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higher than 4 -the state
average. Cows pumped out
13,631 pounds of milk, and
the State average was 644
pounds higher. Milk fat in
the>County averaged 534
pounds, 14 pounds less than
(he state average. Value of
the product was $845 for the
County and $857 for the state.
Hay costs per cow were $lO6
compared to the State’sslol,
other costs were $164, com
pared to $175. The average
grain cost per cow was $359
while the State averaged $l6
less. Pasture, at $l9 was $3
less than the State'average.
Total feed average per cow
was $648, $7 more than the
State average. The value of
the product above feed cost
was averaged at $845 for the
County, and $l2 more, $857,
for the State.
Compared to last year,
Montgomery County has
dropped in the number of
cows on test by 76, but has
increased pounds of milk
'produced by 175 pounds.
Milk fat production... has
remained the same at 534
pounds.
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greatest increase in but
terfat averages, ranked one
' to ten, were 1. J. Harold
Keener, Telford; 2. Fred L.
Sepit, Landsdale Rl; 3.
David P, Longacre,
Hereford; 4. Daniel E. Kolb,
Spring City Rl; ~5. Paul
Weaver, Royersford; 6.
Curtis N. Kratz, Souderton;
7. Walton Hackman, Hat
field; 8. Alvin D. Delp,
Souderton Rl; 9. George
Sterner, Bechtelsville Rl;
, and Henry B. GottshaU
Royersford. The purpose of
these rankings is to
recognize herds making
steady year to year progress
and to give more credit for
increasing production on
herds already on a high level
of production.
The high ten cows in
butterfat production (all
Holstein) were also ranked.
Harold K. Halteman owned
the first place cow, Pat, a
Holstein which milked 24,420
pounds, and 1104 pounds of
fat. J. Harold Keener owned
the second place cow, Pearl,
which milked out 26,623
pounds of milk and 1083
pounds of fat. Robert Moses’
cow, 92, pumped out 18,491
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pounds of milk and 1072
pounds of fat, obtaining third
place. Harold Halteman also
took fourth with Sherry, a
cow that milked 23,083
pounds of milk and 1031
pounds of fat. Fifth place
went to Henry 8,. Gottshall
as his cow C 57 yielded 23,464
pounds of milk and 1025
pounds of fat. Harold
Keener, took six place with
Fammie who pumped out
27,296 and 997 pounds of milk
and butterfat, respectively.
James Stutzman & Sons
placed seventh with their
high producer, Norma, who
produced 22,014 pounds of
milk and 976 pounds of fat.
Boop, owned by David P.
Longacre ranked eighth as
she milked 24,924 pounds of
milk and 927 pounds of fat.
Coming in ninth was Bobbie,
owned by George Sterner of
Bechtelsville Rl. This cow
milked 23,412 pounds of milk
and 958 pounds of fat.
Another cow owned by
Robert Moses placed tenth.
His cow 179 pumped out
26,731 pounds of milk and 955
pounds of fat.
In the milk production
race, Fammie, owned by J.
Harold Keener took top
honors. Fammie also placed
sixth in the butterfat Robert
Moses’ 179 captured second
place. Pearl, owned by J.
Harold Keener, came in
third with 26,623 pounds of
milk and 1033 pounds of fat.
Fred and Wilbur Seipt,
Lansdale Rl, owned the
fourth place cow, Muriel,
who produced 25,314 pounds
of the white fluid with 923
pounds of fat. Robert Moses,
Schwenksville R 2, placed
fifth with 220, who milked
25,063 pounds of milk and 851
pounds of fat. James Stutz
man & Sons, Schwenksville
Rl, owners of Lot, placed
sixth as the cow pumped out
24,976 pounds of milk and 795
pounds of fat. Billie, owned
by David P. Longacre, had
24,972 pounds of milk and 902
pounds of butterfat. Boop,
also owned by Longacre,
placed eighth. Ranking ninth
was 99, owned by Robert
Moses. The cow milked
24,444 pounds. Pat, owned by
Harold Halteman placed
tenth. Pat was also the first
ranked cow in fat produc
tion.
The following is a list of
DHIA yearly herd averages
that produced above 550
pounds of butterfat.
J. Harold Keener
38.3 H 18,913 755
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Uw,cas|trf«nnint, Satunl«y, December 2,197 t
Harold K. Halteman
58.7 H 18,652
Richard A. Bechtel
42.3 H 17,771
Henry B. Gottshall '
61.9 H 17,206
E.N. Halteman & Son
44.4 H 16,842
W.B. Saul High School
12.9 H 17,733
Merrill Mest
32.1 H 15,867
Charles Rhoads
39.2 H 16,582
Fred & Wilbur Seipt
124.8 H 15,995
Du Mar Farm
51,4 H 17,157
David P. Longacre
84.1 H 16,928
Robert Moses
89.7 H 16,421
E. Jayßenninger
114.2 H 16,015
George Seneko, Jr.
49.4 H 15,906
MerrilG. Ruth
56.1 H 17,370
Roy S. Kolb
52.8 M 16,021
George K. Sterner
81.6 H 15,165
Milk-feed price
ratio zooms
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
U.S. milk production con
tinues off slightly from the
1977 pace, but both prices
and the milk-feed price ratio
have zoomed. October milk
output, at 9.8 billion pounds,
was only fractionally below
that of a year earlier, ac
cording to USDA.
It marked the eighth
straight month that output
has been below that of a
corresponding month a year
earlier. Still production for
the first 10 months total 103.1
billion pounds, down only 1
per cent from a year ago and -
two per cent above that for
1976,
Prices of all milk sold to
plants in October averaged
$11.20 per hundredweight, up
from $10.90 in September
(and October 1977’s $lO.lO
per hundredweight and
record high for the thrid
straight month.
Robert L. Freed, Sr.
.41.7 H 15,671
Paul W. Weaver &Sons
47.5 H 15,300
Warren H. Alderfer
25.4 H 15,780
700
673
Maynard Rothenberger
123.7 H 15,327
Gordon Moser
40.8 H 15,707
669
652
646
Kenneth P. Schultz
45.5 H 14,076
Gehringer Brothers ~
57.6 M 14,207
Kreibel Brothers
29.3 H 14,565
Daniel E. Kolb
49.4 H 14.811
LalisaHolsteins
55.5 H 14,584
Windemere Farm
25.6 H 14,380
627
627
621
620
Robert W. Wolfgang
39.7 M 14,136
Woodson Farm
47.3 H 15,102
619
615
Alvin D.Delp
37.8 M 13,846 531
S. Horace Mowrer &Son
122.7 H 14,323 550
603
603
Meanwhile, the milk-feed
price ratio (pounds of
concentrate ration equal in
value to 1 pound of milk sold
to plants) hit 1.83 for Oc
tober, up from 1.81 in Sep
tember an 1.79 in October
1977.. For the record, the all
time October high was 1.85
set in 1968 and tied in 1969
and the all-time record high
for any month was 1.88
established in November
1971.
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insulator, it’s a fad. It’s
Sapennetal! Better known
as aluminum, its uses are so
widespread that future
generations may think of the
present time as the
Aluminum Age, Just as we
now refer to previous
periods by the distinctive
material that nutured them:
Stone, Bronze, and Iron.
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