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One of the truly great ones!
15H175 Lowcrest MAR VEX
Excellent & Gold Medal
Production Qualified (USDA July/78)
131 Daus. in 95 Herds Average 17.296 M 3.7%
Fred.’Dif. (85% rpt.) +sl2l +1.217M +.02%
Type Qualified (H-FA Sept./78)
53 Classified Daus. Ave. 80.2 (act.) 82.2 (age-adj.)
Predicted Difference (80% rpt.) +1.60
The Marvex daughters are fancy and have good udders!
His Sire; Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation - EX (96) & GM
His Dam: lowcrest Admiral Marvel • VG (88)
- 3 Records over 23.500 M & 850 F
Marvex is among 21 Gold Medal Holsteins now in daily service!
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NEWARK, Del. - It takes
a long time and a lot of
patience to raise a top
caliber breeding bulk Before
an animal can prove its
genetic superiority, it must
sire ten daughters which
eventually grow up to be
excellent milk producers. By
that time most bulls have
- long since turned into
hamburgers.
But 22-year-old Buddy
Voss didn’t want that fate to
befall his pet bull Jo Boy.
He’d raised the 3000-pound
animal from its birth on his
parents’ dairy farm in
Clayton. In fact, he’d even
raised the bull’s mother and
grandmother from calves as
well. 1
Jo Boy’s grandmother was
Buddy Voss’ first 4-H
project. A gift from his
father, the calf earned the
shy ten-year-old his first
ribbon. When that special
cow finally died giving birth,
Buddy saw to it that
she was properly buried, not
unceremoniously dumped
’ somewhere.
Buddy has similar fond
feelings toward Jo Boy, a
gentle sort of bull who
earned Buddy a number of 4-
H ribbons as a teenager.
Because of those feelings, Jo
Boy is one bull you’ll never
sink your teeth into at the
local hamburger emporium
or steak house. Buddy didn’t
want Jo Boy to be eaten. He
turned down offers from the
local meat packer, choosing
instead to breed the bull
from time to time. All along
he hoped-but never really
knew-that the bull would
prove his thie worth when
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+47F
the production figures were
in for his daughters.
As it turned out, Jo Boy
was worth the wait. Soon
after the proof came in on Jo
Boy, the Voss telephone
started ringing off the wall.
A leading stud firm in Ohio
bought Jo Boy for a con
siderable sum of money.
There he’ll receive star
treatment for the rest of his
days.
Agriculture advances by
passing on the best from one
generation to the next.-As
Buddy groomed Jo Boy to
pass on the best charac
teristics of his breed, he
himself was groomed for
Buddy Voss of Clayton, De. raised this champion bull from its birth as a 4-H
project. He’s now sold the animal to one of the nation's leading stud firms for a
handsome profit.
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1.5% Natural Protein
30.5% NPN (Urea)
20-24% Digestible Protein
No Fermentation Factors
Quick release of Ammonia
first 2-3 hours; then lesser
Ammonia breakdown eat
more cost go up per head/
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Cattle consume 40-60% more
40-55% TDN- “AS IS"
50-60% Dry Matter
Usually consume consider
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25,1978
success in the agricultural
life by the 4-H program.
Buddy credits former 4-H
county agent Dean Belt and
former Delaware ex
tension dairy specialist Dr.
Wilbur Hesseltine for
providing continuing support
and encouragement.
Through 4-H Buddy learned
about dairy judging and
showmanship. He also
learned enough to persuade
his parents to put their cows
on DHIA test-a move they
haven’t ever regretted.
This was an outstanding
year for Buddy Voss. In
addition to the profitable bull
sale, he also achieved a life-
Maugansville, MD
301-739-4220
long goal. He raised and
showed this year’s Delaware
Grand Champion cow.
The 1974 Smyrna High
graduate now farms full
time with his father. Buddy
has 25 animals of his own at
this point, including 14
milking cows and one bull
calf-which he definitely
intends to keep.
Norman Voss is gradually
preparing Buddy for part
nership in the successful
dairy operation he built up
the hard way. Voss, Sr.
worked 18 years at an auto
assembly plant before he
could switch to full-time
farming.
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8-13% Natural Protein.
23-27% NPN
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Free choice will eat 40-60%
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68-72% Dry Matter
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