Evening star., 1946-09-15
Nearby Breeders
Arrange Series of
Purebred Sales

Purebred Aberdeen, Angus cattle
from farms in Montgomery and
Frederick Counties will be among
the 100 head of breeding stock Of
fered tomorrow at an Aberdeen
Angus breeders sale at Ravenswood
Farms at Galena, on Marylands
Eastern Shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Hanson will
consign seven head of Angus stock
from Mount Prospect Farm near
Rockville, while six heifers will be
consigned from Col. r. D. La Garde's
Highlandstone Farm In the Rockville
area. Dan E. Wight, owner of Mo-
nocacy Farms in Frederick County,
will send five groups of heifers.
The Galena sale is one of nine to
be held in Maryland and Virginia
during the fall. The events will in
clude offerings of dairy and the
principal beef breeds.
or interest to Maryland dairymen
will be the Maryland State consign-
ment sale, September %, in connec-
ton with the fair at Frederick, Md.
In Virginia, the spotlight will focus
on the purebred promotional sale
October 8 and in connection with
the first annual Atlantic Rural Ex-
position at Richmond.
Variety of Stock.
B. G. Snidow. manager of the
Richmond sale, said 80 head of
breeding stock will be offered, in
Guiding 25 purebred Angus, Is pure
bred Guernseys, 80 purebred Here
lords and number of purebred
Shorthorns, Jerseys and Holsteins.
Following the Atlantic Exposition
sale, the Virginia Aberdeen Angus
breeders show and sale will be held
October IA at Warrenton, when three
top bulls and Al females will 60 on
the block. These cattle will be con-
signed by 10 of the States leading
Angus breeders.
Virginia Hereford breeders will
sponsor two sales next month.
Twenty-Five of the States leading
breeders will consign stock to the
Virginia Hereford Associations show
and sale October % at Staunton.
while so heifers and three bulls will
be offered at the Northern Virginia
Hereford Association sale October %
at Warrenton.
Three Sales in November.
Maryland. Virginia and West Vir-
ginia Shorthorn breeders will spon-
sor three sales early in November.
The Virginia West Virginia Short
horn Breeders Associa ton will offer
As head Of purebred stock at Staun-
ton November 2, while Maryland
Shorthorn breeders have scheduled
sale at Timonium November 4
and "a sale of polled Shorthorns
November 9 at Cherry Hill Farm,
Reisterstown
In Virginia 5000 Shorthorn.
Angus and Hereford feeder calves
will be offered for sale on the fol-
lowing dates:
Fredericksburg, September 80;
Christiansburg. October l; Black
ford, October 2; Ewing, October 4;
Wytheville. October IA; Buena
Vista, October Is; Monterey, Oc-
tober Is; Staunton. October II:
Winchester. October 10; Front
Royal, October 10; Orange, October
21; Richmond, October 25: Staun-
ton, October %; Charlottesville
October %; Lynchburg, October
30 and Ewing. November 8.
The annual Culpeper County
feeder calf sale, originally scheduled
October 81, has been Cancelled
County Agent j. A. Coffey has an
Mr. Coffev said the sale was
called off after a survey indicated |
farmers would not have the 300
head of stock required for holding
the sale.
Sales at high prices early this
year and the decision of farmers
to hold calves over the winter to be
sold next year as 2-year- -olds cut
the number of salable calves, he
said.