News About the i
Gable Ayrshires
Complete Record
The National Ayrshire Breed
ers’ Association office in Bran
don, Vermont reports the pure
bred herd of C. Harold Gable at
Elverson, with 23 members, has
completed its third year of Ayr
shire Herd Testing with an aver
age of 9,898 lbs of nailk and 422
lbs of butterfat on twice-a-day
milking, Actual Production.
The highest butterfat produc
er in the herd was Brown For-
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APRIL
April 6—lrrigation meeting,
countywide, Farm Bureau Bldg.,
Lancaster.
April 7—World Health Or
ganization birthday.
’ April 7—Farm Women No. 6,
homo of Mrs. Ira Heisey, R 3
Elizabethtown, 2 p.m.
April 9—Youth night, Fulton
Grange, Oakryn Hall.
April 12 and 14—“ Aaron
Slick from Pun'kin Creek,” Ful
ton Grange, Oakryn Hall.
April 13—Talent Night, Ful
ton Grange, Oakryn Hall.
April 14—Society of Farm
Women 18, bus trip to Washing
ton, D.C, Mrs. Raymond Stoner,
reservations Chairman.
April 14—Farm Women 7,
home of Mrs. Harold Keneagy,
Paradise, 1 30 p.m.
April 14—Farm Women 13
to be entertained by Farm Wo
men 2, Penryn Fire Hall.
April 17 Eastern States
local membership meeting, Hos
tetler’s at Mount Joy, 7 45 p. m
April 17 —Farm Women 6,
home of Mrs. Ira Heisey, R 3
Elizabethtown, 2pm
April 19—Farm Women 23
visit Lancaster County Home
April 19—Farm Women 15
entertain Farm Women 17 and
20, Union Presbyterian Church,
Kirkwood.
April 21—Society- of Farm
Women 8, EUB Church Society
Rooms, Mount Joy, Society 2
guests.
April 24—Farm Women 23,
home of Mrs. Roy Funk
April 24 Manor 4-H Club,
Cyrus Landler home, R3,' Lan
caster, 7-30 p. m.
April 25—Farm Safety Insti
tute, Penn State U.
April 25—Spring Homemakers
Day, First Presbyterian Church,
Lancaster.
„ April 26 Eastern States
local membership meeting, Fire
Hall, Elizabethtown, 745 p. m.
April 26—Farm Women 23
Meet, 1 30 n m.
April 26 —Rose Society, First
National Bank Building, Eliza
bethtown.
April 27—Winchester, Va.,
Apple Blossom Pageant
April 28—Society of Farm
Women 9 Mrs. Margaret Hagen,
Eawlinsville, hostess.
April 28—Farm Women 12
entertain Farm Women 3
April 29, 30, May 1 - American
Angus Conference, University cf
Tennessee, Knoxville
April 29 Daylight Saving
Time begins.
April 30— Deadline for high
school seniors to apply for New
Holland Machine Co scholar
ships.
MAY
May I—Deadline for incentive
payment applications on 1955
shorn wool.
May 2-3—Chicken barbecuer’s
school, Strubrldg' s Mass.
May 7 ABC, Lancaster
Chapter, honors County 4-H win
ners, Arcadia Restaurant, Lan
caster.
May B—Mother - Daughter
Banquet, New Holland Evan
gelical United Brethren Church,
Farm Women 13 serve.
Mav 9—Farm Women 4 visit
Winterthur Wilmington, Del.
May 31—Deadline for com
price support applications.
yrshire Breed
tia’s Queen with 10,889 ibs of
49% milk and 525 lbs of but
teriat.
With a record of 16,000 cows
enrolled in the Ayrshire Herd
Test plan, the Ayrshire breed
holds the "record among all dairy
breedc as having the highest
percentage of its cows on test.
Masonic Farm Herd
Among Top Producers
The purebred Ayrshire dairy
herd of Masonic Homes Farms,
Elizabethtown, has achieved top
recognition during a recent
JUNE
June s—Executive committee,
Lancaster County Farm
Women’s Societies, home of Mrs.
C. H. Reinhold. 5 Mi. west Lan
caster on Rte. 230, at 2 p. m.
June 5-8 71st annual con
vention, Holstein-Fnesian Asso.,
Milwaukee, Wis
June 12-15—Egg graders and
quality school, Rutgers Univer
sity, New Brunswick, N. J.
June 18-21 4th annual Ex
tension Homemakers Week, the
Pennsylvania State University.
June 21-22—Business manage
ment conference for egg *md
poultry marketing cooperatives.
Summit Hotel, Uniontown, Pa.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 3—County Convention,
Lancaster County Farm Women’s
Societies,
Wisdom is not necessarily
shown by those who make no
mistakes
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month for outstanding produc
tion. The 110 producers are
credited with averaging 680 lbs
of 45% milk and 3Q. lbs of but
terfat, actual, which placed them
among the nation’s top Ayrshire
herds in the Ayrshire Herd Test
Division of 100 cows or more.
In accoi dance with the rules of
the Association, all registered
cows m the herd, milking or
dry, are included in the aver
age
Wenger Herd, Manheim
In Top Recognition
The purebred Ayrshire dairy
herd of Noah W & Elma K.
Wenger at Manheim has achiev-j
ed top recognition during a re-|
cent month fot outstanding pro
duction The 30 .producers are
credited with averaging 945 lbs,
of 43% milk and 41 lbs of but-'
terfat, actual, which placed them
among the nation’s top Ayrshire
herds in the Ayrshire Herd Test
Division of 25 to 50 cows I
Henley, Cochranville,
Breeders Top Producers
The' purebred Ayrshire dairy
herd of Kennard E. Henley, Jr.
at Cochranville has achieved top
recognition during a recent
month for outstanding produc
tion. The 20 producers are
credited with averaging 946 lbs
of 42% milk and 40 lbs of hut
terfat, actual, which placed them
among the nation’s top Ayr
shire herds in the Ayrshire Herd
Test Division of 15 to 25 cows.
In accordance with the rules
of the Association, all register
ed cows in the herd, milking or
dry, are included m the aver
age.
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Second high in the Red Rose Experimental Farms Hol
stein herd reduction sale last week was Red Rose Donna
Invincible Abby, a four-year-old that went to John S.
Teeter & Sons, Taneytown, Md. The sale grossed $40,800
with 60 cows in milk'figuring $520 each.
For distinguished success as
a breeder of Ayrshire dairy cat
tle, Cuthbert Nairn of Black
wood Farm, Douglassville, Pa.
has been presented the Con
structive Breeder Award by the
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association.
In order to qualify for this
honor, which is considered the
most coveted prize in dairy cat
tle circles, it is necessary for
the herd to excell in production
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and type, and in addition, a high
percentage of the herd must
have been bred and developed
by the owner.
On a strictly twice-a-day
milking schedule, the entire
herd of 35 head made an actual
production average of 10,340 lbs
of milk and 448 lbs of butter
fat. Ninety-one per cent of the
herd was bred or owned by this
breeder for at least four years.
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