fennißS, Saturday, December 16,1978 Adams GETTYSBURG -- - <c lix completing their 50th annual year of officially supervised production testing, Adams County dairymen who are members of the Adams County Dairy Herd Im provement Association completed their best year on record” said Thomas E Piper, county Extension director for Penn State when he presented a summary of the year’s test at the association’s annual awards banquet. The banquet was held December 7. m the Community Fireball at Barlow President Wayne Rodgers presided at the meeting. In distributing the sum mary report for the testing year ending September 30, 1978, Piper recalled that the Association had its first herd to average over 700 pounds of butterfat of 1977 but had closed out 1978 with five herds m this prestegious class. In addition, the 52 herds with 3,122 cows on test was the largest number in the associations’ history. The county herds he said produced an average of 14,890 pounds of milk and 568 pounds of butterfat during the year, an increase of 703 pounds of milk and 23 pounds of butterfat over the prior year. Piper noted that “the Pen- Mar Farm owned by Earl Noel of McSherrystown and managed by Claude Holmes was the county leader with production which averaged 19,253 pounds of milk and 779 pounds of butterfat on a 66- cow herd. He was followed by the El Rho Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Baum at Abbottstown Rl, whose 35- Co, DHIA completes best cow herd produced an average of 19,443 pounds of milk and 749 pounds of butterfat. In third place, the Yellow Buttercup Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mum mert at East Berlin R 2. with 98 cows produced an average of 19,134 pounds of milk and 733 pounds of butterfat. Klmg Ayr Farms, fourth place herd of 39 cows owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klinger of New Oxford R 2, produced an average of 19,237 pounds of milk and 721 pounds of butterfat. Stoner Brothers Dairy at East Berlin R 2, averaged 7C5 pounds of butterfat and 18,034 pounds of milk with a herd of 49 cows ana olaced fifth. A record twelve additional herds produced in excess of 600 pounds of butterfat and made a significant con tribution in boosting the county’s overall record Weun Sharr Farms of New Oxford R 2, placed sixth with 89 cows producing 18,455 pounds of milk and 686 pounds of butterfat. In seventh place, Oscar Win ters, Hanover R 5, averaged 17,980 pounds of milk and 672 pounds of milk with a 20-cow herd. Roy A. Weaner, Jr., Gettysburg R 6, ranked eighth when his 51 cow herd produced an average of 16,697 pounds of milk and 669 pounds of butterfat. The William Myers’ herd of 36 cows at R. D. 3, Littlestown produced 16,788 pounds of milk, 644 pounds of butterfat and ranked ninth. In tenth place, the Leroy Deputy herd of 88 cows at R.D. 1, East Berlin averaged 18,294 pounds of milk and 639 pounds of butterfat. Other herds which produced in excess of 600 pounds of butterfat as follows: Milton R. Hoffman, Gettysburg R 7, at 625 pounds of butterfat; Eugene Witter, Gardners Rl, 619 pounds; Brown Valley Farm, Lit tlestown RS, 618 pounds; James E. Miller, R 4, New Oxford, 612 pounds: Glenn Lippy, Littlestown Rl, 607 pounds; Mervm II Myers, Littlestown R 2, 606 pounds and Jonas Beiler, Lit tlestown Rl, 605 pounds of butterfat An additional 26 herds produced from 500 to 600 pounds and nine herds averaged between 400 and 500 pounds. Trophies were awarded to the top three herds. Stoner Brothers Dairy received the trophies for the cow with the highest lifetime production of milk and butterfat. “Carol” was a repeat winner having now produced a total of 204,438 pounds of milk and 8,646 pounds of butterfat in twelve lactations. Weim Sharr Farms, New Oxford R 2, owned by D.H. Sharrar and Sons and far med by Stanley Weimer and Sons garnered the trophies for the cow with the highest milk and butterfat record completed during the