A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 9,2002
Holstein Association
Releases Auction Report
ALTOONA (Blair Co.) On
Saturday, March 1, the Pennsyl
vania Holstein Association con
cluded the 89th Pennsylvania
Holstein Convention with the
annual awards breakfast, which
featured two fund-raising auc
tions.
The first annual Junior Labor
Auction sold eight lots of Junior
Executive Committee members
who were willing to spend a day
ol their time volunteering. The
volunteer tasks ranged from
maid service to fieldwork to
washing a string of show cattle.
Thanks to the generosity of
many adult members, the Junior
Labor Auction raised nearly
$7OO for the Junior Association.
Additionally, the banquet fea
tured a Special Items Auction.
County Holstein clubs in the
central host district donated
various items to be auctioned off
for the junior benefit. The top
sale was a handmade quilt, do
nated by the Blair County Hol
stein Club. Judy Black, this
year’ l - convention co-chair, pur
chased it for $1,075. Collec
tively, the 23 donated items
raised about $4,000 for the
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2002 Pennsylvania Holstein
Convention Sale Results
• Lot 6, $36,000, New-Vision Rubens
Tory. Buyer Penn-Croft Holstems and As
sociates, Belleville. Consignor Tyler
Peachey, Petersburg
• Lot 2, $9,000, Wmdy-Knoll-View
Package-ET. Buyer Glen Arthur Meier.
Ridlott, 111 Consignor James Burdette and
Kelly Myers-Zepp, Mercersburg
• Lot 1, $7,000, First Choice of Tolare
Rudolph Cupid Pregnancies Buyer Ned
Wamei, Paulding. Ohio Consignor Barry
and Diane England and Spnng Hill Farm
Big Frame, Ohio.
• Lot 17, $6,200. Welk-Shade Starbuck
Kit-ET. Buyer. Ashley Hartle, Bellofonte.
Consignor Kitty Syndicate, Middletown.
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• Lot 9, $6,200, First Choice of Glen-
Valley Emerson Caress transfers. Buyer:
Kirby and Sheryl Horst, Newmanstown
Consignor Kenneth and Marilyn Umble
• Lot 7, $6,100, MS M-M-D DP Abby-ET
Buyer Rick and Ron Allen, and Cessna
Brothers, Clearville Consignor Dylan Mar
shall Thomas, Lancaster
• Lot 19, $5,700, Art-Acres Cnvner Kay-
ET Buyer William and Micnael Ammon,
Lewistown Consignor- Arthur Rhodenqk
and Tom Mercuro, Hagerstown, Md
• Lot 11 , $5,500, First Choice from
Regancresl-BDE Dreams. Buyer. James
and Dennis London, Punxsutawney. Con
signor Regancrest Farm and Barry and
Diane England, Waukon, lowa
• Lot 8, $5,000, First Choice from
Burket-Falls Pnnces-Red Pregnancies.
Buyer Ran-Rod Holstems, Dayton, Va
Consignor; John Burket, East Freedom
Sale gross was $289,450 on 85 lots, av
eraging $3,405
here for their annual
meeting on Feb. 23.
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Chester County Holstein Club Sets Tour
WEST CHESTER (Chester
Co.) The Chester County
Holstein Club has planned a
tour Tuesday, March 12 to
Adams, Franklin and Cumber
land counties.
The group will have several
departure places this year.
These places include the Sam
Stoltzfus Farm of Parkesburg at
7:30 a.m. and the parking lot in
back of the Burger King at Mor
gantown at 7:50 a.m. The cost is
$l5 and you are to bring a
packed lunch. Supper will be
provided by Monsanto Com
pany.
The tour includes farms such
as Penn Gate (Steve and Chris
Wood), where they are develop
ing two outstanding cow fami
lies which began with Abby and
Flashy. They have a 94-pt. Sky
chief daughter and are milking
daughters of Storm, Red
Marker, and others.
Ricecrest Farms is another
farm that has developed out
standing cow families. The Kay
and Martha cows have done
very well for them. They are
milking several nice 2-year-olds,
including an 86-pt. Convincer
daughter and an Emerson
daughter. They have 200 c6ws
and farm about 600 acres.
Antrim Spring Farm is still
another herd of fancy cows.
members’ milk pro
duction over last year.
James Patsos, CEO
of United Ag Services,
presented the financial
report. He pointed out
that the cooperative’s
members had received
premiums for their
milk averaging more
than $3,000 per pro
ducer over their pay
price. In addition,
each producer re
ceived a 13th check.
Patsos said United
Ag Services gives qual
ity awards to the top
10 percent in each of
its member coopera
tives. Receiving Pro
gressive Dairymen’s
Quality Awards were;
• John Carnright
Jr., Mainesburg
• Vema and Victor
Talmon, Ulster
• Jeffrey Ammer
man, Athens
• John and Teresa
Neiley, Camptown
• Les Bresee, Ulster
United Ag Services
is a federation of dairy
cooperatives,
agriculture-related,
and other small to
medium-sized busi-
m
They have seven Excellent cows,
including a 94-pt. Inspiration
daughter. They also are working
with an Excellent Tony daugh
ter which has given them four
Excellent daughters and has
several Excellent maternal sis
ters. They have 68 cows' and
farm 300 acres.
Tower Vue Farm and Foun
tain Farm is a farm that has two
herds in one facility. They also
have outstanding cows. They do
some showing and have brought
home some prestigious awards,
including grand champion
Pennsylvania Farm Show and
supreme champion in 2002.
These two herds combined have
19 Excellent and 38 VG cows
with an average BAA of 108.3
percent. Some highlights are a
VG Stardust daughter with 13
generations VG or Excellent in
back of her, and a 91-pt. Astre
daughter with four generations
Excellent.
Stover Farms is another farm
that has good cows. They are
milking more than 200 cows and
farm 1,400 acres. Some of the
cows are sired by Manfred,
Milan, Broker. This Broker
daughter is Excellent 90-pts.,
and has a Mandel daughter as
well as three Leduc daughters.
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They have a slocum daughter
that finished third in the state
for butterfat. They have several
fancy Leduc heifers, two of
which were pictured on the
cover of Alta Genetic’s bro
chure. They also have a green
house set up for raising their
young calves.
For reservations, call one of
the following by March 9: Bob
Hewitt, (610) 495-7927; Glenn
Ranck, (610) 998-0672; or Sam
Stoltzfus, (610) 857-5975. When
calling for reservations, please
mention where you would like to
meet the bus.
Fruit Pruning
MERCER (Mercer Co.) A
demonstration of proper fruit
tree pruning will be held again
this year at the Apple Castle on
Friday, March 15.
The Apple Castle is located
on Rt. 18 near New Wilmington.
The day’s events will begin at
1:30 p.m.
For more information, con
tact the Mercer County Cooper
ative Extension, P.O. Box 530,
463 N. Perry Hwy., Mercer, PA
16137, e-mail MercerExt@psu.
edu or phone (724) 662-3141.
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