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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec. 11, 1976 16 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