—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Pec. 13. 1975
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Borkn County 1975 DHIA wummnry reveals:
Value of milk has
By Dtcter Krleg
KUTZTOWN - The Berks
County Dairy Herd Im
provement Association
finished its 47th year on Sept
30 with 151 whole herds and
20 owner-sampler herds.
There were an average of
8,872 cows in the Association
during 1975, down by 86 from
the previous testing year.
One fact revealed is that
higher feed costs this post
year have lowered the above
feed cost value of nulk by 11
dollars when compared to
figures for the preceding
testing period.
The average production
per cow during the 1975
DHIA year reads 13,301
pounds of milk, 3.8 per cent
butterfat test, and 509
pounds of butterfat. This
compares with state-wide
figures of 13,144 M, 3.9 per
cent, and 508 F.
The Wernersville State
Hospital herd consisting of 66
grade and registered
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Holstcins captured honors
for high individual herd in
butterfat production with a
performance of 706 pounds
per cow. The high herd in
milk production belonged to
Paul Labe of Oley. His mixed
herd of 77 cows tallied an
average production of 18,698
pounds of milk.
The high individual
records in milk and butterfat
production were turned in by
cows belonging to Ray
Bicksler and Charles
Plushanski, respectively.
Bicksler's Holstein, aged
seven years and ten months,
pumped out 32,230 pounds of
milk and 1,048 pounds of
butterfat. “Faith,” a five
year old Holstein in
Plushanski’s herd, scored
with 1,267 pounds of butterfat
and 30,009 of milk.
Of the 151 herds on test, 134
exceeded production
averages of 400 pounds
butterfat; one was over 700,
14 were over 600, and 83
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Population
It has taken at least a
million years for the world’s
population to grow to the
nearly four billion of today
At the present rate of in
crease it will double in the
next 40 years, some experts
predict A possible food
source, oceans cover 71 per
cent of the earth’s surface,
and produce only one per
cent of man’s food at the
present time
dropped
topped the 200 mark. The
herds over SOO pound* o!
butterfat were:
1. Wcrnersvllle Slate
Hospital, (18.510 M 706 F). 2
Charles Plushanski,
(17.999 M 627 F on 48 cows). 3.
Paul Labe, (18.898 M 672 F) 4.
Louis Moyer. f18,71f,M 662 F
on 25 cows) 5. Junge Farms,
(17.972 M, 815 F on 36 cows) 6.
Muddy Creek Farm,
(17.100 M 639 F on 37 cows) 7.
Ken Stutzman, (16.165 M
629 F on 38 cows) 8. F. M.
Brown’s Sons, Inc. (17.251 M
624 F on 89 cows) 9. Andrew
D. Stoltzfus, (16.469 M 614 F
on 94 cows) 10. Richard R.
Troutman, (17.633 M 614 F on
69 cows) 11. Charles R.
Kissling (15.688 M 611 F on 44
cows) 12. Mrs. M. M. Mertz
(15,344M611F0n 51 cows) 13.
William Howerter, (15.859 M
603 F on 85 cows) 14. Stephen
Janos, (15.603 M 603 F on 28
cows).
Thirty herds in the
Association produced an
average of 15,00 pounds of
milk or more.
In individual records, the
top 25 in butterfat production
ranged from Plushanski’s
high of 1,267 to the 876 pounds
produced by No. 44 in the
R.D. Rosenbaum and Son
herd. Bicksler’s milk
production champion was
second high in butterfat
production with 1,048
pounds, followed in order by;
3. Andrew Stoltzfus’ Dawn
(991 F), 4. Dan Schlegel’s
Sandra (943) 5. Junge
Farms’ Karen (936).
Plushanski’s butterfat
champion came in second in
milk production (30,009),
followed in order by: 3.
Junge Farms’ Iva (29,851), 4.
Reu Hel Farms’ Sandy
(25,608), 5. Reu Hel Farms’
Fayne (25,603). The top 25
individual milk production
records ranged from two
records exceeding 30,000
pounds down to 22,714
produced by Muddy Creek
Farms’ Julia.
The cost of production
statistics for the Berks
County DHIA organization
are as follows: (Figures in
parantheses are those for
last year.)
Value of Product; $l,lBl
(1,142)
Total Cost of Feed $569
(519)
Value of Product Above
Feed Cost $612 (623)
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