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Sunday, February 4, 1996 Agribusiness The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. 11 A Horsemen's Council holding meeting, trade show EXTENSION REPORT By Wallace Wood Extension agent i The public is invited to attend the Fourth General Membership Meeting of the South Carolina Horsemen's Council on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Poole Training Center, a complete indoor facility at 1032 Sharon Church Road in Swansea. The South Carolina Horsemen's Council was organized to promote and improve the equine industry in South Carolina by encouraging research, providing education and information, and generally promoting the common interest of the equine industry and its related industries.

The SCHC's educational purpose includes encouraging personal in- will also have the opportunity to see a special flag presentation by Carolina Walkers, as well as, delightful donkey and mule demonstrations. A trade show with various vendors and exhibitors will be held concurrently with the SCHC General Membership Meeting and "Educational and participants will have the opportunity to share ideas and make many new friends during this event for young and old alike. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase throughout the day from Daley Food Concessions, so whether you are a also include an exciting day-long "Educational Extravaganza." To provide information on the equine industry in South Carolina, the meeting will also include a concurrent trade show. A brief membership meeting will include election of officers and directors for 1996. The "Educational Extravaganza" itself will include clinics with live horses on "Body Clipping Grooming" by Debbie Poole; "Emergency Veterinary Care: by Dr.

Michael Privett, "Conformation" by Blanchard Poole, and "Training" by Billy Ridgill and Blanchard Poole. Time will be allowed for questions and died-in-the wool horseperson or whether you are simply interested in horses, mules, and donkeys, this jam-packed, day-long event is for you! Admission is free to all SCHC members or $10 per person or $25 per family. Memberships will be available at the gate for those who wish to join this nationally recognized and powerful livestock organization. For more information about the 4th South Carolina Horsemen's Council General Membership Meeting and "Educational call Nena Sinclair, (803) 734-2187. answers.

Also as part of the educational segment will be demonstrations featuring "Vaulting" by Claudia Garner, "Massage Therapy" by Holly Evans, "Farriers" by various farriers, "Types of Identifications" including Micro Chips and Hoof, Freeze, Hot Branding as well as Tattooing, and "Management Techniques" on Upstate and Lowcountry Forage Programs, body Weight and Conditions, and Fescue Toxicosis by Clemson University Extension Service. Along with other clinics and demonstrations led by experts in their respective field, participants House's version of farm bill hits snag Bull sale set for Wednesday tance from Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. The compromise was being worked out by Daschle, Lugar, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the Agriculture Committee's top Democrat.

Negotiators were trying to work out an arrangement that would con the delay until next Tuesday. The Senate negotiations began in earnest after an early vote made it clear that an original Republican proposal would not pass. The original House and Senate plans called for an overhaul of decades-old crop programs by ending subsidies that move up and down with prices. Instead, farmers would get guaranteed payments that declined over seven years. That original idea met solid resis WASHINGTON (AP) Caught up in a partisan fight, the House failed to bring a major overhaul of farm programs up for a vote Thursday.

The Senate began work on a compromise but put off any votes until next week. Despite last-ditch efforts by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, House members decided to go on a planned three-week break Thursday without a vote. For farmers, this means no government guidance for the planting season, which starts this month in parts of the South. The impact of such a delay is debatable. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Dick Lugar, says a prospect of good prices means farmers can plant for the market.

Others argue that farmers are left in the lurch, unable to get credit or decide what to plant. The Agriculture Department says it is spending time and money to implement an archaic farm law that would kick in unless Congress acts. Senate leaders, meanwhile, had come up with the outlines of a compromise Thursday afternoon. But Republicans and Democrats were still haggling over details, forcing GREENWOOD -Wednesday at the T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena in Clemson will be the 26th Annual Forage Based Gain Tested Bull Sale and the 14th Annual Replacement Heifer Sale.

The bull sale starts at 1 p.m. featuring breeds of Angus, Red Angus, Charolais, Gelbvieh, Hereford, and Simmental. These 40 bulls have been tested for soundness, reproduction, and growth. Call now for a catalog. The heifer sale features 69 open and ready-to-breed replacement heifers sired by Simmental, Charolais, Santa Gertrudis, Gelbvieh, or Shorthorn.

Information sheets will be available on sale day and they will be on display on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. This sale begins at 1 1 a.m. and sells by pens. SHEEP REFERENDUM Tuesday is the day for the Sheep Referendum. All produc- Apply by phone today 223-2520 no obligation mortgage consultation.

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$474.12 7.00 7.260 GREENWOOD MORTGAGE locally owned operated 1219-C Victoria Square Hwy. 72 By -Pass Voting procedures set for wool referendum new volvement in horses, mules, and donkeys for recreation and profit and increasing public awareness of the value of the equine industry to the state's economy. To support the SCHC's educational goals, the General Membership Meeting will EXTENSION PORTFOLIO By Calvert Sherard Extension agent ers, feeders, and importers that were engaged in the production, feeding, importation, and even 4-H projects, between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 1994, are eligible to vote.

You are voting "yes" or "no" to the assessing of a 1-cent-per-pound on sales of live sheep and 2 cents per pound on sales of wool. Voting begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. at the Clemson Extension Office at 106 Park Plaza for Greenwood County producers. This is a national referendum.

FARM HOME By CP. CHIHASZ Extension agent count ballots, determine eligibility of voters and tabulate results. For the order to go into effect, the proposal must be approved either by a simple majority of voters or by voters who account for two-thirds of the sheep and wool production represented in the referendum. If approved, the program would be funded by mandatory assessments. Domestic producers and feeders would be assessed one cent per pound on sales of live sheep and two cents per pound on sales of greasy wool.

Importers would be assessed one cent per pound or the equivalent on imported degreased of Monday's Accent ON tinue a version of existing crop programs for three years. Farmers would get a 40 percent payment in advance of the harvest, with the payment based on past subsidies. The remaining 60 percent would depend on actual prices, just as current subsidies do. The compromise would also contain conservation and nutrition provisions sought by Leahy in a previous effort at compromise. Those would last seven years.

for a FREE Wtth approved credit mm M'V SI 995 Utill Ink' '(. 1,1, 1M Jiki free ttnmjgf Mruvy 7 t9M Qthr marKOon my mf iiij ABBEVILLE The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced procedures for a referendum on a proposed Sheep and Wool Promotion, Research, Education and Information Order. The referendum will be conducted Tuesday. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, an agency in the marketing and regulatory programs mission area, has oversight responsibility for federal research and promotion programs.

AMS administrator Lon Hatamiya said all producers, feeders and importers who certify they were engaged in the production, feeding or importation of sheep or sheep producers (except importers of raw wool only) between January and Dec. 31, 1994, are eligible to vote. Voters may register and vote in person at the County Extension Offices. Absentee ballots were due in county offices Friday. The Farm Service Agency, formerly the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, will OUR weetheart.

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Abbeville and Saluda also meet for the second time at Lander Tuesday..