.-• • •
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/WM£} jn n WW WW />rfo To avoid the quarentines and
'-*■ m/t m/m herd restrictions, many like
, . ... . , , the Menhennett’s have gone
IConiinusd horn Pa|« 58) Interested in purchasing the to Canada in search of
“To register an animal,” an i m ®ls,” Mrs. Menhennett breeding animals.
she explained,“one must conunented, Mrs. Menhennett ex
prove that it is a purebred Two ” ia * n Problems have plained that she has been
animal from a registered ® een l, t 0 hamper the pursuing some angles to
herd either in Canada or acceptance in the soften restrictions however
Brltian.” United States, however, she has ’met with little
“We will then register the being strict importation laws response.
animal and keep records for ? n “ , P e °Pl e ’ a lack of “The USDA is very much
reference in the future." knowledge of the Clun’s and afraid that direct import
Along with the registration Uieir fl bllities. f rom overseas might result
duties, the association is also in disease and thus are
interested in promoting the keeping strict import laws in
breed and increasing sales effect.”
within the United States. Mrs. Menhennett has had
“The breed is such an Congressman Eshelmen
impressive one that we feel helping her with import
certain when others leam of inquiries but as of yet there
the breed they will become
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A fear of sheep “scrapies”
an infectious disease, has
caused severe importation
restrictions on sheep coming
from overseas. This has been
a limiting factor to those
breeders who wish to import
animals from herds in the
We're gonna open your eyes!
have been no major
developments.
Although recognition of the
Clun’s in the United States
has been another deterant,
the Menhennetts hope that
within the future more
promotion will help the
breed become well known.
Mrs. Menhennett is
anxious to get a showing
division open for the Clun’s
at the Farm Show, however
it will be some time yet,
since more breeders with
numerous animals to show
are required.
Until that time, however,
the Menhennett’s will be
involved in showing their
Shropshire animals, and will
be participating in the sheep
show at the Pa. State Farm
Show this coming week in
Harrisburg.
John Hadlev, Englishman, in
vented the sextant m 1731 An
instrument for measuring angular
distances, the sextant “shoots” the
sun or a star to determine its al
titude above the houzon
. compare period.
High Producing Herds Honored
Ten Registered Holstein
herds in Pennsylvania have
been singled out for special
production and type
recognition by the Penn
sylvania Holstein Ass’n.
These ten herds had the
high milk production or type
classification average in the
state for their herd size
category.
Receiving production
recognition were the
following herds:
Mowry Farm, Clarence &
Kenneth Mowry, Roaring
Spring, Pa. - High Herd
Average 130 lactations,
average -18,896 lbs. milk, 3.6
percent fat 683 lbs. fat.
Valley Wide Farm,
Raymond Coursen, Spring
Mills, Pa. - High Herd
Average 81-100 lactations, 93
lactations, average - 18,827
lbs. milk 3.6 percent 686 lb.
fat.
Hillglen Farm, Clarence
Comman, Jr., Newburg, Pa.
- High Herd Average 30 or
less, 14 lactations, average -
17,270 lbs. milk, 3.7 percent
fat 646 lbs. fat.
Pack-Herd Holsteins,
Richard & Marilyn Packard,
Troy, Pa. - High Herd
Average 31-50 lactations, 35
lactations, average 20,065
lbs. milk, 3.9 percent 792 lbs.
•fat.
Sinking Springs Farm,
Inc., Herman Stebbins,
York, Pa. - High Herd
Average 51-80 lactations, 58
lactations, average 20,696
lbs. milk, 4.0 fat 836 lbs. fat.
These lactation averages
are the average individual
cow production for all cows
in the herd completing
records, during the 1974
DHIR testing year. Type
classification is awarded on
the basis of the average of
age - the adjusted individual
classification scores of all
members of the herd. The
term Breed Age Average
(BAA), expressed as a
percentage, referrs to the
average age adjusted scores
of each herd when compared
to the national breed
average (100 percent BAA).
Singing Brook Farm, Obie
Snider, Imler, PA. - High
BAA -100 head or more 112
herd average 104.8 percent
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BAA.
Gor-Wood Acres, Gordon
Wood, Mansfield, Pa. - High
BAA - 51 - 80 head 51 head
average 107.2 percent BAA.
Penn Spring Farm, Robert
H. Kauffman,
Elizabethtown, Pa. - High
BAA - 30 head or less, 28 herd
average 106.5 percent BAA.
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Cocalico Holstelns, Paul B.
Zimmerman, Ephrata, Pa. -
High BAA - 31 - 50 head 34
head average 108.0 percent
BAA.
Amity-Acres, Robert &
Dale Tillinghast, Gillett, Pa.
- High BAA -81 -100 head 95
head average 104.4 percent
BAA.
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