—Lancaster farming, Saturday, February 3,1979
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Yoder tops Mifflin DHIA
LEWISTOWN - Kore
Yoder’s 47 registered
Holstein cows hold the best
production average for the
December 1978 testing
penod, according the Mifflin
County Cooperative Ex
tension Service. The Yoder
herd, which recorded an
average of 92 9 per cent cow
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and four nursing students. In the treasurer’s report,nt
There were 29 applicants for was n °ted that there is $8,750
the awards which were remaining to be paid on the
made on the basis of 50 per mortgage,
cent financial aid, 30 per Entertainment
cent scholarship and 20 per provided by the
cent leadership. Hershey Glee Club
Pa. Grape production
HARRISBURG- Penn
sylvania’s 1978 grape
production is estimated at
57,500 tons, up 92 per cent
from the 1977 crop of 30,000
tons, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service. The 1978
figure is 1500 tons below the
1976 record crop.
The Erie County grape
belt was in full bloom June 19
compared to June 6 in 1977.
The 1977-78 winter vine kill
was above average but no
Spring damage was in
curred.
Although precipitation
was not consistant this past
Summer, a good quality crop
was harvested in late Sep
tember and early October.
The value of utilized grape
production in the state in
1978 was $13.34 million,
almost twice the value of the
1977 figure of $6.85 million.
dm
days in milk, produced 51.5
pounds of milk and 2.14
pounds of butterfat per head
daily.
Second was the John
Kauffman herd, with an
average of 54.5 pounds of
milk and 1.97 pounds of
butterfat on 54 cows.
up 92%
The price per ton of
Pennsylvania grapes was
$232 in 1978, compared to
$231 in 1977 and $l6B in 1976.
United States grape
production in 1978 totaled
4.18 tons r three per
cent from 1977. The decline
is attributed to a small crop
in California.
Third on the list was
Marvin E. P6achey, whose
59 registered' Holsteins
pumped out an average 47.4
pounds of milk and 1.88
pounds of butterfat per day.
Percy Yoder was fourth with
73 Holsteins combining for
an average of 46.5 pounds of
milk and 1.87 pounds of
butterfat per day. Fifth was
Moses Zook, who had an
average of 50.3 pounds of
milk and 1.83 pounds of
butterfat on 54 cows. David
Spicher matched that per
formance on butterfat, but
his 68 Holsteins were down
slightly on milk - 45.4 pounds
per day.
The high individual record
for milk was recorded by
Eve, a 5-year old registered
Holstein in the Percy S.
Yoder herd. She produced
23,370 pounds of milk and 763
pounds of butterfat. The
crown in butterfat
production went to Louis S.
Peachey, Jr., whose No. 50
checked in with 18,315
pounds of milk and 877
pounds of butterfat. No. 50 is
a 7-year old Holstein.
In all, more than 125 cows
on Mifflin County DH3A
turned in lactation records in
December 1978 which ex
ceeded 600 pounds of but
terfat.
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