Keystone Classic Posts Results ANNVILLE (Lebanon Co.) .The Keystone Classic hog sale was held in Harrisburg recently during the Keystone International Livestock Exposition (KILE). The quality of bogs sold was the best ever with a crowd of more than 100 people representing eight states. Top-selling boar was a Duroc consigned by Parrish Farms, Edon, Ohio and selling for $2,650 to Burt Costa, Baketsvield, Calif. Top-selling Hampshire boar was consigned by Randy Smith, Burg hill, Ohio, selling for $1,850 to Jim McCoy, Bloomingburg, Ohio. Littermate to this boar sold for $l,lOO to Holloway-Parlett-Hol loway Club Pig Sires from Glen Description CBOM C 225 Dimensions Length 20 5" 27" Width 13" 20" Height 21 75" 27" Shipping Weight 57 Lbs. 103 Lbs HI z < FEEDING | (lift) FEED BINS We assemble, deliver and set up bins on your (arm (where available) • Weather tight die-formed roof 'Stronger engineered sidewalls • Ground controlled fill caps ' Galvanized roll-formed legs • Engineered leg braced systems * Fast flowing hopper bottom Core Augers and Flex Auger . Systems Available C Hog a Poultry Contracts Hours: Mon-Fri 7 to 6:30 Avallable^^ Sat 7:30 to Noon E Farmer Boy Ag Systems = 10/24/98 410 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA 1706*7 ypj& Ml Same Day Shipping 717-866-7565*1-800-845-3374 ■ MM Jjjj SBftK n<t3 ■MS Rock. Top-selling Yorkshire boar was consigned by Parrish Farms, Edon, Ohio and selling to Brian Lake, Commercial Concepts of Needmote for $l,OOO. There were five boats selling for $l,OOO or more with IS head averaging $823. Top-selling gilt was consigned by Parrish Farms, Edon, Ohio and sold for $525 to Daniel Heckman, Spring Mills. Second top-selling gilt was consigned by James T. Parlett & Son of Airville, and sold for $450 to Smith Hog Farms, Washington. Sixteen head of gilts averaged $2BO. The Keystone Classic was man aged and sold by Harry H. Bach man Auctioneer. CKLOAD SPECIALS Pur^ TR j * ZtOGJTY J IYtTEMt <^e46WlNC^/ IflN JJTO Heaters The most efficient Heater on the Market at the LOWEST PRICES Ask about Quantity Discounts and Shipping Estimates The PuraFire heater HEATING | Shenandoah Gas Brooders vertical venturi premixes air and gas for efficient burning 14010003 30,000 BTU GB-UV 4’ canopy 14010005 30,000 BTU GB-Z7O 3’canopy CbickMate PFGC Announces Forage Spokesperson Competition HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Have you ever read an article in a newspaper or magazine, or lis tened to a forage specialist of in dustry representative speak about forages and forage crop manage ment, and thought, “Sure wish I could share my knowledge and experiences I have had with for ages with other producers!**? Well, the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council (PFGC) can grant you your wish. If you ate interested in giving a short 10-minute presentation about your forage operation and your experiences in raising for ages, we will give you that oppor tunity. If fyou arc willing to “tell your story about forages,” let us #14010103 40,000 to 80,000 BTU *325 #l4OlOlOl 225,000 BTU *375 know. Forage producers who are in terested should provide the fol lowing information by Nov. 20 to J. Craig Williams, (717) 724- 9120, fax (717) 724-6819, email jcwl7@psu.edu: 1. Spokesperson: Name, Ad dress, Telephone and fax. 2. Nominator Name, Address, Telephone and fax. 3. Spokesperson Qualifications: • Speaking ability. • Innovation as a forage produc er. • Participation and/or leader sfaip in local, state and/or national Forage Council activities. • Soundness of the farming operation. • Briefly describe (two para graphs) the spokesperson’s farm ing operation. The first place winner will then represent Pennsylvania and the PFGC at the 1999 American For age and Grassland Council f r r ßf cn A&E ENTERPRISES,INC. * * EQUIPMENT * PARTS * SERVICE * REMODELING * NEW BUILDINGS Finishing Contracts Available - Call For Details A & E ENTERPRISES, INC. 28 Evergreen Road check our prices . , r\ a BEFORE YOU BUY Lebanon, PA 17042 (800) 220-1545 or (717) 274-3488 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1998-A23 (AFGC) Conference in Nebraska in February 1999 in the North America Forage Spokesperson Contest. AFGC conference and travel expenses will be covered by the PFGC. All participants in the AFGC contest will receive an honorarium and the first three place winners will receive cash awards and plaques. The second place winner in the PFGC contest will serve as the alternate from Pennsylvania. The PFGC and AFGC contests will be run and judged using the same rules and scoring proce dures. Talks must be no longer than 10 minutes in length. Judges will then ask the spokesperson questions about their farm opera tion for an additional two minutes. Contestants are encouraged to work closely with their county ex tension agent, crop adviser, indus try representative, or a PFGC board member in the preparation of their presentation.
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