A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 27, 2002 Ram Lamb Performance Test Results Announced STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) Final results from the 2002 Ram Lamb Performance Testing Program conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Evalua tion Center have been an nounced. Eighty rams completed this year’s program. This test consis ted of 26 senior Dorsets, (bom Sept. 1, 2001 until Dec. 31,2001), 16 spring-born Dorsets, 10 Hampshires, 22 spring-bom Suf folks, two fall-born Suffolks, three Polypays, and one senior Corriedale. According to the National Dorset Association, the Livestock Evaluation Center has the largest Dorset testing program in the country and has been designated as a “national test.” Sixty-six rams were selected to be offered in Pennsylvania’s 24th annual Performance Tested Ram Lamb and Invitational Ewe Sale scheduled for Satuiday, Aug. 3. In conjunction with the sale, the Pennsyl vania Sheep and Wool Growers Association will conduct their an nual field day. Offi cials at the Livestock Evaluation Center are expecting approxi mately 60 top quality invitational ewes to be offered for sale. The ewes will be sold im mediately following the ram sale which is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. First in the ring will be the 23 fall-bom Dorsets. The top-indexing senior Dorset will be lot number one. This ram, a triplet, gained .99 pounds per day and has maintained a lifetime weight per day of age of .99 pounds per day. This helped him attain an index ratio of 121. The Orchard Crest Farm consignment was the second-highest indexing fall-born Dorset, with a final index of 116. Next to sell will be the 19 spring-born Suffolks. This breed group will start with the Justin Smith ram that gained 1.26 pounds per day on test, with a ratio of 147 and a lifetime weight per day of age of 1.10 pounds per day of age. This ram was the fast est-gaining ram over all breeds and he at tained the sales high est index ration of 126. Pine Haven Farm bred the second-high est indexing and gain ing spring Suffolk. The Hampshire di vision will be led off by the Morris Pratt con signment who was the top-gaining and top indexing Hampshire. This ram also exhibi ted the largest loin-eye area among the seven Hampshires. Next will be the 11 spring-born Dorsets, led off by the Holly stone Farm consigned ram that gained 1.04 pounds per day on test and maintained a life time weight per day of age of 1.17 pounds per day. He also had the second highest index of the sale with a 124. The second fastest-gaining spring Dorset was the second highest indexing, with a final index of 113 and is owned by Melana Lovell. The three Polypay rams con signed by Robert Smith will be sold next and all three of these rams were genetically tested to show that they contain the scra pie resistance gene. The two fail-bom Suffolk rams, consigned by John Scott Jr., both gained in excess of one pound per day on test, and main tained lifetime weight per day of age of 1.04 and 1.08 pounds per day. Rounding out the ram sale consignment is the fall-bom Cor riedale that was owned by Roger Bowman. For more information about the Performance Tested Ram and Invitational Ewe Sale, the Sheep Producers Field Day or Custom Fabricators of Galvanized Barn Equipment YOUR PARTS ARE READY & WAITING. • Pick up the phone to order your parts & accessories for your car or truck. • We’ll ship them right to you. • In most cases if you call by 3PM your parts will be packed up and shipped the same day via UPS Ground (except week ends). The right parts, at the right time, right on the phone? Yes, We Do! -fO-J National "u 1 u * Auto Stores OPEN 7 DAYS MON. - FBI. SAM TO 9PM SAT. & SUN. 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