How would you like to Your farm with a female such as this? COCALICO SOVEREIGN GRACE (V.G. 89) One of the many headliners at Cocolico Forms which is owned by Paul B. Zimmerman of Ephrata (Lane. Co.) Pa. Grace has averaged over 100# of milk per day for two and one half months. Her last record at 3 yrs. of age was 20,- 291# of milk and 707#.0f fat. _ WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS AT COCALICO FARMS? Ask Paul B. Zimmerman and He will say HERD HEALTH. Too many times we stress Production, in creased Fat, high herd averages, etc. when without HERD HEALTH NONE of these would be possible. Paul had an excessive amount of milk fever in his herd. Now it is down to almost none! He soys "I am well pleased with my 1967 record of 16,553 pounds of milk and 633 pounds of fat on 28.7 Holstein cows". FEEDS D. E. HORN & Co., Inc. Y«h, Pa. ro-sst-nt? GRACE 3 yr. - 365 d.-20,291 m.-W7£. "I feel that the HORNCO UNI PEL DAIRY PROGRAM has help ed increase our records and im proved our head health". More Lancaster County Dairy men are feeding HORNCO UNI PEL then ever before. Check with your neighbor who feeds Hornco. Saturday, June 1,1968—9 Lancaster Farming. • Holstein Men (Continued from Page 1) and a milk marketing represen tative. Each year in November the Association holds an annual din ner meeting At this meeting three directors are elected to serve three years. Meetings of directors are held bi-monthly. Iv is at the December meeting that the committees for the fol lowing year are appointed. January is the month when the Association holds its annual membership drive. At present the membership is at 500. A tour is held in April. This is a bus trip to a neighboring Coun ty to visit other dairy farms and industry. July is time for the field day. The all-day affair consists of a cow judging contest in the moi n mg, followed by lunch and an af ternoon program Prizes are awarded to the contest winners. At a recent meeting of direc tors it was decided to have a County Black and White Show. It will be held in late July or early August Members are ask ed to participate. Each year the Association gives a heifer calf to a 4-H boy who can meat the necessary qualifications. Every fifteen months a classi fier from the National Associa fon comes to the area to classi fy members herds During this time a barn meeting is held Its purpose is to inform members oi the reasons for the rating giv en to classified cows. • Dairy Princess (Continued from Page 1> the Nation’s Dairy Farmers to speak up and promote then valuable pioduct MILK. A Dauy Princess travels / many, many miles and has wonderful experiences while meeting the public She helps present ribb ons and awaids at field days, and dairy cattle shows She ap pears at most of the agucultuial banquets and helps launch open house dedications ceremonies. She also paitieipates in local fair parades Radio and televi sion shows aie a part of her agenda where she has the op portunity to talk about her favorite subject MILK Tra veling to conventions in the county and in parts of the state are another phase of her reign. In Lancaster County, the Dairy Pageant will be held July 10, at 7 pm. at the Host Town Motel. There will be a Miss Personality Contest, in which the contestants will vote for the girl most congenial and helpful to the othei girls Prizes will be given to all the contestants The 1968 winner will go on to lepresent Lancas ter County in the State Finals to be held in Harnsbuig duung the week of the All-Ameucan Dairy Show in September County girls are urged to compete and the deadline for entry is June 22 Tickets will be available after June 5 and may be purchased from the Pageant Committee members. Household Hints If you have a young finger paint artist in the family, keep his clothes tree of the paint with a pint-size artist’s smock Ideal, for this is a man’s old cotton shirt. Cut the collar and sleeves off and finish with a machine stitch. Shorten the hem. The fin ished “smock” is worn back ward Pop in the washing ma chine with colored cottons. Cotton terry towels are ideal because of high absorbency and ability to create friction for a
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