—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 20, 1973
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Frpm local Ag Teachers:
Show-Calf Selection
The article this week was
prepared by Lew Ayers, teacher
of agriculture at Ephrata High
School
Exhibiting a prize-winning
dairy heifer this summer can be
an exciting experience for junior
members The benefits received
from selecting, feeding, fitting
and showing a calf of your own
cannot be measured
The ability to select the “right”
type of calf is of prime im
portance and the ability to
manage the calf into the type of
animal that will catch the judges
eye is equally important These
skills receive experience and a
certain amount of “luck”
When selecting a show calf, you
should know the age breakdown
for the various classes In most
cases a show calf should be born
“right” because an older calf will
usually have more size and scale
The classes and dates to keep in
mind include
Junior Calf - January 1, 1973-
March 31, 1973, Intermediate
Calf - October 1, 1972-December
Ephrata Boys
Feeding Deer
Ten Ephrata area junior ag
students and their advisor,
Charles Ackley, left Friday for a
weekend of browse cutting in
Tioga County This is an annual
event for the Ephrata club and
their advisor
A tour of the Raymond Butter
farm Friday evening began the
weekend activities Butter was
named Outstanding Penn
sylvania Young Farmer several
years ago
Saturday was spent at Hills
Creek State Park Game Lands
cutting browse for deer The
Lumber Museum at Denton Hill
Ski Area west of Wellsboro was
selected to visit Saturday
evening
Students included in the
weekend field trip were; Clair
Martin, Gerald Good, John
Zimmerman, Richard Strauss,
David Reiff, Vernon Martin,
Jesse Brubaker, Scott Bartsch,
Jay Oberholtzer and Daniel
Holhnger
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Thoughts
in Passing
Lew Ayers
Ephrata High School
31.1972, Senior Calf - July 1,1972-
September 30, 1972, Junior
Yearling - January 1, 1972-June
30.1972, Senior Yearling - July 1,
1971-December 31, 1971
Also remember that a calf you
purchase must be registered in
your name before May 1, 1973.
Animals that are bred and owned
by the exhibitor must be
registered by the show date
It’s quite difficult to determine
how a young calf will look when it
gets older I’ve seen some pretty
poor-looking animals as calves
that turned out to be blue ribbon
winners The same is also true of
animals that look typey as calves
and later develop into the type of
heifer you wouldn’t want to lead
into the show ring Basically you
want to select a calf that has a
strong set of feed and legs, level
over the rump, and shows stretch
and upstandingness
When selecting that special
calf, it’s a must to look at the
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calfs dam and other daughters in
the herd The old saying “like
mother, like daughter” carries a
lot of weight. Check production
records and classification scores
of the dam and her daughters. In
most cases the calf will resemble
the type of her dam Also check
the production record and
classification breakdown of the
sire and his daughters. If you
have the opportunity, check the
appearance of the sires
daughters If the calfs dam has
some weak points, possibly the
sires strengths will overcome
them
After selecting your calf, the
responsibility for its development
is in your hands. Unfortunately,
this is where many youngsters
fail. Caring for a calf is a year
round job Don’t wait until the
last minute to get your calf ready
for the show Some of the im
portant practices that must be
followed include: hoof trimming
throughout the year, worming
two times a year (spring and
fall), exercise, and of course
feeding a well-balanced gram
ration with high quality
roughage
Remember not to get your calf
over-conditioned by feeding too
much grain or not exercising If
you have a young calf, it might be
wise to continue feeding milk
replacer a few weeks longer than
recommended so your calf gets
off to a fast start
And finally, remember - it’s
better to be a blue ribbon boy
with a red ribbon calf than a blue
ribbon calf with a red ribbon boy.
Holstein Assn. Plans
Type Barn Meetings
The Lancaster County Holstein
Association has announced three
barn meetings in February for
dairymen who’d like to learn
more about type classification
All the meetings will start at 7:30
p m. Dates and places for the
meetings are:
Thursday, February 8, farm of
Nathan E Stoltzfus, Hoffmier
Road, Gap.
Tuesday, February 13, farm of
Galen W Crouse, Stevens Rl.
Tuesday, February 20, farm of
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