hr" f : or Health' Joins Month Promotion lotion efforts of . County Milk rgamzation will ward the coun suming public the group laun [ r y Month cam 'ocal level with [planned contin jn to develop stable and ex et for locally - I milk and milk t isley, Lancaster iblk For Health ed that the fled as received al i support from, r participating support, he said )roximatelys7so able for laun imotion campa e first month’s 300-350 produ > m the orgam le 18 city and dealers, which Lancaster, Eli olumbia, Cone and other ar >unty, covering 1 markets, Deis lupport comes lucers and half with the divi tive posts also Bstein Says: ■nd Cull for Profit ■pE LYONS, center, 204 Hess Blvd., Lancast ■bomg congratulated last Nov. 19 on receipt of » t' o ® the County Holstein Breeders,” in ■M lus faithful service.” Robert C. Groff, Quar ■and Eli m Hess, Jr., Strasburg, assn, directors ■aung Lvons Lyons in recent years has utiliz ■icnce and knowledge of dairy animals as a ■buver ot quality cattle for dairymen through- ■ n bdvclmg f-oast-to-'coast and in Canada. B[ and immediate disposal of ‘boarder Cows’ tiring immediate improvement in profits to mien, but would be a major step to elimin industry's problems” according to “Mr. Hol- County, Clarence E Lyons of Lancaster. Cr Mount Joy Penna. B Man and still B tor the Lan- Bi ilolslc 'n Bree- B rt ' bSCS the great t ounU state B!,'" u ' n ohminat- cow. lose money B r,’ bul Ihe milk BC S 1s compet- Bna pr °duction Bi.. . COws , result- Bn ° Ss lr ?m ev- B 10 n cow. R e . halved. The board of direct ors includes three each of producer and dealer ranks. Deisley pointed out th- z local advertising agency has been given the assignment of outlining the campaign, with executive committee and bo ard approval. Milk For Health was or ganized after developers of the idea gained consent from the Milk Control Commission which regularly inspects all activities, books and records of the group. Lloyd Nolt, Silver Spring dairy farmer, is treasurer of the group, with Samuel Dum, E. Petersburg dairyman, ser ving as vice-president. Rob ert Keen, Lancaster, is secre tary. Deisley is with Moore Dairies, with the other pro ducers for, or members of the staffs of Musser’s, Graybill’s and Queen’s dairies, respect tively. Directors include: Leroy Andrews, Lancaster R 7, Mar tin’s producer; Noah Esben shadc, Lancaster R 4, Cream Top producer, and Melvin Stoltzfus, Ronks, Penn Dairy producer. Dealer directors are: Aar on Landis, Lancaster R 4, Cream Top: Charles Frey, Conestoga, Turkey Hill, and Warren Malm, Ephrata, Sini ster Dairy. —LF PHOTO moval of the milk from these herd drones from the mark et would eliminate ’ one of the industry’s major prob lems of over-supply,” Lyons pointed out. “With disappearance of ‘surplus’ milk, the price for milk from efficient produc ing cows would increase to the betterment nf the entire industry.” “Dairying divides itself into marketing and produc; tion. Too many in the indus try are not taking enough in (Turn to page 11) Lancaster, Pa., Saturday. May 30. 1959 The Cornwall Farm's Jerseys THE 120-HEAD Cornwall Farms registered Jersey milking herd is handled by four milkers usmg a dumping-station, milk vat pump and plastic hose to the bulk tank from the two milking barns into the adjoining milk room. Looking down the center aisle of the ‘south barn here you can see half of the high-producing milk herd in the foreground, with the other barn joined end-to-end in the background Ninety-eight cows in product ion in the past testing year of DHIA averaged 8,408 lbs. of milk and 455 lbs. of butterfat, with nearly one third of the herd composed of two-year-olds. —LF PHOTO ED OSBORNE, on the chopper tractor, and Don McClure, one of his Pleasant Grove community neighbors, are shown cutting silage in a field just below the Cornwall Farms, buildings. The more than 500 acres of his operation includes land on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line in the lower-Cbnow ingo Creek watershed. The fourth generation of Osborne’s is active with the 180-head registered Jersy herd, as Ed’s oldest son has started helping in the calf barn. Ed himself is an active community leader, serving on the school board and as fire warden, among other civic duties. Mrs. Osborne, a native Ne braskan, manages the big 15-room family home, helps with business records, cares for the four youngsters, teaches music and is active in PTA. —LF PHOTO The Cornwall Farms herd of registered Jerseys has completed a quarter-century in Lancaster County on the Peach Bottom R. D. 1 farm. The herd is now under the competent management of Edison Osborne whose grand father, Mr. Wiley W. Osborne, and his uncle G. C. Greer, founded the Cool Spring Farm herd in Harford County, Maryland. It was at that time that their Pogis 99th Ace was highest record superior sire in the Jersey breed. The herd was moved by f a t ; the daughters aver- Mr Osborne and Edison’s £a- a bing 9,552 lb. milk, 5 7%, Iher, Jesse, to Lancaster 542 lb. fat. County in 1923 and, after completing training at Penn State, Edison assumed its management in 1948. Playing an important role in the herd’s breeding pro gram is the blood of Jolly Duke, 1954 merit award bull, at that time the highest in dex proven sire in DHIA. , Jolly Duke, bred at Indian Spring Farm and whose ped igree traces numerous times to the family of Pogis 99 th Ace, was by I. S. Jolly Count and out of R. F. Duke’s Queen which produc ed 12,464 lb. milk and 699.6 lb. fat (actual), 305 days, 2x, at seven years. His proving on five daugh ters showed an increase of plus 1,351 lb milk, 2%, 85 Eighteen Jolly Duke daughters are now in produc tion and approximately that number are coming along. Sixteen daughters averag ed 9,384 lb. milk, 5.5% 518 lb. fat as compared with the dams’ production of 8,910 lb milk, 5.2%, 461 lb. fat, a proving of plus 474 lb. milk, plus .3% and plus 57 lb fat. A “Duke” daughter, Jolly Duke’s Maiden, at 4 years, produced 10,809 lb. milk and 628 lb. fat, 305 days, 2x. This year as a 7-year-old she made 11,434 lb. milk, 4.8%, 661 lb. fat. Her three daughters—each by a different bull have demonstrated their inheri tance with actual production as follows: $2 Per Year Cornwall Sir’s Countess with 9,542 lb. milk, 566 lb. fat, at 4 yrs., in 305 days; Cornwall Challenger’s Milkmaid with 10,810 lb, milk 559 lb. fat at 3 yrs.. 305 days; And Cornwall Siegfried Maid with 8,635 lb. milk, 529 lb. fat, at 2 yrs. in 305 days. Another of Duke’s prog eny, Cornwall Jolly Fane, made 10,042 lb. milk, 578 lb. iat at 3 yrs. in 305 days. Also making their mark in (Turn to page 12) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday U. S. Weather Bureau, Lancaster Office Temperatures will ayg. 2-6 degrees warmer than normal range of 58-79. Warm and humid week end; somewhat cooler on Tues. with widely scatter ed thundershowers occur ring mostly about Mon. & Tues. May rainfall has been 1.11 inches, compar ed with- normal 3.54.
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