—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 13, 1976 62 t'- k I'Wism- I - Greg Soft, left Lebanon County highest butterfat count; and Harold Extension agent, hands awards to and Donald Bollinger for highest milk (left to right) Edwin Funck, for average of the Lebanon County DHIA. Lebanon DHIA honors top producers SCHAEFFERSTOWN, Pa. - An average of 737 pounds of butterfat gave the herd belonging to Edwin E. Funck, Jonestown Rl, the top butterfat record of the Lebanon County DHIA membership, and a listing of 19,668 pounds of milk put Willow Maple Farm, owned by Harold and Donald Bollinger, Newmanstown Rl, in the rank of top milk producing herd in the county. These facts were bought out last Tuesday at the Lebanon County DHIA annual dinner held at the Schaefferstown Fire Hall, here. Funck and the Bollingers were recognized for their achievements with plaques awarded to them by Gregory Solt, county agent for Lebanon. The agent also handed out 23 ribbons recognizing herds in the 600 lb. fat category. Funck’s herd is comprised of 39 head of registered and grade Holsteins with a milk production record of 19,101 pounds. The Bollinger herd is made up of 48 animals with a record of 664 pounds of butterfat-. This is the third year for Willow Maple Farms to have the top milk producing herd in DHIA. These top two records can be compared with the average for the county of 14,339 pounds of milk and 547 pounds of butterfat. The other top herds in butterfat belong to Dale Hostetter and Sons, Annville R 2, with 698 pounds of fat; Marvin K. Meyer, Annville R 2 with 674 pounds of fat; Bennetch Brothers, Myer stown R 2, with 653 pounds of fat; Arnold Acres, Lebanon R 2, with 650 pounds of fat; Isaac E. Zimmerman, Lebanon R 3, with 646 pounds of fat; Phares Musser, Newmanstown Rl, 640 pounds of milk; Robert" - Martin, Myerstown R 2, with 626 pounds of fat; Donald G. Hoffer, Lebanon R 4, with 623 pounds of fat; Raymond and Marlin Getz, Myerstown R 4, with 623 pounds of fat; Harvey T. Bomgardner,- Annville R 3, with 622 pounds of fat; Clarence Mase, Lebanon R 5, with 616 pounds i of fat; Warren Lentz, Lebanon Rl, with 615 pounds of fat; Daniel B. Shirk, Newmanstown Rl, with 615 pounds of fat; Albert Moyer, Lebanon R 2, with 614 pounds of fat; Ernest Wagner, Annville Rl, with 614 pounds of fat; David Brandt, Ann ville Rl, with 611 pounds of fat; Ralph D. Shirk and Sons, Fredericksburg Rl, with 609 pounds of fat; Kenneth Sellers, Lebanon R 4, with 604 pounds of fat; Harold Wampler and Son, Lebanon K 4, with 603 pounds of fat; M, Luther Bennetch, Newmanstown Rl, with 603 pounds of fat; Norman Kline, Myerstown R 2, with 602 pounds of fat; Hubert Miller, Myerstown R 2, with 601 pounds of fat. Overall, in the county 89 herds with an average of five or more cows, exceeded an average production of 400 pounds of butterfat. Before the awarding of the ribbons, Lebanon County Dairy Princess, Rose Brandt, spoke briefly on milk promotion, saying there are two essentials to pushing the product - a sincere belief in the commodity and a knowledge of its com ponents. And, before making the FREE FREE 1 DOUBLE SLIDE DOOR WITH ANY FARMSTED BLDG. Farmiil Construction & Repair Soudersburg, PA PLEASE TEAR OFF AND MAIL TO FARM ILL Construction Soudersburg, PA 17577 Please send me more information about □ the Butler Farmsted Building NAME.... ADDRESS TOWN..,. STATE COUNTV PHONE presentations of the evening, Gregory Solt spoke briefly on the DHIA program in Lebanon county. While Lebanon actually lowered in , its production of milk and fat since last year, Solt assorted that the members were “holding their own” and blamed the minor loss on a higher milk price which caused fanners to keep their marginal, lower producing animals in the herd. Yet, even with the small drop in production, Lebanon County was sixth in milk production and seventh in fat. Solt also reminded the group that DHIA is not set up as a base for competition to ' win ribbons. Instead, he stressed, that the ribbons are awards for merit, and that the DHIA is a record keeping system which should be used as is. peppy HeaTeß low-cost portable g Carry warm weather HOjlll wherever you go ■ BvießOH ...indoors or out... • Powerful... provides 50,000 BTU r s of fan circulated heat. • Portable ... weighs 45 lbs. Less tfian 30" long. • Peace of mind ... features an automatic protec tion system. • Economical ~. uses low-cost kerosene/No. 1 fuel oil for-pennies-per-hour'■'o-nfort. - _ Ask for a free demonstration. GEHMAN BROS. Sales & Service 1 Ml. NO. OF TERRE HILL * ONRT.jp PHONE (215) 445-627^ LIMITED TIME ONLY. PH. (717) 687-7659 [Please Include Area Code! Other business on the agenda was the election of members to the board directors. Kenneth Sellers, Harold Bollinger, _ and Robert JLentz were' all reelected for another three years. i Insane Legislators A farmer-type had gotten himself elected to the leg islature After serving for a month in the state capitol, he came home for a week end “Marie,” he said to his wife, “I’ve already discov ered one thing about the House. It’p the first insane .asylum I’ve ever seen or heard of that’s run by the - inmates ” l Unique Ability Politicians have a unique way of dodging Issues in a straight-forward way " eom . HeaTOR BUTLER AGRI-BUILDER ... zip....,
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