20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9. 1975
Holstein field day held
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sponsoring awards were
Agway, Atlantic Breeders
Coop; John Kurtz and
Young's Minerals. Pennfield
Mrs. Lee Bicksford was the creator of the
“Holstein Cake" which highlighted the chicken
barbecue dinner.
presented an award to the
top judge, Paul Welk.
Narvon Youth
* Win* Calf
Tim J. Weaver, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Irvin Weaver,
Narvon Rl, was the winner
of a registered Holstein calf
at Thursday’s event.
The youth, who will be a
sophomore at Garden Spot
High School, will be using the
calf for a project in the
Grassland FFA.
Lancaster County’s Dairy
Princess, Donna Akers,
spoke to the group during the
afternoon session, on the
merits of promoting milk.
“We all have a job to do
and our examples are what
will be important to the dairy
business,” the young lady
commented.
Also speaking on
promotion and the work of
the state Holstein
association was Robert
Morris. Morris discussed
some of the promotions
currently underway and
related information on the
youth projects.
Alan Bair, Associate
Dairying is his project work
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membership with the girls
coming into the dub and
they have helped us a lot
with projects.” Elvin noted
that many young ladies who
had joined the Club had been
doing a lot of work in the
green house and with horse
projects.
“The girls have been a big
help in our greenhouses
raising flowers for sale.”
Each year the club sells
flowers both at Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
Along with his leadership
duties Elvin will also be
carrying a number of FFA
projects including dairy and
work experience. Dairying
has been of interest to the
FFA’er since he began his
projects and Elvin has
shown his cows at the
Lebanon Fair and in the FFA
shows.
This year, along with his
academic school work, Elvin
will be continuing his work
experience program which
allows him tune to work on a
dairy farm a few days out of
the week.
Dairying projects have not
been confined to FFA alone
for Elvin, however. A
member of the Cedar Crest
County Agent, represented
the extension office by of
fering several remarks.
Expressing his concern
over health problems in the
county, Bair commented,
“Mastitis is still the biggest
problem, it’s costing you
about $B6 per cow per year.”
Bair noted that mastitis
Tim Weaver, Narvon Rl, was the winner of a
registered Holstein caH at the annual Holstein
Field Day. The calf was purchased from Nathan
StoKzfus.
Elvin Gingrich, will be serving as the president of
the Cedar Crest FFA when school convenes in the
fall. The youth represented his school at the
recently held Leadership Conference.
Dairy Club, the young man
has raised cows and heifers
for 4-H work also.
Elvin has not only been
active in FFA but has joined
in many other school ac
tivities. A member of the
wrestling team, Elvin
earned a varsity letter last
year. He has also been in the
“Voice of Democracy”
Speaking Contest.
had been a problem over the
years but has "gotten
worse" in the last few years.
Bair told the crowd that
alfalfa problems seemed to
be the common problem for
every dairy farmer this
year.
"We have gotten more
calls on alfalfa this summer
than ever before,” he noted.
Bair told the farmers that
they should "plant by the
book” without waiting for
decisions.
Noting that the alfalfa has
seen problems from the first
to the third cutting, Bair
explained that the efficient
and smart dairymen should
begin looking at the situation
and buying good hay if
necessary.
Sharing the spot with Clair
Hershey as organizers for
the day were Elam
Bollinger, Robert Kauffman,
Jr. “and Vernon Umble.
Many fanners say that in
high rainfall areas it is best
to store round bales with the
ends facing north and south.
This allows rounded sides of
bales to get maximum equal
sunlight between rains.
The coining school year
will be a busy one for Elvm
but the young man has
prepared for his respon
sibilities by learning
leadership skills. Elvin
gained many ideas at the
recently held FFA leader
ship conference which he
attended as a representative
from Cedar Crest and
Lebanon County.
Judging Contest winners for the
day were Mrs. Robert Kauffman,
Elizabethtown; Paul Weik,
Settlers Had To Develop
Modern Thirst for Milk
While dairying was trans
planted vigorously to the New
World by both the Dutch and
the Germans, other early
settlers showed little evidence
of the modem thirst for milk.
Fluid milk from cows was
used merely to supplement
mush or to cook into chow
ders. Not. much butter was
made at first - clabber and
cheese had a more dominant
place on the first settlers'
tables.
Colonial cattle were not of
any particular breed, and they
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meat, hides and as a source of
motive power than for their
milk. It wasn't until about
1830 that dairying began to
emerge as a commercial enter
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For many years, it was
common for town dwellers to
keep one or more cows which
roamed the streets and fields.
On the farm, dairying was
mainly to provide butter and
cheese for the table as well as
for sale in nearby towns
These items were also good for
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