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WHITE CATTLE JOURNAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2 JUNE 2004 AMERICAN BRITISH WHITE PARK ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2003 - 2004 Glenn Wenger, President PO Box 409 Myerstown, PA 17067 717-866-2130 gwenger@wengers.com Term Expires:2004 Doug Bledsoe, Vice-President 1309 Brushy Valley Dr. Powell, TN 37849 865-938-3440 Term Expires:2004 John Gempler, Secretary/ Treasurer 129 Swiss Hill Road N. Jeffersonvill, NY 12748 845-482-5227 gempler@catskill.net Term Expires:2006 Marie Allen 1781 90th Ave St. Augustine, IL 61474 309-462-2406 Term Expires:2005 Howard Bycroft 778 80th Ave Roseville, IL 61473 309-426-2619 hsbycrof@maplecity.com Term Expires:2004 Myron Lembke HC 85 Box 76 Bridgeport, NE 69336 308-262-0561 Term Expires:2006 Merrie Nimmer 6861 Pomeroy Rd Rockton, IL 61072 815-629-2771 MerrieFred@aol.com Term Expires:2005 Duwayne Wolber 22526 Sunset Rd Litchfield, IL 62056 217-324-3298 Term Expires:2005 Kevin Wolf 4717 Herleman Rd Quincy, IL 62305 217-224-4619 wolffarm@adams.net Term Expires:2006 OFFICE ADDRESS!! AMERICAN BRITISH WHITE PARK ASSOCIATION PO BOX 176 GUSTINE, TX 76455 Office Hours: 9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Friday Office 325-667-7330 Toll Free 877-900-BEEF 979-571-1294 Sherry’s Cell 208-979-9002 E-FAX President’s Message Summer has arrived and the calves are growing as fast as the corn. In the east we have been blest with good rain and warm weather. The pastures and crops have grown as well as any year I can remember. Fair and show season is upon us. Over the next several months the association will sanction three shows. Our National show will be held the end of July in Quincy Illinois. Kevin Wolf works hard to put this show together every year! Fall will bring The World Beef Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin held the end of September. Thank you to Merrie Nimmer for her work in organizing this show. Finally in early October we will participate in the Keystone International Livestock Exposition located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Many of our breeders will exhibit cattle at these shows and work at promoting our great breed. Get involved it is a fun time and it benefits the White Park breed. Other breeders will set up White Park displays at shows, fairs and events throughout the country. Over the years I have heard the comments that white cattle bring less money than others, but I will tell you I have heard many stories where breeders have worked at educating their customers about the quality of our breed and they now receive a premium for their White Park Cattle. I say thank you to all the breeders that work hard at promoting their cattle and I hope you are rewarded with the premiums that you deserve. To those of you who have not been involved in these events I encourage you to seek out ways to promote our cattle and be involved. I am convinced that White Park breeders are among the friendliest in the cattle industry. If you come to a show or an event and need help or have a question you will find your fellow breeders ready to lend a helping hand or share their experience with you. The people you meet and the friends you make along the way help make life’s journey special. Glenn T Wenger President WICKLUND FARMS American White British Park 15515 Helix Rd Tomah, WI 54660 UpComing Events July 30th - August 1, 2004 Adams County Fair, Quincy, IL National American British White Park Show July 31, 2004 Annual Meeting & Banquet Quincy, IL August 1, 2004 National American British White Park Show Day Quincy, IL August 31, 2004 Deadline for September Issue of “White Cattle Journal” September 23rd - 26th, 2004 World Beef Expo Milwaukee, WI September 23, 2004 World Beef Expo Show Day - 3:30pm September 28th - October 4th, 2004 