—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Sept 7, 1974
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Principal guests at the Simmental
Field Day were from left: Don
Vaniman, Executive Secretary of the
Simmental Association, Dr. Thomas
Conrad, president of the Pa. Sim
mental Association, Gene Folck, Ohio
Large Crowd Attends
Simmental Field Day
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good qualities in milking and
beef production.
In listing the advantages of
crossbreeding. Dr. Wilson
said that a crossbreeding
program can increase fer
tility by 15 percent, weaning
weight by 10 percent, growth
by 5 percent and net profit as
high as 25 percent. This is
however, he qualified if the
program is a complimentary
one in which the good
qualities of both breeds
Don Vaniman and Ansul Armstrong discuss the
cattle business during the tour of Beechdale Farms.
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Simmental representative, Ansul
Armstrong, president of the New
Breeds Industry and Dr. Lowell
Wilson, beef specialist at the Penn
sylvania State University.
compliment each other.
“A good program,” he
explained “depends on the
plan you follow, a base for
selection of animals, good
management and using the
breed best suited for your
interest.”
“Although many
producers will stay with
purebred breeds,” he
commented “within the next
twenty years many
producers will also be
crossbreeding for vigor and
carcass quality.”
Others speakers for the
afternoon program included
Harry Stanbach, president of
the Pa. Cattlemen’s
Association. Stanbach
described the bull testing
program at Penn State and
also encouraged interested
cattle producers to join the
State Association.
Also present to speak on
behalf of the Simmental
Breed was Don Vaniman,
Executive Secretary of the
American Simmental
Farm Population Stabilizing
The U.S. farm population
declined only 0.8 percent a
year from 1970 to 1973,
contrasting sharply with 4.8
percent average annual
declines in the 1960’s ac
cording to a U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture report
issued today.
Economic Research
Service (ERS) figures now
show about 9.5 million people
living on farms. Losses of
farm population continue in
the South and Northeast
regions of the country while
the West shows an increase.
The North Central area
showed little change in farm
population.
The ERS estimates also
reveal that during 1970-73,
the net loss to the farm
population through people
Contestants were asked to judge the weight of the calves they had
several Simmental cows according to weaned over a two year period.
Association, along with Gene
Folck of the Ohio Simmental
Association and Ansul Arm
strong, president of the New
Breeds Industry from
Manhattan, Kansas.
me Simmental Breed of
Cattle is relatively new to
this country as the first bull
was brought to the United
States in 1967. In October of
1968 the American Sim
mental Association was
formed in order to promote
the breed of cattle and to
organize registration and
performance record
facilities.
Simmentals themselves
are one of the oldest breed of
cattle. They originated in the
Simme Valley of Switzerland
and spread throughout
Europe, Russia, South
Africa and the Mid East.
They are rapid growing
animals usually producing
large calves and weaning
calves at high weights. They
are milk producing animals
as well as beef animals and
are noted for their docile
migrating from farms or
reclassification of their
residence from farm to non -
farm averaged 113,000 an
nually. Although the ab
solute average loss has been
steadily declining as the
number of potential
migrants diminished, this
was a 40-year low.
Copies of “Farm
Population Estimates for
1973”, ERS-561, are
available by phoning (202)
447-7255 or by writing
Economic Research Service,
DI, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington,
D.C. 20250. Please combine
your zip code and address.
Klch or Poor?
W. C Fields felt that a rich
man is really nothing but a poor
man with money.
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nature.
As they are introduced to
cattlemen across the country
the breed has become more
and more popular resulting
in increased registrations.
The Conrads of Beechdale
Farm first got interested in
the Simmental Breed about
two years ago. Mrs. Conrad
explained that they
especially liked the cows for
their docile nature and felt
that they were becoming a
popular breed.
Since Simmentals are
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often used in crossbreeding
programs, Conrads have
bred Hereford, Guernsey,
Angus and Charlois cattle
with Simmental semen and
presently have 90 animals.
Last year at the Allentown
Fair, the Conrads showed
the Grand Champion Female
Cow and have won other
awards also.
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state associations for
Simmental Cattle with ap
proximately 30 members in
the Pa. Association.
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