Guernsey breeders present awards, elect officers
BY RUTH ANN BENEDICT
Staff Correspondent
CAMP HILL The typical
Farm Show weather of snow,
ice and just plain “ole ugly”
weather didn't keep some
125 PA Guernsey breeders
away from the 49th Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania
Guernsey Breeders’
Association on Wednesday,
January 9, at Schindlers
Restaurant of Camp Hill.
A business meeting was
conducted at 10:30 a.m.
followed by a banquet
program at noon.
Raymond F. Witmer,
Willow Street, president of
the Association, presided at
the morning business
meeting.
During the morning
program, Donald Ace of the
Penn State Dairy and
Animal Science Depart
ment, spoke of the dairy
program and its students at
the Penn State University.
“The dairy industry is
good. Dairy students at Penn
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hands dirty”, said Ace.
“The students are now
leaving Penn State more
prepared to go to work on the
farm then ever before.”
Ace noted that a new
course is bemg offered now
at Penn State on artificial
insemination, thus hopmg to
initiate a “hands on”
program where the students
not only leam the theory but
they see the theory m a real
to life working situation.
Penrose Hallowell,
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture, gave a brief yet
encouraging talk.
Hallowell, a dairy farmer
himself, stated that the dairy
industry in Pennsylvania is
strong and he urged the
dairy farmer to keep
pushing onward.
The afternoon banquet
program was highlighted by
a special guest speaker.
“What about the Guernsey
cow?” asked Douglas Wilson
of the Midwest Breeders
Coop, Shawano, Wisconsin.
“What is all this new
excitement in the Guernsey
breed and what should we do
with this excitement?” said
Wilson.
“What we do tomorrow is
where we will be m five
years.
“We shouldn’t sit back
now and take a breather just
because we feel we are
where we wanted to be by
1980. We must keep pushing
on and working hard,”
stated Wilson.
Wilson also spoke about
breeding programs and how
to avoid “genetic” traps.
“A dairy farmers should
use young bulls in his
breeding program and
evaluate each and every cow
individually,” said Wilson.
“Don’t select one bull and
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At 49th annual meetin.
Mary Ann Witmer, left, of Willow Street, was
honored for her high four-year-old production
record. Renee Fava, right, received the Sewickley
Award. She exhibited the grand champion
Guernsey during the breed’s Junior show at Farm
Show.
then breed all of your cows to
that bull. Use different bulls
to keep from getting mto a
trap,” urged Wilson.
Another highlight during
the banquet program was
the presentation of the
awards.
Ginger M. Secnst
presented the awards.
Awards went to K. D. and
Else Linde, Oxford, for high
herd for milk in 1979. The
Linde herd of 46 cows
averaged 14,126 pounds of
milk, 658 pounds of fat.
The Raymond F. and
Louise A. Witmer farm,
Willow Street, received the
award for high herd for fat m
1979. Witmers 64 cow herd
averaged 13,748 pounds of
milk, 674 pounds of fat.
The high cow for milk and
fat award for 1979 went to
in /bird (192 birds/
“Sniders Prince Lily” with
21,350 pounds of milk, 1203
pounds of fat with a 5.6%
test. “Lily” is owned by Dr.
Marvin Banner and Piney
Lane Farm, John Meyers,
Gettysburg and Littlestown.
Secnst also presented
awards to Junior Guernsey
Breeder members.
Judith A. Harding,
Brookville, and William
Zollers, Jr., Mertztown,
received the Outstanding
Girl and Boy Awards m the
Junior Association.
Junior member production
awards were presented to
Barry Leham, York, 2 Yr.
Old with 13,493 pounds of
milk, 579 pounds of fat,
“Carsels T. D. Lilly”;
Robert E. Kirk, Peach
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Raymond F. Witmer, left, of Willow Street,
receives the award for the 1979 high herd in fat
production from Ginger M. Secrist, during the
annual meeting and banquet of the Pa. Guernsey
Breeders Association.
The Outstanding Girl and Boy Junior Awards
were given to Judith A. Harding, left, Brookvifle,
and William Zollers, Jr., Mertztown, by the Pa.
Guernsey Breeders Association.