A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 14,2001 Record MILLIE BUNTING Market Staff NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) Baa baa-a-a! Naa-a-a-a!. Baa baa-a-a-a-a-a! These are the sounds of spring in the “short-leg” pens at the New Holland Sales Stables. Hundreds, make that thou sands, of lambs and kids came to market in the past 10 days at the New Holland Sales Stables, set ting Easter season records. A total of 11,797 head of sheep and goats were sold at four sales within eight days at the New Holland auction site. The sheep numbers totaled 4,844 and an al most unbelievable 6,953 goats. These are record-breaking marketing numbers in Lancaster County for the Easter season. The major factor for the un precedented large lamb and goat marketings is the occurrence of the Christian Easter and the Or thodox Easter at the same time, Sunday, April 15, which is also the first day (Muharram 1) in the Islam calendar year 1421. In ad dition, Palm Sunday, April 8, was the first day of the 8-day Pen of goats, a small lot out of the 2,307 head sold at the New Holland Sales Stables, await sale Monday. Spring Jersey Sale (Continued from Page A2B) of fat, 622 pounds of protein, and . „ . , 2,652 cheese yield dollars on Twin ners were recognized at the sale. Haven Marcus Sue . EX- First place in 2001 was Molhe , Van Lieu with Stoney Hollow Mai- .. Chnste a Shck earned $226 for colm Iris-P. This mature equiva- „ ls record on i CA Theo Barber lent record of 18,682 pounds of ?5f se pounds of milk, milk, 842 pounds of fat, 645 776 P° unds of fat ’ 587 P ounds of pounds of protein, and 2,863 P ro * e ' n ’ and 2,651 cheese yield cheese yield dollars, earned her “°Hars. $565. Alta Genetics, Select Sires, ABS, In second place was Rebecca and Semex joined the sale with Van Tassel who earned $339 for proceeds from the sale of donated her mature equivalent record of semen going toward the Pennsyl -18,916 pounds of milk, 753 pounds vania Jersey Youth fund. Jennifer Cogan, Craig Sprout, Lee Bailey, and Don Stonerook gather around the second high seller at the Pa. Spring Jersey Sale. Bryan Marcoot, field representa tive for the American Jersey Cattle Association, looks on from the sale booth. Breaking Number Of Easter Lambs, Goats Sold At New Holland Jewish Pesach (Passover) cele bration, when there is always an increase in lamb purchases. Considering the convergence of the religious holidays on the same date, the New Holland management scheduled an extra lamb and goat sale to better ac commodate both buyers and sell ers who deal at New Holland. Thus, there was not a one-day sales record for lamb established this year. Last year, for the main sale for the Easter trade, there were not enough pens to hold all the offerings and animals had to be returned to livestock trucks to await sale. Ken Smoker, New Holland’s manager of the sheep and goat division, said that in his 20 years of handling, sheep and goats, “to be fair,” he said, he would have to say the lamb sale numbers are not as large as some he’s han dled. The record for sheep, most ly lambs, sold at one sale is near ly 4,000, he recalled. For the last 10 years, Smoker noted, the meat goat offerings continue to increase along with the influx of mideastem ethnic groups of the Islamic faith to eastern metropolitan areas. Goat marketings in Lancaster County now outnumber the sheep and lambs. According to the USDA Market News Service, the official numbers for sheep marketings at the New Holland auctions last year totaled 55,346 - head and the goat marketings to taled 73,402. Where do all these “short legs” come from? When asked, Ken Smoker said, “Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Geor gia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ar kansas, Missouri, and Mississip pi.” Lancaster County has been called the livestock market cen ter of the East. It appears that the sheep and goat sales are car rying on that tradition. A Pen of Easter lambs await sale at New Holland, where prices on Choice and Prime 35-60 pound lambs ranged from $l4O-210 per hundredweight. 4-H Equine Garage Sale April 21 NAZARETH (Northamp ton Co.) On April 21, the annual tack swap or “equine garage sale” will be conducted at the Northampton County 4-H Center, Nazareth. The tack swap will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The public is in vited to attend. The Northampton County 4-H Center is located on Bushkill Center Road, 2.2 miles south of Rt. 512 at the Bangor Lumber light or four miles north of Nazareth on Bushkill Center Road. There will be new and used items for sale for all horse in terests and disciplines. Also, there will be horse crafts, Breyer model horses, clothing and other horse related items. All sellers must preregister for a sale table or space; there are A ICOTWfcM mtk rff •* m Goats are sold for the Easter trade in the small live stock sales ring at the New Holland Sales Stables Mon day. no consignments. No live ani mals are permitted. Food, courtesy of Back trackers 4-H Horse and Pony Club, will be available during the sale hours. This is a rain/ shine event; being held inside non-heated buildings and out side. Anyone wishing informa tion concerning the tack swap is asked to call Janice Martin at (610) 837-7294. Anyone wishing general information concerning the 4-H program in Northampton County is asked to call Phyllis Laufer,— Northampton County 4-H coordinator, weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at (610) 746-1970, or your local Agriculture Ex tension Service in your coun ty. State Milk Marketing Board To Hold Hearing May 16 HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) On May 16, the Milk Marketing Board will conduct a public hearing for Milk Market ing Areas, 1,2,3,4,5, and 6. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony and exhibits concerning the continuation of the current over-order premium, and whether an adjustment should be made to the level of the current over-order premium ($1.40 per hundred pounds of Class I milk) that is due to expire on June 30. Milk Marketing Board Mem bers stress that this hearing will not affect the $.25 per one hun dred pounds of Class I milk added to the current over-order premium to help offset the in crease in fuel costs. The hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Room 202 of the Ag riculture Building, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg.
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