DATE:     10/15/98
CONTACT:  Dr. Larry Olson, (803) 284-3343
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Edisto Forage Bull Test Sale Set for Oct. 21

     BLACKVILLE -- South Carolina beef producers can find good
herd sires Oct. 21 at the 16th Edisto Forage Bull Test Sale.
     Forty-six top 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 29 Angus, 8 Charolais, 5 Simmental, 3
Gelbvieh and 1 Brangus. Each has met strict standards for weight
gain, frame size and breeding soundness. Sixteen bulls qualified
for the "South Carolina Elite" brand, which means they met
superior standards.
     Olson 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.
     Edisto REC is located three miles west of Blackville on U.S.
Highway 78 in Barnwell County.
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