year. Their cow identified as “64” produced 31,312 pounds of milk and 1,153 pounds of butterfat during a 305-day lactation to win both awards Among individual high cow records based on but terfat, Weim Sharr Farms had a cow tied for fourth place, two tied for sixth place, one tied for eighth place and another in ninth place. In this ranking, El Rho Farm, Rl, Abbottstown, was second; Noel and Holmes, Hanover Rl, was third and tied for fourth; Leroy Deputy, East Berlin Rl, was seventh; Yellow- Buttercup Farm, East, was tied for ninth and William Inskip, East Berlin R2,ranked tenth. All these records ' exceeded 1000 pounds of butterfat. Weim Sharr Farms won an equally large number of honors among the top ten cows based upon milk production in one 305-day lactation. In addition to first place, this herd had cows wlucn ranked second, fourth, fifth, and ninth. Glenn and Janet Lippy, Littlestown Rl, were owners of the cow in asooesccocoecosoeoeooosooeoeooo I Test results prove | Asgrow’s commitment to I greater soybean yields. I A STORY ABOUT SOYBEANS There is a seed dealer m South Jersey named Ivan Garrison who said “Do you have any soybean varieties that can outyield Williams 9 ” Asgrow Seed Co. replied “Yes, Dr. John Schilhnger our plant breeder, has developed a new bean called A 3860 that not only has outyielded Williams on the average of 2.0 bu./acre but also carries a better level of full tolerance to Phytophera Root Rot and has im proved emergence and standabihty.” Mr. Garrison replied, “I know Asgrow Vegetable Seed always stood for quality plus but how about your soybean seed 9 ” Asgrow answered, “Plant it and find out”, and that is what Mr. Garrison did. He planted Asgrow A 3860 and various quality levels of Williams on the Grier Farm in Deerfield, NJ and this is what he found. All were sown at the same rate of 60 lbs./acre in 36” rows. • Asgrow A 3860 yielded 53b/a • Vigor-Rated Williams yielded 57.5 b/a • Certified Williams yielded 56.5 b/a • Selected Williams yielded 50.2 b/a But to eliminate any flukes he planted test acres on the Hannan Farm, a few miles away, this is what he found there. • Asgrow ABB6O yielded 55.3 bu./a • Certified Williams yielded 49.2 bu./a • Grice Variety 315 yielded 46.0 bu./a asgrow FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT ANY OF THE PARTICIPATING DEALER OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES: MARYLAND AG-CHENI, INC Girdletree, MD 301-632-2200 ROBERT HUTCHISON Cordova, MD 301-822-4993 JIMSCHILLINGER Severn, MD 301-969 5909 NEW JERSEY IVAN GARRISON Elmer, NJ 609-358 2656 COOP GROWERS ASSN Vmcentown, NJ 609-268-1018 TOM ORGOII Colts Neck, NJ 201 462 4285 J W RUNKLES Monrovid, MD 301 865-5842 CHAMBERLAIN & BARCLAY, INC Cranbury, NJ 609 655 0700 year on third and eighth place; Noel and Holmes, Hanover Rl, ranked sixth; El Rho Farms ranked seventh and a cow owned by Penn Gate Farm, Littlestown R 2, placed tenth. All these records exceeded 25,000 pounds of milk. The trophy for the herd achieving the greatest improvement in the herd average for the year, based on butterfat production. Went to El Rho Farm, Ab bottsiown Rl Their herd average climbed from 570 pounds to 749 pounds, an increase of 179 pounds. Following in second place was Shamrock Farm, York Springs Rl, with 120 pounds Wilkinson and Reynolds, Biglerville Rl, third with 112; Mervm K. Myers, iosooooc/soeceoo record m Littlestown R 2, fourth with 91; Jonas M. Beiler, Lit tlestown Rl, fifth with 87; John J. Hess, Gettysburg R 5, sixth with 83; Klmg Ayr Farm, New Oxford R 2, seventh with 73; Stoner Brothers, East Berlin and Richard Herr, Gettysburg R 5, tied for eighth place with 66 pounds; Yellow- Buttercup, Berlin R 2, ninth with 64 pounds and tied for tenth place at 61 pounds increase - Pleasant Acres Farm of Harold King, York Springs HI and his neighbor Guy Tanger, York Springs R 2. 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