Farming, Saturday, January 5,1980
The
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Helmans are building a name for quality cows,
left. Stanley, Robert, Raymond and Wayne
Typey Heifers
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production is one reason, of
course, but good breeding,
good papers and good type
make a big difference in the
sale ring.
And in the show ring, too.
The Helmans have been
going to the Farm Show in
Harrisburg every year for
the last five and have been
providing some stiff com
petition for names that may
be better known in the dairy
business.
They’ve capped a first get
of sire award, and a fistful of
lesser awards for mostly
younger stock.
Some of their buyers have
fared even better. One cow,
when the Helmans showed
her, was an Honorable
Mention All-Pennsylvania
yearling. As a two-year-old
out of somebody else’s barn,
she was the 1976 All-
Pennsylvania Champion in
her age group.
At the last Franklin
County Farm Show, the
Helman farm walked away
with the premier breeder
award, and for the last
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several years, a Helman calf
has been the top seller at the
county’s 4-H calf sale.
With Rocky gone, the
Helmans are relying more
heavily on artificial
breeding, and they don’t
mind paying the price to
breed their better cows to
top bulls.
They have one Ivanhoe
Star daughter now in the
milking herd, and a few
heifers waiting in the wings.
And, yes, they’ve already
sold a number of their
Ivanhoe Star daughters.
If you hang around the
dairy bam or the show ring
next week at the Farm Show,
you’ll be able to get a good
look at the Helman animals.
The Helman family will be
there again, with seven of
their finest. D.W.
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cellent rating.
When Raymond Helman shows at the 1980 Farm
Show he’ll be banking on a decade of breeding
experience and some young cows with plenty of
type.
Shorthorns
imported to U.S.
OMAHA, Neb. - The
American Shorthorn
Association recently an
nounced the arrival of five
bulls and 46 females to the
United States Quarantine
Station. These animals are
Irish Shorthorns which will
bring new blood to the
American lines first un
ported to this country m 1783.
In the past eight years,
only 125 head of Shorthorns
were imported into the U.S.
Occasionally, an outstanding
bull has been imported, but
entire airplane loads of
females is something unique
in this area.
The Shorthorn program in
Ireland is designed and
supervised by the govern
ment. In what they term the
Irish Scheme, they select tlie
cattle with only large
frames, heavy muscling and
high productivity,
developing a strong genetic
base.
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