B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 16,1967
Holstein Association Signs
Research Agreement With USDA
Dairy sire appraisal for breed- suits from all parts of the conn
ing value has taken a forward try.
step with the signing of a co- Simply stated, USDA will con
operative agreement between tinue to gather Dairy Herd Im-
Holstein-Friesian Association of provement Association produc-
America and the United States tion figures from all states, as it
Department of Agriculture. The has in recent years. The records
program concerns the use of of Holstein cows will be screen-
DHIA production information ed and assembled at the Belts
in dairy sire evaluation for pro- ville, Maryland, research facili
duction. ty. Three times during the year,
rm,. USDA will furnish the Associa-
The new 9§i eement icsuils .*«**%♦!* i. nA
from Marly four years ot study to
SLiSS Production which Include pre
Holstein Association. Recent dieted differences for daugh-
uShter-herd
aJrf«nAfu™? mate formula This information
Service of USDA brought about 1S now published annually by
unification of sue evaluation USDA J J
methods and emphasized the Announceme nt of the forth-
IT—nfcf P1 ’ coming program for Holstein
tion testing pio o iams. s ire evaluation was made to
In January, 1968, the Asso- Registered Holstein breeders at
ciation will phase out its daugh- their recent 82nd annual con
ter-dam program of sire prov- vention at Minneapolis by Dr.
ing and adopt a daughter-herd- Harold Schmidt, chairman of
mate formula that is generally the Holstein Rules Committee,
recognized to be a more useful This was the second major
expression of breeding value change in breed improvement
under present conditions. Hoi- programs within a year. The
stem Association sire proofs first was descriptive type clas
have used basic daughter-dam sification; a greatly impioved
comparisons since the 1930’5. conformation scoring program
New approaches reflect the JJ* went into effect last Janu '
advance of research in breed- The expanded program for
lag, computer handling of pro- Holstein evaluation gives
Auction data and better systems dai breeders modernize d herd
of gathering DHIA testing re-
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Society No. 14 Sees • Chicago Local Breeders Added
Slides Of Holy Lands (Continued from Page 2) To National List
Farm Women’s Society No a thre ® load shipment at the The JTolstein-Friesian Asso
-14 met Wednesday. September InUerpriceonWednesday.High on of Ameriw I» Brotttej
13 at the home of Paul Choice and Prime 1150-1400 lbs. boro, Vermont announced 435
Longenecker Strasbur! Rl 28.00-28.75, Choice 1150-1400 lbs. new members were, added to
with 28 members Hoi Yield Grade 2to 4 27.25-28.25, bheir iU association in recent
with za memoers piesent. hos- Ch . onn-ÜBO ih* 2R<?n.27 7t months. Local breeders listed
tesses were Mrs. Longenecker, J-noice yuu iiou ws.zo.ou-z/./d, follows-
Mrs. Harold Byers, Mrs. Alvin ““« d Good «nd Choice 26.00- Al<Un L Balnriei -, Mount Joy;
Hess Jr., and Mrs. Leon 27 - 25 * Good M.OO-26.00, Stand- Christ R. Beiler, Gap; M. Eu-
Thoroas. ard and Low Good 23.50-25.25. g ene Bali, JVlanheim; Ivan Bow-
Mrs. Longenecker bad charge
of the devotions and Mrs.
Charles Leaman read a letter
from the Korean War Orphan
and reported that 'his Christ
mas package is on its way.
Contributions of $lO each were
given to the United Campaign
and the Citizens Scholarship
Foundation of Lancaster Coun
ty.
Mrs. Hiram Graybill of Lit
itz showed slides of her recent
trip to the Holy Lands, Egypt,
and five European countries.
The next meeting will be
held on October 12 at the
home of Mrs. F. Edwin Rohr
er, Paradise Rl. The annual
food and plant sale and elec
tion of officers will be held.
ROTATE FLOWER BEDS
The fungi, bacteria and ne
matodes that cause many plant
diseases overwinter in the soil,
says Carlton F. Taylor, exten
sion plant pathologist at Penn
State University. In next year’s
garden he suggests planting
siecies in areas other than
those where the diseases were
serious this year.
improvement tools for both pro
duction and type.
Computer programming in
volved in the new information
exchange program will be paid
for by the Holstein Association
and the data used will continue
to be identified with its USDA
source. Only standard DHIA
production records will be used
in the sire evaluations.
By tying the Holstein Associa
tion’s sire proving program for
production into the revised
USDA sire summary to give a
single sire proving system, dairy
farmers will benefit from the
information produced. Both
agencies have emphasized the
greater uniformity of cattle re
cords, broader sources of in
humation and modern statisti-
I cal methods as chief reasons.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
High Choice and Prime 900-
1025 lbs. 26.50-27.25, load Prime
1140 lbs. Yield Grade 3 at 27.-
50 on Monday. Choice 850-100 Q
lbs. Yield Grade 2 to 4 25.50-
26.75, Choice 775-850 lbs 25.00-
26.00, Mixed Good and Choice
750-900 lbs. 24.50-25.50, Good
23.50-25.00, Standard and Low
Good 22.00-23.50.
COWS Late sales Utility
and Commercial 16 00-17.50,
High Yielding 17.50-18 25, Can
ner and Cutter 15 00-16 50.
BULLS Utility and Com
mercial late 20.00-23.00.
Poultry consumed per capita
in 1967 is expected to exceed
the record 43.8 pounds set in
1966 by 2-3 pounds, say OSU
Extension economists.
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