SPECIAL
DAIRY
ISSUE
VQL. 13 NO. 27
Co. DHIA Shows
Increasing
Prod. Progress
by Victor Plastow
Associate County'Agent
With the largest number of
cows ever on test, Lancaster
County completed "the highest
milk and butterfat average than
ever before. There were 16,615
cows on test with an average of
12,465 pounds milk and 490
pounds cf fat. Over the past 25
years there were 15,000 more
cows tested and an increase of
over 3.000 pounds of milk per
cow along with 120 pounds but
terfat increase in average. The
dairymen certainly should be
Colograf, fated for this fine im
proveme "t in production I am
sure th.s is attributed to ari.ti
cial breeding, quakty roughage,
superior gram lation, better
housing, and superior perform
ance of'herd management. Just
during the past year our dairy
men averaged $5O more per cow
above feed coat or for a 30 cow
herd an increase of $l5OO per
year income above feed cost.
Production today as compar
ed to 10 years ago shows in the
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Farm Calendar
Tuesday, June 4
-4-6, Pa. Poultry Federation
Annual Conference, Penn State
Wednesday, June 5
-5-6, 4-H Know Your Sewing
Machine Meeting, Farm &
Home Center.
-Pa. Poultry Federation Ban
quet, Penn State U.
Thursday, June 6
Bpm -Lancaster Co Poultry
Assn, meet, Farm & Home
Center.
Sunday, June 9
2:00 p m.-Parm & Home Center
Open House, at the Farm &
Horae Center, 1383 Arcadia Rd.
THE REIGN T NG DAIRY PRINCESS for Lancaster
County is Anna Mae Donough, Manheim Rl. She will be
crowning the next princess to be selected July 10 at the Host
Town Motel. L. F. Photo
What Is A Dairy Princess?
by Rhelda E. Royer
Princess Pageant Chairman
What is a Dairy Princess?
What does a Dairy Princess do?
Would I ever be able to be
come a Dairy Princess? These
are some of the questions runn
ing through the minds of many
daughters of Dairy Farmers at
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 1,1968
this time of the year.
Since June is Dauy Month, it
is most appropriate to select a
Dairy Princess This program is
sponsored by dairy farmers and
the dairy industry through the
American Dairy Association.
A Dairy Princess represents
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Cow Families: Trademark
Of Individual Breeders
- “A good cow is where you
find her,” is an old saying that
goes around consignment and
dispersal sales But it is one
thing to find a good individual
and another to have her good
qualities carry on down to her
daughters, granddaughters and
great granddaughters
And when you find a cow
family that is breeding true
to the good type and production
characteristics you are looking
for, you have a piece of mer
chandise worth many times the
price of the individual.
Since artificial insemination
and the large breeding organi
zations have made available the
same top bulls to every breeder,
the cow family has increased
moi'e and more as the trade
mark of the individual breeder.
So, with this in mind, Lan
caster Farming, is herewith re
cognizing the following twenty
Are The New Imitation Milks
Nutritious For Children?
by Boyd C. Gartley
Concerned mothers are ask
ing the question, “Are the new
imitation milk nutritious for
children’” Dr. Philip L. White
answers the question in his col
umn, “Let’s Talk About Food”.
“Two different kinds of imita
tion milks have been added to
the dairy cases in many mar
kets in the last year or so. One
variety is a filled milk, a pro
duct in which the milk fat of
whole milk has been replaced
by a vegetable oil.”
“The other kind of imitation
milk is a concocted product
made to look and taste like milk
but otherwise bears little re
semblance to it.”
Laboratory tests show that
milk has 26 percent less saturat
ed fats than do the filled milks
In addition, the consumer
t-
$2 00 Per Year
or more great cow families as
a tribute to the dairymen who
have developed them and in
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Holstein Men
To Hold Co.
B & W Show
bj Mervin W. Landis, Secretary
The Lancaster County Holstein
Association is the largest County
Breed Association in the United
States. It consists of nine direc
tors on the board from which a
President, Vice President, Sec
retary and Treasurer are elect
ed
Serving with the board is a
State representative, a news re
porter, a sales representative
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should know that whole milk is
higher in polyunsaturated fat.
Laboratory tests reveal that
28 5 percent of the milk fat is
the polyunsaturated type:
Whereas, filled milk has an un
saturated fat content of only 2
percent; and imitation or artifi
cial milk contains only 5 per
cent of the unsaturated type of
fat
The consumers are concern
ed about the total sugar in their
diet The total sugar in whole
milk is 4 8 percent, filled milk
has 5 3 percent; and imitation
milk has 6 7 percent.
Dr White described typical
ingredients of the imitation and
then added, “Unless one is sure
that the nutritive value is
equivalent to whole milk such
products should not be depend
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