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'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
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20,234 798
20,467 797
19,691 784
18,974'' 781