—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 31,1971
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Pa. Angus Assn. Reports Successful Reid Day at Twin Oaks
Top cattle breeders from all
over Pennsylvania and several
other states attended the Penn
sylvania Angus Association
field day last Saturday at Twin
Oaks Farm soutfy ofQuarryville.
The day included cattle judg
ing. plenty of food and talks on
various aspects of beef herd
improvement by well known
speakers.
Angus Association officials
said it was one of their best at
tended events in years. Frey
said about 450 persons from
nine states attended
In the judging comnetition.
a Berks County family took
most of the top honors, includ
ing an Angus heifer born in
Mav. Fred Frey, Twin Oaks,
said the animal will be fed out
at the farm.
Winner of the animal is Jim
Holcombe, Mohrsville RDI. He
■was top individual in the junior
category.
Crowd gathers in the Twin Oaks field to the contestants in the judging competition
hear the farm’s operation discussed. In the complete their score cards
foreground cattle munch on hay as the last of
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His sister Cathy was second
high individual and Scott Zeig
ler was third.
Jim and Cathy teamed up
with father Paul and Kathleen
Muth. Alburtis, to give their
Berks County team first place
in the team competition. They
heat a Lancaster Countv team
to place second by 423 points to
396. Separate York County
teams placed third and fourth,
followed by a Lancaster County
team in fifth.
Winner of the $5O cash award
for top adult individual judge
was W. M. Camby. He was fol
lowed by Quay Brown, $25,
second, and Syd Stoner, $l5,
third. Stoner, who operates a
well known York County breed
ing farm and is state association
president, announced he will
give his prize to junior Angus
associations in the state.
In the afternoon program
directed by Herman Purdy, well
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The chow line at the Angus Field Day crowd begins to gather inside for the after
was long for most of the noon lunch period. noon speakers.
Here, things have quieted down a bit as the
known Pfefan State cattle judge,
Dr. RobhH Long emphasized
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that sire selection is the fastest
way for the individual cattle
man to change his herd from
what it is to what he wants it
to be.
He emphasized that it’s ex
tremely difficult or impossible
for cattlemen to accumulate a
sizeable herd of top quality
cows from other cattlemen.
About the only way to get a
herd that’s in the top one per
cent in the industry is through
using a quality sire, he em
phasized.
In comparing cattle and pro
duction results, cattlemen
should be extremely careful to
“compare cattle that were treat
ed alike.” This includes com
parison of nutrition and disease
records, age, and environment.
An animal which performs
well under one set of conditions
may not perform well when the
conditions are changed, he in
dicated.
He warned against selecting
a bull for traits which are not
heritable. He also urged select
ing a bull that is different, that
will take the herd rapidly to
where the breeder wants it to
be. He stated that with condi
tions in the cattle industry to
day it’s impossible to move too
fast.
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operating on hope. “If you
think the industry is changing,
you can’t just hope that your
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curate. He said cross breeding
is important.
Dr. Gary Minisb, UPI of Vir
ginia, said cross breeding is
primarily being used for repro
ductve efficiency and vigor.
He also said that cattlemen
can make twice as much money
by improving the birth rate of
their animals than by improv
ing carcass cutability.
Dr, Minish repeatedly urged
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