Keystone International Livestock Expo Harrisburg, PA October 1, 2004 Keystone International Livestock Expo Show Day - 9:00am November 15, 2004 Deadline for December Issue of “White Cattle Journal” December 15, 2004 Christmas Issue of the “White Cattle Journal” WOLF FARMS Kevin Wolf 4717 Herleman Quincy, IL 62301 217-224-4619 E-mail: wolffarm@adams.net HOME OF WOLF’S STRETCH 48 MB 88 EMPEROR 404 Quality Breeding Stock & Semen For Sale Semen Also Available at the following locations: Genetics Horizons - Semex - Columbia, MO (800)356-4565 or Madison, WI (800)347-4671 Universal Semen Sales - Great Falls, MT (800)227-8774 Interglobe Genetics - Pontiac, IL (815)844-3733 Wolf’s Stretch 48 is CSS Certified Also Qualified for Export to most South American Countries. 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Advertising Rates for “White Cattle Journal” 1 page .........$75.00 single issue Half page......$50.00 single issue Classifieds....$.50 per word w/$15.00 min. National American British White Park Show 2004 Adams County Fair Quincy, IL July 29 - August 4, 2004 Show Day August 1st,2004 Saturday July 31, 2004 Host Hotel Annual Banquet & Meeting Stoney Creek Inn Quincy, IL Rates $79 Reservations must be made before June 28th, 2004 (800)659-2220 Be sure to mention “American British White Park Association” Other Hotel Accommodations in Quincy: Althoff Motel - 217-228-2460 Best Western Rosewood Inn - 217-223-6780 Days Inn - 217-223-6610 Diamond Motel - 217-223-1436 Holiday Inn - 217-222-2666 Quincy Travelodge - 217-222-5620 Super 8 Motel - 217-228-8808 For Information on the Adams County Fair National American British White Park Show Fair Books and Entry Forms Please Contact: Kevin Wolf 217-228-2460 wolffarm@adams.net 2004 ABWPA Annual Meeting & Banquet This years banquet and meeting will be held July 31, 2004 at the Stoney Creek Inn, Quincy, IL. The meal will be buffet style. Cost of the tickets for this years banquet is $25.00 for Adults and $10.00 for children 12 and under. For more information on the banquet or to order tickets contact the ABWPA office at 877900-BEEF, or mail ticket orders to: PO Box 176, Gustine, TX 76455 Registered American British White Park Cattle SEMEN AVAILABLE FROM 2 GREAT BULLS CSS CERTIFIED #F10376 Mytown Frank Calved May 12, 1996 Sire: Y9437 Hiels Avon Yoland Dam: Drumlins Eleanor Sire of: 2002 National Grand Champion Bull 2000 National Grand Champion Female 2001 National Reserve Champion Female 2000 Club Calf Champion (all breeds) Keystone International Livestock Expo. Grand Sire of ‘Mytown Kicker’ Calves Average Birthweight 78 Pounds #11503 Mytown Kicker Calved April 6, 2000 Sire: #11120 Mytown Hobie Dam: #11116 Mytown Hiawatha Show Credits: 2002 National Reserve Champion Bull 2000 Reserve Champion Bull - Keystone International Livestock Exposition 2001 Champion Bull - Quincy, Illinois 2001 Reserve Champion Bull World Beef Expo 2000 First Place Bull Calf - North American International Livestock Exposition GLENN T. WENGER , Manager BILL PAUL , Herdsman Evening Phone 717-866-7646 till 9:00 PM Eastern Time 831 South College Street • P.O. Box 409 Myerstown, PA 17067 • 717-866-8400 gwenger@wengers.com • www.wengers.com 2004 World Beef Expo Milwaukee, WI American British White Park Show September 23rd - 26th, 2004 Show Day: September 23, 2004 3:30pm Ring 1 Host Hotel Best Western Woods View Inn 5501 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53214 (414) 671-6400 (414)671-1029 Fax Room Rates: $67.00 Reservations must be made by September 1st,2004 Please mention World Beef Expo - ABWPA when making reservations. Check in time is 3:00pm Check out time is 11:00am Judging/Premium Books available online at the following address. http://www.worldbeefexpo.com/home/ then choose Judging/Premium book. WORLD BEEF EXPO AMERICAN BRITISH WHITE PARK SHOW Superintendents: Fred & Merrie Nimmer, 815/629-2771 Judge: Jim Ward, Palmyra, WI ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 15, 2004 BEGIN ARRIVAL: Tuesday, September 21 IN PLACE: Thursday, September 23, 10:00 am SHOW: Thursday, September 23, 3:30 pm - Ring 1 RULES SPECIFIC TO THE AMERICAN BRITISH WHITE PARK SHOW 1) Exhibitors are subject to all rules and regulations of the American British White Park Association. 