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Of Breed Conference in Michigan
Beef cattle producers shared
in the views of nationally promin
ment educators, research workers
and Angus breeders who offered
“A Bluepiint for Aberdeen An
gus- Progress” at Michigan State
University, East Lansing, on
March 10, 11, and 12. The event
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was the Third Annual -American
Aberdeen - Angus Conference
sponsored by the Michigan a nii
American Angus Associations’ in
cooperation with the university.
It covered the subjects of progeny
and performance testing, herd
type classification, carcass evalua-
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tion, and dwarfism research. Ap
pioximately 275 people attended
from 25 states and Canada. *
Progeny and performance test
ing wful have a terrific impact on
the beef cattle business in the
years ahead, predicted Dr. A. D.
Weber, Dean of Agriculture. Kan
sas State College, in a talk written
for the conference. He expressed
the hope that cattlemen will not
wait ui)til economic survival
forces them to adopt such a pro
gram. As interest in progeny and.
performance testing continues to'
develop among commercial cow
herd owners, there will be in
creased demand for purebred
bulls with performance records.
Since an impoitant policy meet
ing in Kansas kept Dr. Weber
from attending the conference,
his talk was read by Dr. D. L.
Good of Kansas State College.
Robert W. Williams, manager
of Great Oaks Stock Farm,
Rochester, Mich., pointed out that
a progeny and performance test
ing program, if adopted and put
to work by any purebred beef
breed association, could become* a
very groat benefit to that breed,
provided type and quality were
given due consideration along
with weight-for-age.
"Your predecessors and you
have built a magnificent breed of
beef cattle,” stated H. H. Kildee,
Deaq Emeritus of lowa State Col
lege, who reviewed the founding
of the official herd type classifi
cation programs by the dairy
breeds. “The priceless heritage,
which is yours to preserve, to use
and to improve has been develop
ed by keen-minded and hard
working individuals who have
wisely emphasized utility charac
teristics This has been done by
their application of ideals and
good judgement in then herd
bleeding and management pro
grams, and in the closely associat
ed showings where competition
has stimulated increased effort as
it does in all human endeavor.
“A well organized and adminis
tered herd type classification pro
gram could be a valuable supple
ment to the continued construc
tive breeding and herd manage
ment programs in herds both
large and small, the continued
emphasis of the showring upon
fair competition, education, in
spiration and bleed promotion,
and the use of progeny and per
formance testing and carcass
evaluation program.”
Dr. Thomas J Marlowe of Vir
ginia Polytechnic institute dis
cussed Virginia’s beef cattle im
provement program. He also
demonstrated its operation using
a group of calves at the Michigan
livestock pavilion. Dr. R J Deans
of Michigan State give a demon
stration of the live grades of
slaughter steers. He and Dr. Good
placed a class of carcass steers on
foot. A number of these were
slaughtered and later evaluated
on the rail.
Herman Purdy, Pennsylvania
State University, Lewis B. Pierce,
Woodlawn Farm, Cieston, I1L;
Kenneth Haines, Lexington, Ky.;
and Dr. J. I. Miller, Cornell Uni
versity, demonstrated herd type
classification. At the evening ses
sion after a banquet, Augie R.
Ring of the National Livestock
and Meat Board, Chicago, gave an
impressive meat cutting demon
stiation He was followed by Dr.
R. H Nelson, Michigan'State, who
visually demonstrated with
mechanical animals, of his own
invention, the role change plays
in the inheritance of the lecessive
dwarfism genes in beef cattle.
Opening the Tuesday session,
Dr. John Lasley of the University
of Missouri reported on his work
with the newly developed insulin
test which detects carriers of
dwarfism genes This test has
caughtr the attention of beef cat
tle research people and produc
ers, as a stiong possibility of solv
ing one of the industry’s current
problems. He was followed by Dr.
L N. Hazel of lowa State Colege,
who reported on other research
in the field.
At $25 Poultry Producers Banquet
“Northeastern Poultry Produc
ers Council’s View of the Poultry
man of the Future” will be the
title of a speech to be given at
the $25 a plate poultry booster
banquet by Harold P. Klahold,
NEPPCO president.
The banuet, planned to be held
April 17 at Hostetter’s in Mt.
Joy, is to continue fund raising
efforts of the Lancaster Poultry
Assn, to pay construction costs
of the new Poultry Center in Lan
caster.
Martin Miller. Mt. Joy, is chair
man of the project.
Poultrymen attending the din
ner will also be given an itemized
breakdown of the cost of con
struction of the Center. Originally
planned as a $30,000 structure,
the final construction costs have
reached between $50,000 ' and
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$65,000.
Approximately $16,000 wa*
raised at the $lOO a plate dinner
held last month through contribu
tions and admission to the dinner.
Two persons wall be admitted
for the $25 ticket, according to
Levi H. Brubaker, president of.
the Poultry Exchange.
“The ladies of Lancaster Coun
ty make a- real contribution to
the poultry industry of the'Coun
ty.” Brubaker said. “This will
make certain that they also will
attend our banquet.
Klahold made quite a stir at
the previous dinner when he
spoke out condemning the feed
industry for getting out of theu)|
legitimate field of feed sales. He
said that the integration program
was a “gimmick” to sell more
feed apd that the producer wa*
being helped very little. -
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