Vol. 17 No. 27
sylvania Secreta Agriculture Jim McHale and three
officials from an Italian dair>'i-°‘°P- a ! ,ans were a *
Charles Myers’ Black and White ho’.’stein
Rohrerstown Road to examine 85 bred Holstein ruTiil 6 !?,*
which were purchased for dairy farmers on the island
of Sardinia.
“Bocca bella!” Holsteins
Going to Italian Co-op
Cries of “Bocca bella!” (that’s
“beautiful cow” in Itallian) were
heard frequently on Wednesday
at Charles Myers’ Black and
White Holstein Farm on
Rohrerstown Road. The occasion
was the largest single export sale
of Pennsylvania dairy cattle ever
held.
Assembled at the farm were 85
carefully selected bred heifers.
Three Italian dairy experts from
the island of Sardinia were there
to check the animals, and they
liked what they saw.
Oscar Kennedy, marketing
coordinator for Holstein Fresian
Services in Brattleboro, Vt., said
the cows were selected by
members of Holstein associations
in different parts of the country.
Over 400 heifers will ultimately
be bought by the Italians for
members of a farming co-op.
About one-quarter of the cows
come from different areas of
Pennsylvania, inclding Lan-
Luigi Gaddeni
(foreground) ponders dam
performance records white
members of the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association discuss
the progress of the Wed
nesday afternoon sale.
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caster County. The Myers farm
served as a collection point for
the bulk of the Pennsylvania
cows.
Wednesday night the heifers
were loaded on trucks and taken
to Richmond, Va. There they will
board ships for transport to Italy.
They will be used to increase
milk production m that country.
All the cattle were selected on
the basis of dam performance.
Only considered were calves
from dams with annual milk
production records of 16,000
pounds or better. Grand dams
were required to have posted
14,000 pounds.
On hand for the Wednesday
afternoon sale were officials of
the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association and Secretary Jim
McHale, Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture.
William C. Nichol, secretary of
the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association, said a similar sale is
being sought with Russia. He said
that it would be at least a year,
though, before anything definite
was accomplished.
DHIA Board
Boosts Tester
Pay, Benefits
DHIA supervisors were
granted a one-cent per cow fee
increase and a boost in health
insurance payments by the DHIA
board of directors, meeting at the
Farm and Home Center Tuesday
night.
The fee increase is effective
July 1. Presently there are 14
supervisors testing some 30,000
cows monthly.
A committee of testers and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1972
State Squashes Rumors on
Regional Laboratory Closings
Rumors have been flying for
the past week or so on the
possible closing of Penn
sylvania’s six Animal
Industry Laboratories. These
rumors are simply not true,
Raymond Kerstetter told
LANCASTER FARMING in a
telephone interview Wednesday
morning. Kerstetter feels con
fident that all six labs will con
tinue operations for the for
seeable future.
The rumors, Kerstetter feels,
were sparked by a couple of
things. First, a March, 1972,
report from the Governor’s
Review of Government
Management. The report
recommends closing the Evans
City (Butler County) and
Tunkhannock (Wyoming County)
The new random sample pullet house
dedicated this week at Penn State is said to
be one of the finest such facilities in the
nation. Among the guests at the dedication
ceremonies were (left to right): Robert R.
Penn State Poultry Facility Dedicated
Sixty Pennsylvania poultry
men and industry leaders at
tended the dedication of the new
Pennsylvania Random Sample
Pullet Growing Facility, located
on the Rock Spring Farm of Penn
State University near Pine Grove
Mills. The facility was con
structed by the Pa. Dept, of
Agriculture. Both the College of
Agriculture and the Dept, of
Agriculture have a joint interest
in the project. The Pennsylvania
Random Pullet House completes
the Random Sample Facilities,
reported to be the finest in the
nation. Robert R. Parks, hat
chery man from Altoona, Pa.,
served as master of ceremonies.
Parks in his opening remarks
stated that Random Sample
Testing Facilities have made a
terrific contribution to the in
dustry, which in turn has
laboratories
Second, the Department of
Agriculture did make an m-depth
study of operations at all the labs
“When people see you looking at
things,” Kerstetter says, “they
wonder why you’re looking. They
talk about it, and that’s how
rumors start.”
Kerstetter emphasizes that
the studies were conducted not
with an eye to closing the labs,
but to see exactly how well they
were functioning In addition to
Evans City and Tunkhannock,
there are labs in Harrisburg,
State College, Doylestown and
Kennett Square.
After the Governor’s report
was published, both Kerstetter
and Secretary McHale met with
members of the Governor’s
benefitted the consuming public.
The Poultry Industry has become
very efficient and therefore are
producing America’s cheapest
protein food. Eggs and poultry
meat have been on the plentiful
Farm Calendar
Sunday, May 28
6:45 p.m. Fulton Grange
Covered Dish Supper and
“Go-to-Church” Night,
Oakryn Grange Hall.
Monday, May 29
Memorial Day
Friday, June 2
6:30 p.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers annual Family
Strawberry Ice Cream Social
and Family Recreation Night,
Warren Bollinger Farm, Lititz
RD4.
Review committee who were
instrumental in drawing up that
section of the report which deals
with agriculture.
McHale and Kerstetter
discussed the need for effective
animal disease control They
explained that speed is especially
critical in the control of poultry
disease After the meeting,
Kerstetter said he felt reasonably
confident that both Tunkhannock
and Evans City would remain in
operation
If Evans City were to close,
farmers in Butler and
surrounding counties would have
to take their diseased birds to
State College for tests.
Tunkhannock farmers would go
either to State College or to
Doylestown.
Parks, hatchery man from Altoona and
master of ceremonies; Dr. David McClay,
Dean of the College of Agriculture; and
William Minnich, representing the Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture.
food list for many months and
give the “low income” family the
opportunity to buy wholesome,
nutritious food, high in protein, at
very economical prices. During
the last 20 year period, prices on
many commodities have in
creased very substantially, with
increases of over 100 per cent in
some instances. During the same
period, egg and poultry meat
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