BUSINESS: Former Welch's Auction Barn to Reopen

Good News Article in the ONEONTA Star....re: opening of the former WELCH's LIVESTOCK AUCTION house on Route 8....First auction scheduled for this Monday - 12:30 PM -October 18 and every Monday thereafter. They will be selling a registered Holstein milking herd from Willow Mill Stock Farm, as well as other Holsteins, bred heifers, calves, sheep, lambs, pigs, goats and horses. Tom and Brenda Hosking of Nichols will be reopening the auction barn. They have a farm in Nichols and operate an auction business in Athens, Pa. Hosking worked for Welch’s about 30 years ago while going to (SUNY) Cobleskill. Here is a link to the full article "THE CLATTER OF HOOVES"..... http://thedailystar.com/localnews/x935813380/Clatter-of-hooves-to-be-heard-again-at-auction-house