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Rapp-Chats
By Rap Owing*
Retention Agent, Agriculture
One hundred and thirty-nim beef bulls will be knocked dowi to the highest bidders at th< Culpeper and Dublin Beef Catth Improvement Associatloi (B.C.I.A.) sponsored sales. Out o the 129 Angus and Hereford bull that have just completed th< Record of Performance (R.O.P. Bull Feeding Tests, two bulls both Angus and both fron Rappahannock County weigher over 1100 pounds at one year o age. One belongs to Ned Johnson the other to Ray Cannon.
One of these years there 1 going to be an Angus bul graduating from this testini program that will weigh 120( pounds at 365 days. My bet L this time is not too distant ant the owner of this weight barriei breaking bull will be either Raj Cannon or Ned Johnson.
At the completion of th< R.O.P. bull test, each bull is giver an index number or value. Thii index value is a combination ol type score and rate of gair factors. Ned Johnson has the highesl scoring Angus bull at Culpepei with an index of 173. And Ray Cannon has the two highest scoring Angus bulls at Dublir with an index of 177 and 172 This bull of Ray’s that indexed 177 is the highest scoring Angus bull to ever be sold through e Virginia B.C.I.A. Sale. A big heavy growthy bull belonging to Randall Updike had the 3rd high average index at Culpeper. Allen Stokes and Maurice
Dinner Set
A Chicken and Chitterling Dinner will be served at the home of Miss Catherine Carter Saturday evening, March 7 at 5 o’clock. Also benefit of the States Rally. Dinners $1.00 in — $1.25 delivered. For dinners call 3354.
Social News
The Rev. and Mrs. Charles Butler of Washington, D. C. were recent guests of his father, Gaylord Butler in Sperryville. Mrs. Nellie Andes remains a patient at University of Virginia Hospital and is constantly visited by her relatives and friends.
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