The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 11, 1991 5 . THE CHAMP - From left: Melvin Peiffer, a friend of Ralph Sands from Lancaster County; Ralph Sands, Supreme Champion Cow, Jay; Harriet Sands, Ralph Sands daughter; Charlene Shupp, Wyoming/ Lackawanna County Dairy Maid, 14, of Tunkhannock; Rebecca Staviscak, daughter of the late Claude “Buttons, head dairyman at Hillside Farms, whose family donated the trophy. ‘Sandsdale i»{Continued from page 1) years and breeding cattle all of his life. And with a lot of success - 188 of the cows he's worked with have “&ét a dozen barn fires, was never amoprehended. : ® Today, Sands has built up his tant, and sophisticated. “You can't just make a living selling milk,” said Sands. “It's the WELCOME BACK TO TROUT TODAY, ONT : ul f H V) / Q A ‘ 3 2 \ AN THE SHOW ABOUT TROUT, HERE ON HARVEYS LAKE'S OWN CABLE SERVICE. ~_ | 1 « ‘4 Rt SH N NN NEWS ITEM - Harveys Lake Borough Council is considering a plan under which the borough would provide cable television service to the community. Commonwealth adds tax surcharge to bills Effective August 24, Common- wealth Telephone Company bills “herd to about 30 cattle, which are ‘svorth between $5,000 and $10,000 each. . “The owner of a winning cow “might get $35 in prize money, but “that’s not what brings the farmers ““to-the show says Tripp, a veteran ‘Cattle breeder himself. “ “Pride, it's what you work for all *Séar long,” said Tripp. “Farmers "don’t make a lot of money and when you come here and have a winner it's something a little extra special.” "“'» Winning competitions does have “its practical advantages though. ‘Jay had a calf three weeks ago, and ‘already Sands has been offered $5,000 for it. +“ 'As he judges, Tripp explains to ~ theaudience of several dozen spec- “ators what he’s looking for in a ol cow, citing “width of chest,” Nr “dairyness.” ~ “You know what an athlete in a ‘certain sport should look like,” said “William Conyngham, owner of Hillside Farms, as he watched the ‘competition. “The characteristics ‘'thatyou're looking for in an animal are those that are going to ensure long-term good health for milking “and breeding. It does have a cer- iain practical ‘dollars and cents ~ ifyou're selling the offspring of a cow that has won.” In the dairy business, breeding Ph become increasingly impor- sults. sale of breeding stock. More so now than before. It's very impor- tant and influential on whether you make it or don’t make it.” Sands enters his cattle in 10 to 15 competitions a year. The con- tests coming up are at the Bloomsburg Fair and in Harris- burg. : “This breeding business is a big business,” said Sands. “Artificial insemination has dominated breeding. It has enabled the small dairy farmer to use the more popu- lar bulls that he couldn't afford himself.” “When you're selecting an ani- mal, you're looking at the general appearance and configuration,” said Sands. “Straightness of top line and good legs.” The breeding has brought re- Sands estimated that an aver- age cow may produce 15,000 to 17,000 pounds of milk ayear, while an exceptional one may produce 25,000 to 30,000 pounds. By contrast, in the 1850's an average cow would only produce 1,500 pounds of milk a year, and as recently as 1960, the average was only 9,000 pounds. “Some people try and breed with a computer. But they breed in a different way than what I call a breeder of cattle,” said Tripp, who has been judging for six and seven “Lake Township recycling set for Sept. 14 _. Lake Township Recycling will be accepting glass, bimetal cans, aluminum, all plastics with the exception of motor oil containers on Saturday, Sept. 14, 10-noon at the Lake 29. Township Building on Route { 7 Send your The college student a "Letter From Home" with a gift subscription to Dallas Post Sept.-May $13.00 (PA, NY, NJ. All other states, $15.00) : 1 Please start a school year subscription to: ¢ I Name Address f | ref he The Dallas Post P.O. Box 366 : I ok £0 L State Zip Please enclose payment. Return to: Dallas PA 18612 EE EEE EE EN NE EE GEN SEN SEEN SEE ES DN NSN SE EE ANN GE SEEN 8 \ A A Gp been named All-American. Despite the advances in tech- nology, Tripp prefers to do some things the old-fashioned way. “My computer is my eyes and my mind. One thing the computer and college experts will never control is mother nature.” will contain a new item called “surcharge”. This surcharge re- flects recent increases in certain state taxes on utilities. This new surcharge will be cal- culated by multiplying 2.94 per- cent by the customer's total charges for services Commonwealth pro- vides under Pennsylvania tariffs and will be applied to charges for services provided on and after August 24, 1991. Headquartered in Dallas, Com- monwealth Telephone Company serves more than 175,000 cusot- mers in 20 counties throughout Eastern Pennsylvania. [tis the 21st largest of the nation’s 1,370 tele- phone companies. 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