Located at Our TTuSCaiTOJra
NEW GROUNDS Valley
on Route 75, HeiritasSe
3 Miles South of **
East Waterford, PA -U a y S
July 24-27, 2003
Parkin/? On Grounds Free
4th Annual
Lumberjack Competition
FEATURING: Axe Throw... Log Roll
Crosscut 2-man, 2-woman,
Jack & Jill
Singlebuck ...Standing 810 ck...
Underhand Chop - Women & Men
... Springboard ... Pole Fell
An event not to be missed...see schedule
Teepee & Pre 1840’s Structures
on Display
Indian Artifacts
Black Powder Displays
Tomahawk Throw
ANYONE WISHING TO DISPLAY
INDIAN ARTIFACTS...CONTACT
Harold Shearer - 527-2409
FEATURING
Petting Zoo - Friday & Saturday
Helicopter Rides
• Antique Tractors
• Antique Farm Machinery
• Antique Cars
• Steam and Gas Engines
• Benefit and Consignment Sale
• Country and Western Entertainment
• Parades
• Flea and Craft Market
• Displays and Demonstrations
• Plenty of Good Food
• One Bed & Breakfast Nearby
• Two Campgrounds Nearby
• Tent Space Available for Exhibits of
Antique Nature
• Paddle Wheel
• Loading Dock on Grounds
• Tractor Teeter Totter
• Pedal Tractor Pulls
• Antique Tractor Pulls
Horseshoe Tournament
Saturday, July 26, 2003
Sign-up by 8 a.m.
Tournament Starts at 9 a.m.
Trophies: 4 Places
(Singles & Doubles)
BRING YOUR OWN SHOES
ALL OUTDOORS
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PA TURNPIKE
Willow Hill Exit
East Waterforct
Honty Grova
Port Ro'
NORTH
Rt. 322 ¥ Port Royal / Rt. 75 Exit
15tH Annual
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Flea and Craft Markets
Contact Gary Zelders -
717-734-0037 or
Doug Shearer - 717-527-4989
For Space or Details, after 5 p.m
so -50 Drawings Will Be Held
During The Weekend
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS
irsdav. July 24. 200:
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Benefit Sale
4 p.m. Donations appreciated
and consignments accepted
(Commission Is 20%) not to
exceed $lOO on any item. Items
will be accepted from 8 a.m. until
3 p.m. on day of sale.
Early consignments greatly appreciated
Sale held rain or shine.
(Contact 734-3270)
Bryan D. Imes & Sons
Food Stand Will Be Open
BBQ Chicken Will Be Available
at 4 p.m.
4 p.m. BBQ Chicken Available
5:30 p.m. Pedal Pulls
6 p.m. Garden Traqtor Pulls
(Trophies)
6:30 p.m. Parade on Grounds
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Square
Dance with Down Yonder
Demonstrations
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7-10 a.m. - Breakfast Available
9 a.m.-12 noon - Lumberjack
Competition
10:30 a.m. - (Throughout the Day)
BBQ Chicken Available
11 a.m. - Pig &Ox Roast by the
Tuscarora Grange #774
11 a.m., 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. - Parade
on Grounds
1 p.m. - Antique Tractor Pulls
2:30 p.m. - Entertainment by
Amanda Perko*
3 p.m. - Pedal Pulls
4 p.m. - Entertainment by
'LoveShine Agency www loveshme com
7-10 p.m. - Bluegrass Jamboree*
featuring two bands - Almost Fa
mous & Iron Ridge
7 p.m. - Almost Famous
Bluegrass Band
8 p.m. - Iron Ridge
9 p.m. - Almost Famous
Bluegrass Band
10 p.m. - Iron Ridge/Raffle Drawing
*Bluegrass Jamboree is being
co-sponsored by Chemgro Seeds
& Dairyland Seed Companies.
Vernon Diem Seeds is our local
dealer.
Rt. *5O
9 a.m. - Community Church Service
with Rev. Don Walters
10 a.m. - BBQ Chicken Available
12 noon - Parade on Grounds
PRIZES
1 st Prize - White Model LTI3S Lawn
Tractor with mower
2nd Prize - Savage .223 Caliber
Rifle, Scope & Hard Case
or $3BO Cash
3rd Prize - Longaberger Basket -
2003 Woven Memories - signed
Tickets available on grounds for
the drawing to be held at 10 p.m.
