VOL. 14 NO. 35
TYPE JUDGING Contest winners at
the Lancasxer County Holstein Field Day
are- (left'' to right), Richard D. Hess,
Youth; Mrs.,-Elvitf- Hess, Ladies; -and -
Breeders Told They Have
Not Kept Pace With Moon Age
We live an an era when we
send men to the moon, but we
have gotten behind in om breed
ing programs,” said James
Pound, National Holstein Asso
ciation Extension Director.
Speaking at the Lancaster
County Holstein Association
Field Day Wednesday, at Paul
Z.mmerman's farm, Ephrata,
Pound said, "I am of the opinion
we need to draw all the program
elements together ”
Using a satire style Pound
accused some breeders of look
ing only for high classification,
others of looking only at show
winnings and still others of
looking only at production.
“What we need,” he said, “is a
combination that results in
functional type that will permit
Farm Calendar
Saturday, July 26 (today)
9 a m.—Lancaster County 4-H
Horse Show, Lancaster
County Riding Club, Colum
bia Pike.
11 a.m.—Pa. Master Farmer’s
Annual Picnic, Farm and
Home Center.
Monday, July 28
8 p.m.—Milk Marketing Com
mittee meeting, Faim and
Home Center.
Tuesday, July 29
9 an-4-H Dairy Round-up,
(Colored breeds), Guernsey
Barn.
10 am—County Plowing Con
test and related -activities,
Earl Hurst Farm, Litilz R 3
Wednesday, July 30
8 am.—4H Dairy round-up,
'. (Holstein),' Guernsey Barn.
Thursday, July 31
10:30 aj».—Lancaster County
- Bldck ' and -White, ..ShOw,
*■ Guernsey Barn. - * - , . .
the cow to live trouble free for
seven to ten jeais ”
Hefei mg to the lat«t sire
summary, the - breed director
told the group gathered on the
barn floor due to the rain out
side that he found only 240 bulls
out of 4,000 listed that met a
minimum requirement of -*-15
for type and +lOO lbs. of milk.
“We must not be breeding the
right kind if only 240 bulls are
transmitting it We are not
beeders,” he said, “We are only
cattle multipliers.”
Proposing a national Holstein
performance registry Pound
said, “what good is it to discuss
which of a 96 point cow or a 97
point cow is the better while the
milk market is being sucked out
from under us ”
Pound would make no pro
. vision for special, classification
and would allow cow scores to be
lowered though he would in
crease the frequency of the regu
lar classification. “This would
put everyone on the same basis
and help make classification a
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County Youths Homed
To Attend Convention
Linford Mai tin. East Earl Rl,
and Matt Young Peach Bottom
Rl, both Lancaster Cooperative
Council delegates to the Penn
sylvania Association of Farmer
Cooperatives Summer Institute
held last week at Shippensburg
State College, have been named
the stale fn'A lepresentati* e to
attend the American Institute of
Cooperatives [annual meeting at
the University of Illinois,
August 3-7.
Their selection climaxed the
’five-day institute in which 200
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 26.1969
Richard Hess, Men. The annual event was
held at the farm of Paul Zimmerman,
Ephrata. . L. F. Photo
Busy Week Coming
It’s a busy week coming up
for local farmers who like to
attend fairs and contests. Af
ter the milk marketing meet
ing on Monday night at the
Farm and Home Center, Tues
day dawns with the Lancaster
County Plowing Contest, the
4-H Tractor Driving Contest
and the FFA and 4-H Land
Judging Contest at the farm
of Earl Hurst, Lititz R 3.
And if that isn’t enough
for one day you can stop in
at the Guernsey Barn, East
Route 30, for the start of the
4-H Dairy Round-up featuring
the colored breeds.
