109—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1978
Four Lebanon dairy herds top 700 lbs. butt erf at*
By DIETER KRIEG
SCHAEFFERSTOWN -
Four Lebanon County dairy
operations completed their
DHIA year with butterfat
averages exceeding 700
pounds per cow, it was
revealed Monday night
during the annual DHIA
banquet. The four are
Harold and Donald Bollinger
of Willow Maple Farm,
Newmanstown Rl; Ben
• netch Brothers, Myerstown
R 2; Arnold Acres, Lebanon
R 2; and Marvin Meyer,
Annville R 2.
Topping the list for the
second year m a row was the
Bollinger family, whose 44
registered Holsteins
averaged 21,619 pounds of
milk and 743 pounds of
butterfat. Their herd con
sisted of 18 per cent first calf
heifers, with none of the
animals being purchased.
Bennetch Brothers trailed
in second place with an
average of 18,948 pounds of
milk and 723 pounds of
buttterfat on 72 registered
and grade Holsteins. Arnold
Acres placed third with 73
registered Holsteins
averaging 18,595 pounds of
milk and 714 pounds of
butterfat. A herd average of
18,451 and 701 pounds for
milk and butterfat,
respectively, gave Marvin
Meyer the fourth and last
spot in the “700 club.”
According to Lebanon
County Agent Newton Bair,
who presented each of the
four top dairymen with
special recognition, some
real progress has been made
in the County’s dairy
production. The recently
completed DHIA year
marked the first time ever
that Lebanon County’s DHIA
average exceeded 15,000
pounds of milk. It now stands
at 15,286, compared with
14,882 a year ago. The state
average is pegged at 14,475.
The County’s butterfat
poundage moved up from 566
last year to 570 pounds this
year. The butterfat test,
however, dropped from 3.8 to
3.7 per cent.
“We are not trying to flood
the country with milk,” Bair
explained while citing the
production statistics for high
producing herds and the
county as a whole. Rather,
he said, dairymen are trying
to become more efficient,
and the higher records are a
reflection of the breeding,
feeding, and management
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The county agent also cell counts. Twenty-four testing program, he said,
noted that there is a distinct Lebanon County dairy herds (turn to Page 109)
Honored for high herd averages at the Lebanon County DHIA banquet on
Monday were Donald and Harold Bollinger, seated; Marlin Bennetch; Marvin
Meyer, represented by Clyde Meyer, center: and Arnold Acres, represented by
Mike Arnold, right.
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Newton Bair, Lebanon County agricultural
agent, took note that Lebanon County's DHIA herd
average eclipsed 15,000 pounds for the first time
this year.
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