DATE:     10/07/97   
CONTACT:  Dr. Larry Olson, (803) 284-3343
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-334

15th Edisto Forage Bull
Test Sale set for Oct. 15

     BLACKVILLE -- Beef producers looking for good genes for
their herds can find them Oct. 15 at the 15th Edisto Forage Bull
Test Sale.
     Thirty-eight outstanding herd sire prospects will be up for
bids beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Clemson University's Edisto
Research and Education Center at Blackville, according to Larry
Olson, Clemson Extension beef specialist and test manager.
     The sale will feature 20 Angus, eight Simmental, four
Charolais, two Gelbvieh, two Red Angus, one Polled Hereford and
one Blonde d'Aquitaine.  Each has met strict standards for
weight gain, frame size and breeding soundness.  Eleven bulls
qualified for the "South Carolina Elite" brand, which means they
met superior standards.
     "This group of bulls broke all our test records for average
daily gain," Olson said. He said that both purebred breeders and
commercial cow-calf operators will find bulls in this group that
will produce calves with good frame size, weighing more than 600
pounds at seven to eight months of age.
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