On Selecting the 4-H Heifer Calf By Victor Plastow Assochte County Agent -Most 4 H dairy members start the project with a heifei calf This first step is very import ant. Caiefully consider how to select this calf. Points to include- Breed One of the first ques tions will be, “Which breed shall I choose”’ Often the bleed se lected is that of the home herd. Sometimes another breed, popu lai in the community, is selected This breed may offer a better market when animals aie foi sale Age of calf It is usually best for younger club membeis to start with a calf only a few mon ths old Animals of this age cost less and aie easiei to handle and On the right track is Barbara Aaron, Quarrynlle RDI, who displays her grand champion Jersey at the South Central 4-H Dairy Show. Hersheys ’ Stone Farm House About 230 Years Old Dairying in a Historic Setting Bj Mrs. Charles McSparran well as working out in the fields Lancaster Farming when necessaiy. Feature Writer Lancaster County is truly no- spomble and can manage it alone tonous for its fine dairy farms, if his paients are away His rich soil, well-kept farm build- younger sisters also help with ings and in many cases the farms farm chores have a famous historical back- gi ound At the present time, the Hoi- tin Muth faim of 70 acres They stein seems to be the dominating keep 40 legisteied Holstein cows bleed of daily cattle in the coun- and about 35 heifeis They are ty, due to production records m DHIA and to the lowei butteifat con- , T tent of then- milk which has . They kave SIX Ivanhoe c dau | h ' been in greatei demand in le- tels with an average of 16,500 cent yeais p ?““ ds ° f milk and 6o ° p ° unds J oi fat The cows aie on the home We have vanous sized heids, faim and some heifeis and pigs the trend though, like the size aie kept on the Muth faun of our fauns, seems to be towaid They buy shoats and fatten larger herds them At the present time they A faim that can qualify on all have 34 thieeway ciosses—Yoik these counts and is one of om shue, Hampshue and Duioc aveiage sized faims is that of Mi They also laise 250 capons foi and Mis H Richaid Heishey on the Thanksgiving maiket, 500 Newport Road, just east of louto foi Chustmas and 500 foi East -501 and about a mile noith of ei Out ot a 500 lot they diess iatitz They bought this faim about 200 and the lest aie sold nine yeais ago and puoi to that live The children help with this lented a faim neai Root's Auc- piojecl The foui oldest childien tion Manheim RDI, for 12 yeais have been in the Manheim Lititz Then sis an honest to goodness 4-H Capon Club and won seveial family faim with each one help- puzes mg with the work Mrs Heishey. They laise com, hay and Barbara Ann, helps with the wheat in connection with their milking and feeding calves as (Continued on Page 36) train, and the member grows up with the calf. The club member also gams the experience of rais ing a calf A disadvantage is greater difficulty in selecting a good type. Recoids The two points which are important in selecting a calf as a foundation animal or as a herd replacement aie pio duction and type. Select a calf sired by a proved sire 01 a son of a proved sire and out of a cow or cow family that has shown, by production records, the ability to maintain a high level of milk pi eduction Investigate recoid books and life history sheets available in dairy held improvement woik to learn the level of production that may be expected fiom the ani Their son Henry is veiy re- Then faim, Silver Summit, has 105 acies and they rent the Mar- mal The records in the pedigree of an animal help predict how good the animal may be as a pro ducing cow The moie infoima tion collected regarding the icc ords of production of the ani mal’s ancestois, the more suc cessful the club member will be in determining the pioduction potential of the animal Example How to lead a icc ord 3 year, 1 moth 305 days, 2X, 14.420 M 3 574F For that location, the cow freshened at 3 yeais, 1 month of age, the first 305 days of her lactation she was milked twice a day <2X) pioducmg 14,420 pounds of milk with a 3 9 pei cent test and 574 pounds of butterfat Recoids aie made and lecoid ed in any number of ways It is necessaiy, therefore, to be able to standaidize all iccords to somewhat near the same basis Holstein - Friesian Association Announces Gold Medal Dam status has been awaided a cow owned by Jtlfeisan D EivB'son The Holstem-Fuesian Asso ciation of Amenca gave the recognition based on the ani mal’s ability to transmit out standing milk production and desirable body confoi matron The cow. Rocky-Side Donna 5753311 (GP), completed her caieei in 1969 "Donna” quali fied as a supei biood tow with the matine equivalent average of thiee lecoids being 15 892 pounds of milk and 590 pounds of butteifat Her qualifying Register ed Holstein daughters h ve attain ed the following type and p o duction levels (ME bav-D as lepoitecl by the Holstein Asso ciation Rocky-Side Dehah (GP) witn three lecoids aveiagmg 22614 pounds of milk and 841 pounds of butteifat, Rocky-Side Fanc\ (VG) with two recoids a\eiag * * r ** * ***€•>>,*.> Barbara Ann holds her favorite piece in the old corner cupboard of antique china. Her china set can be seen The three most emphasized cor rections are age, number of days milked, and the frequency of milking daily. DHIA records are standaidized to 305 days, mature basis, milked two times daily To change a 365 day record to a 305 day record, multiply the 365 day record by the factor .85 To change a three-time milking Outstanding Animals mg 16 680 pounds of milk and vised mles which became ef -684 pounds of butterfat. and lective January 1 1968 Rocky-Side Mint (GP) with a The bull Pencor G Ivanhoe single recoid of 17,777 pounds p a b s t 1447125 (\G). pe-raan of milk and 735 pounds of but- ent i y joins the Gold Medal Sire ianks aflei being designated as Pi eduction testing and P T e both ‘Production and Type classification infoimation must 1^ u ‘ l l f in a iec « ntl y P be available in order to evalu- hshjd issue ot Registered Hoi ate cows nominated for this stein Sue Peifoimance Sum awaid The Holstein oigimza tion, laigest dauv bleed nsso- The 2,909 th >eai Iv pi eduction ciation in the woild legisteis iecoid exceeding a halt ton of o\ei a quaitei of a million buiteifat has been completed animals each year bv a Registeied Holstein cow, The Holstein-Puesi" i Asso 633-1755 (GP), owned b, J. ciation also has awarded i Gold Mowei’v Fiey Jr Fmtomvay Medal Sue to a bull owned by Fauns Lancastei Noitheastern Bieedeis Ajsoui tion, Inc, Tunkhannock Onir tho c e flegisteied 110 l totalled 19 374 Bounds of milk stem bulls ha\mg daughteis and 1041 pounds ol buttei iat in that meet high standaicls in 365 days She staged hei lacta both milk pioduction an ( bod.' tion at the age of 3 ycais 8 eonfoimatior aie avvrnded Gold months and was milked twice Medal honois This recognition daih has been gi\en undei the le (Continued on Page 39) : mm mm' '~m > > * Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 6.1970 THIRD SECTION i record to a two-time record, multiply by the factor 833 Appearance of the calf The t>pe and conformation of the calf aie also important When we talk about type m dairy cat tle, we mean those points or parts of a cow as illustrated on judging cards A daily animal (Continued on Page 39) manes Fullonv. a v Cussuoss Regina The Pennsyha na Plolsrein’s official lecoid oi pi auction 33 < -
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