22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1970
Pennsylvania DHIA Cows
Continue To Set Records
Cows enrolled in the Pennsyl- million cow records have been
vault Dairy Herd Improvement processed at the Penn State Data
Association milk testing pro- Processing Center.
gram shattered several existing Monroe County herds, for the
records this past year which second straight year, had the
points out that dairymen are highest butterfat production re
continuing to product milk more cord with 555 pounds. Perry
efficiently. County herds finished first in
Data summarized by compu- * n production with
ters reveal that records were es- *3,984 pounds per cow. Lancas
tablished in milk and butterfat ter County leads all counties
production and Income over feed “i* largest number of cows
cos t. on test 18,077.
The DHIA program, super- A Holstein herd owned by
vised by the Extension dairy Thomas R. Williams of Union
science section at The Pennsyl- dale. Susquehanna County, cap
vania State University, is a pro- tured high state butterfat and
duction and feed recordkeeping nulk production honors. The 24-
system designed to assist dairy- cow herd produced an average of
men in improving their feeding, 21,964 pounds of milk and 796
breeding, and management prac- pounds of fat.
tices. About 167.000 cows in 3.- Six other Holstein herds pro
-800 herds are taking part in this duced over TOO pounds of butter,
pmgram fat this past testing year, Gil
“ The average cow in the pro- more said. They are: Dean Hearn
gram produced 12,723 pounds of of Williamsburg, Blair County,
milk and 492 pounds of butter- 18,132 milk, 762 fat; G. Roy
fat, breaking production records Ackley of Westfield, Tioga Coun
sel several years ago,” said Her- ty, 19,916 milk, 734 fat; Sinking
bert C. Gilmore, Penn State Ex- Springs Farm of RDS, York, 18,-
tension dairy specialist and pro- 823 milk, 725 fat; Stanley Pruss
gram supervisor. “Income over of Lake Ariel, Wayne County,
feed cost was $484 per cow. up 17,488 milk, 716 fat; Sam and
$54 from last year.” David Stewart of Delta, York
Twelve years ago, DHIA be- County, 18,346 milk, 712 fat; and
came one of the first Common- Wilbur Hepburn of Montours
wealth farm organizations to ville, Lycoming County, 17,618
change over to electronic record- milk, 703 fat.
keeping, the dairy specialist The other leading butterfat
pointed out. Today the associa- production records by breeds
tion is a $1.5 million a year busi- are
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JANUARY POTATO STOCKS
3% ABOVE YEAR AGO
The 3.650.000 cwt. of potatoes
in storage on January 1 was 3
percent more than the January
1, 1969 amount. These stocks
consisted of potatoes held for all
uses in the hands of Pennsylvan
ia growers, local dealers and
processors. Potatoes held by pro
cessors in excess of normal sup
plies for current operations were
included in the estimate.
Total stocks held on January 1
amounted to 47 percent of pro
duction, the same ratio as last
year. The 1969 crop of 7,810,000
cwt. was 3 percent larger tha /.
the 1968 crop.
Disappearance (sales, home
use, shrinkage, etc.) during De
cember was 1,150,000 cwt. com
pared with 1,000,000 cwt. for De
cember a year ago. Disappear
ance from time of harvest to
January 1 was 4,160,000 cwt.
compared with 4,035,000 for the
of Newtown, Bucks County, 14,-
138 milk and 578 fat.
Guernsey Guy A. Leader
and Son of York, 12,235 milk
and 631 fat.
Jersey Robert W. Ulrick
and Son of Quarry ville, Lancas
ter County, 11,163 milk and 594
fat.
Brown Swiss J. Rohrer
Witmer of Willow Street, Lan
caster County, 14,073 milk and
615 fat.
Milking Shorthorn John R.
Clark of New Castle Lawrence
County. 10,283 milk and 404 fat.
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