Lancaster Co. Youths Earn
State Holstein Assn. Awards
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Two Lancaster County
youths, Susan A. Kauffman,
Elizabethtown, and Earl Stauf
fer, Ephrata, have been named
the Pennsylvania Holstein As
sociation Distinguished Junior
Members.
These two were selected to
represent over 2200 junior
members of the Junior Holstein
Association in Pennsylvania. .
Susan is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert H Kauffman.
She has completed six years of
4-H project work and has been a
junior member of the Holstein-
Fnesian-Association of Amen
ca for five years.
Sue presently owns six Regis
tered Holsteins of which three
are on official production test
ing, DHIA, and are officially
classified for type. The value of
the milk sold from her cows in
the last 12 months totaled $1,481
and the value of her total Regis
tered Holstein herd is $6,150.
Sue has attended many activi
ties and held major offices in
her -4-H club work, school,
church and local Holstein Club
She presently is a senior at Eli
zabethtown High School.
The one millionth Dairy Herd samples are removed from the
Improvement Association milk containers, the entire procedure
sample was tested m the cen- is automatic About 180 samples
tral milk testing labora'oiy on are tested per hour for milk fat.
the Penn State University cam- A total of 225,000 cows are
pus recently tested by the DHIA in the state,
The central laboratory was Putnam emphasized. The la
opened in October 1968 with boratory will increase its capa
one manual milko-tester and city to test all DHIA samples in
one technician. Today three the Commonwealth by July
automatic milko-testers and 1971.
five laboratory technicians and
a manager are employed ncnA rv
Announcement of the win- The volume of samples has D'SClMe* Survey
ners and presentation of the steadlly grown from 4,400 the Of 1971 Planting Goofs
SdS,% I SS" D S2 , N , Secretary of Agriculture Clif.
Stein Sn'Ktton M week Sto Extension ». Hartm has annotmert
in Titusville dairy specialist The laboratory P lans for a special survey to
„ , . ... , ! now tests about one-third ot t lie determine farmers’ 1971 plant*
Eart u the son of Wt. and _ _„ 1B _ _ __ „ DHIA samples in the Common- in ® intentions.
S iPfdriM atlonal MIA Annual Meeting „ u
the k Ho"steinJF?iesian Associa m M * ■■ ■ _ - collected for services offeied Department of Agriculture’s
S Set at Penn State March 22-24 MSf S“SE3SS
maintain the facilities al Stabilization and Conserve-
Dairymen from 35 states are tension dairy specialist, pro- “Currently about 5 60C state tion Service
expected to participate in the gram coordinator. dairy herds are taking part m Mail questionnaires will be
annual meeting of the National Due panel topic, “How I Use the testing program which era- sen * f° producers in 35 States
Dairv Herd Imnrovement Asso- My Records,” will feature dairy- p i 0 y S the practices of big busi- the last we ek of December and
nation Ine iL men from California ’ Wiscon- ness,” Putnam said “Data are will reflect farmers’ plans.as
ciation, Inc., scheduled for Slllj Minnesota, and Pennsyl- collected at the lab’ and are of about Jan.. 1, 1971. The
March 22-24, 1971 at Penn State vama. Discussions -Will center summarized''by electronic com- state acreage estimates fpr
University.' on the four different kinds of-puters-”- = —corn, spring wheat,-oats, barley.
The national conference testin g P lans> DHIR - Owner Explaining how milk testing sorghum, soybeans and cotton
sponsored bv the Pennsv vania Sam P ler ’ DHI ’ * nd AM ‘ PM operations are conducted, the will be issued at 3 p.m. EST
DHIA oSanLtSnwTfeSe Moderator will be Joe S Taylor, dairy specialist pointed out that Jan 25, 1971 This special sur
panel discussions.’ prominent , chairmal \ °J dairy science Ex- the DHIA supervisor takes a ’ vriU not replace> the annual
speakers in the dairy field, and tension at Penn State ' f m P le from each . c ow in the Planting intentions report
board of directors meetings Another panel discussion on Th £® * placed 111 a , rC * , ..
