60—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 11,1978 (
Central District DHIA meeting held
MIFFLIN - The 15-county
Central District meeting of
the Dairy Herd Im
provement Association
directors was held on
Even though there were still 15 inches of snow
on the fields a few Sundays ago, I got the
irresistable urge to go horseback riding. Because
of the weather, the two horses had been happily
hibernating at the barn for awhile, and I decided it
was time to remind them of their purpose if life.
So I dragged the boyfriend out of the warm
house and out we went to the barn Being basically
lazy, I concluded that saddles were not necessary,
and we soon took to the fields.
Now bareback riding is an art in itself as there is
nothing to hang onto except those smooth sides of
that moving beast beneath you. But being that I
have climbed on the horses more years than I like
to admit, I felt no qualms about the afternoon
ahead.
And so we plodded off, the horses’ feet crun
ching through the snow as they ambled on.
Everything was going fine until I began to get a
little bored.
Anxious to awe the world with my great balance,
I began to demonstrate to my unimpressed
companion the various exercises I could do while
seated on the horse. I started with the old touch
your knees one, then graduated to touch your
toes. He still looked uninterested with my gym
nastics.
Not being one to give up easily, I tried a real,
dilly. I lay down on the back of my horse Dollar and
stretched my arms out to the sides while he still
walked on. Balancing completely, I was really
proud of myself and my accomplishments.
Just as I started to sit up, fate set in. Dollar
noticed a temping weed sticking up in the snow
about three feet to the left of him, and took one
step sideways, stretching his neck. The fact that
the front of the horse was no longer where I ex
pected it to be spelled disaster for me.
I did a complete flip off the side of the horse and
hit the snow with a grunt. Joyous laughter filled
the air as my companion came to life. Now he was
impressed.
And Dollar, well, he just contentedly chewed his
weed.
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February 15 at Tabb’s
Country Restaurant, Mifflin.
J. Wilbur Burkholder,
President, a Franklin
County Director, presided
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and Galen Smith of Cum
berland County served as
acting secretary. Treasurer
George Settlerayer
presented a report showing a
balance of $772.83.
Earl Keefer of Dauphin
County who represents the
District Directors on the
State DHIA Board reported
on activities of the State
Board. He listed the in
troduction of new report
forms and the somatic cell
program as highlights of the
past year. Both innovations
have been well received by
member dairymen.
Baum presented a 1977
summary of cost of
production testing and
Supervisor’s wages. He
presented a state-wide
summary of the 1976-77
production testing program
in which a total of 3857 herds
were enrolled. Of this
number 135 were enrolled in
the DHIR program, 2953 in'
the standard DHIA
program, 769 in the alternate
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LEBANON - Orders for
tree seedlings are still being
taken by the Lebanon
Conservation District. The
deadline for ordering bun- *
dies of Blue Spruce, Norway
Spruce, White Pine and
Austrian Pine is March 15th.
The bundles of 10 trees are
$1.59 (this includes Penn
sylvania sales tax).
There are no restrictions
on these trees but the con
servation district advises
participating individuals to
be careful when planting
them to avoid problems
with utility lines and other
trees. Planting instructions
will be available when the
purchaser picks up the trees
early in April.
Send a check with your
order payable to Lebanon
County Conservation
District, Room 110. Muni
cipal Building, 400 S. Bth
Street, Lebanon, Penn
sylvania '17042. For further
information call 717-272-3377.
Tarp. Repairing
AM/PM program and 817 in
the owner/sampler
program. A total of 99 herds
produced an average of 700
lbs. butterfat and over; the
Earl Noel herd in Adams
County was among this elite
group.
A proposal to create a
position of Area DHIA
Supervisor-was outlined by
Ray Pruss, Administrative
Assistant for the State DHIA
program. This individual
would be jointly hired by
several county associations.
He would supervise the work
of the DHIA Supervisors,
would perform check tests
and would - recruit new
members, testing these until
enough are added to add an
additional Supervisor. Pruss
estimates an added cost of 4
cents per cow per month on
present member herds to
fiance the area position. The
proposal generated much
discussion but no action was
taken.
Adams County Directors
Wayne Rodgers and Scott
Whiteford served with Boyd
Homan of Centre County and
Donald Apple of Juniata
County on the nominating
committee. In the election
which followed, these were
elected: President, J. Wilbur
Burkholder, Franklin
County; vice president, John
Foster, Huntingdon County;
secretary, Galen Hall,
Cumberland County;
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treasurer, George Set- frequent changes were made
tlemyer, County Extension in the roster of members. He
Director,' Juniata County, indicated that under present
and state director, Jason policy, short term
Hertzler, Montour County. enrollment would not be
In response to a question accepted,
about the possibility of short- Dairy farmer testimony at
term sampling of member the meeting revealed
herds, Gilmore said that satisfaction with the results
once per month is a of the somatic cell program?
minimum for the in- The directors set Feb.'l4,
formation to be of practical 1979 as the date for the next
use. Bookkeeping costs meeting and agreed to meet
would be prohibitive if in Mifflin.
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