—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Nov. 22. 1979
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Montgomery County’s dairy princess
for 1976 Deborah McDonnell.
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Montgomery County DHIA banquet held
1976 dairy princess chosen
CENTRE POlNT—Deborah Jean McDonnell, a 19-year
old brunette from East Greenville was crowned Mon
tgomery County Dairy Princess last Saturday night
during the annual Montgomery County DHIA banquet.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McDonnell, Miss
McDonnell was one of six girls to compete for the crown.
The others were:
Miss Sherrie Allebach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Darwin Allebach, Telford; Miss Hose Marie Hayes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hayes, Gilbertsville;
Miss Eileen Knechel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Knechel, Harleysville; Miss Judy Krazek, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Krazek; and Mias Nancy Suloman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Suloman, Gilbertsville.
Miss Hayes was unable to attend the banquet.
Chosen as runner-up in the contest was Judy Krazek, 17,
a senior from Upper Perkiomen High School. Sixteen
year-old Sherrie Allebach was voted to be Miss
Congeniality.
The new dairy princess, who will reign until next year at
this time, succeeds Miss Judy Battista, the 1974-75 winner.
Mias McDonnell comes from a dairy farm of 137 Holsteins
and works at the family’s dairy store in addition to
preparing herself for a secretarial job.
The runner-up, Judy Krazek, also comes from a dairy
farm, where she helps part time in between working at the
East Greenville Pizza Villa. She is a member Of the
National Hones* Society and has ambitions of studying
communication arts at Shippensburg State College.
Held in the Central Schwcnkfelder Church, near here,
the banquet drew more than 340 dairy farmers and their
families, along with several invited guests and DHIA
testers.
Following arc a few statistics for the year just com
pleted in the Montgomery County DHIA organization.
Full year Jierds on test: 64.
Average number of cows in the association: 3,985.
Average number of cows per herd: 62.
The average production per cow reads: 12,852 pounds of
milk, 3.9 per cent test, and 501 pounds of butterfat. The
value of the product calculated out to $1,189; total feed
costs amounted to s6o9—well above the state’s average of
$534.
The Montgomery County DHI Association has been in
existence for 48 years, during which time production has
increased steadily from a low of 297 pounds of butterfat 48
years ago to the SOI recorded in the year completed Sept.
30. This is the first year the County’s average has sur
passed 500 pounds of butterfat.
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The 1075 high herd (rolling herd averages) was that of
the W. B. Saul School, Philadelphia. Their 11.4 Holsteins
chalked up 17,823 pounds of milk and 641 pounds of but
terfat. Harold Halteman, Telford, was second with 55.7
Holsteins averaging 18,714 pounds of milk and 639 of fat. In
third place was Henry Gottahall, Royersford, with an
average production of 15,650 M. and 610 F. on 65.4 cows.
Robert Moses, Schwenksville, was next with his 90
Holsteins and records which averaged 16,438 M. and 605 F.
The final, and fifth, herd to surpass 600 pounds of butterfat
belonged to E. Jay Renninger, Royersford. His 106.6 cows
pumped out 15,869 pounds of milk and 601 of butterfat.
Out of the 64 herds on test, five were up over 600 pounds
of butterfat; 17 vaulted the 550 mark; 37 bettered 500; 52
exceeded 450 pounds; and 59 eclipsed the 400 mark.
In milk production, only one exceeded 17,000 pounds;
four surpassed 16,000 pounds; eight hurdled 15,000
pounds; 18 topped 14,000; 34 went over 13,000 and all but 16
produced more than 12,000 pounds. Six herds were below
10,000 pounds in milk.
Herds recognized for having shown the greatest in
crease in production were those belonging to: Robert
Moses, Elmer Renninger, W. B. Saul School, Clayton
Regar, Ar Dan Farm, S. Horace Mowrer, Paul Weaver,
Merrill Ruth, Kriebel Brothers and John Nikerle.
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