—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 6,1968
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Gerald Biggs
Appointed To
Land Committee
Governor Raymond P. Shafer
today announced the appoint
ment of Gerald A Biggs, Presi
dent of the Pennsylvama Farm
ers’ Association, as a member
of the State Committee on Pre
servation of Agncultuial Land
Biggs, a re r idsrt o( McCo’i
nellsburg, Fulton County, is tue
nineteenth member of the Com
mittee named by Governor
Shafer.
The Committee has been
charged with the responsibility
of developing a plan of action
for preserving agucultural land
for agncultuial purposes “con
sistent with the total land re
quirements of the Common
wealth ”
Two Cows Foil In
Pond At Drumore R 1
Two cows fell thiough ice of
a fire-pond on the Amos M
Hess faim, Diumoie Rl, Wed
nesday, but wei 3 saved by quick
action of farm! mds, the Fulton
Fire Company leported
About 9 am the two cows
wandeied onto Inin ice and
crashed through Thar bellows
were heaid by faimhands who
rushed to the rescue The ace
was hard enough to support one
cow which sci ambled out But
boaids had to be laid across the
i'ce to rescue the second cow
Both cows wei e safe b>' 9 30 a m
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Pennsylvania DHIA Cows
Continue To Set Records
University Park Pennsyl-12,497 pounds Income over feed
vania cows enrolled in the Dairy cost per cow this year averaged
Herd Improvement Association $353, six dollars more than in
(DHIA) testing program shat- 1966,” Gdmore added.
tered several existing records 'Pennsylvania’s DHIA produc
this year which indicates dairy- tion average 10 years ago was
men continue to improve their 9, 259 pounds of milk and 376
practices which enables them pounds of butterfat, the dairy
to produce milk more efficiently, specialist said. This year there
Data, which were summarized were eight herds that produced
using electronic computers, re- over 700 pounds of butterfat
veal that records were estah- and 209 herds that topped the
lished in the number of cows 600 pound mark.
on test, pounds of butterfat pro
duced per cow, and income over
feed cost Milk production per
cow, however, was slightly be
low the record set a year ago
The DHIA program, super
vised by the Dairy Science De
partment at Penn State Univer-
sity, is a production and feed
recordkeeping system designed
to assist dairymen in improving
then feeding, breeding, and
management practices Ovei 5,-
600 Commonwealth herds are
taking part in this progiam
which employs the practices of
big business
“There were 167,147 cows am
DHIA this year, about 3.500
more than in 1966,” Herbert C
Gilmore Penn State Extension
daay specialist and program
supervisor points out “Average
butter fat production of 489
pounds per cow topped last
gear’s new mark by one pound
Milk production per cow was
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“A decade ago, the program
became one of the first Com
monwealth farm organizations
to adapt to electronic record
keeping. Today the association
has grown into a $l3 million a
year business,” Gilmore report
ed.
Since 1957, more than 20 mil
lion individual DHIiA records
have been processed at the Data
Processing Center on the Penn
State 'campus.
According to the summaries,
Monroe County’s herds topped
all other county herds in butter
fat production with an average
of 554 pounds Perry County
herds were leaders in milk pro
duction with an average of 14,-
014 pounds per cow.
Holsteins captured high state
milk and butterfat production
honors as the Sinking Spring
Farm 63-eow herd m York
County produced 19,344 pounds
of milk and 725 pounds butter
fat The Sinking Spring Farm
milk record was highest in the
state The 25-cow Holstein herd
owned by Stanley Pruss of Lake
Ariel Rl, Wayne County, topped
all other herds in fat produc
tion with an average of 738
pounds. Milk production was
17,105 pounds
• Mrs. Thomas
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the hospitality committee for
the 1968 convention in Phoenix.
Arizona; Mrs Eleanore G Tom
pkins, Philadelphia, chairman
elect of the convention commit
tee for 1968; and Betty M Hein
bach, Allentown, chairman of
the exhibits committee for the
1969 convention in Philadel
phia.
Janet E Tritt, Clearfield, was
elected treasurer of the nation
al organization at its 1967 con
vention.
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—Long wrappers, over 26 an; F 3.l* fllCrS IOHa VS
S" wrTO ' >rs ' 26 lB * Accounts Meet
Class 77—Fuller B’s C 2-a — _ _ , . . , _
Long fillers, over 26 in; C2-b- Tbe Ephrata Adult Farmers
Short fillers, 26 in & under, will bold a farm Account Rec-
Class 78—Binder Type Div. o-rds meeting on Tuesday eve-
A—'Long binders, over 26 in; j l !j n ig ) Jan. 9, at 7-30 pm. The
Div. B-Short binders, 26 in. & meeting is plaimed to Wp
unaer. farmers with problems concern
as B £Sii; sr a a sns*
„ . . , ~, „ , ~ „„ records kept for income tax pur
A hand of tobacco shall con
sist of Ifi'deaves, tied with an- p
other tobacco leaf; select leaves Moses M Weaver, Stevens Rl,
that are uniform' an size, color, and other area farmers who
texture and free from insect, used the Penna Agricultural
disease or mechanical l damage Records this past year will be
The 'Filler B types of tobacco on hand to give their personal
are usually heavier in texture opinions of the system.
while the Wrapper B is a medi
um weight leaf, chestnut-brown Everyone is invited to attend
color with good stretch. The according to Charles Ackley,
Binders should have a very Vo-Ag teacher at Ephrata.
thin, silky leaf, light chestnut ~ ‘
color with plenty of life and £ Regional Farm
stretch,” the agents smd. (Continued from Page 1)
All exhibits entered in the
County Show will be taken to am. to 3'30 pm Kelly and
the State Show unless the ex- Cooper will discuss such topics
hibitor states otherwise as new rulings affecting tax re-
porting, investm-P 1 i*ax credit
mn von know changes, how to get t-s r-deral
, Gas Tax refund, changes in ir„ J-
The first forest camp site on j ca j deductions, and Soda! Se
state forest land was executed cimty _ The s6Sslon 1S be , llllg
m October, 1913, following an pj armec i by the Cooperative Ex-
Act of the General Assembly tenwio , n service
authorizing the Department of
Forests and Waters to enter Another such meeting as also
into such leases Today there planned for the next day, Jan.
are 4,553 such leased camp 10, at Frank Reeser’s Resfcau
sites (Dept of Forests and rant, Route 61, about two miles
Waters) north of Reading.
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