6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 16, 1958
Holstein HIR Average 13,187 lbs.
Milk, 486 lbs. Fat During 1957
The Holstem-Fnesian Assn, of
America has'announced a lacta
tion average of 13,187 lbs of milk,
and 486 lbs. of butterfat for cows
completing records in its Herd
Improvement Registry program
last year.
Computed on the commonly
accepted two milking a day, 305
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day, mature-equivalent basis, the
average includes the production
bf 69,426 registered Holstein cows
in all 48 states.
The national Holstein organiza
tion has operated the HIR pro
gram on a lactation average basis
foi two complete years.
DESPITE THE FACT that the
1957 figure includes the iccords
of nearly 1,100 more cows, it
represents gams of 88 lbs of milk
and five lbs of butterfat over the
1956 figure.
Although actual records are
still used in reporting the annual
production of eveiy cow in HlR
tested herds, the lactation figures
have replaced actual herd aver
ages in the program.
THE SYSTEM greatly simpli
fies accurate comparisons be
tween herds and with the breed
average since all cows are placed
on an equal footing m regard to
age, milking frequency and length
0 1 testing period
Herd Improvement Registry, in
continuous operation since 1929
provides individual lactation and
1 detune records on every cow in
participating registered Holstein
herds
The program, operated under
the supervision of the state agri
cultural colleges, is currently en
loymg unprecedented popularity
with 83,892 cows in 2,201 herds
eni oiled
In April of this year dairy
price support purchases amount
ed to 12,582,198 pounds of butter,
3,816,933 pounds of cheddar
cheese, and 107,020,707 pounds
of nonfat dry milk, plus 22,006,-
998 pounds of nonfat dry milk
purchased with Section 32 funds
for domestic distribution
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Benson Finds
Farm Economy
Now ‘Refreshing’
(Continued from page one)
ysar If the legislation fails, the
nation’s cotton acreage will be
dropped to about 14 million
acres, a figure which wojild make
many individual allotments too
small to farm.
BENSON APPEARS to be hold
ing out for modifying the price
support structure for the cotton
crop and the dropping of esca
lator clauses He indicated that
any other legislation would stand
a very good chance of being ve
toed
The acreage reserve program
is still scheduled to die at the
end of this year. The conserva
tion reserve program will re
main in effect.
The Secretary expressed re
gret that the Department was
forced to give an unfavorable re
port on the proposed self-help
plan for dairymen He said, “We
look forward to a healthy dairy
industry. We are still looking for
a self-help program But most
help to the industry must come
from increased sales ”
“A SURVEY HAS shown that
the nation requires a nma per
cent greater intake of calcium
through milk This is about dou
ble what the government is buy
ing ”
Benson described the farmers
troubles during the past few
years as a “transition period” j
following a great boost in pro
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Blands to Gain
From Integration
(Continued Horn Page One)
are possible, Scoville said.
Scoville did, however, down
grade the idea that the farm of
the future will be a huge fac
tory in the field Most farms, he
believes, will be integrated a
round a family work force.
TO MAINTAIN their bargain
ing position, the economist be
lieves that two courses will he
followed by the integrated farm
er Where labor returns are pri
marily on a wage or piece-rate
basis, it is probable that many
famers will seek to unionize.
Hawaiian pineapple fieldwork
ers have been unionized for some
years, as have dairy workers in
the large dry-lot dairies in Cali
fornia.
Discussions have been held be
tween broiler growers in Maine
and the Meat Cutters and Butch
ers Union. These talks were
dropped with no action being
taken, but it’s significant that
the union was invited to the
talks by the growers. Another
labor union is said to be attempt
ing to organize the commercial
duction to take care of needs of
a nation at war
“The transition is hard on
farmers, but quite a lot of the
transition is over,” he said.
“Prospects for prices are
good.” j
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R.D.2 Manheim, Pa.
Glbberellic Acid Speeds
Peach Seedlings
Fresh peach seeds treated with
various rates of glbberellic acid
will produce seedlings in about
15 days, according to Horticul
turist M B Jones of the New
Mexico A & M Experiment Sta
tion.
Jones cautions, however, that
although glbberellic acid- may
have a place in commercial agri
culture, a lot of text work will
have to be done before safe rec
ommendations can be made.
egg producers in New Jersey
FARMERS WHO operate un
der some kind of iprofit-shanng
contract and own all or part of
their land, buildings and equip
ment will continue to think of
themselves as entrepreneurs.
These farmers may form them
selves into bargaining associa
tions similar to beet growers as
sociations, some milk marketing
associations and other groups of
this kind.
Integration increases the need
foi public research and educa
tional activities to keep farmers
posted on the profitable use of
new technology, to seek im
proved ways of coordinating pro
duction processing and market
ing functions, and to develop de
vices that might be more advan
tageous to farmers than close in
tegration
For example, improved insur
ance arrangements might be a
better way to reduce risk than
some existing contractural ar
rangements.
FAIRVIEW ROLLER MILLS
R.D.I Narvon. Pa,
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