Anyone wishing to display the making at old
time crafts or the use of old-time tools or
machinery Is welcomel
Amanda Perko*
National Sheep Summaiy
San Angelo, Texas
July 8,2003
Report Supplied By USDA
At midwest market centers ail classes
steady. At New Holland, PA slaughter
iambs 2.00-4.00 lower; slaughter ewes
steady. At San Angelo, TX compared to
two weeks ago slaughter lambs
5.00-7.00 lower; slaughter ewes weak;
feeder lambs weak to 3.00 lower. Esti
mated receipts 8,500 head for today.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 2-3 90-150 lbs: San Angelo: shorn
and wooled 90-120 lbs 87.00-92.50.
Midwest: wooled 110-120 lbs
84.00- 120-140 lbs 86.00-88.00.
New Holland: 90-100 lbs 108.00-116.00;
100-125 lbs 94.00-113.00; 125-150 lbs
82.00- Virginia: no test.
SLAUGHTER EWES: San Angelo:
Good and Choice 2-4 20.00-28.50; Good
2-3 29.50-38.00; Utility and Good 1-3
40.00- Utility 1-2 30.00-40.00;
Cull and Utility 1-2 20.00-30.00. Mid
west; Utility and Good 1-3 20.00-25.00;
Cull 1 15.00-20.00. New Holland: Utili
ty and Good 1-3 34.00-56.00. Billings:
no test. Virginia: no test.
FEEDER LAMBS: Medium and
Large X-2: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs
105.00-110.00; 60-70 lbs 100.00-105.00;
70-90 lbs 96.000-103.00. Midwest: 50-70
lbs 80.00-85.00; 70-90 lbs 75.00-80.00.
Virginia, no test. Billings: no test.
REPLACEMENT EWES: Medium
and Large 1-2: San Angelo: Baby tooth
85.00 per head; solid mouth 75.00 per
head. Billings; no test.
Eastern Combelt Direct
Sheep Weekly Summary
Springfield, HI.
July 3,2003
Report Supplied By USDA
Eastern Combelt Direct Sheep
Weekly Report (includes lambs sold in
IL., IN., OH., ML) Compared to last
week, slaughter lambs were mostly
3.00-7.00 lower for lambs over 90 lbs.
60-80 lb lambs were steady to firm.
Slaughter ewe and goat prices were
steady. Demand and trading activity
were moderate. Carlot lamb carcass
prices were mostly 15.50-17.75 lower.
Confirmed sales this week about 65%
slaughter lambs, 35% ewes and an ad
ditional 680 head of goats. Total sheep
and lambs sales 800, last week 1375 and
year ago 1100.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice 2-3
■ll O-140 lbs 90.00-92.00; 85-110 lbs few
85.00- 60-75 lbs 103.00-105.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility to
Good 1-3: 30.00-34.00; Cull to Utility:
25.00-
SLAUGHTER GOATS (cwt.): Kids:
Selection 2; 20-40 lbs 100.00-105.00;
40-60 lbs 90.00-97.50. Selection 3: 20-60
lbs 50.00-65.00. Yearlings; Selection 2:
70-90 lbs 55.00-70.00. Does/Nannies
and Bucks/Billies: 50.00-60.00.
This report covers sheep and lambs
sold direct off the farm through local
country stations.
Note; receipts do not cover total
movement in the area.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12, 2003-A27
Pork, Beef, Red Meat
Set Record Highs In 2002;
Lamb And Mutton, Record Low
WASHINGTON, D. C. Red
meat production in commercial
plants and on farms for the U.S. to
taled 47.3 billion pounds in 2002, a
record high, according to the Na
tional Agricultural Statistics Serv
ice (NASS).
Red meat includes beef, veal,
pork, and lamb and mutton. Red
meat production in commercial
plants totaled 47.2 billion pounds.
Beef production, at 27.2 billion
pounds, rose 1 percent above the
previous record set in 2000. Veal
production totaled 205.2 million
pounds, up 1 percent from the re
cord low set last year. Pork produc
tion, at 19.7 billion pounds, was 2
percent above the record high set
in 1999.
