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‘Project Equity’ talk
highlights PJCC
READING, Pa. - The
annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle
Club was held at the
Sheraton Bershire Inn,
Reading, last month. Jersey
breeders from all parts of
the Commonwealth gathered
£r file two-day event which
culminated with the annual
awards banquet and
business meeting.
One highlight of the
meeting was a speech by
Guy Crews of Columbus,
Ohio, who spoke on “Project
Equity” -the pricing of milk
on marketable and
nutritional value rather than
on volume along. Crews
reported that thecre has
been no appreciable change
in methods of pricing milk in
over 40 years. Research has
proven that consumers
prefer to drink high solids
milk, but pricing methods
have not encouraged
production of this product.
Cheese manufacturers have
become alarmed by low
cheese yields resulting Rom
the low solids milk which
they receive. Crews stressed
the fact that protein pricing
is not a breed issue and that
dairymen in all breeds could
benefit from a pricing
change.
A convincing argument
was California’s component
system which has
been in effect for several
years. This state demands
highers solids in its whole,
skim, and 10-fat milk than is
accepted in the rest of the
nation. As a result,
California has become the
country’s leading state in
per capita milk consumption
- proof that the consumer
will, buy a better bottle of
milk.
Crews also reported that
manufacturing plants in the
Mid-west which have paid
for milk on protein content
have raised their premiums
three times because of the
added profit to the plant
realized by this pricing
program.
Awards for the top herds
and individual Jersey cows
in the state were presented
by Penn State’s Dexter
Putnam. Results were: top
herd (under 50 cows) for
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top herd (under 50 cows) for
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fat; top herd (50 cows and
over) for both milk and fat
Wallace Mellott,
Harrisonville, with 12,997
pounds milk and 698 pounds
fat; top herd in classification
(under 50 cows) went to
Mildred Seeds, Top-O-Hill
Farm, Downingtown; top
herd in classification (50
cows and over) was G.
Richard Moose, New
Wilmington top individual
cow in.the state was a two
yr.-old owned by Cynthia
Waltemyer, Walebe Farms,
Collegeville. The cow
produced 18,467 pounds milk,
and 911 pounds fat on her
first - lactation. Miss
Waltemyer was also the
winner of both the Brunges
Production trophy and the
Olmstead trophy. Winner of
the Fetherolf Trophy was
Norman D. Weaver of
Bradford County.
Distinguished Service award
went to Adolph Zbellin of
Ottsville, the founder of the
Consumer day set for Thurs.
MEDIA, Pa.- Harold E.
Neigh, consumer economics
specialist with Penn State
University will tell listeners’
if they are being “ripped
off” by middlemen during
the third annual consumer
day being held at the
Delaware County Com
munity College on Ht. 252
north of on April 14.
The program, titled
“Living with Inflation; It’
Here To Stay,” is sponsored
jointly by the Penn State, the
Delaware County Com
munity College and the
Federated Women’s Clubs of
Delaware County.
Outstanding speakers will
be featured as well as eight
workshops from which to
choose. Topics such as
“Making Small Home
Repairs,” “Furniture
Cosmetics,” and “Women
and Credit” will be offered.
To register, send a check
for $2 made payable to DCC
meeting
good Freyhof herd of Jer
seys, winner of production
awards in recent years.
The 1976 World Jersey
Congress held in Australia
and New Zealand was the
subject of a slide presen
tation by William Swingle of
Canton during a social hour
held Friday evening.' Berks
County’s dairy princess,
Nedra Yoder, crowned the
new Pennsylvania Jersey'
Queen, Lori Sollenberger of
Everett Jn a ceremony which
concluded the evening’s
events.
Hie annual PJCC Calf
sale, which supports .the
Pennsylvania youth' fund,
was held Saturday morning
at Long Meadows Farm in
Hamburg. A dozen
registered Jersey heifers,
ranging in age from three to
eight months, were sold into
Virginia, New Jersey and
Ohio as well as Penn
sylvania. The top selling
heifer at $7lO was a daughter
of Generators Orator of
gston, consigned by Ogston
Farm of Columbus, N.J., and
sold to Jack Ernest of
Frederickstown, Ohio.
to Consumer Day, Delaware
County Community College,
Media, Pa. 19063. Bring a
brown bag lunch. A beverage
will be provided both during
registration and lunch.
Dessert will also be served
for lunch. The public is in
vited to attend.
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