On Wednesday, it’s the 4-H
Holstein Show and Thursday
the Lancaster County Black
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Group Of 120 Local Farmers
Attend State Livestock Day
A group of local farmers, 120
strong, took Conestoga busses
and a few cars to Penn State
Thursday, to participate in the
Livestock Field Day sponsored
by the Pennsylvania Livestock
and Allied Industry Association
and the Animal Industry Depart
ment at the college
Highlights of the event in
cluded steer judging, swine
breeding information, visits to
deer and beef breeding areas
and a movie on the Penn State
football team of last season Max
Smith was also elected a direc
tor of the Livestock Association
at an afternoon business meet
ing
For the steer farmers, the
morning session started with
Bill Grey, Penn State’s Herds
man;- using two heifers to demon--
strate beef type that is being
sought. Then they had a class on
selecting feeder and replace-
Lane. Breeder Developing
Small Broiler Breeder Hen
They aren’t saying much about
it yet, but a local breeding firm
is developing a small broiler
breeder hen that could levolu
tionize breeder flocks around the
world in the next ten years
Indian River Poultry Farms,
2501 Oregon Pike, Lancaster,
has put out trial flocks of minia
ture broiler hens in Japan and
Brazil as well as across the
United States. By next year
these flocks will prove if six
years of research work will pay
off
John Sams, Research Director
for Indian River, said Monday
morning, “The main reason for
seeking to develope a midget
breeder hen is to save on the
cost of production Since feed
costs account for a large percent
age of the total cost of produc
tion both in getting the pul
iet into production and maintain
ing her after she is in the flock
this is the area where the
most likely Teduction in cost can
be made.”
.The midget breeder weighs
about 4% pounds instead of'the
normal 7Vz pound bii’d.
Figures show the smaller type
bxeeder should save at least
$lOO per bird at the minimum
in feed costs. “This may not
sound like a lot,” Sams said,
“until you realize that we have
customers who have several mil
lion birds. When you talk in
those kind of figures, you are
talking about real money
saved ”
The breeder takes into con
sideration the double number of
the miniature birds you can care
for with approximately the
same labor and floor space. On
the negative side is the lower
fowl weight to sell after produc
tion usefulness is finished
Just how these miniature
bleeders are being developed is
ment stock and judging of four
classes of cattle.
Grey said that we will loose
a little of the cuteness in our
cattle when we start stretching
them up and out with selective
breeding. But he indicated it is
this stretch that pays the bills
He said mature size for a beef
bull should be 1,800 to 2,200
pounds and cows should weigh
1,100 to 1,200 pounds
Lester Burdette, Penn State
Livestock Specialist, said that in
selecting replacement stock we
to compromise between
grade and rate of gam Foi merlj
we had tried to put cattle in
their grade class and disregarded
the rate of gain
The swmemen were shown
the Penn State boars, judged
several classes and visited the
hog research facilities
After a noon lunch at the
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$2.00 Per Year
classified information But
basically, they have genetically
introduced a gene that restricts
growth in the parent but is cov
eied up when it is mated to a
normal cockerel so that all the
piogeny broilers come out nor
mal size Sams said the gene is
called a dwarf but really it is a
miniaturized gene rather than
a dwaif.
If the trial flocks now out ia
the industiy show the same re
sults as the fust tests have
shown, Sams pi edicts that a
major shaie of the broiler breed
ers will be midgets in ten years.
“By next year we’ll know,” he
said
Indian River Poultry Farms
have customers around the
world They are a division of the
Pioneer Seed Corn Company.
Paul Eckman
Eckman On
FFA Study Tour
A Garden Spot High School
senior was scheduled to leave
yesterday from Washington
DC„ for a three-week trip to
Northern Europe as a member
of the Summer FFA Study Tour.
Paul Eckman, 16-year-old son
of Mr and Mrs. George Eck
man, Strasburg HI, goes by TWA
Airlines to Scotland, the original
home of the Angus breed of
beef cattle first. Then it is on to
England and the David Brown
Tractor Company
The Lancaster County FFA
President will visit Amsterdam,
and farms that have been re
claimed from the sea Ijsselmeer
Dam is also on the schedule and
a tnp down the Rhine River
thiough the German vineyards.
Paul says he will visit Berlin—
even East Beilin
Dunng the last week of the
tour Eckman will stay in Den
mark with two host families. A
one day visit to Sweden is also
scheduled
The study toui ored
by the National FF \ ation
and the Internaticn Agricul
ture Exchange Assouan, u.