■5) Juniata DHIA ‘p> & I honors top herds 'H MIFFLINTOWN The Harshbarger 4s M Juniata County Dairy Herd Kenneth Deamer, I M improvement Association David Noss, John V -ft had a banner year, S.F. Metz, Hr president Donald Apple Benner, Rober* at the Association Elmer A. Nos r Annual Meeting. H. Speer, f The 3359 cows in 83 herds Wilson, F a yearly average Apple, ar -I of 14,854 pounds of milk-and Feed ,|561 pounds of fat per cow. an a’ T Is The herds of Clyde Moyer, cov % Thompsontown and C. Roy rr Henry, Port Royal, ' f averaged 709 and 705 pounds I of fat, respectively, yf The Pennsylvania II Dairymen’s Association awarded them purple If rosettes. "I Cither top producing herds,' i| averaging over 600 pounds of fbutterfat and receiving gold rosettes were; Freebum 4s Norman Love, Rick & Ralph fyLmer, Mark L. Zook, James gpP. Graham, Rodney Conrad, Records were calculated for 4,584 cows in 86 herds The five high herds in average butterfat production per cow per day are listed below Owners’s name, number of cows, average daily pounds of milk and butterfat per cow, are given in order Freeburn & Norman Love Rick & Ralph Saner Larry A David Noss James L. Swartz Roy & Glen Henry Three hundred* cows completed lactation records of 305 days or less One of these cows produced over 1000 lbs of butterfat; 3 produced over 900 lbs, 7 produced over 800 lbs.-,-34 produced over 700 lbs, 51 produced over 600 lbs, and 84 produced over 500 lbs The fifteen Jitgh cows are listed below The owner’s name, cow’s name, pounds milk and pounds butterfat are given in order W Harshbarger&Sons Inez W. Harshbarger & Sons, Kenneth Deamer, Larry & David Noss, John Van Horn, S.F. Metz, Herman R. Benner, Robert L. Bailor, Elmer A. Noss & Son, James H. Speer, Jr., James V. Wilson, Donald & Diane Apple, and Donald Adams. Feed cost per cow was at an all tune high of $697 per cow per year. However, the return above feed cost at $1022 also was higher than in previous years. James Graham, David Noss, and Rick Saner were elected directors. 1980 of ficers are President, Donald Apple; Vice-President, Norman Love; Secretary, C. Arthur'- Zug; Treasurer, Harvey Fettig. Supervisors are Harvey Fettig, C. George Book, and Michael Beaver. November 1979 53 52 5 2 08 47 53 0 2 00 57 48.2 195 25 50.9 188 59 48 4 1 87 23,641 1041 With 1979 coming to a close, all of us at E.M. Herr, Inc. want to thank our many customers for their patronage throughout the year. To All of our Friends and neighbors a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year Juniata County Dairy Herd Improvement Association members were awarded rosettes for top producing herds by the Pennsylvania Dairyman Association. Clyde Moyer, bottom right, and Donald Henry, next to him, received purple rosettes for records of 709 pounds and 705 Rick & Ralph Saner May Jane Larry & David Moss 27 7 Roy & Glen Henry (ns Cotton MarkL Zook Galaxy Elite Delmar D. Auker 20 John L Van Horn Betty 25,214 977 24,027 833 22,382 954 21,446 808 20,631 901 22,072 800 23,199 882 19,602 817 21,435- 820 19,001 816 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,1979—45 pounds of fat, respectively. Receiving gold rosettes for production over 600 pounds of fat were (from left to right) Rick Saner, Craig Van Horn, Donald Apple, Herman Benner, (rear row, left to right) Norman Love, Robert Bailor, Rodney Conrad, James Graham, David Noss and James Wilson. John R. Saner 45 James C Graham Heather Clyde D Moyer Snowball Elmer A Noss & Son Maxie Juniata County Annual Summary Seventy-two herds exceeded an average production of 500 (Turn to Page 46) 20,234 798 20,467 797 19,691 784 18,974'' 781
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