always supportive when needed. This year’s special honor went to Harold and Peggy Long, and to Robert and Madeline Valentine. The Maryland Junior officers are: prcsid ent-Robert Sigler, vice president-Shanna Smith; secretary-Amanda Valentine; treasur er-Norma Fleming; reporters-Laura Sigler and Amanda Stowers; historians-Smith and Kolb families. Concluding the program was the election of officers. They are as follows: president- Cindy Warner, vice president-Dennis Smith; secretary-Julie Mayen treasurer-Daphne Sigler; directon-Mikc Birch, Allen Bassler, Brad Garst, Jennifer Kcilholtz. APPLY NOW... PAY LATER Harvest Payment Plan No Interest • No Payments UNTIL NOVEMBER IST, Available on qualifying orders of short-line equipment. BONUS OFFER FREE SPRAY TIPS and NOZZLE CAPS (up to $200.00 value) and Gator Gold™ FOAM MARKING (6-1/2 gallon jugs) SOLUTION ($90.00 value) with purchase of qualifying equipment for your nearest Ag-Chem parts and short-line equipment dealer. All orders subject to Ag-Cbem approved credit CJSA-- 9- Pa. Holstein Seeks Cows STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Pennsylvania Hols tein Association has announced that it is seeking cows that meet certain pedigree criteria. The pedigrees are needed by May 1. Contact Kenneth Raney, executive director, at (814) 234-0364. The criteria include: must be sired by a top TPI bull; cow bom after Jan. 1, 1994; production record of at least 26,000 pounds milk, 3.7 percent fat, and 32 per cent protein; CTPI of +1,350 or higher with a+6OP or higher; Clas sified Vety Good-85 or higher with a very good mammary sys tem; dam and grandam both must both have 23,000 pounds milk, 3.7 percent fat, 3.2 percent protein, scored very good or higher with a vety good mammary system. Send or fax current pedigree to: Pennsylvania Holstein Associa tion, 839 Benner Pike, State Col lege, Pa. 16801, fax (814) 234-1698. CALL 1 -800-760-8800 »,***• * DMA 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 * ** I I crop. Corn, No.2y 2.88 bu., 5.15 cwL Wheat, No. 2 2.97 bu., 4.96 cwL Barley, No. 3 2,14 bu., 4.57 cwt Oats, No. 2 1.69 bu. t 5.28 cwL Soybeans, No. 1 6.19 bu., 10.34 cwL Ear Corn— Bs.B9 ton, 4.29 cwL Alfalfa Hay — 155.50 ton. 7.78 cwL Mixed Hay 141.25 ton, 7.06 CWL Timothy Hay 129.25 ton, 6.46 cwL EQUIPMENT CO. INC. E-mail: info@agchem.com http://www.agchem.com 1998
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