Holstein Group
Hosts Officials
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officials comnieir.i d on IlolsUm
fanning m Peims\h.ima .md
Lancaster Counts Fuv ixpl.un
cd his laim opeialion winch. In
sides Holsteuis, con ists pum.il
ily of com .md to fee.)
his cow's Fiej also displayed .1
few of ins out'l Hiding animals
Max Smith. Lanc.isU 1 County
Agwllltul.il \gi nt commented
on the gieat competition foi
land use. higher land prices and
taxes He said this is one of the
best dairying sections in the
country and the Extension Sei
vice must help faimeis keep up
and become specialists
William Nichol of the Penn
sylvania Holstein Association
explained that Pennsylvania is
the dominant Holstein state in
the countiy.
Others piesent included num
erous members of the Lancaster
County Holstein Association who
helped piepaie the meal; Donald
Cunnion, dnectoi of the buieau
of maikets, Pa Dept of Agu
cultuie; Robert Powell, director
of bureau of maikets, Oklahoma
Dept, of Agucultuie and presi
dent of the National Association
of Marketing Officials
Local officials said the affair
was highly successful and they
were delighted with the oppor
tunity to get acquainted with
some of the leading state market
ing officials across the country.
A. B. C. Groff, Inc. Shotzberger's
New Holland 354-4191 Elm 665-2141
M. S. Yearsley & Sons Landis Bros. Inc. Wenger Implement, Inc.
West Chester 696-2990 Lancaster 393-3906 The Buck 284-4141
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Miss Marilyn B. Krantz, Lancaster County Dairy
Princess, and a “goody tree,” an indication of the care
that went into the preparation of a memorable farm feast
for the national marketing group.
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Kage, at the Frey farm on a one-year visit from Japan,
has become a familiar figure in recent months wherever
Frey cows are shown.
Susan Frey leads one of the outstanding Fultonway
cows, Fulton way Ivanhoe Rae, which has set three state
records and a national record, since broken. The animal's
1,615 pounds of butterfat in 1968 is still a state record and
second in the nation for an aged cow.
Undei me new progiam, Class- Sire leeognitions and in the de
ifieis will have no previous teimmation of the b'eed age
knowledge of the classification average for herds and groups of
scoie 01 descriptive coded in- daughters of a sire
formation on animals subject to The Association’s Boaid of
automatic reclassification at the Dnectors agreed to continue its
time the animal is classified For piogram of Individual or
the second and subsequent class- * Special ’ Herd Classifications
ifications after an animal reach- although a major change was
es five years of age, the previous ma de in the fees for this special
official information on score and service At the same time, the
descriptive codes will be avail- Board liberalized its poucy on
able for reference by the Class- the filing of applications for the
ier classification of herds for the
The most recent score and f irs t time
descuptive bieakdown under the
Association’s modified reclass- The revised Classification Pro
ification procedure will be gram is designed as another
official and will be used in the forward step bj the Association
preparation of all official Per- in making more rapid genetic
formance Pedigrees, in answer- progress in breeding Registered
ing inquiries foi Classification Holstein cattle
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September 5.1970—27
Holstein Lists information, qualification for
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Gold Medal Dam and Gold Medal