12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 7, 1966
National DHIA
Cows Continue
To Increase
The percentage of U. S.
dairy cows enrolled In the
National Cooperative Dairy
Herd Improvement Program
continues to rise
fiom 9.3 percent 10 years
ago to 19.1 percent in 10(10
a summary just released
by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture indicates.
The three maior DHIA rec
oidkeepmg plans aie the de
tailed and precise Standard
Plan, covering 2 million cow?;
the less-ngidly controlled
Ow iier-Sanvpler Plan, cover
ing about 800.000 cows; and
the Weigh- a-Day-a-Honth
Plan designed to intioduae
dairymen to oiganized retold
keeping covering 50,000
COWS
Dr Ernest L Corlev, 'who
siipemses DHIA tfoi the
Agricultural Research Seriice,
notes that the biggest, rec
oidkeepmg change in recent
years has come about through
centi ally located, automated
date processing Standard
Plan lecords aie coinpletelv
piocessed by compute] in 32
States Nationwide. central
piocessing coieis moie than
.92 percent ot participating
hei ds
This trend tow aid central
ization is leflected b} the
fact that almost 1.000 fewer
local DHIA pioducer associa
tions handle the' business ot
the program todai -than 10
jeais ago Pai ncipating
herds dropped bv 2 000 in the
last decade, reflecting a gen
eial decrease in herd num
beis—but at the same time
Cancer Research
Examines Plants
AIDS botanists aie intensne
h seaiching the woild toi
plants containing substances
that may inhibit cancel.
From their search sup
posed bj tunds tiom the Na
tional Cancel Institute, may
come new weapons in the
fight against the disease and
new ciops toi Aniencau ag
i icultuie
Dunns the past 5 years,
the botanists haie collected
oxei 10 000 plant samples,
lepiesentmg about G 000 ot
the woild’s 250 000 species of
seed plants
A'ttei long and thoioug'h
testing and letesting
Uacts from o\er 400 species,
lepresenting 11G plant fam
ilies, ha\e inhibited tumor
a(tim\ on laboiatoi* ani
mals
Fuither research undoubt
edly will eliminate many of
the lemaining species Some
will piove too toxic toi safe
use, otheis aie certain to be
eliminated because ol ande
an able side eltects
'Scientists are encouraged,
howeiei by the fact that
plants that ha\e shown antr
tiimoi activity to date coiei
a bioad spectrum ot the
woild s plant population
Eientnalli thej say, sub
stances extracted fiom some
ot these plants maj he test
ed on humans
While chemists "will at
tempt to sMithe-aize piomisiug
plant constituents identified
h\ the scieening piogiam,
jilants themsehes may ha\e
to be lelied upon tor sup
plies ot compounds too com
plex for sinthesis Thus,
huge volumes of plant ma
ternal may be needed, a de
x elopmeni that could lead to
new ciops to be grown by
U, S. farmers.
herd size Increased from 34
to 53 cows, Standard Plan
records show.
Corley says that while milk
produced In DHIA Herds in
creased In the past decade
from 9,500 to nearly 12,000
pounds per cow, the butter
tnt in this milk declined
steadily. The yearly drop av
erages 0.013 of a percentage
point. Butterfat now averages
3.S percent.
Participating herds current
ly outdo non-DHIA herds by
G 5 pei cent in milk yield per
cow, leflecting the value 'of
record keeping and the clos
er control over business in
put and output this makes
possible.
I
I YEAR
I LBS. MILK
I LBS. FAT
I AVG. NO. COWS)
I
i ■
i
Hornco Feeds The Growing Choice Of Business Farmers
This is
Farms,
This 62 cow herd has been fed Hornco Uni-Pel Flaked Dairy
Feed for 2 years.
e\-
Congratulations to Sinking Springs Farms and to Mr. Herman
Stebbins (Farm Mgr.) for their outstanding achievements.
D. E. Horn & Co., Inc. York, p n . Ph. 854-7867
• Sen. McGovern
(Continued from Page 1)
Govern sponsored resolution
declaring parity prices for
farmers an objective all
federal agencies.
The Northeastern Dairy Co
operative Federation, Inc., also
threw its weight to the resolu
tion. The co-op called upon
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
to lend his support to the legis
lation’s passage because dairy
is New York’s major agricul
tural commodity, the Co-op
said, and is presently at only
82 percent of parity. It was al
so pointed out that 19 million
New Yorkers depend on farm*
ers in the Order 2 milkshed
for their daily milk supply.
“Failure to permit the price of
milk paid fanners to rise to
parity in the inflationary peri-
17,732 lbs. MILK
674 lbs. FAT
the 1965 D.H.LA. herd AVERAGE of Sinking Springs
York County, Penna.
FEEDS
HERE ARE THE RECORDS
1963
16.872
642
59.6
od the nation is experiencing
will force additional dairymen
out of business and peril New
York State's fresh mUk supp
ly,” the Co-op said..
McGovern's resolution stated
"that the provision of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Act of
1948 shall be construed as Con
gress intended, as applicable to
all agencies of government, as
well as the secretary of agri
culture, and that no action be
taken by any agency of govern
ment for the purpose of pre
venting the price of an agricul
tural commodity selling below
parity, or from rising to
parity.”
Far too many people ex
pect to sow wild oats, and
harvest roses.
1964
17,163
632
59.3
RESULTS LIKE THESE - The
reason more dairymen are feed-
ing Hornco Uni-Pel Dairy Feeds
than ever before.
Wtathtr ; J*or«casi
More cool'-iftather b ] a
•lore with' temperatures
averaging below the normal
range of 72 to 48 degrees
The cool -weekend tempera
tures will give way to mild
er weather Monday and Tues
day, but will be back with us
by mid-week.
More rain, late Monday or
Tuesday, is promised with a
total accumulation of less
than Vi-inch.
FOR THE WBIGHTWATCH
BR Xibble on celery, raw
cauliflower, carrot sticks,
and other raw vegetables in
stead of richer tidbits. Dip
the raw vegetables in salt
seasoned with herbs. Calories
are few in vegetable snacks.
Increase Since
Feeding Hornco
1965
17,732
674
61.9
+B6O
+32