The Maryland Holstein Sale officials are pictured with Lady’s Manor Tama, the second high selling live animal at the sale. Leading Tama is Bob Bender with Denny Remburg, Oren Bender, Chris Hill, Doug Seidel, David Lentz, and Ezra Yoder standing around the heifer, which sold for $8,200. WalcrMaster 144 72" ha.se TheWalcrMaster 144 is equipped with two 20GPM valves lot faster filling A double drain design for draining underground or onto feedlot flooi. Easy to Install and Service Large access doors on each end and lifl-ont cover on top. stainless steel hardware. 2 3/4" opening in the bottom of the valve compartment tor use with gravity-style dairy systems. , i > . "VJ ' £ "i Water Master 72 72" base (I req.) A built-in overflow fur umstant flow use with One of the drain plugs can be used in the valve compartment opening to conserve water during cleaning Water Master 90 Water Master 54 WM 54 and SO feature a finger-lift (non locking) cover for ease in servicing. Maryland Holstein Sale Top Cosignment Brings $17,500 GAY BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondant MEYERSDALE (Somerset Co.) The top cosignment at the Maryland Holstein Conven tion Sale held last week in Meyersdale, PA, was an embryo that brough $17,500. Ivan and Ellen Horst from Chambersburg cosigned the “first-choice female” embryo out of Horstyle Patron Mandy. The buyer, Sandy Valley Farms from Wisconsin, will choose be tween a calf that is sired by Bret t-ET and a calf sired by Emerson-ET. Mandy, listed as a “hot new cow” in the sale catalog, pro duced 33,820 pounds milk, 1,153 pounds fat, and 1,065 pounds protein as a two year old. She also has 12 AI contracts on her offspring. Albis Farms, LLC, located in to Service A well Eas' is easy to remove tot quick access to valve compart ment. No tools required. ■-i#£ ♦ ' J \ A water trainer device that encourages new cattle to drink No Gasket to Freeze A uniquely designed, patented watci seal that keeps cold dir away from valve, eliminating the need for a rubber gasket which will freezes crack and teat. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8, 2000-A2l Manakin Sabot, Virginia, pur chased the second highest co signment in the sale. A February yearling, Art-Acres Tex Win, brought $12,600 and was co signed by Arthur Rhoderick of Hagerstown, Md. She was the highest selling live animal at the sale. The sale total for the 69 lots sold was $228,730, with the av erage sale price being $3,314.93. 56 of the lots were live animals. Embryos were the highest sell ing segment at the sale, bringing $4,723.46 on average per embryo. Marlin Hoff of New Windsor, Md., bought the quilt that Naomi Yoder designed and quilted for the association’s ben efit. The proceeds of $1,050 were divided between the association and a young man named Allen Peachy, who is battling cancer. Sale officials included auc tioneer Denny Remburg, Oren Bender, Chris Hill, Clark Yoder, David Lentz, and Doug Seidel. Cattle preparation was headed by Doug and Joan Seidel, Mi chael Creek, Luke Pullis, and Neil Laneville. Sale chairper sons were Ezra Yoder and David Lease. Dairy Alliance Establishes Toll Free Number And Website UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Dairy Alliance, a new initiative launched by Penn State College of Ag Sciences, has estab lished a toll free number for dairy informa tion. That number is 1-888-373-PADAIRY. The line is being staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Messages can be left after hours. The goal of this dairy line is to give dairy producers a single point of contact where they can: • Get information about educational events in their local area. • Find sources of information about vari ous dairy topics. • Obtain contact information for agricul tural professionals both inside and outside of the Penn State system. In addition to the phone line, a website for Dairy Alliance is now located at www.dair yalliance.org. The website contains a dairy calendar of events and a weekly feature. The weekly feature is updated each Monday and highlights people, programs, and events in the Pennsylvania dairy industry. A database of information, including publi cations, websites, technical bulletins, and per sonal contact information for dairy educators and agribusiness professionals is currently being built. Once it is completed, the database will be accessible through the website, through your Icoal Cooperative Extension office, or through the Dairy Alliance phone number 1-888-373-PADAIRY. INCREASE YIELDS All Plant Foliar Fertilizer with RoundUp* Ultra Herbicide over top of RoundUp Ready* Soybeans. All Plant research over the last three years has shown a 5-10 bushel increase over those with Roundup* only. This program may eliminate the need for other fertilization. For more information call: Paul E. Keller RR#l, Box 374 Womelsdorf, Pa 19567 (610) 589-2614