•Lancaster Farming. Saturday
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FFA Project Book
Winners Announced
The Owen J. Roberta
Chapter of the Future
Farmers of America entered
25 blue ribbon books in the
State Project Book Contest
held in Hamaburg. Records
of projects from all over the
state of Pennsylvania are
judged at the contest for
their effeciency, accuracy
and neatness.
Gold medals were
received by Howard Stoltz
fus, farming program (5
enterprises - beef herd, hay,
field com, wheat, barley),
Shane Clark, working for
experience, and Bill
Swienhart, sweet com.
Silver medals were
received by; Roland Kolb,
truck crops, Eugene Kulp,
farming program (3 en
terprises - Dairy cows, dairy
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your mares and stallions. Or Horse Block,
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Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc.
Ph: 367-1195
Rheems
West Willow Farmers Assn., Inc.
Ph; 464-3431
West Willow
Ira B. Landis Jtriin I. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph: 665-3248
Box 276, Manheim RD3
lames High & Sons John B. Kurtz
Ph- 354-0301
Gordonville
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Mar. 9. 1974
heifers, alfalfa hay) Tom
Lowrer, farming program (3
enterprises - dairy cows,
dairy heifers, field com),
Dave Nolan, dairy heifers,
Owen J. Roberts Scrapbook,
Darrel Stoltzfus, beef herd,
John Swartzentruber, sweet
com and working for ex
perience, and Steve Ussier,
working for experience.
Bronze medal winners
were Roy Fizz, working for
experience, Ruth
Friedhofer, farming
program (2 enterprises -
Laying hens, pullets), and
Ed Mast, dairy heifers and
field com.
Howard Stoltzfus also won
the Production Credit Award
for the Norristown Area for
the accuracy of his farming
record.
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Economics of Dairy
by N. Alan Bair
Assistant County Agent
Lancaster County
Membership in our local DHIA production testing program
is constantly changing. Dairymen’s names are added to, and
others dropped, from the list of those on test. An alarming
number drop out, giving as an excuse that they cannot
“afford” the dollar cost of the program.
Management
A profitable dairy, in these times of price-cost squeeze,
can’t operate on short-tem planning. In the daipr business it’s
the annual production and year after year high production
that really pays the bills and returns more net profit.
Knowing the average production per cow based on total herd
production as determined from your milk check does no real
good; because 10 percent of the animals in a herd may be
“free riders” that could be removed. This culling would
increase net profit while certainly cutting feed and labor
costs.
Why is the production of all cows in Pennsylvania only 9,058
pounds of milk while the average of cows on DHIA testing is
12,965 pounds of milk? This extra increase of 3,907 pounds at
$8 per hundredweight amounts to a return of 1312 more per
cow. The simple answer seems to be that those dairymen
with good DHIA records use them for a better feeding,
breeding, culling and management program. Of course this
results m more net income.
Promotion and Sales
The auction ring is a pretty reliable barometer of the
dollar value dairymen are willing to pay for replacement
animals.
There is, of course, that occasional sensational animal that
brings a record once, but they are few. While they help the
average of a single sale they do not greatly affect the overall
average of a years business.
Recently, we had occasion to analyze the auction sale
figures for more than 29,000 animals in the Ayrshire,
Guernsey, Hnbte m and Jersey breeds. The dollar value
exceeded $2l million for an average of $745 per head.
It is interesting to note the value buyers place on DHIA
little Joins
Ffala & Fancy
'lain mu * ancy Egg
Eancn he. Elizanetfatown.
has annmiEcsa me audition
of Donam E. Little to their
staff of area sales and ser
vicemen to serve in the state
of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey little was formally
associated with Westfield
Egg Earms.
Little is a member of Dale
Carnegie Sales Executive
Club and has been associated
ten years with the egg in
dustry Plain and Fancy Egg
Ranch. Inc. serves over
seven hundred super
markets, dairies,
distributors, hospitals,
restaurants, and in
stitutional trade in a seven
state area.
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1974 Year
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Flower and BULK
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Phone 717- 768 8291
Open Thurs & Fn evenings
Closed Wed at noon
INTERCOURSE, PA
Products available from
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Production Testing
production records when bidding at sales. Although we do not
have complete data for all breeds, the date for Guernseys
and Holstelns appear to act the pattern.
Buyers of Guernseys and Holstelns paid an average of $973
for cows with records. Cows with no record but from tested
dams average only $590.
Cows with records brought $lB2 more than cows with no
records but from tested dams and $3BB more than cows with
no records and out of untested dams.
The cost of testing a herd of 50 cows in DHIA is about 8
dollars per cow per year.
Take the time to add up 3907 pounds of milk at a value of
$312 and $3BB increase sale value to see what you get for your
$8 investment.
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