—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23,1978
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Juniata Co, DHL4. names top producers
MIFFLINTOWN - The
Juniata County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association
finished it’s 55th year with 66
whole-year and 10 owner-
sampler herds. An average
of 3179 cows were on test.
The average production per
cow was 15,007 pounds of
milk containing 570 pounds
of butterfat.
The Pennsylvania
Dairyman’s Association
awarded purple rosette
ribbons to the two top herds
in the county.
The C. Roy Henry Holstein
Herd, Port Royal, was high
m butterfat. The 49 cow herd
averaged 18,650 pounds milk
and 737 pounds butterfat
The Kenneth Deamer
Holstein Hero, Thomp
sontown, was high in milk.
The 51 cow herd averaged
19,156 pounds milk and 719
pounds butterfat.
The Dairyman’s
Association also awarded
gold rosette ribbons for
average production per cow
of over 600 pounds of but
terfat to the following herd
owners. Mark L. Zook,
Mifflin; Elroy Saner,
Thompsontown; Clyde D.
Moyer, Thompsontown;
Freebum & Norman Love,
East Waterford; John L
Van Horn, Miffhntown;
James L. Swartz, Port
Royal; Elmer A. Noss &
Son, Honey Grove; James C.
Graham, Port Royal; Larry
& David Noss, Port Royal;
Donald Adams, Port Royal;
Harold B. Shearer, East
Waterford; Wilbur Har
shbarger & Sons, Mif
fhntown; S.F. Metz, Mif
fhntown; Rodney Conrad,
Millerstown; Leonard
Queitzsch, Miffhntown;
Charles Wochley, Mt.
Pleasant Mills,; Lost Creek
Farm, McAlisterville; Glen
B. Simonton. Port Royal;
and James & Trudy Wagner
& Son. Miffhntown.
Over the past year,
Juniata County has in
creased their average
number of cows by 77 to a
total of 3179. Those cows are
producing 147 more pounds
of milk then last years 14,860
pound average. Even
though the pounds of milk
increased, the pounds of
butterfat produced was two
pounds less than last years
572 pound average.
In comparison with the
State, Juniata County had
Eleven of the nineteen Juniata County DHIA owners of herds
averaging 600-700 pounds of butterfat received gold rosettes in
person at the DHIA Annual Meeting. Front row shown left to
right are: Glen Simonton, Port Royal; Charles Queitzsch, Mif
fhntown; David Noss, Port Royal; Clyde Moyer, Thompsontown;
Elroy Saner, Thompsontown; Donald Apple (DHIA President),
Richfield made the presentations. Back row, shown left to right,
and average of 47.4 cows per
herd, 7.9 cows below the
state average. The County
was only .1 behind the
State’s 86.2 per cent cow
days in milk. For per cow
averages: Juniata came out
way ahead of the State with a
15007 pounds of milk
average, 532 pounds more
than the State’s 14475
average. The County also
showed a 22 pound gam on
the State’s 548 pounds of
butterfat average per cow,
with the per cent fat being
the same. The County’s
value of milk was higher at
1529 compared to the State’s
1498. The value plus/minus
feed cost was 857 for the
State and eight less, or, 845
for the County.
The County fed 585 more
pounds of gram compared to
the State’s 5882 pounds fed.
Hay, silage and other
forages were less though.
Hay fed, according to State
averages, was 3967 pounds,
while the County fed 3849
pounds. Silage and other
forages fed by the State
totaled 15,127 while the
County fed substantially less
at 13,674 pounds. The County
averaged 13 more days on
pasture (85 days) compared
to the State’s 72 days.
On the average Juniata
County paid more for their
feed then the State averaged
Charles Wochley, Richfield; Jay Fmkbmer, McAlisterville;
Herbert Keiser, herdsman for Donald Adams, Port Royal;
Harold Shearer, East Waterford; James Graham, Port Royal;
Norman Love, East Waterford. Absent from the picture are:
Mark L. Zook, Mifflin; John Van Horn, Mifflintown; James
Swartz, Port Royal; Wilbur Harshbarger, Mifflintown: Rodney
Conrad, Millerstown; and James Wagner, Mifflitown.
over the past year. Gram
costs were $lO more for the
County while the'State paid
$343. Hay prices were $43
more for the County, and the
state was paying $lOl,
compared to Juniata’s $144.
The County paid out $2O less
for other feed costs ($155)
and the State paid $175.
Pasture cost the County $3l
while the State averaged $22.
Totaling the feed cost
figures, the County paid $43
dollars more for feed per
cow then the State averaged.
Said another way, the
County’s feed cost per
hundred weight of milk was
$.13 higher at $4.56 com
pared to the State average of
$4.43 per hundred weight of
milk produced.
Chief testing supervisor
was Harvey Fettig assisted
by C. George Book, Mif
flintown and Michael
Beaver, Port Royal.
- Newly elected officers of
the Association are
President-Donald Apple,
Richfield; Vice-President-
Norman Love, East
Waterford; Secretary-C.
Roy Henry, Port Royal;
Treasurer-Harvey Fettig
Port Royal.
Breakfast
scheduled
LEESPORT-A breakfast
will be held at the On
telaunee Grange Hall, Bern
Township, on Sunday,
January 7, 1979, from 8 a.m.
to Ip.m. The choice of menu
includes: sausage and
pancakes, ham and eggs or
sausage and eggs. Baked
goods will be on sale. The
public is invited.
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