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6A – Daily News – Saturday, May 15, 2010 Agriculture & farm I am newsletter chair- man for California Cattle- Women, collecting the information and taking pictures for the three issues each year. John Gentry, of Gentry Media, assembles the material into an eight- page newsletter that is sent to Impressive Print for printing, collating and folding. Then the Tehama Coun- ty CattleWomen have a “Lick ‘em & Stick ‘em Party,” where the white dot to keep the pages closed is applied, followed by the mailing address label, and finally a 44-cent stamp is stuck on 1,800 newsletters. We use first class postage in order to get the undeliverable newsletters returned. Also, you don’t have to worry about get- ting the zip codes in groups. The other day we mailed the May newsletter with the help of Carol Enos, Joan Hemsted, Shirley Davis, Marguerite Kutz, Joyce Bundy, Ruth Flory, Charlene Priest, Nancy Enos, Linda Borror in less than one and a half hours. Thanks to Tehama County Farm Bureau and Kari Dodd ,we were able to use the confer- ence room for this project. Last month I rode Mt Lassen Motor Transit to San Francisco for the exhibit “Amish Abstrac- tions” at De Young Museum. I was fortunate to have a docent that made the quilts come alive, since I am not a quilter, and could- n’t see the subtle details in the 48 quilts. ranch CattleWomen churn out newsletter FSAtree assistance available Assistance for orchardists and nursery tree growers with weather-related losses can now be obtained through the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), administered by the Farm Service Agency. Signup began Monday, May 10, for growers to apply for benefits under TAP at local Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices. To be eligible for TAP, producers must have suffered more than a 15 percent death loss due to the natural disaster after adjustment for normal mortality. TAP is a cost-reim- bursement program, with payments covering up to 70 per- cent of replant costs and 50 percent of pruning, removal and other salvaging costs for replacing or salvaging trees. For more information contact your county FSA office or the website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/tap ASI wants ewe photo contest Attention all photographers: It is time for the American Sheep Industry Association’s 2010 Photo Contest. You do not have to be involved in the sheep, lamb or Courtesy photo The "Lick ‘em & Stick ‘em Party" members were, seated, Shirley Davis, Marguerite Kutz, Joan Hemsted, and standing: Nancy Enos, Carol Enos, Charlene Priest, Joyce Bundy and Ruth Flory. they used were deep blues and reds, often combined with rust, olive, gold and other earth tones. After 1900, the colors became more jewel-like. The years 1880 to 1940 are widely regarded as the "classic" period of Amish quiltmak- ing. Jean Barton The docent pointed out the stitches that created subtle patterns of ferns, scrolls, wheat, waves and chains that you didn‚t see, if you were just looking at colored pieces of material arranged in Tum- bling Blocks, Railroad Cross- ing, Ocean Waves, or Old Maids Puzzle to name a few pat- terns. Our next stop The Amish quilts were made by girls and women in rural communities in Pennsylvania and the Mid- west, from the 1880s to the 1940s. Faith and Stephen Brown spent about 25 years collecting and study- ing Amish quilts. from many different regions — Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illi- nois, Kansas and Indiana. Amish women began making quilts around 1850, much later than their non-Amish neighbors. In keeping with Amish prin- ciples, they worked with simple designs embell- ished only with ornate quilting. At first, the colors was the Legion of Honor for the “Cartier and Amer- ica” exhibit of precious gems. This was more impressive than viewing the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian in Washing- ton, DC. Marking Cartier’s 100 years in the United States, the exhibition concentrated on pieces owned by Amer- ican notables who collect- ed Cartier include Marion Davies, Mrs. Cole Porter, Mary Pickford, Barbara Hutton, and Elizabeth Tay- lor. There was a pair of rock crystal and diamond bracelets worn by Gloria Swanson in the movie Sunset Boulevard, Daisy Fellowes’ famous “Tutti Frutti” necklace, and the exotic flamingo brooch made for the Duchess of Windsor. The personal jewelry of Princess Grace of Monaco from the time of her wed- ding to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, in 1956. included her engagement ring — a 10.47-carat emer- ald-cut diamond set with two baguette diamonds mounted in platinum that was gorgeous; a grand dia- mond necklace, and more informal gold brooches in the form of birds. Jewelry made for cereal heiress Marjorie Merri- weather Post, a longtime Cartier patron. Post’s brooch, one of the most spectacular pieces of jew- elry made in the 1920s, incorporated Indian carved emeralds, one of which dates from the Mughal era. Unfortunately, no photos allowed and our time was much too short at this exhibit. The day concluded with a visit to the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. The Gathering at Red Bluff was the inaugural Angus female sale offering with 48 females averaging $2,566, and one bull sold for $2,900. Five units of semen sold for an average of $ 335, and12 embryos averaged $300 for a total of $126,107. The top pregnancy sired by the buyer’s choice of sires, and produced by a named cow R/M Miss Tiffany was sold by Ray- Mar Ranches, Oakdale to C5 Ranch, Paucheville, La. for $5,100. The buyer will receive a recep (a surrogate cow carrying the pregnan- cy) with a confirmed heifer pregnancy from the mating of his choice. The top flush was $5,000, Byrd Cattle Co. of Red Bluff paid Leachman Cattle of California, Mid- dletown, for their choice of a flush with 10 embryos from any of the top three matings, Protégé x Erica C71, or New Standard x Blackbird K620 or Shear Force x Susie RG149. The sale top was $10,000 that Sydenstricker Genetics, Mexico, Mis- souri paid for Tehama Blackcap T768 and her three month old heifer calf to Tehama Angus Ranch, Gerber. Westwind Ranch, David Holden, Red Bluff sold the 2nd high selling cow with her spring heifer calf to J/V Angus, Winters, for $6,200. Consignors also includ- ed Amador Angus, Modesto; Avila Cattle Co; Mike and Char Avila of Cottonwood; Bagley Cat- tle Co; Millville; Borges Angus Ranch, Byron; Century Farm Black Angus, Pleasanton; D H Angus, Dennis and Denise Helberg, Corning; Diablo Valley Angus, Byron; Sammis Ranch, Dorris; Schafer Angus Cattle, Greg and Louise Schafer, Orland; Shasta View Cat- tle Co.; Grenada; Sun- bright Angus, Gary and Patsy Ford, Red Bluff; Tara Farms, Orland; Wine Glass Angus, Napa; Wulff Bros. Livestock, Wood- land, and Yolo Land & Cattle, Woodland. A Vic Woolery tri tip luncheon was enjoyed before the sale started, and Tehama County Cattle- Women made cookies for dessert. Auctioneer was Trent Stewart, Jim Danekas of JDA was sale manager and sale chairman was Dave Holden. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. wool industries to participate. The only rule is that your photograph must include sheep. Entries must be post- marked by Aug. 20. Entries will be judged on clarity, content, composition and appeal. More than $1,000 will be awarded, with awards of $125 going to the grand prize winner in each of the four categories listed below; $75 for the first runner-up in each category; and a $50 prize for the second runner-up in each of the four categories. Categories are action, scenic without people, people and sheep and open. Include title, category, name, address; phone, e-mail and rough location and date. Entries should be mailed to: American Sheep Industry Association; Attn: Photo Contest; 9785 Maroon Circle, Suite 360; Englewood, CO 80112, or e-mailed to amy@sheepusa.org, subject line ASI Photo Contest. 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