Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec. 11, 1976
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i Continued from Page 11 tor being leaders in their herd in production in the.
the county, with an average breeds in milk production state,
of 19,248 pounds of milk and were: Ayrshire, Harold G. Plaques were also
713 pounds of fat. Following Shelly, Manheim R 2, with a presented to three super
closely was Curtis E. Akers, record of 14,327 milk, 598 fat; visors in recognition of their
Quarryvifle Rl, with 711 Brown Swiss, Donald B. having completed over 20
pounds of fat and 18,131 milk. Trimble, Peach Bottom R 2, years’ service to the
The 71 figure is the highest 12,512 milk, 513 fat; Guem- Association. They are
number ever recognized for sey, K.D, and Else Linde, Clarence Crider, Manheim;
fat production and is up Oxford Rl, 13,848 milk and Jay Kisser, Lampeter Road,
from nearly 50 last year. In 646 fat; Jersey, George and Lancaster; and J. Wilbur
Lancaster County there are Doris Hough, Peach Bottom Houser, Lampeter.
439 herds on official test, R 2, 10, 872 milk, 486 fat; A summary of the 1976 Red
with an average of 53.8 cows mixed breed, John N. Shirk, Rose DHIA year reveals that
per herd. Leola R 1, 18,293 milk, 681 average production per cow
In addition to Martin, fat. Linde’s herd record was (all breeds) stands at 13,762
others who received plaques also the highest Guernsey pounds of milk, which is 200
pounds above the state
. ■.-» , average and 261 pounds
\ff pV| 11 fxi PH 4f better than last year's tally.
V/J. J. J. Vr JXJ. J.I.C/ J. J. I The fat test reading dropped
a tenth of a point this year -
._ # _ from 3.9 to 3.8, but there was,
ll 1 rvfl pcf nirnT* nevertheless, a net gain of
Ct vi eight pounds in butterfat
3 production. The County
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Dr. Swope indicated that average of 529 pounds
- Student enrollment in the 28 per cent of the un- compares with the state
College of Agriculture at dergraduate students and 19 average of 523 pounds and
Penn State University this per cent of the graduate 1975 average of 521
fall totals 3,650, an all-time students are women. pounds,
record. Value of milk produced per
It is estimated that 70 per cow has been pegged at $1406
cent of the students come not this year, compared to $ll7l
from farms and rural areas, a year ago. The state
but from the urban and average is $1367. Value over
suburban areas of the state, feed costs stands at $BlO, up
according to Dr. Robert E. considerably from last
Swope, assistant dean for year’s $594 figure. The state
resident education in the average is $BOl.
college. Feed costs for Lancaster
Noting the increase in total County’s DHIA herds
enrollment from 3,463 last totalled $598 per head, -which
year, Dr, Swope said that breaks down to $296 for grain
undergraduate student and $3OO for roughage and
enrollment showed a gain of pasture. Per hundredweight
5.4 per cent.
Since the fall of 1970, the
enrollment figures have
climbed by 184 per cent.
Graduate student
enrollemnt also has gamed,
with a 24 per cent increase
noted over the three-year
period since 1973. The
associate degree total.
reported at 331, shows no
change from a year ago.
71 dairymen top
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
AD!
John Baylor
Extension Agronomist
CONGRA TULA TIONS
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Mellott and son, Steve, of R. D. No. 2, Mercersburg (Franklin Co.),
Pennsylvania have been named recipients of the State Alfalfa Growing Champion Award for
1975.
Their 4 cuttings of Alfalfa and Pennlate Orchardgrass mixture yielded 8.21 tons of hay
per acre - a crude protein yield of 2791 lb. and a TON production of 9,112 lb. per acre - equivalent
to nearly 100 bushels of Soybeans!
The Mellott herd of 70 holsteins averaged 16,600 pounds of milk and 628 pounds of butterfat
during this past year.
Dr. John E. Baylor, Extension Agronomist, and John Shearer. Franklin County Agent, made the
award during the recent Forage, Seed and Corn Conference.
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company
of milk produced, the feed
costs are pegged at $4.33.
The 71 dairymen who
bettered the 600 pounds of
butterfat mark are, ranked
from top to bottom in con
secutive order:
Rufus G. Martin, Curtis
Akers, R. Edwin Hamish,
Ben Stoltzfus, John Shirk,
Henry Leaman, Robert'
Shelly, John Omar Stoltzfus,
Harold G Shelly. J. Z. Nolt,
Dan S. Stoltzfus, Henry
Kettering, Paul .Zim
merman, Calvin. Beiler,
Jacob Dienner, Russel Kline,
Edgefield Farms, Jonas
Zook, K. D. & Else Linde,
Arthur Wenger, Abraham
Shelly Jr., Don Ranck, John
Lapp, Ammon Reiff, Ronald
and Kathryn Kline, Jay
Garber, Lancaster Men
nonite Hospital, Jay L.
Ranck, J. Mowery Frey,
Jr., Robert Kauffman,
(Peach Bottom), Aaron
Beiler, David L. Landis, and
Conewago View Farms. All
of these had 630 or more
pounds. The list continues
with Raymond and Louise
Witmer, Glenn Book, Rohrer
Brothers, Emanuel
Smucker, John Harnish,
Ivan Stoltzfus, Clyde Martin,
John Beiler, Paul Horning,
Allen Stoltzfus, Allan
Shoemaker, P. Robert
Wenger, Robert F. and Joan
B. Book, Earl N. Landis,
Paul W elk, Robert Kauffman
(Elizabethtown), S. R.
Shellenberger, Christian
Zook, Titus B. Stoner, Elam
Bollinger, Irene Sauder,
John Stoltzfus, Furry Frey,
Moses Lapp, J. K. Hershey,
Ellis Kreider, Ben S.
Stoltzfus, Vernon Umble,
Naaman Stoltzfus, John B.
Stoltzfus, Jr„ Andrew
Mr. & Mrs. Howard J. Meltott
Dairy Farmer
Shiremanstown, Pa. 17011
J. Wilber Houser and Jay Risser were cited for
their years of service to the Red Rose DH)A
program.
Miller, Donald Eckman, M. Kindig said, “The fee
Irvin Eberly, Nelson increase has been calculated
Wenger, Nelson Martin, J. to cover anticipated ex-
Eby Hershey, Parke Ranck, penses to January, 1979.
and John M. Weaver and
Son.
During the business herds on the regular DHI
meeting President Robert testing program. Those on
Kindig announced that a fee the AM-PM program will
increase will go into effect on increase $.13 per cow per
January 1, 1977. He pointed month; owner-sampler fees
out that it is the first in- will increase $.lO per cow per
crease in testing fees since month. Kindig also an
-1974. nounced that the state board
The increase has become has dropped a charge for
necessary, Kindig said, new cows being added to
because of higher fees for fat herd records. In the past this
testing and IBM testing at fee was $.25, per cow.
the state level, and because A by-laws for the
of the increasing costs of organization was passed and
supplies, insurance, shipping put into effect during the
and wages. business session.
The increase will amount
to $.15 per cow per month in
John Shearer
Franklin County Agent