Meats judge Cathy wins at state competition
Cathy placed seventh in individual meats judging and her team finished sixth as she helped judge cuts and carcasses at the state contest. She also traveled on a 4-H exchange trip to Colorado near Durango visiting Mesa Verde and seeing irrigation reliant frontiers. Cathy, a Hempfield High senior, plans yearbook work and home economics club participation while weighing careers in home economics or agriculture.
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Cathy
Penn State
Colorado
Durango
Mesa Verde National Park
Hempfield
Hempfield High School
Lancaster County
Middleburg Auction cattle and hog market report
The August 26 1975 Middleburg Pennsylvania sale shows slaughter steers up 1 to 4, cows down 1 to 2.50, bulls up 0.25 to 0.50, with varied prices across grades. Vealers and calves mixed, hogs uneven, feeders and sheep listed with price ranges by weight and grade.
St Louis Auction Livestock Prices From Weekly Cattle Review
Receipts 8000 vs 6500 year ago with steers and heifers mostly 2.00 higher since last Tuesday. Slaughter steer and heifer prices range from 39.00 to 49.00 per cwt with various weight bands and quality, cows 13.00 to 23.50, bulls 21.00 to 27.00, and feeders 25.00 to 30.00 from the August sale report.
New Holland Horse Auction Report
New Holland hosts a Monday sale with 421 head including horses mules and ponies. Market steady with Kansas riding horses 160 355 Tennessee riding horses 230 315 work horses 320 560 mules 150 200 driving horses 160 500 riding horses 140 240 better horses 275 520 killers 22 25 17 19 mares 15 40 colts 5 25 geldings 15 35 ponies 50 100.
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Kansas
Tennessee
Agriculture chief ends set aside rule for 1976 grain cotton
Secretary Earl L. Butz announced no set aside requirement for the 1976 feed grain wheat and upland cotton programs marking a third year for feed grain and wheat and a fourth for upland cotton with no cropland removal urged. Domestic usage and export demand support large crops despite lower 1975 upland cotton plantings and a forecasted two million bale drop from 1974.
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Ashington
Earl L. Butz
Department
Butz
Berks County 4 H Swine Sale Report Leesport August 27 1975
Leesport PA hosted the Berks County 4 H Swine Sale on August 27 1975 with 27 hogs sold. Grand champion weighed 230 lbs and averaged about 1 per lb while reserve champion at 215 lbs averaged 85 cents per lb. Average hog weight across the lot was 205 lbs with an average price of 64.71 per lb. Prices reflect local grain and feed dealers quoted on August 28.
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Berks County
Leesport
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Cathy Brubaker
Running Pump Rd
Lancaster
Middleburg
MR. Dairyman
INING
Shenk’s
Lititz
St. Louis
New Holland Horse Auction
East Earl
Berks Co
Leesport Auction
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