Cow Families
(Continued from Page 10)
family at Cocallco Farm, owned
by Paul B. Zimmerman. Ephrn
ta Rl, Is Lassie Keyes Sovereign,
who is Excellent and has four
daughters (three in milk) and
two full sisters that nre Very
Good at 87 points.
Sovereign Martha Posch, a
19.37« l lbs. of milk daughter of
Lassie, has a son who is classi
fied Very Good 88 wi.h 7 daugh
ters that average 85 points in
classification and have a pro-
duction average of 17,500 lbs. of Donald Hershey
milk. The oldest daughter of _ , . . 7
Posch is Very Good 86 and in the Consistent Hlllmac
present lactation has in 250 days, A consistent producing Hill
-21.130 lbs. of milk and 754 lbs. mac Sovereign daughter is the
of butterfat, as a four-year-old. foundation of a good cow family
Another daughter of Martha is a J *>nM Hershey's Hershvale
Very Good and has a four-year- arm ’ R2. Conoy Hill
old record of 18.157 lbs. of milk EmpressGoodPiusSShasa
and 708 lbs. of butterfat and a re^ d of 905 d }*''
full sister, Sovereign Posch Las- 4 °2 m 685 -
sie, is Very Good 87 with pro- not gomgun “ s ~]l tha *
duction records to 22.081 lbs. of average lb. of milk and
milk and 824 lbs. of butterfat. 609 lbs - of butterfat.
This Lassie cow has three t Empress had only three daugh
daughters; Janet. V 6 86. 21,040- ter f but ail , are . f to P P™dw»rs
m 730-f: Rose, Excellent at 4y, and all are c j a I !f lfie 0 d l Good Plus.
20.091 lbs. of milk and 848 lbs. Con u nie ’ G? od Plus 84 by Land
or and Eodha, Good
r~ : ; *
■ ■ *
Plus 84. 15,560 lbs. of milk and
572 lbs. of butterfat.
Also a great, great grand
daughter of the foundation cow
Is Very Good 86 and at 2y has
over 15,000 lbs. of milk.
The third milking daughter of
Lassie I<eyes Is Good Plus at 83
points and has a record of 18,-
000 lb. of milk and 725 of butter
fat.
Over half of the Zimmerman
herd trace to the old Excellent
Sovereign Cow.
WIGHTWICH GLENAFTON RACHEL, Her lifetime production totals are 224,-
Excellent 92, foundation cow at Fultonway 806 lbs. of milk and 9,140 lbs. of butterfat.
Farms is still producing at past 18 years.
Good Plus 82, by Rag Apple mals on which Willis M. Martin,
Sovereign Texal, has 4-lly 365 d New Holland R 2, is building his
17,989 m 602 f; and Carol, Good herd. Ona Hays Burke has at
Plus 83. by Ivanhoe, has two 20,- 7-ly 21,983 m 3 6% 803 f and at
000 lb milk records to 4-7 y 351 d 9 ly 338 d 21,159 m 3 6% 755 f.
20,981 m 896 f. Her daughter Ruby has an in-
Both Connie and Carol have e 'J,f ar recor^
good milking daughters in the of 16 ’ 284m 584 - She has two
Hers'hvale herd. In fact, the only young daughters in the herd.
complaint about this family, is , A " other cov V\ Mar m
the 18 bull calves and only 8 »>«£• carrying the home prefix
heifer calves that have arrived Marto, has a 19,263 lb. milk
from it record with 670 lb of butterfat
and a 3 5% test Her dam Rutsor
Pnlly Abegweit has five records
WIHIS Martin that average 15.000 lb. of milk
Two-Time 21,000 Lb. and 500 lb of butterfat and all
A two-time 21,000 lb milk were made in 305 days or less
cow is one of the foundation am-
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FARMERSVILLE N. G. HERSHEY
EQUIPMENT CO. & SON
R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa. Manheim
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 1.1968
There are also two younger
members of this family coming
along.
Martin’s latest DHIA herd av
erage is 15,796 lbs of milk and
613 lbs. of butterfat
Two distinct cow families,
started as far back as the 1930’5,
make up the foundation for Don
ald S Eby’s present Breezy Glen
Farm Herd. The Francis family,
which makes up 50 percent or
more of the herd, and the Agnes
family.
Present members of the Fran
cis family are Ivanhoe Nancy,
Good Plus, 5-6 y 328 d 20,705 m
865 f: Regal Eva, Good Plus, 5-
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