Lamb and mutton production to
taled 222.2 million pounds, falling
3 percent below the previous record
low set a year ago.
Commercial cattle slaughter
during 2002 totaled 35.7 million
head, up 1 percent from 2001, with
federal inspection comprising 98.3
percent of the total. The average
live weight was 1,251 pounds, up
30 pounds from a year ago. Steers
comprised 49.9 percent of the total
federally inspected slaughter, heif
ers 32.3 percent, dairy cows 7.4
percent, other cows 8.7 percent,
and bulls 1.7 percent.
Commercial calf slaughter total
ed 1.05 million head, up 4 percent
from a year ago with 97.5 percent
under federal inspection. The aver-
2002 Gross Income From Meat
Animals Down 10 Percent
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
2002 gross income from cattle and
calves, hogs and pigs, and sheep
and lambs for the U.S. totaled
$48.4 billion, down 10 percent from
2001, according to the National
Agricultural Service (NASS).
Gross income declined for Hogs
and pigs, and cattle and calves, but
increased for sheep and lambs.
Hogs and pigs decreased 23 per
cent, while cattle and calves de
creased 6 percent and sheep and
lambs increased 8 percent.
Total 2002 cash receipts from
marketings of meat animals de
creased 10 percent to $48.0 billion.
Cattle and calves accounted for 79
Vintage Hay
Vintage, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Thursday, July 10,2003
Hay—Straw—Grain
ALFALFA: 130.00.
TIMOTHY; 115.00.
age live weight was 312 pounds,
down 8 pounds from a year earlier.
Commercial hog slaughter total
ed 100.3 million head, up 2 percent
from 2001, with 98.7 percent of the
hogs slaughtered under federal in
spection. The average live weight,
at 265 pounds, was up 1 pound
from last year. Barrows and gilts
comprised 96.5 percent of the total
federally inspected slaughter.
Commercial sheep and lamb
slaughter totaled 3.29 million head,
up 2 percent from 2001, with 94.1
percent comprised by federal in
spection. The average live weight
fell 7 pounds from 2001 to 133
pounds.
There were 879 slaughtering
plants under federal inspection on
January 1, 2003, compared with
881 last year. Of these, 706 slaugh
tered at least one head of cattle
during 2002 with 15 slaughtering
over 56 percent of the total cattle
killed.
There were 683 plants that
slaughtered hogs, with 13 account
ing for 57 percent of the total. Like
wise, 6 of the 268 plants that
slaughtered calves accounted for 49
percent of the total and 7 of the
525 plants that slaughtered sheep
or lambs in 2002 comprised 80 per
cent of the total head.
lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and
Texas accounted for more than 52
percent of the U.S. commercial red
meat production in 2002.
percent of this total, hogs and pigs
20 percent, and sheep and lambs 1
percent.
Production increased for hogs
and pigs, but decreased for both
cattle and calves and sheep and
lambs. Average prices were down
from 2001 levels for cattle and
calves, hogs and pigs, and sheep
while lambs showed a increase.
Cattle and calves: Cash receipts
from marketings of cattle and
calves decreased from $40.4 billion
in 2001 to $3B billion in 2002, a 6
percent decrease. All cattle and calf
marketings totaled 55.9 billion
pounds in 2002, up 1 percent from
2001. The U.S. annual average
price per 100 pounds live weight
for cattle was $66.50, a decrease of
$4.80 from 2001. For calves, the
annual average price decreased
$9.60 to $96.40.
Hogs and pigs: Cash receipts
from hogs and pigs totaled $9.6 bil
lion during 2002, down 23 percent
from 2001. Marketings increased to
27.3 billion pounds in 2002, up 2
percent from 2001. The
U.S. annual average price
per 100 pounds live weight
decreased from $44.30 in
2001 to $33.40 in 2002.
Sheep and lambs: Cash
receipts from marketings of
sheep and lambs in 2002
were $431 million, up 8
percent from 2001. Market
ings increased 2 percent to
652 million pounds. The
U.S. annual average price
per 100 pounds live weight
for sheep decreased from
$34.60 in 2001 to $28.20 in
2002 while for lambs, the
annual average price in
creased $7.20 to $74.10.
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