■* \ 16—Lancaster .Eanning, ;Erid»y, May X*t W?, ...
23 Herds in Progressive DHIA
Have Over 35 lb Fat Average
The Progressive Dairy Hefd Im- Beckenstrator &
provement Assn, reports for the
month of March that there were
3,421 cows in the 104 herds of
the Association. There were 23
herds over 35 lbs. of butterfat
with the leading herd belonging
to Vernon Umble.
Butter-
Owner Milk fat’
Vernon Umble 1,303 48.8
Earl We*r 1,158 46.0
Charles Brosius 946 45.4
Harold Umble 1,100 42.2
Henry Landis 954 40.3
Earl L Umble - 1,059 40 5
Robert Counts 976 40.2
Samuel H. Groff 801 39.1
-Ankrum Bros 841 38.7
Mahlon B Shoemaker
& Son 954 38.0
Robert & Nancy
Sahline 741 37.8
Horace A. Walton 1,027 37.5
Ralph Connelly 955 36 6
Clais E. Kreider 952 36 6
W. C Henley & Son 977 36 5
W. Elliot Jones 832 36 1
Mrs John B. Hannum 723 36.1
Dean Roland 1,007 35 7
I orest Preston II 776 35.7 i
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Wilson 982 35.4
Louis Hcrtzberg 939 35.4
Kreider Bros 954 35.3
There were 34 cows over 70 lbs.
of butterfat with the leading cow
belonging.to Robert Counts. Th's
cow, a Grade Holstein, produced
2,080 lbs of milK and 87 4 lbs. of
butterfat with a 4 2 test
Owner
Robert Counts 2,080 87.4
James B. Lefe'ver v 1,739 87.0
Robert Counts 2,052 86.2
Howard E De Long 1,783 85.5
Dean Roland 1,798 84.5
Harold Umble 1,928 84.5
Harold Umble 1,928 82.9
Ezra Hershey & Son 1,652 81.0
Earl Weir 2.003 801
John S. Stoner 1,305 79 6
Robert Counts 2,136 79 0
Everett Cowan 1,817 76.3
Robert Counts 1,857 76.1
Ankrum Bros __ 1,845 75.6
Harold Umble 1,832 75.1
Louis Hertzberg 1,916 74 7
W C Henley & Son 2,046 73.7
Earl Weir 1,736 72 9
Everett Cowan 1,519 72 9
Charles Brosnis 1,519 72 9
FamCMcadar
Monday- ‘
4-H Ayrshire Club Meeting,
Tuesday
Elizabethtown - Donegal Com
munity #H Club 8 p. m. at
Flonn School. A farm and home
safety program will be discussed,
Hempfield Community 4-H
Club meeting.
Thursday
Lancaster County Florist’s
Assn. 7:30 *p. m. at Farm
Bureau Cooperative’, Dillersville
Road, Lancaster.
Saturday
Farm Women Society, 3
Ward’s Recreation Room
Butter-
Milk
•Beckenstrator &
Wilson 2,142 72 8
Earl Weir 1,767 72 4
Kreider Bros 2,334 72 3
Nelson Neyman 1,950 72.2
Harold Umble 1.944 71.9
Nelson Neyman 1,748 71.7
Vernon Umble 1,882 71,5
Dean Boland 1,696 71.2
Mrs. John Hannum 1,290 71.0
Henry Landis 1,730 70.-9
Henry Landis 1,473 70.7
Henry Landes 1,531 70.4
Harold Umble 1,711 70 2
Earl Weir 1,752 70.1
Robert Counts 1,631 701
These herds were tested by Da
vid Swe'gart, Robert L. Janney,
Harold J Lindecanip, and Robert
P. Farmer.
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Millport Roller Mills
Lititz, R. D. 4, Pa.
J. C. Walker & Son
Wednesday
Landisviile, Pa.
Gap, Pa.
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Top in 305 Day Average in Red Rose^
The highest 305 day lactation. 356 lbs. of milk and 110.7 lbs of
was completed by a registered
guernsey owned by Baymond F.
Witmer, R 1 Willow Street, the
March news-letter of the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improvement
Assn, reports. '
The aged cow produced 15,494
lbs. of milk and 7319 lbs. of but
terfat.
Second high lactation was com
pleted by a registered Holstein
owned by Henry E. Kettering, HI
Manheim. The cow produced 17,-
575 lbs. of milk and t>83.4 lbs. of
butterfat.
The herd having the highest
monthly butterfat average ' was
that of Harry H.Ranck, R 1 Ronks.
This herd averaged 1,649 lbs. of
milk and 62.7 lbs. of butterfat.
The herd of Marvin A. Eshleman,
Strasburg, was second with an
average of 1,581 lbs. of milk and
55.7 lbs."of butterfat.
The highest monthly butterfat
producer was owhed by Daniel S.
F>sher, K 2 Narvon. Bell A, a
registered Holstein, produced 2,-
530 lbs. of nulk and 111.3 lbs. of
butterfat. Ellen, a registered Hol
stein owned by Mary B. Stoltzfus,
Morgantown, was second with 2,-
GRASS SILAGE
D. W. Hoover
East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa.
butterfat.
Here are the 15 high heyds
Owner
Hairy H Ranck 1,649 62 7
Marvin Eshleman 1,581 55 7
J. Rohrer Witmer 1,083 54 6
Job Stoltzfus 1,379 53 l'f
Gene Witwer 1,331 53 0
<2. J. Kurtz - 1,244 510
Miles W Fry 1,274 50 6
Ray B. Bollinger 1,271 50,0
Elam P. Bollinger 1,326 50.0
Raymond F. Witmer 977 50.0
Aaron Tyson 1,339 49.8
John S. Shelly 1,281 49.6
Albert R. Fry 1,257 491
Henry Martin 1;294 49.0
Allen K. Rosser 1,291* 48 fj )
Here are the ten top butterfat •
producing cows
Owner milk fat
Daniel Fisher 2,530 111.3
Mary B. Stoltzfus 2,356 110.7
Richard P, Maule 1,482 106.7
R. G. Longenecker 2,440 104.9
John R. Sander 2,322 104.5
Miles W. Fry 2,170 104.2
C J. Kurtz 2,368 104 1
A Wickenheiser 2,802 103 V
Job Stoltzfus 2,263 99 6
Albert-R. Fry* 2,424 99 4
Grubb Supply
Elizabethtown, Pa.
George Rutt
Stevens, R. D. 1, Pa.
Paul M. Ressler & Son v
Paradise, Pa.
Butter-
Milk fat
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