Local Holsteins Recognized
The Holstein-Friesian
Association of America recently
announced outstanding records
for some local Holsteins, in
cluding a new “iron grandma”
and two new 2E animals.
Joining a select group of over
500 Holsteins recognized as “iron
grandmas" for having a lifetime
milk production of over 100 tons
or 200,000 pounds is Roaring
Maples Dean Bessie 4229148
(GP), owned by Roy H. and Ruth
H. Book, Ronks.
During her 15 years 3 months,
Bessie has produced 206,858
pounds of milk and 8,503 pounds
of butterfat. That’s nearly 100,000
quarts of milk!
Bessie’s highest record in a
single year was started at the age
of 8 years 6 months. Milked twice
daily for 365 days, she produced
21,190 pounds of milk and 871
pounds of butterfat, and 1,812
pounds of solids-not-fat.
Solids-not-fat, the many other
nutrients found in milk, are now
being measured as a part of the
Holstein Association’s Total
Nutrient Testing program. This
is just another example of efforts
put forth by breeders of
Registered Holsteins to offer the
consumer a more nutritious
carton of milk.
Receiving 2E status wer,e:
Alnat Toitilla Ivanhoe Ginger
5647818, the well-known show ring
champion owned’by J. Mowery
Frey & Son, Lancaster, and Inka
Louden Hill Supreme 6356974,
owned by Galen W. Crouse,
Stevens
This phase of the Holstein
Association’s herd improvement
service provides special
recognition for “Excellent” cows
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that continue to score “Ex
cellent” as they grow older A
cow may be designated 2,3, or 4E
according to her history of
previous “Excellent”
classifications within specified
age brackets
“Ginger”, who has a lifetime
production of 104,800 pounds of
milk and 3,707 pounds of butterfat
in 1,836 days, started her highest
production record at the age of 7
years 7 months. This record
totalled 28,280 pounds of milk and
1,037 pounds of butterfat in 365
days
“Supreme” has a record made
as a three-year-old of 20,690
pounds of milk and 832 pounds of
butterfat in 305 day 6 in the Dairy
Herd Improvement Registry
program.
Amdng the 99,361 Registered
Holsteins scored for body type
last year, less than two per cent
attained “Excellent” status.
Thus, the achievement of
multiple “E” designation makes
the individual cow a more
valuable asset for herd im
provement purposes in the
dairyman’s breeding program
Elsewhere, the Holstein-
Friesian Association has
reported two local animals have
received Gold Medal Dam status
They are-
Hill Girt King Posch Peach
4944863 (GP), now owned by
Nathan E Stoltzfus, Gap, bred
and formerly owned by Harry G.
Haskell Jr, Chadds Ford, and
Pietje Rippling Brook Merna
6362480 (VG), now owned by
Joseph Trainor, Honey Brook,
bred and formerly owned by
Homer Schwindt, Elmira, On
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The Gold Medal Dam status is
based on an animal’s ability to
transmit outstanding milk
production and desirable body
conformation
“Peach” has a lifetime
production of 103,452 pounds of
milk and 4,044 pounds of
butterfat Her qualifying
daughters have attained the
following type and production
levels (ME basis): Con-Noil
Destiny Posch (GP) with four
records averaging 16,327 pounds
of milk and 619 pounds of but
terfat, and Con-Noil Apollo Pam
(GP) with three records
averaging 15,867 pounds of milk
and 663 pounds of butterfat. Con-
Noil Ideal Plum (GP) qualified
her dam on the basis of type,
while still another daughter, Con-
Noil Flashy Promise qualified
“Peach” on the basis of
production with four records
averaging 16,787 pounds of milk
and 644 pounds of butterfat.
Across the
Editor's Desk
Editor’s Note: Boyd C. Gar
tley, director of member and
public relations for the Inter-
State Milk Producers
Cooperative, presented the
following editorial commentary
on WCAU TV in Philadelphia on
December 20.