2) All entries must be purebred registered with the American British White Park Association or the British White Cattle Association of American. 3) All animals must be properly tattooed. Tattoos must be legible and must match the registration certificate. CLASS A FEMALES LOT 1. Late Spring Heifer Calf - calved on or after May 1, 2004 2. Spring Heifer Calf - calved March 1 – April 30, 2004 3. Junior Heifer Calf - calved January 1 – February 28, 2004 4. Senior Heifer Calf - calved November 1 – December 31, 2003 5. Early Senior Heifer - calved September 1 – October 31, 2003 6. Summer Yearling Heifer - calved July 1 – August 31, 2003 7. Spring Yearling Heifer - calved May 1 – June 30, 2003 8. Late Junior Heifer - calved March 1 – April 30, 2003 9. Junior Yearling Heifer - calved January 1 – February 28, 2003 10. Senior Yearling Heifer - calved September 1 – December 31, 2002 11. Cow/Calf Pair - may not be shown in any other class 12. GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER 13. RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CLASS B BULLS LOT 14. Late Spring Bull Calf - calved on or after May 1, 2004 15. Spring Bull Calf - calved March 1 – April 30, 2004 16. Junior Bull Calf - calved January 1 – February 28, 2004 17. Senior Bull Calf - calved November 1 – December 31, 2003 18. Early Senior Bull Calf - calved September 1 – October 31, 2003 19. Summer Yearling Bull - calved July 1 – August 31, 2003 20. Spring Yearling Bull - calved May 1 – June 30, 2003 21. Late Junior Yearling Bull - calved March 1 – April 30, 2003 22. Junior Yearling Bull - calved January 1 – Feburary 28, 2003 23. Two Year Old Bull - calved September 1 – December 31, 2002 24. GRAND CHAMPION BULL 25. RESERVE CHAMPION BULL Premiums will be paid by World Beef Expo. See General Information. FROM START TO FINISH BRITISH WHITE PARK ADVANTAGE L P J American British White Park Association member since 1983 SEMEN BULLS & FEMALES FOR SALE! LARRY FEDLER 2173 170th ST WEST POINT, IA 52656 319-837-6420 E-mail: lpjwhite@interl.net Keystone International Livestock Expo American British White Park Show Friday October 1, 2004 9:00am Judge: Gene Steiner Entry Deadline August 31, 2004 Cattle in place by 12:00 noon, Thursday September 30, 2004 All rules of the Keystone International Livestock Exposition apply in addition to those listed below. SPECIAL RULES Registration All cattle must be registered with the American British While Park Association. A certificate of registration must be presented at the time of arrival at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Show ring Condition All cattle must be displayed clean, neat, well groomed, fitted, well fed, trimmed and in a healthy condition. Exhibitor Appearance All exhibitors are to be neatly dressed and wear dark colored slacks/ jeans (preferably black), dark button shirts with collars (preferably black) or white button shirts with collars and appropriate boots or shoes (no tennis shoes). FEMALES 71. SPRING HEIFER CALVES, calved on/or after March 1, 2004 72. JUNIOR HEIFER CALVES, calved January - February 2004 73. WINTER HEIFER CALVES, calved November - December 2003 74. SENIOR HEIFER CALVES, calved September - October 2003 75. SUMMER YEARLING HEIFERS, calved May - August 2003 76. SPRING YEARLING HEIFERS, calved March - April 2003 77. JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFERS, calved January - February 2003 78. SENIOR YERLING HEIFERS, calved September - December 