Near normal temperatures
during the next five days will
break the current “cold
wave," says the weatherman.
He expects little day-to-day
change, but there will be a
slight trend toward cooler
temperatures again about
mid-week.
And more RAIN is the
story with amounts totaling
greater than %-inch, occur
ring as showers Sunday and
again about Wednesday.
NEBA Sire Tops All
U.S. Holsteins
Wfairlhill Kingpin, in service
at Northeastern Breeders As
sociation, (NEBA) Tunkhan
nock. Pa. tops all U.S. Hol
stein sires according to the
latest Department of Agricul
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ture Sire Summary.
He stands out as the highest
plus proven A.I. sire for milk
in the United States. Dated
June 1967 this USDA release
shows a Predicted Difference
of +1,497 lbs, of milk and
4-53 lbs. of fat for Kingpin
daughters over their herd
mates, with 866 daughters in
361 herds. His highest produc
ing daughter is Shade Rock
Mary Fotes Kingpin bred by
Earl Ho-ver of Mifflintown, Pa.
now awr.’d by S. R. Hansel of
Hout. JaL, Pa. Her record at 2
yrs. 3 months 2x in 308 days,
24.5L1 lbs. rf milk, 919 lbs. of
fat on DHIA.
Leading official Holstein-
Friesian Association of Amer
ica record for Pa. 2 year olds
is 2 yr. 3 mo. 2X, 305 days,
21,200 lbs. of milk and 719 lbs.
of fat for Penn Dell Kingpin
Oindy, another Kingpin daugh
ter, owned by Allen Dairy,
Mechanicsburg, Pa. and bred
by Jay L. Houser of Spring
Mills, Pa.
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ROHRERSTOWN, PA.
Phone 717-392-2145
Kingpin was purchased in
1959 at the dispersal of the
Whirlwind Hill Farm herd,
Wallingford. Connecticut. His
buyer was the First Pa. Breed
ing Association of Lewisburg,
Pa. Later, in 1964 when First
Pa. merged with other A.I.
Co-ops to form NEBA, Kingpin
moved to the headquarters of
the new Co-op at Tunkhan
nock, Pa.
Sired by Winterthur Apollo,
Excellent, Gold Medal, King
pin’s dam is Osborndale Gay
Fobes, Very Good, a maternal
sister to Osborndale Ivanhoe,
Excellent, Gold Medal. Still go
ing strong, this grand cow was
recently purchased by T. Rob
ert Williams of Uniondale, Pa.,
at the recent dispersal of the
Green East herd, Valley Falls,
New York,
In addition to Kingpin’s out
standing record of siring pro
duction, be has distinguished
himself with a remarkable rec
ord of semen production. Dur-
Need . . .
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Good 250-330 lbs, 28-32; Stand
ard 26-30.
HOGS 1550 Barrows and
gilts 50-1.00 lower. US 1-2 200-
240 lbs. 22.25-22.75; US 1. 200-
225 lbs. 23-23.50; US 1-3 195-
250 lbs. 21.10-21.75; US 2-3 235-
270 lbs. 20.60-20.85.
SHEEP 375 Spring lambs
steady to 50 higher. Ewes ab
sent.
ing 1966 he bred more than
50,000 first service cows, all
through frozen semen.
Kingpin continues in heavy
service at NEBA. His semen is
used by dairymen in Califor
nia, Maryland, Virginia and
other states by special arrange
ments with his owner. One
shipment of Kingpin semen has
been made to West Germany
where they hope to develop
several sons of this outstand
ing Holstein Sire.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26,1967 —5
SPRING LAMBS Choice
60-100 lbs. 25-26. few lots 26.50;
Good 60-95 lbs. 23-25; Utility
20-23.
PENAR
Available at
Miller Chemical and
Fertilizer Carp.
Box 25, Ephrata
Ph. 733-6525
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Available now at
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SMOKETOWN, PA.