In a recent WCAU editorial,
emotional rather than factual
information was presented
Dairy farmers who are
members of Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative, support
the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing
Board, the Milk Marketing Law,
and J Lm Huber, 100 percent
The Milk Marketing Board has a
consumer representative, and
the law mandates it Dairy
farmers agree that consumers
should be represented
The milk price system in
Pennsylvania has enabled
consumers to reap benefits of
efficiency and a continuous
supply of milk Milk prices are
fair to all segments of the public
The Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing program has provided
and orderly market for con
sumers
To eliminate price controls on
consumer prices, Dr William
Butz, economist at Pennsylvania
State University, studied 25
markets throughout the United
States and concluded that,
following the abolishment of
control indicates that consumer
prices have risen considerably
more rapidly in the markets in
these states than m the
representatives sample of 25
markets.
Testimony of one of the
representatives in the remand
hearing in New Jersey, (and this
information is before the New
Jersey Supreme Court at the
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“Merna” qualified as a “super
brood cow” with the mature
equivalent average of four
records being 17,780 pounds of
milk and 701 pounds of butterfat
Her two daughters qualifying for
both type and production (ME
basis) are as follows - Verna
Rippling Brook, classified (EX
2E) which indicates she main
tained the “Excellent”
classification scoring 90 points or
more on two different occasions
as she grew older, with a single
record of 19,113 pounds of milk
and 744 pounds of outterfat, and
Dunwood Rag Apple Maple (VG)
with three records averaging
17,371 pounds of milk and 648
pounds of butterfat Dunwood R
A Milly (GP) qualified her dam
on the basis of type, while still
another daughter, Dunwood
Mane, qualified “Merna” on the
basis of production with her
single record of 18,647 pounds of
milk and 692 pounds of butterfat
present time) tends to support
the findings of Dr Butz in the
“Model Cities Study”, and I quote
the study, “it indicates that the
prices in the ghetto areas of
Philadelphia were generally
lower than those in similar areas
of New Jersey Thus, even
though New Jersey has a much
lower minimum price, the con
sumers in the disadvantaged
areas of the state had to pay
higher prices than the consumers
in like areas of Pennsylvania,
which has a much higher level of
minimum prices ”
Farmers continue to work a 7-
day wedk Milk is a highly
perishable vproduct We cannot
haggle over prices while the
product' spoils and consumers
suffer Dairy farmers ask for a
fair return which must be high
enough to meet necessary health
standards required in the
producing and processing of
milk
The enactment of the Milk Law
was because of low returns to
producers, decreased ef
fectiveness of collective
bargaining, destructive com
petition, and danger to public
health and welfare
Conditions have not changed,
the need is more urgent than
ever Dairy farmers want con
sumers to be a part of every
change m the milk industry, and
favor the appointment of
someone who knows milk pricing
rather than the appointment of
someone who “thinks” he knows
When consumers are informed of
the facts, they have always
supported the Milk Marketing
program and its amendments
Dairy farmers invite the news
media to sit down at their con
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Editor’s Note We’ve all heard
about the prsopects for fuel
shortages and we’re all too well
aware of the growing problems of
manure disposal What could be
neater than solving both
pioblems at the same time”
Here's the suggestion under a
Pittsburgh dateline from the
December issue of Agri-News,
the publication of CIBA-GEIGI:
Corporation:
Scientists at the Pittsburgh
Energy Research Center of the
U S Bureau of Mines have
devised a means of converting
animal manure to fueld by
heating it under pressure with
carbon monoxide to produce oil
Three barrels of oil can be
produced from a ton of dry
manure
One reseracher noted, “If all
animal wastes could be collected
and converted to oil, it would
satisfy about half of this coun
try’s oil needs, or about 245
billion barrels of oil annually In
effect, it’s a way to harness the
sun’s energy m an economical
manner ”
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animal wastes has been
developed in Devonshire,
England, where automotive fuel
has been processed from chicken
and pig manure, although any
organic waste will suffice
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briefly and placed in a digester
where methane gas is generated
by bacterial action To complete
the process, a simple gas con
verter has been devised by
Harold Bate, Devonshire, which
will feed methane into the car
buretor of a car Total in
stallation cost of the converter is
less than $lOO.
Besides solving the animal
waste disposal problem, the
manure-powered car contributes
to cleaner air, methane gas
affords nealy complete com
bustion about 97 per cent
while gas only gives about 27 per
cent combustion with the
remaining unburned fueld being
emitted in the car’s exhaust.
In addition, the manure
powered vehicle is efficient and
imexpensive to run Bate
estimates the equivalent of one
gallon of premium gasoline costs
3c and causes very little wear on
, the car
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