2002 79. CHAMPION HEIFER 80. RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER 81. COW/CALF BULLS 82. SPRING BULL CALVES, calved on/or after March 1, 2004 83. JUNIOR BULL CALVES, calved January - February 2004 84. WINTER BULL CALVES, calved November - December 2003 85. SENIOR BULL CALVES, calved September - October 2003 86. SUMMER YEARLING BULLS, calved May - August 2003 87. SPRING YEARLING BULLS, calved March - April 2003 88. JUNIOR YEARLING BULLS, calved January - February 2003 89. TWO YEAR OLD BULLS, calved January - December 2002 90. CHAMPION BULL 91. RESERVE CHAMPION BULL 2004 Committee’s and Chairpersons Membership Committee - Chairperson Glenn Wenger Promotions - Chairperson Doug Bledsoe Shows/Sales - Chairperson Kevin Wolf Performance Testing - Chairperson Larry Fedler Bylaws & Rules - Chairperson Larry Fedler Web Site - Chairperson Dave Slater Notice Membership Listed on Website If anyone does not want their Name, adddress and phone number listed on the web site please send written notification to the ABWPA office at PO Box 176, Gustine, TX 76455. If we do not have written notification your information will be listed on the web site for our interested breeders to locate someone in their area easier. Breeders of Quality American British White Park Gempler Farm John Gempler 129 Swiss Hill Road N. Jeffersonville, NY 12748 Home: 845-482-5227 Office: 845-482-5522 Slater Farms Dave Slater 191 Old Taylor Road Jeffersonville, NY 12748 Home: 845-482-3667 Office: 914-797-6784 Gempler Farm: gempler@catskill.net Slater Farm: dslater@catskill.net Web: www.g-swhitepark.com Member Profile Our Farm LLC Taylor, TX Our Farm, on the edge of the picturesque Texas Hill Country near Austin, is 200 acres of rolling farmland with a school house, barns, stables, fields, ponds, and a host of domesticated animals. Our Farm helps children in special education learn how to give and receive care, about responsibility and cooperation, and the joys of learning and achievement. The mission at Our Farm is to provide children in special education opportunity for success in life using animal-assisted therapy and nature study to build confidence, cooperation, and achievement. The children at Our Farm learn differently from the way most children do, have little selfconfidence, and have difficulty forming positive relationships. They need more than traditional school settings to succeed. Our Farm is founded on the understanding that animals and nature are inherently interesting to children. Safe, careful interaction with animals provides a new way for children to develop the social skills necessary for participation in learning and life. Our Farm lets children experience caring for and loving animals. Through these simple activities, they learn responsibility and find opportunities for achievement and success. Children can acquire the ability to form strong, positive relationships by caring for animals. In the weekly, half-day sessions during the school year, children progress through a variety of formal and informal learning situations so that they develop new behaviors and learn new information about the world around them. Learning that responsibility for others is both a joy and hard work is a major step at Our Farm. Recognition of achievement is a vital part of the experience at Our Farm and especially important to these children who have seldom had positive recognition from adults or peers. Our Farm is a subsidiary of ALMARAH ARABIANS, Bazy Tankersley, 4101 N Bear Canyon Rd, Tucson, Arizona who have been a members since 1996. In keeping with the mission of the larger farm (Our Farm, L.L.C.), the American British White Park Cattle here are being raised in an attempt to rebuild their rare breed. The White Park cattle that were once located at the Arizona ranch have moved to Texas and are making their stand at Our