—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22, 1972
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Paul Zimmerman, John Lapp Have Top 1971 DHIA Records
Paul B Zimmerman, Ephrata
RDI, was recognized this week
lor having the best DHIA herd
average m 1971.
At the annual noon banquet of
the Red Rose Dairy Herd Im
provement Association at the
Farm and Home Center Tuesday,
Zimmerman and other Lancaster
County dairymen with herds
averaging more than 500 pounds
of butterfat per animal were
recognized
Zimmerman’s herd, which
averaged 32 7 animals through
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the year, had an average
production level of 673 pounds of
butterfat and 17,057 pounds of
milk.
Running a close second was
John P. Lapp, South Groffdale
Road, Leola RDI, whose 30 cow
herd averaged 17,143 pounds of
milk and 661 pounds of butterfat.
Zimmerman and Lapp had the
only herds listed in the annual
report with production of more
that 17,000 pounds.
Throughout the Lancaster
County DHIA in 1971, the 19,368
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cows on record averaged 12,574
pounds of milk and 488 pounds of
butterfat. This compared to a
statewide average of 12,920
pounds of milk and 498 pounds of
butterfat.
The Lancaster County figures
were down slightly from last year
when the average output per cow
was 12,598 pounds of milk and 489
pounds of butterfat.
The number of animals in 1971
in DHIA is up more than 600 from
last year while the number of full
year herds is down by six to a
total of 411. This resulted in an
increase m the average number
of cows per herd from 44.9 in 1970
to 47.6 in 1971. The state average
in 1971 was 47 9 cows
Comparative results for the
past 30 years show that when the
testing started in 1939-40 the
average production per cow was
only 9,344 pounds of milk and 370
pounds of butterfat. This stayed
relatively stable until the mid
-1950’s
Production in 1958-59 exceeded
10.000 pounds of milk and 400
pounds ol butterfat for the first
time By 1961-62 average output
per cow had passed 11,000 pounds
ol milk and in 1963-64 it exceeded
12.000 pounds for the first time
For the past five years, the
ligures have remained relatively
stable
Zimmerman had the high
Holstein herd average
Others recognized for high
breed records were Ayrshire,
Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown,
Guernsey, Raymond Witmer,
Willow Street RDI, Jersey, Roy
Ulrich and Son, Quarryville RDI;
Brown Swiss, J Rohrer Witmer,
Willow Street RD2, and Mixed
Herd, Harold L. Risser, Bain
bridge RDI
New DHIA directors in
troduced at the banquet are:
Isaac K. Eby, Ephrata RDI;
Mervin Nissley, Bainbridge RDI ;
Nathan Stoltzfus, Gap RDI;
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James Eshelman, Mount Joy
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Other producers with butterfat
averages exceeding 600 pounds in
1971 were:
John S, Yost, Kinzer, 15,363
pounds milk, 656 pounds fat;
Harry G. Kreider, Quarryville
RDI, 15,978 milk, 644 fat; Donald
S. Eby, Gordonville RDI, 15,550
milk, 631 fat; John and H.
Farrington, Lititz RD2, 16,393
milk, 625 fat.
Amos E. King Jr, Ronks RDI,
16,623 pounds milk, 624 pounds
lat, Curtis E. Akers, Quarryville
RDI, 16,095mi1k, 619 fat; Dale E.
Hiestand, Bambridge RDI, 15,828
milk, 616 fat; Amos and Eleanor
Hershey, Kinzers RDI, 14,233
milk, 616 fat; Leon S. Lapp, Gap
RDI, 16,419 milk, 613 fat; Mervin
Nissley, Bainbridge RDI, 15,787
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milk, 612 fat; Henry E. Kettering,
Lititz RD3, 15,631 milk, 611 fat.
J. Kenneth Hershey, Kinzers
RDI, 16,120 pounds milk, 606
pounds fat; J.Z. Nolt, Leola RDI,
16,371 milk, 604 fat; Harry S.
Aungst, Marietta RDI, 15,434
milk, 603 fat; Red Rose Research
Center, Lancaster, 15,713 milk,
602 fat; Edwin K. Wise, Ephrata
RDI, 15,657 milk, 601 fat;
Raymond and Louise Witmer,
Willow Street RDI, 12,129 milk,
601 fat; Lloyd Wolf, Quarryville
RD2, 14,959 milk, 600 fat.
Producers with butterfat
averages exceeding 575 pounds
were:
Albert E. Fry, Manheim RD2,
15,691 popunds milk, 598 pounds
fat; Robert and Joan B. Book,
Leola, 15,012 milk, 596 fat; David
L. Landis, Lancaster, 15,752 milk,
594 fat; Rufus G. Martin,
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