Walnut Lane Farm sweeps Guemse
BY RUTH ANN BENEDICT
Staff Correspondent
KAUFFMAN STATION -
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Stuff of
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Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Stuff, left, of Mercersburg, receive the high county herd
production, high lifetime production, and high cow production awards from
Philip Wagner, county agent, at the Franklin County Guernsey Breeders' Club
Banquet.
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Walnut Lane Farm, Mer
cersburg, received aU three
high county DHIA
production awards at the
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annual Franklin County
Guernsey Breeders’ Club
Banquet held last Friday at
the Kauffman Station
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Ruritan Building.
Some 100 Guernsey
breeders’ and families at
tended the event held to
recognize outstanding
members and to re-organize
for the coming year.
“Sunnydell H. Della”,
owned by the Stuff’s, gar
nered the high lifetime
production award. Della, in
eight lactations, produced
111,774 pounds of milk and
5034 pounds of butterfat.
The second award
presented to the Stuffs was
high herd production. The
Walnut Lane Guernsey herd
averaged 12,474 pounds of
milk and 595 pounds of
butterfat.
The Stuff’s also received
the high cow production
award with 17,296 pounds of
milk and 819 pounds of
butterfat.
The Franklin County
Guernsey Breeders’ Club
annually presents awards to
the top junior and senior 4-H
member in the county with
an outstanding project book.
Receiving these awards
were Jeffrey Benedict and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5,1980—A17
Dale Mummert, left, and Carol Mummert, both
of Chambersburg, received 1979 first-year 4-H
showman and fitter awards, respectively, at the
Franklin County Guernsey Breeders' Club
Banquet. These 4-H'ers gained these honors at the
1979 Franklin County 4-H Dairy Round-Up.
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Douglas Layman, left, and Jeffrey Benedict, both
of Waynesboro, received 1979 outstanding junior
and senior 4-H project book awards, respectively,
at the Franklin County Guernsey Breeders’ Club
Banquet
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