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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-09-08, Page 17Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Itall starts tti a culture 17 TIMES -ADVOCATE Huron County Plowing Match results reported VARNA - Results of the 77th Annual Huron County Plowing Match hosted by Bill & Joyce Dowson Family Farms are as follows. Class 1 Queen of the Furrow: Queen Rossanna Grobbink; 1st runner up Jessica Feagan; 2nd run- ner up Melissa Sparling; Best land plowed Krista Shortreed. Class 3 Huron contestants born 1985 or later 3 furrows: 1st Steven Haney; 2nd Ian Gordon; 3rd Tyson Arts; 4th Daryl O'Rourke; 5th Dan Shapton. Class 4 Huron contestants born 1989 or later 2 furrows: 1st Brandon McGavin; 2nd Alex Melady; 3rd Brent Melady. Class 5 Huron contestants born 1988 2 furrows: 1st Paul Dodds; 2nd Brian McGavin; 3rd Paul Pentland; 4th Steve O'Rourke. Class 6 Open "green" born 1989 or later never having won first: 1st Shannon Little. Class 7 Open, 2 furrows: 1st Carmen Welper; 2nd Elmer Erb; 3rd Steve Speller; 4th Bill Feeney; 5th Paul Robinson. Class 8 Open 3 furrows or more: 1st Bryan Bertrand; 2nd Allen Millman; 3rd Bob Hayter; 4th Nis Hinrichsen. Class 10 Antique trail: 1st Richard Elliot; 2nd Willis Wardell; 3rd Allan Ellwood; 4th Jim Cox; or earlier 5th Ken Miligan; 6th John Miligan; 7th Ray Henderson; 8th Bev Hill; 9th James Cartwright. Class 11 Antique mounted: 1st Paul Hodgins; 2nd Bev Elliot; 3rd Ray Wardell; 4th Brian Helkaa. Class 13 Horse class walking plow: 1st Robert MacRobbie; 2nd Andrew MacRobbie. Class 14 Novelty class Tractor drawn walking plow: 1st Robert MacRobbie; 2nd Harry Nesbit; 3rd Turner/Vanbergen; 4th Wayne Miller. Special awards Huron Junior Champion - Steven Haney; Huron Junior Reserve - Brandon McGavin; Huron Senior Champion - Paul Dodds; Huron Senior Reserve - Brian McGavin; Ross Gordon Memorial Best crown at Junior Match - Kora Bennett; Ontario Bean Board Highest score classes 2-5 - Paul Dodds; Val -Lea Farms Award Youngest Huron plower - Alex Melady; Don Dodds Award Highest visitor score - Richard Elliot; Hay Mutual Insurance - Highest visiting jr. score - Shannon Little; Antique Tractor Awards: Competing in match - Bev Hill, Restored on display - Bill Kerslake, Unrestored on display- Helen Turner. Steven Haney and Ian Gordon will represent Brussels Livestock report For the week ending Sept. 3, 2004. Total Receipts 1,858 head of cattle, 435 lambs and goats. 'Summary Tuesday: The fed steers and heifers sold at prices $2 to $3 higher. Fancy and double muscle steers and heifers sold 80 to 90 with sales to 90.25. Choice steers and heifers sold 70 to 75, and 2nd cut steers and heifers sold 64 to 68. The cows sold at prices steady with last weeks. Thursday: The veal sold on a strong active trade with prices steady to last week. The lambs sold on a good active trade with prices up $5 to $10. Friday: All weights and classes of stockers sold on a strong active trade. Steers There were 318 steers on offer. Owen B. Martin, Wellesley consigned one blonde steer weighing 1175 lbs which sold to Dominion Meat Packers for 86. His overall offering of ten steers averaged 1452 lbs selling for an average price of 77.78. Ten steers consigned by Walter Nicholson, Monkton averaged 1435 lbs selling for an average price of 72.05 with his top gold steer weighing 1325 lbs sell- ing for 85.25. Tobias Brubacher, Elmira consigned two black steers averaging 1343 lbs which sold for 83.25. His overall offering of thirteen steers averaged 1398 lbs sell- ing for an average price of 80.34. CA Jeep I t:"aod. ra es c: