6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21, 1985 Livestock Rescorch in animal sciences are rela
-1 Sufferina From I nelr tively less well financed lo
in the herd," Roth said, “and cj »t e day than they were two or
then select the proper sire to tunas, rror, dOys three decades ago.”
balance that weakness," Profaesm- t k He sa * d that research in
Several other speakers were of the an i ma *i husbandry de many de P flrtm ents is support
heard from during the after- partraent N Y State College* ed only by the income from
noon session: Mrs Herbert TTALe . X“J of milk and * ur P lus
Royer introduced Linda Wclk, ccentisfs from U S and Can- animals
-1965 Lancaster County Dairy ada that <-r esear ‘ ch ' programs The result * Loosli said ' is
Princess, to the group. Linda aqa inal iesearcn Programs thgt f undamental types of re .
recounted some of her experi- 45-50 head of Guernseys sold, search cannot be properly
ences at the recent state dairy National director, {Raymond supported, and too many men
princess contest at Towanda, Witmer, who went into that of high potential are being di-
Pa„ and told the group that office last May, reported on verted from animal science
she was proud to be repre- the last meeting at Chicago in research,
senting the Lancaster County July. He said that the nation- Although most animal sci
dairy industry. al club has had more new ence departments in the state
Director of the state Guern- members apply this past year universities are relatively well
sey association, Rohrer Wit- than ever in the history of housed and staff salaries are
mer, reported on the current the Guernsey breed. in lifte, the budgets for main
status of the state association. Ben Smoker of Lilac Guern- tenance, operation, and ex-
He also told the breeders that sey Farm. Paradise Rl, was pensive equipment are entire
the state sale will be held in seledted as donor for the FFA ]y inadequate, Loosli said,
conjunction with the All- calf to be given at Lampeter Perhaps because of the
American Dairy Show this Fair present abundant food supply
year, end that there will be ~ Other winners m the judg- legislators see no need for
mg contest weie production research m agn-
LADHES 1. Mrs C Henry culture This is evidenced in
Breneman, Strasburg Rl; 2, the mcieasing degiee of dif-
Joyce Wagner. Quairyville R 2, ficulty researchers are expen--
3, Pauline .Stoltzfus, Ronks Rl encmg in obtaining adequate
'CHILDREN 1, Edwin Bren-, funds even for present pro
eman, Willow Street; 2, Carl
Eby, 831 Penn Grant Rd, Lan
caster 3, Nelson Landis, 1804
Hempstead Rd. Lancaster
MEN 1, Harry S Manama,
Landrsville, 2, Melvin Brene
man, Strasbuig Rl, 3, Robert
Book, Knkwood Rl, 4, Larry
Breneman, Strasbuig Rl
• Guernsey
(Continued irom Page 1)
to work on their own forms.
Success in the future, he said
will depend on how well this
new information is applied.
In discussing breeding. Roth
said that developing a herd of
cattle on genetic selection
alone is slow, tedious work.
There is not much gain in a
single generation, A breeder
must be willing to replace an
imals with younger, better
ones that will help him move
faster in the direction he
wants to go
“He must know the particu
lar weaknesses of each cow
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Loosli reminded his audi
ence, member* 0/ the Ameri
can Society of Animal Sci
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the U. S. is the best fed na
tion in the world it because
of the job researchers, and
producers, have done in the
past. He suggested a continu
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than a coasting period; in
which population increases
could all but wipe out the
gains.
• Vintage
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