DHIA Cows Out-Produced Others
By 63 Percent In 1965, USDA Says
Dairymen who belong to the cows not in DHIA.
Dairy Herd Improvement As- Production per cow on DHIA
sociation i DHIA), an organi- also broke old efficiency rec
zation sponsored by the U S ords: the 1965-66 figure was
Depaitment of Agriculture, re- 12,127 pounds of milk per
ceived an average 5219 per year the first time the 12,-
cow more for their milk last 000-pound level was exceeded
yeai than producers not par- Production for the previous
iicipatmg m DHIA year had been 11,976 pounds.
Cows in DHIA herds exceed- Dr. Ernest L Corley, who
ed milk iields of those in oth- supervises DHIA for USDA’s
ei herds by 4,668 pounds in Agricultural Research Service,
1965 ? 63 percent advan- says that these figures are av
tage Value of this extra milk erages covering nearly 2 mil
was calculated at $470 per lion cows in Over 34,000 herds
hundred pounds Using electronic data proc-
The rate of -increase in essing, individual DHIA par
pro d u ct-i-o n .efficiency of ticipants'can use breakdowns
herds has been almost of DHIA records to compare
half again as rapid as that of their herds with similar ones
non-DHIA herds. In the 3 producing for like markets
years since 1963, milk yield Analysis often shows oppor
of each DHIA cow increased tumties for improving breed
by 280 pounds per year, com- ing, feeding, and other man
pared to 196 pounds for (Continued on Page 20)
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JJf?* Jl“ ki , n9 F ( ir r\. Grand Champion at Chester County
Sheep 4-H Pig Show and Sale Brings $154
Sheep projects are one more David Robinson, West Ches- sion
area of livestock programs set ter R 5, exhibited the grand Thirty-five 4-H club members
up on a statewide and national champion hog, a 200-pound participated in the show John
scale for 4-H Club members, Hampshire, and the champion Henkel, Willow Glen Farm,
according to the National 4-H trio of hogs at the 1966 Ches- Strasbuig Rl, was the official
Service Committee The state ter-Delaware 4-H Swine Round- judge
sponsorship was assumed this up held last Friday at the
yeai by Wilson & Co, Inc, Vintage Sales Stables, Paia
which previously had offered disc The leserve grand cham
scholai ships only on a national pion hog was exhibited by
selection basis Danny Cross, Chestei, and the
reserve champion trio was
Announcement of the new shown by Barbara Beam, El
state award for highest rank- verson Rl
mg sheep project member is Kenneth Beam, Elverson Rl,
an engraved wrist watch The won fj rs t place in the light
cooperative Extension Service, weight class, David Robinson
which sets up guidelines for W as first in the mediumweight
the 4-H program, selects both class with his grand champion
state and national award win- Hampshire, and Btha McDow
ners ell, Oxford R 2, took the honors
The 4-H’ers, to the course m toe heavyweight class
of working on the project, not In toe fitting and showman
only learns the responsibility ship contest, Timothy Keener,
of animal care, feeding and Lincoln University Rl, won
health, but also learns to ap- to P honors in the first-year di
preciate the importance of vision, and Kenneth Beam won
lamb as a food and sheep first place in the senior dm
products for human comfort
such as wool. agents work wuh the young-
Skill in readying the animal sters.
for the show ring is another The six 1966 national wm
challenge for the young sneep ners will be announced during
raisers Breeding, marketing toe National 4-H Club Con
and management practices are gross held in Chicago right
part of the project Local lead- after Thanksgiving Each will
ers and county extension receive a $5OO scholarship
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 27, 1906—13
SECOND SECTION
All of the 4-H hogs, a to
tal of 65, were sold Satur
day morning at the Vintage
Sales Stables. Medford Pack
ing Company, Chester, pur
chased the grand champion
hog for 77 cents a pound;
the reserve grand champion
was sold for 43 cents a
pound to Vintage Sales Sta
bles.
Lester Ranck, Quarryville
R 2, purchased the champion
trio for 30 la cents and the
reserve champion trio went
to Ezra W. Martin, Lancas
ter, for 35*4 cents. The sale
average for all pigs sold, not
including the two champion
hogs, was $29.31 cents per
cwt. Average weight of all
hogs was 204 pounds.
Other buyers supporting the
4-H Sale included A M Liedy,
Soudertown, Kenneth Emory,
Spring City; Devault Packing,
Devault; Eastburn Livestock
Carrier, Smyrna, Del, Domen
ico Cappuccio & Sons, Phila
delphia, B J Price, Inc, Ches
ter, Carl Good, Inc, Denver;
C L. King, QuarryviUe, Amos
atoltzfus, Gordonville. Robert
Groff, Jr., East Earl, and
George Ressler, Oxford
NFU Demands
Action On
Packaging Bill
National Farmers Union
piesident Tony T Dechant
sent a telegram to members
of the House Interstate and
Foreign Commeice Committee
Wednesday demanding an end
to the food industry’s filibus
tering tactics to bill the truth
m-packagmg bill, and pointing
out that existing legislation
is not sufficient to piotect the
interests of farmer and con
sumei, as industry spokesmen
aie claiming
The farm organization lead
ei also lelmquished the tame
allowed National Farmers Un
ion to testify before the Com
mittee to speed up “immediate
passage of a stiong tiuth-rn
packaging bill ”
Dechant’s telegram leads as
follows
“Faimeis Union wishes to
testify on the tmth jm-packaig
ing bill In light of the planned
filibuster being carried on by
industry witnesses, we relin
quish our time and demand an
end to the industry's filibus
tering tactics to kill this bill.
This legislation is a top pri
ority target program adopted
by the national convention.
Existing authorization is vague,
ineffective and unworkable
over ithe thirty or more yeans
of experience and visibly
shown on the shelf m eveiy
supermarket in the country.
The food giants have proven
that they can outmarveuver
current legislative authority.
The ethics in the packaging
industry must be cleaned up
to protect the farmer and con
sumer We urge immediate
passage of a strong -truth-in
paekaging hall.”