r�o IL ROOTS Heifers There were 210 heifers on offer. Enoch Martin, Linwood consigned twenty-six blue heifers averaging 1374 lbs which sold for an average price of 82.76 with sales up to 90.25. One red heifer consigned by Dave Baker, Brussels weighed 1200 lbs which sold for 80.25. His overall offering of eight heifers averaged 1259 lbs selling for an average price of 73.62. George Chettleburgh, Wingham con- signed three limo heifers averaging 1245 lbs which sold for an average price of 75.27 with sales to 75.75. Cows There were 126 cows on offer. D1 & D2: 25-32 sales to 37; D3: 18-22; D4: 10-15; Shell Cows: 5-10. Roy McKay, Mitchell consigned three char cows averaging 1268 lbs which sold for an average price of 28.52 with sales up to 37. One limo cow consigned by Dave Batte, Walkerton weighed 1330 lbs selling for 34.50. Gerald Rathwell, Brucefield consigned one red cow weighing 1550 lbs which sold for 34. Bulls There were 11 bulls on offer selling 20-37 sales to 39.50. Gary Grubb, Mildmay consigned one limo bull weighing 2105 lbs which sold to Dominion Meat Packers for 39.50. One Sim bull consigned by Theresa Carson, Thornloe weighed 2070 lbs sell- ing to Dominion Meat Packers for 37. Veal There were 105 head of veal on offer. Beef: 88-115 sales to 126; Good Holstein: 100-110 sales to 115; Medium Holstein: 75-90; Plain & Heavy Holstein: n/a. Mark & Paul Pennington, Mildmay con- signed one gold veal steer weighing 660 lbs which sold to Holly Park Meat Packers for 126. Two gold veal heifers consigned by Adam Weber, Holyrood averaged 640 lbs selling to New Market Meat Packers for 115. Kenvel Farms, Tiverton consigned two hol veal steers averaging 680 lbs which sold to New Market Meat Packers for 114. Lambs under 50 lbs: 69-100; 50-65 lbs: 107- 125; 65-80 lbs: 95-121; 80-95 lbs: 84- 121; 95-110 lbs: 91-95; 110 lbs and over: 60-66. Sheep 35-51 Goats $31-$190 Top Quality Stocker Steers under 400 lbs: 60-83; 400-500 lbs: 60- 108; 500-600: 74.50-95; 600-700: 68-87; 700-800: 72-83; 800-900: 73-84; 900- 1000: 74-83; over 1000: 69.50-80. Top Quality Stocker Heifers under 300 lbs: 87; 300-400: 60-78; 400-500: 61-79; 500-600: 60-82; 600- 700: 60-77; 700-800: 60-77; 800-900: 60-77.75; Over 900 lbs: 60-76.25. Gold Medal Maintenance Service Lube, Oil and Filter Change Peace of Mind Inspection Top up of Washer Fluid Provide Written Report lire Rotation on Findings Show your support for our Olympic team with this premium -quality ROOTS Team CanadaT-shirt# It's complimentary when you take advantage of our Service Special. Huron County at the International Plowing Match in Meaford in the Scholarship Class. Winner of the 50/50 draw was Ruth Townsend. Sod Buster Aug 26 4-H Sod Buster Achievement Day results are as follows. Competitive plows: 1st Ian Gordon; 2nd Dan Shapton; 3rd Alex Melady; 4th Kora Bennett; 5th Brent Melady; 6th Bill Feeney; 7th Matt Studer; 8th Steve Haney; 9th Brandon Coleman. Non -Competitive plows: 1st Geoff Alderdice; 2nd Evan Klaver; 3rd Mitch Allen; 4th Greg Murray; 5th Ian Murray; 6th Randy Murray; 7th Erica Murray. FARM BRIEF Free publications and fact sheets available from OMAF Publications and fact sheets are available from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF). The Field Pocket Guide is a small pocket guide, which contains a variety of record keeping pages and conversions/calculations. It is a practical way to record crop production activities to assist farm- ers in achieving economically feasible and environ- mentally responsible management of soils, water, air, crops and livestock. 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