General chairman of the ses- “How to Get More Herds on c " ag to wllich api eserva- These early estimates will aid
sions is Clyde S. Robison, Coal Test” will include speakers tiv ® has , been added , , farmers and the Department in
Center RDI, state DHIA presi- from North Carolina, Washing- Samples are then packaged in making adjustments to the ef
dent. ton .Indiana, and Connecticut cardboaul fects new farm legislation has
William Patterson, Extension " ded A i° 16 ° n t plantmg intentlons and ««
dairyman from Virginia Poly- Umveislty laboratory Aftei the set-aside provisions
technic Institute, will be the
Speaker at the March 23 an- 5-State Red Tart Cherry
nual banquet will be Calvin *
affairs for the New Holland Market Referendum Set
Division of Sperry Rand Cor
poration. The U S Department of Agn- produceis ana piocessors will
Five Penn State Extension culture has announced that a vote in separate refeiendums oat
specialists also will serve as proposed marketing agreement whether they favor issuance flit
program speakers, presenting and order for red tart cherries the proposed maiketing order,
timely topics on dairy genetics, grown in Michigan, New York, Both refeiendums have been
management, and milking. They Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, scheduled foi Nov 23 through
are Donald L. Ace, Stephen B Virginia, West Virginia, and Dec 9
The Interstate Commerce rising rail rates Many of theii Spencer, Dr Lawrence W Maryland will be submitted to C&MS officials explained thnt
Commission granted on Novem- commodities are captive to i-iil Specht, Herbert C. Gilmore, cherry growers and processors the order —to become effective
ber 5 another railroad f> eight movement. and Putnam. for their appoval must be favored by two-thirds
rate increase of nine per-cent Agriculture is further disad- For the women attending the USDA’s Consumer and Market- of the producers, by number or
for the East and West and seven vantaged in that it is far moie conference, tours of Pennsyl mg Service said provisions of volume of production voting in
pci cent for the South. The in- difficult, if not impossible for vania House Furniture Factory the proposed program are based the growers’ referendum. Ifc
creases are on an interim basis, it to pass on increased costs, in Lewisburg and Boal Membri- on evidence received at a public must also be favored by can
“ These new increases add up than in some industries, such as al Museum in Boalsburg are hearing in June at Grand Rapids, ners and freezers of more than
to a total hike of about 25 poi manufacturing, where me -eas- planned. Mich, Sturgeon Bay, Wis ,50 pei cent of the canned and
cent since 1967”, said Don Gra- ed rail rates are reflected m Putnam pointed out that gen- Rochester, N Y; and Gettys- frozen cherries voting in the
ham, who is in charge of trans- the prices consumers pay, he eral sessions are open to all in- burg, Pa. processors’ referendum,
portation services for the Na- said. terested persons. The agreement and order C&MS said ballots and voting
tional Council of Farmei Co- would authorize regulations instructions are being mailed to
operatives. _ m limiting the total quantity of all known cherry growers and
“The ICC is leading a willing ij IJ_|£ red tart cherries to be market- to each canner and freezer of
hand to the railroads on the JUUlllCuil lIQ9 ilclll Ol DIOIIOIS e d during a particular year cherries in the eight states,
suicide path they have chosen Excess cherries would be as- Any processor who fails to re
to follow,” Graham stated. _ When it comes to broiler pio- and or responsible for market- signed to a reserve pool and ceive a ballot by mail or any
“General across-the-board in- duetion, the Southeast far out- mg the broilers would be used to supplement handler who fails to receive a
creases are a palliative for tne paces all othei regions ac- Producers piovide housing, supplies during short crop marketing agreement by maU
sick railroad industry. With counting foi about half the Na- equipment, fuel, litter, and elec- years. may obtain one by contacting
each successive increas", moie tion’s output, according to the tricity, and are responsible for Procedures are established so Geoige B Dever, Jr, Referen
and more traffic leaves the USDA day-to day production tasks. growers who don't want to pai dum Agent. Fruit and Vege
lails It has been Georgia was the top broiler How much money did Georgia’s ticipate in the reserve pool may table Division, Consumer and
tnat there is a definite relation-' State in 1969 (16 per cent of broiler produceis make’ The divert the restricted portion of Marketing Seivice, USDA, Wash
ship between the railroad de- total U S production) Arkansas 1969 net return to operatoi. fam their ciop including leaving mgton, D C 20250
dining share of the transporta- ran a close second, with 15 pei ily labor, management, and cheuies unharvested rathei Any giovvei who fails to ra
tion market and general fi eight cent and moving up lapidly capital averaged $2,180 pei than delivering all pi eduction to ceive a ballot by mail may ob
rate increases.” Most broilers are raised under farm Though this is a record handleis Win one by contacting Dever or
Graham also pointed out that conti act In general the contract- for these small farms, it repre- The proposed marketing agiee- Thomas E Piper, county agent,
fanners and their coopeiativcs ing firms piovide feed, chicks, sents returns for less than full- ment will be submitted to hand- 111 Baltimore St, Gettysburg,
ai e the greatest sufferers from r sanitation and medical supplies, time employment. lexs for their approval Cheiry Pa. 17325.
Earl Stauffer
Holstein Award Winner
Rail Rates Increased
Another 9 Per Cent
Earl presently owns 10 Regis
tered Holstems, six of which he
has bred. In addition, five are
on DHIA production testing.
He values his Registered Hol
steins at $10,250 and in the last
12 months, they have produced
' Susan Kauffman
Holstein Award Winner
“Eight outstanding dairymen
from throughout the United
States will take part in panel
discussions on topics of con
cern to all dairymen,” said Dex
ter N Putnam, Penn State Ex-
$5,238 worth of milk and $1,200“
have been realized in the past
12 months from the sale of
Registered Holstein offspring
Earl has held leadership roles
in both 4-H and FFA. This in
cludes being Treasurer of the
Pennsylvania Association of Fu
ture Farmers of America in
1969.
His other projects include
beef, hogs, veal, corn, hay and
barley Earl has been very ac
tive in sports, church, and
school activities. He is a gradu
ate of Ephrata High School and
is presently farming in partner
ship with his father.
Finalists in the statewide con
test were Nancy Welch, Frie
dens, representing Somerset
County; Melodee LeVan, Mil
ton, Northumberland County.
Ronald Schrock, Dayton, Arm
strong County; and Mark Nau
gle, Carlisle, Cumberland Coun
ty.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 28,1970
SECOND SECTION
Pern State Lab Completes
1000,000 th DHIA Test
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