Dairy Groups To Help Develop Sire System
The Holstein-Frlesian Asso- Herd Improvement Association, extensive farm research, such as
elation recently became the first begun in 1906. DHIA is a co- refined techniques to predict
dairy cattle breed organization operative effort of USDA, the genetic value of breeding stock,
™ 5o d r s, ■sysssr s
with the U.S. Department of farmers’ organizations.
Agriculture to unify programs
that evaluate breeding stock.
The Holstein group has main- able to improve their breeding
tained a breed registry system, and feeding plans to the extent
including record-keeping, which that they marketed 3,600 more
* s recor(^s > pounds of milk per cow in 1966
and those other breed orgamza- ra
tions, have supplemented the than non-mei ”ber farmers. Fur
broader, industrywide record- thermore, ARS scientists use
keeping system of the Dairy DHIA records as the basis for
HORNCO FEEDS The Growing Choice of Business Farmers
19,602 lbs. of MILK
Herman Stebbins, Farm Manager, feeding Hornco
Uni-Pel 15 Flaked Dairy.
MORE MILK - BETTER HERD HEALTH
LESS BREEDING PROBLEMS
THE REASONS MORE
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Production records are impor
tant. DHIA members have been
729 lbs. of FAT
FEEDS
USDA and Holstein officials
agree that evaluating and us
ing bulls according to breed
ing value is necessary for
genetic improvement, and
that farmers need a single,
uniform sire index for pro
duction. They also agree that
the recently improved USDA
system of sire-index calcula
tion is the most useful meth
od available. By using USDA
data, breed groups will no
THIS IS THE 1966
HERD AVERAGE (60 COWS) OF
SINKING SPRINGS FARMS
YORK COUNTY, PENN A.
AS REPORTED BY THE
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
THIS RECORD ESTABLISHED
SINKING SPRINGS FARM AS
THE LEADING REGISTERED
HOLSTEIN HERD FOR MILK
PRODUCTION IN THE
UNITED STATES, FOR HERDS
OF 51 OR MORE.
LACTATIONS.
DAIRYMEN ARE FEEDING
THAN EVER BEFORE!
"SINKING SPRINGS FARM
THE HERD BRED TO PRODUCE
Thank-you For Feeding
Hornco Uni-Pel Dairy Feed
Exclusively.
longer have to pay for scpar-
ate sire indexes.
In addition, production re
cords in USDA’s extensive files
more than double the informa
tion on registered Holstein cows
that the Holstein group has at
hand. It will be able to expand
the overall usefulness of these
records and increase its record
keeping efficiency.
According to the cooperative
agreement, the Holstein-Frie
sian Association will use USDA
sire summaries and identify
them as such. The group also
can use DHIA milk production
records of Holstein cows, pro-
AT A PROFIT"
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8,1967
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FDA Clears Amprol
For Wider Poultry Use
A recent ruling by the Food
and Drug Administration has
cleared the way for the coc
cidiostat “Amprol” to be fed
to replacement pullets until
the onset of egg production,
rather than only for the first
14 weeks of life, as had previ
ously been permitted.
In addition, Amprol now may
be used at approved levels to
treat outbreaks of coccidiosis
in laying hens, according to
the drug’s manufacturer Merck
& Co., Inc. Eggs from flocks
so treated may be sold, accord
ing to the new ruling.
The company notes that since
the new clearance went into
effect, feed suppliers have been
revamping feed programs to
use this increased latitude in
working out coccidiosis protec
tion programs for their cus
tomers.
vided they are properly identi
fied. The Holstein group will
pay the extra cost involved to
prepare the magnetic tapes
needed for prompt, personaliz
ed reports on Holstein cattle to
be furnished by ARS.
ARS agrees to furnish the
magnetic tapes giving sire in
dexes and updated production
records of Holstein cows three
times per year Similar ar
rangements are being negotiat
ed with other breed organiza
tions.
In announcing the agreement,
both parties stated that farmers
will be the greatest benefici
aries because breed records on
their cattle will be more uni
form, more up-to-date, more
broadly based, and as accurate
as the latest statistical research
can make them.
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