Farm LLC in Taylor, Texas. If anyone is interested in learning more about the Our Farm operation please contact the ABWPA office for their contact information. Member Profiles I would like to invite everyone to send into the office a short paragraph about their White Cattle operation. Each month a member will be featured on the Web Site. The member will be choosen by a Lottory drawing on the 15th of each month and the Member Profile will be posted at the beginning of the next month. Send your profiles to the ABWPA Office at PO Box 176, Gustine, TX 76455. “Breeding Top Quality White Cattle Since 1978” Having Sold Our Cow Herd, We are retiring from the cattle business. We have several bred heifers for sale for fall delivery! They are large framed with excellent bloodlines! Many thanks to all who purchased cattle from us in the past 26 years! Dave & Rosie Wells We are going to miss being in the 22338 E. Wells Rd cattle business, good friends at the Canton, Illinois 61520 cattle shows and sales and seeing Ph. 309-668-2488 those Beautiful Whites in our Fax 309-668-0201 pasture...Time Marches On... Cell Ph. 309-338-2488 Wells Farms Calling Interested Members 2005 Ozark Farm Fest We are looking for a couple of interested members to display cattle at the 2005 Ozark Farm Fest, to be held in Springfield, Missouri. In the past we have had Mike & Karen Shuffield, Doug & Johnnie Bledsoe, Howard & Susan Bycroft that have taken cattle for display. This is a very good show and lots of animals have been sold from this display along with lots of new interest in the breed. If you would be interested in displaying your animals and helping promote the American British White Park Association please contact Sherry at the office at 877-900-BEEF. GSP Cattle Co Greg & Sherry Parks We are distributors for the a number of cattle related products. Give us a call for pricings on the following products. 325-667-7330 PO Box 176 720-533-8909 Fax Gustine, TX 76455 Email: sherry@gspcattleco.com www.gspcattleco.com Call For Special Pricing CattlePro 2003 Beef Cattle Records, Management and Performance Analysis Software Developed by Cattlemen for Cattlemen Perma-Flex tags for cattle, sheep and hogs. Applicators, Markers and cattle prods. World Leaders in Weighing For all of your electronic weigh systems. TruTest is compatible with CattlePro herd management software. For all of your electric fencing needs in one place. Energizers (battery or solar), wire, tape, crimpers, and much more. We also provide Graphic Design work for Cattle Sale Catalogs and Ranch Web Sites. If you are wanting to move into the age of cyber space and would like to register a domain name or need Web Site Hosting or Web Site Design give us a call. Our 1st background is cattle. Efficiency is the BOTTOM LINE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!!! David Doell 10765 Knibloe Rd Fillmore, NY 14735 Randy & Beth Ellerbrock 2745 N 18500thAve Clayton, IL 62324 David Everett 6351 Brown Hooke Rd Meridian, MS 39305 Rick Fowler 21745 Blackberry Ridge Rd Warrenton, MO 63383 Harold Johnson 11057 Maple Rd Birch Run, MI 48415 Cedar Bend Farm Dr. Stephen L Mahalik PO Box 237 Lockport, IL 60441 Bill & Laura Paine N893 Kranz Rd Columbus, WI 53925 Ferncroft Farms Larry D Seibel PO Box 1204 Wake Forest, NC 27587 Dean Shup 323 N Ridge Lane Warsaw, IL 62379 WELCOME NEW JUNIOR MEMBERS!!! Hilary Hollerback 11170 Lange Rd Birch Run, MI 48415 Deker Hollerback 11170 Lange Rd Birch Run, MI 48415 ATTENTION!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE ANIMALS FOR SALE PLEASE SEND A LISTING TO THE OFFICE. WE HAVE INTERESTED PERSONS AND NEW BREEDERS CALLING FROM TIME TO TIME LOOKING FOR PEOPLE SELLING BREEDING STOCK AND EVEN FEEDER CALVES. AMERICAN BRITISH WHITE PARK ASSOCIATION PO BOX 176 GUSTINE, TX 76455 877-900-BEEF www.whitecattle.org Email: office@whitecattle.org