4 H Baby Beef Auction Sets Strong Lancaster County Tone
Sixty two tons of 4 H baby beef went under the hammer at the Farm Show Sale led by Col Guy L Pettit. Calves averaged 32 15 a hundredweight with Glenn Foreman 15 of Manheim taking Grand Champion with Rex at 4167 a pound from Howard Johnson Restaurants. Blackie reserve champion was shown by Herbert Frey and bought by Johnson. Other Lancaster bidders and buyers included El Centro Restaurant Harrisburg Penn Harris Hotel Medford Packing Co Robert s Grocery and Susquehanna Frozen Foods among many. The event marks the third year Johnson bought the Grand Champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy L. Pettit
Glenn Foreman
Manheim
Rex
Howard Johnson
Blackie
Herbert Frey
Lancaster
Lale
Lancaster County
Hereford
Leona Augsburger
Reinholds
el Centro
Harrisburg
Doris
Joanne Shenk
Penn-Harris Hotel
Kenneth Butt
Peach Bottom
Angus
George Warner
Peggy Hackman
Elizabethtown
Medford Packing Co
John D. Zimmerman
Susquehanna Frozen Foods
Lorranme Hackman
Robert’s
Pennbrook
Samuel F. Long
Christ Miller, Jr
Gilbert Arnold
Linden
N. J
Henry Greiner
Joyce Nolt
Dennis Langrey
Conestoga
Cross Bros
Donald Rutt
James Guibble
Milton Grove
Robert Gibble
Medford
Joanne Foreman
Janet Frey
Ritchie
Huntington
Miss Keene's Grand Champion Pen of 4 H Lambs Brings $270
Harrisburg reports the grand champion pen of 4H lambs sold for 270 dollars at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Three Southdowns shown by Mary Keene were bought by Medfords Inc of Chester for 270 dollars, at 1 dollar per pound. The reserve grand champion pen, shown by Nancy Gibble of Elizabethtown, weighed 285 pounds and sold to Economy Meat Market of York for 185.25 dollars at 65 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Keene
Christiana
York
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County
Economy
Reserve Guard
Hampshire
Janet Gibble
Penn-Harris
Shropshire
Bruce Boyd
al Ephrata
Pomeroy
Galen Byers
Carlisle
Schruderburg & Kindle
Baltimore
Jay Fought
Mechanicsburg
Medford’s Inc
Chester
Pennsylvania
Medfords, Inc
Schraderburg Kindle
Susquehanna Frozen Foods
Sunbury
Leesport
Eeonomy Meat Market
Swift & Co
Silver Spring
Hogestown
Hershey
J. Fred Fisher & Son
George F. Briner
Wernersville
Co. C. Snavely
York Livestock Market
Trobbs Market
Staman Elected President Of State Farmers Group
Thomas Staman of R2 Columbia was elected president of the Pennsylvania Young Farmers' Association at Harrisburg. Forney Longenecker of R3 Lititz named secretary. Other local officials include O. K. Blanchard as vice president of the State Beekeepers' Association and Raymond Witmer as director of the Guernsey Breeders' Association. Elmer Lapp of Kinzers elected vice president of the Pennsylvania Horse and Mule Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Staman
Columbia
Pennsylvania Young Farmers’ Assn
Harrisburg
Forney Longenecker
Lititz
State Beekeepers’ Assn
O. K. Blanchard
Delta
Guernsey Breeders’ Assn
Raymond Witmer
Willow Street
Pennsylvania Horse and Mule Assn
Elmer Lapp
Kinzers
Hereford Steer Tops Western Stock Show
A 1,000-pound Hereford named Red, shown by William Irvine of Dysart Pennsylvania, claimed the grand champion title at the National Western Stock Show in Denver marking six consecutive wins for the breed. bred by Woody Hereford Ranch of Barnard Kansas, the senior calf was entered by Herman Purdy of Pennsylvania State University in the open division. Irvine received a $500 prize from American Hereford Association secretary Paul Swaffar, with special trophies from National Western Stock Show president L M Pexton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
William Irvine
Dysart
Pennsylvania
Woody Hereford Ranch
Barnard
Kan
Herman Purdy
Pennsylvania State University
Paul Swaffar
American Hereford Assa
Irvine
L. M. Pexton
Merle Groff Wins FFA Tractor Drive
Merle Groff 17 of Strasburg won the state FFA tractor driving contest at Farm Show last Friday, securing first place and a $25 prize. The event crowned him the best FFA tractor driver in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Groff
Strasburg
FFA
Groff
Angus Breeders Sell Half Million Dollars In 1956
Harrisburg Pa Angus breeders reported a new record with 574 registered bulls cows and heifers sold for 502137 at nine public sales in 1956. The statewide group noted an average of 875 dollars and rising prices with over 40 percent of stock going to out of state buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Angus Association
Scott L. French
French
Bradleys
Heckmeres Highlands
Butler County
Millarden Farms
Annville
Eileenmere
Ahmar
Luzerne County
Breeders Name New Committees in Lancaster Holstein Association
The Lancaster County Holstein Breeders’ Assn. announced its year committees led by Clarence Lyons as State Director Elvin Hess Sr. as DHLA director. Members include Lyons Hackman Benjamin on the Membership and Tourommittee. Groff Hess Jr. and Benjamin on the Touro committee. Welk Retten Lyons on Conestoga Classic Sale. Nolt Kauffman Hauser Jr. on FA Call. Mowery Frey Denlinger Kettering on Annual Meeting. Metzler Herr Landis on Nominating. Chartes Hoover Diller on Auditing. Brubaker Hess Risser on Resolutions. Longenecker Welk Landis on Field Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Holstein Breeders’ Assn
Clarence E Lyons
Henry H Hackman
Everett E. Benjamin
Robert C. Groff
Pivin Hess Jr
H. LeRoy Welk
Harvey Retten
Clarence E. Lyons
C. Robert Nolt
Robert H. Kauffman
Jacob Hauser Jr
Clarence Lyons
Elvin Hess Sr
Dh.la
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Lamb
Younes Farmers
Tom Staman
Iowa Herefords
Dorothy Fae Siehl
Grinnell
F.F.A. Tractor Drive
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