Frederick County 4-H KAREN BUTLER Maryland Correspondent FREDERICK, MD. About 250 steers, hogs, and market lambs went through the sale ring here at the 136th Great Frederick Fair, grossing more than $225,000 for the county’s youth and special programs. The market animal sale by members of the Frederick County 4-h Beef, Sheep, and Swine Club was held in the beef show ring at the Frederick fairgrounds. Eight-eight market hogs averaged $1.65 per pound with the champions included, and $1,49 without champions. Brother and sister Daryl and Andrea Hood of Union Bridge had the grand and reserve grand champion market hogs, respec tively, with a pair of Duroc gilts. Twelve-year-old Daryl sold his 256-pound grand champion hog to F & M Bank of Frederick for $15.50 per pound. Sixteen-year old Andrea sold her 241-pound reserve grand champion hog to Horseland, USA, of Frederick for $lO per pound. The Hood sib lings are the children of Denis and Nancy Hood, Union Bridge. fhe Wolfe pig, a fundraiser, HELD DAY #1 NOVEMBER 10 8:30 am sharp Coffee & Donuts Served Hoober, Inc. of Middletown, DE & Crop Production Service of Centreville & Chestertown, MD Bill Prowler, Agronomist for DMI, will discuss DMl’s yield-till system featuring test plot results from the DMI 9000 Nutri-Placer dry fertilizer root zone bonding system. Introducing the new Case IH MX Magnum Tractors Come See & Drive: 9370 Quad Trac pulling a DMI 2500 notill subsoiler MX 270 pulling a DMI 9000 nutri-placer MX 240 pulling a DMI 530 subsoiler DMI 5300 -16 row NH3 applicator DMI 2800 liquid fertilizer applicator Sponsored by: Also on display: HELD DAY #2 NOVEMBER 19 m«m.n.*2o 10:00 am to 3KX) pm Lunch Saved New MX Magnum & Quad Tree Tractors Krause, DMI products INTERCOURSE, PA MIDDLETOWN, DE McAUSTERVIUE, PA 800 7320017 800 3414028 800 4330679 ___ ___ m I<)W ( AM fOUPOKAHO', /## Visit tis on tin liit.mit,it Mf/ C.isf IH is ,i rci;ist( n {I track mark of < a-a Carimratum ' Up I "I'c /W) I'', fm sponsored by the Wolfe Industrial Auctions to benefit the 4-H Livestock Judging Team, was a 258-pound hog raised by Robin Albaugh of Union Bridge. The hog was pur chased for $9.50 per pound by Ceresville Ford - New Holland; Willowdale Farm; and Nancy and Patsy Gordon of Jefferson, Md. Fifty-two market lambs aver aged $3.61 per pound with the champions, $3.42 without the champions. Elyssa Hevner, six teen-year-old daughter of Clifford and Karen Hevner, Union Bridge, sold her 117- pound grand champion cross bred wether to Giant Food of Frederick for $l3 per pound. The reserve grand champion market lamb was sold by Tammy Green, the 17-year-old daughter of Harold and Diane Green, Thurmont. Diane sold her 115-pound Hampshire x Suffolk lamb to Safeway of Frederick for $5 per pound. The Miller lamb is a fundraiser sponsored by the Miller family that benefits the Frederick County Therapeutic Horseback Riding program. IWpBER M ■ THRhb lOCAI lONS I ;! Mi-h 1,. Sale Tops $225,000 Aaron “Bud” Matthews raised the 97-pound lamb this year, and sold it for an unbelievable $65 per pound to a syndicate of buyers calling themselves the Friends of 4-H. Syndicate mem bers were Concrete General; Liberty Road Seafood; Hutzell, Curtis, and Sheets Realty; James Avery Clark Produce; Ausherman Homes; the Cindy Dee restaurant; James G. Cochran Auctioneers; Harold Martz and Sons; Crumland Farms; Remsburg Paving; Tire Mart; N.Z. Cramer and Sons; Wolfe Auctioneers; Kelly and Associates Coldwell Banker; Accubid Excavation; Potomac Tile and Carpet; First National Bank of Maryland; Kline, Scott and Visco; Joseph Devilbiss Construction; Yarnell P. Wastler and Son, Inc.; Daniel and Brenda Braucher; and Conner Miller. One hundred-four steers went through the sale ring for an average of $1.34 with the champions and $1.29 without the champions. Twelve-year-old Tyler Fitzwater, son of William and Linda Fitzwater, Frederick, sold his 1280-pound grand IpMlf Iwi W OommfOf Rt» 444 St 213 jWnfct B^^B champion crossbred steer to Jimmy Remsburg of Middletown, Md. for $6.50 per pound. The reserve grand cham pion steer was a 1160-pound crossbred raised by Michael Considine, the 16-year-old son of Brian and Robin Considine of Middletown. Mike sold his steer to Giant Food for $4.50 per pound. The Moser steer, a fundraiser to benefit the Beef, Sheep and Hereford Association Announces Top Pa. Recording Herds KANSAS CITY, Mo - Registrations are essential to the success of the purebred cat tle herd and are key to the sur vival of breed association. Salunga Acres, Mount Joy, led the way in number of Hereford cattle from Pennsylvania registered at American Hereford Association during the 1997-1998 fiscal year. The operation registered 79 head from Sept. 1, 1997 to Aug. 31,1998. Hunt Farms, Slippery Rock, ranked second in the state and registered 64 head. Flat Stone RO. Box 187, Myerstown, PA 17067 • (717) 866-2030 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 7, 1998-A33 Swine Club, was raised by James Holter, Jr. of Jefferson. The 1,145-pound steer sold to a syndicate of buyers for $2O per pound. Buyers were Sanbower Builders; FNCB Bank; Joseph Devilbiss Construction; Morgan- Keller, Inc.; Concrete General, Inc.; R.F. Kline, Inc.; Wineburg and Wineburg; Yarnell P. Wastltr and Son, Inc.; Frederick Underwriters, Inc.; Ausherman Construction, Inc.; and Joey Biser. Lick, Marianna, was third with 34 registrations. Other herds that qualified for a top-10 registration rank were Glenview Farms, Shinglehouse; Shamrock Polled Herefords, Hop Bottom; Stone Ridge Manor, Gettysburg; Bancroft Farm, Avella; Curt Stockdale, Dayton; High Hopes Farm, Waynesburg; and Maple Springs Farm, York Springs. For more information on reg istering Hereford cattle, con tract John Hough, AHA director of research and performance records, at (816) 842-3757. ll
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