—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, July 31, 1976
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Grade Holsteins granted
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -
Delegates to the annual
convention of Holstein -
Friesian Association of
America recently approved
a new program for iden
tification of Holstein females
not eligible for registry.
Action on the program,
which has been called the
most far-reaching economic
stimulus within the industry
in recent years, occurred at
the 91st Annual Convention
of the Holstein Association in
Philadelphia, June 29 - July
2. The new program is ef
fective immediately.
Charles J. Larson,
executive secretary of the
Holstein Association, said
the identification program
will potentially benefit all
Holstein dairymen who
breed to registered Holstein
bulls.
Sire Power Sale hits high
KUTZTOWN Bidding
was very brisk and prices
competitive at the 1976 Sire
Power Sale held here on July
27 at the Fairgrounds. A
large crowd of ap
proximately 2000 saw a
display of cow power as 63
head averaged $2293; the
highest average since the
sale began in 1970. Buyers
from eight states took home
daughters of Sire Power
sires.
Topping the sale at $ll,OOO
was a VG(B7) Round Oak
Rag Apple Elevation
daughter consigned by
Maple Lawn Farms, Inc.,
Fulton, Md. Sugar Creek
Farms, Danville, NY,
represented by Gary Jan
ssen, went the distance to
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Dairy marketing
specialists have stated that
grade Holstein females,
properly identified by sire,
are worth much more than
unidentified animals. When
sold for dairy production
purposes, identified cattle
bring more income; when
kept on the farm, they add to
a dairyman’s net worth.
Larson said one of the
basic factors which deter
mines milk production
capability and dollar value
of a Holstein is her genetic
background. By identifying
the registered Holstein sire
of a grade female, a large
portion of that genetic
background is established.
That information, alone, has
dollar value for dairy cattle
buyers in this country and
abroad. In addition, the
contribution of additional
take this great young cow
home.
In all, 11 animals sold for
over $3,000 in a sale
dominated by Elevation and
Kingpin progeny. Thirty-one
Elevation daughters
averaged $2684 while 13
Kingpin daughters averaged
$2066. Selling for $4,000 was
another two year old
Elevation daughter con
signed by Schenning
Brothers of Bel Air, Md. A
young heifer calf that caught
the eye of many, including
buyer, Glen Morrow, was a 4
month old Kingpin daughter
from the same family as the
$74,000 All-American
“Glamour” cow. After many
bids, this Maple Lawn
Farms consignment sold for
$3600.
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SILAGE COMPOUNDS AT WHOLESALE PRICES
sire identified cows on DHI
test will significantly im
prove national genetic
evaluations of dairy cattle.
Holstein dairymen can
participate in the grade
identification program
immediately by obtaining an
application form from the
Holstein Association or by
submitting an artificial
breeding receipt, properly
completed, which shows an
identifying sketch of both
sides of the animal. When the
application form or breeding
receipt is accepted by the
Holstein Association, an
Identification Report will be
mailed to the owner of the
animal. A $3.00 fee is
charged for the processing
and receding of ap
plications, and also for
subsequent recorded
changes in ownership.
As always, the Kutztown
Fairgrounds provided an
ideal setting for the , sale.
This year’s sale seemed to
have more young cattle than
usual, especially bred
heifers. The Kingpin bred
heifers selling were cer
tainly a select group for the
buyers, since they could only
be found exclusively at the
Sire Power Sale.
The Sire Power Sale is
sponsored by Sire Power and
its member cooperatives,
Northeastern Breeders
Association, Maryland
Artificial Breeding
Cooperative, and West
Virginia Artificial Breeders
Cooperative. Stud and office
facilities are located in
Tunkhannock, Pa., and
Frederick, Md.
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The basic elements of the
grade identification
program, as approved at the
Holstein Convention, are as
follows:
1. The program is limited
to characteristically
Holstein females not
otherwise eligible for
registry in the herd book of
the Holstein - Friesian
Association of America.
2. Animals offered for.
identification must be sired
by a bull registered in the
herd book of the Holstein -
Friesian Association of
America.
3. Animals offered for
identification must be under
12 months of age (except for
a period of one year, July 1,
1976 to July 1, 1977, during
which no age liirut will
prevail).
4. Animals offered for
identification must be
distinctly black and white or
red and white.
5. Application for grade
Holstein identification will
be made by the owner on an
HFAA form or by submitting
a fully completed A.I.
breeding receipt. A fee of
$3.00 must accompany each
application.
6. An HFAA grade
Holstein identification report
will be issued for each
animal. It will include the
official HFAA identification
number (DHIA or unique
animal health eartag
number); date of birth;
name, which shall be limited
to one word; bam or herd
number; name and address
of owner; registered name
and number of sire; iden
tifying sketch or photo of
both sides of the animal, and
dam’s name and iden
tification number, if
provided by the owner.
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Our Dealer will be notified
in your area.
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recognition
7. Transfer procedures
will require the reissue of the
identification report with the
name and address of the new
owner. The new report will
cost the same as the original
report ... $3.00.
4. Owner compliance will
be under all provisions of the
Simmentals not dual
purpose here
BELTSVILLE, Md. -
Sunmental cattle, which are
used for both beef and milk
in their native Switzerland,
are best used only for beef in
this country, says Loren A
Fulton, a dairy husbandman
with the USDA’s
Agricultural Research
Service here. Fulton con
ducted research to compare
the milk production potential
of Simmental-Holstein
crossbred and purebred
Holstein cows.
Twenty-six crossbred
Simmental-Holstein females
were compared with 49
purebred Holstein herd
mates: At birth, and at 12
months of age, the Sim
mental crossbreds were
heavier than the purebred
Hoisteins, but the Holsteins
were bigger in heart girth
and taller than the Sim
mental crosses at six, 12, and
18 months. However, all
differences were very small.
Simmental crosses showed
first estrus three weeks later
than the purebred Holsteins,
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9. The reserved prefix of a
breeder will be limited in its
use to the naming of
registered animals.
but required fewer services
„to be bred. Simmental
crosses were artificially
inseminated with imported
Brown Swiss semen;
purebred Holsteins were
-inseminated with purebred
Holstein semen.
Both groups of cows calved
at an average of 24 months.
Simmental crosses had more
calving difficulty and more
retained placentas. The
Simmentals also produced
about 5,000 pounds less milk
and milked 30 less days than
Holsteins. “The overall
superiority of our Holsteins
for milk production makes it
impractical to use Sim
mentals for anything other
than beef production in this
country,” says Fulton.
Fulton presented his
research before a combined
meeting of the Northeastern
Section of- the American
Society of Animal Science,
and the Northeast Division of
the American Dairy Science
Association here today.
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