A IS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5,1980
Walnut Lane Farm
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Douglas Layman, senior and
junior awards respectively.
Both 4-H’ers from
Waynesboro are members of
the Quincy-Washington
Township 4-H Dairy Club.
Blam May, county FFA
advisor, also presented the
top FFA Guernsey project
award to Jeffrey Benedict.
Jeffrey is a member of the
Blue Ridge FFA Chapter in
Waynesboro. The award is
sponsored by the Franklin
County Guernsey Breeders’
Club
Carol Mummert and Dale
Mummert, both of Cham
bersburg, received halters
sponsored by the Franklin
County 4-H Dairy Council for
the 1979 first-year showman
and fitter honors gained at
the 1979 Franklin County 4-H
Dairy Roundup last August.
Carol won the outstanding
first-year fitter award while
Dale won the outstanding
first-year showman award
During the business
session the Guernsey Club
elected three members to
the board of directors.
Elected to a three-year
term were Donald Bender,
Waynesboro; Donald A
McCullough, Rl Newville;
and Rodney Stuff, Mer
cersburg
Sam Guss
LANCASTER - Sam
Guss, retired Penn State
veterinarian will be the
speaker for the April
meeting of the Dutch
Country Dairy Goat
Association at 7 p.m
Tuesday, April 8 at the Farm
and Home Center here.
Guss’ topic mil be What's
New in Dairy Goats. In
addition, there will be ample
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These new directors
replace Kenneth Mummert,
Kenneth Meyers, and Harold
Hoffeditz whose terms ex
pired this year.
Ginger Secnst, Penn
sylvania Guernsey
Breeders’ Association field
representative gave a State
Association report.
Secnst stated the
Association had a good year
last year and this year looks
good too.
‘ ‘Sales of cattle are up.
“The average selling pnce
is $1077 which is a 51 percent
increase over last year’s
average,” stated Secnst
The Association recently
had its second annual Blue
Halter Calf Sale and the 15
calves sold averaged $960,
$330 better than calves sold
last year.
Raymond Witmer of
Willow Street, who is
currently on the Middle
Atlantic Guernsey Sire
Committee, spoke on this
new young sire selection
program
“The MAGS committee is
working for you.
“Any bull approved by the
committee has to be a 900
plus bull” said Witmer.
“It takes all of us to make
MAGS a success stated
Witmer. The breed has got to
to speak to
time for a question and
answer session.
In addition to his many
honors in the field of
veterinary science, Guss has
been active in the dairy goat
industry. He is the author of
a book on dairy goats and
has a question and answer
column in the Dairy Goat
Journal.
He has also been the
move and we have room to
go up.
The Association knows of
one breeding service that no
longer carries colored breed
semen because
economically they cannot do
it, and both Witmer and
Secnst urged members to
use MAGS and stressed that
the breed has got to make it
on their own.
Seth Schnebly, National
Guernsey Association
Director for District #6, also
spoke on the MAGS program
and reported that there are
four young sire testing units
across the country.
In special attendance was
the State Guernsey Dairy
Prmcess Millie Linde and
the Franklin County Dairy
Prmcess Carolyn Meyers.
Both Princesses talked on
the importance of produc
tion, testing, and main
tenance of the dairy cow in
promoting the dairy product
Speaker for the event was
Glen Stouffer, R 9 Cham
bersburg.
Stouffer, who was mvolved
in a three week tour of China
m 1976, presented a slide
show on his 1976 tour.
Officers of the Franklin
County Guernsey Breeders’
Club are: Gerald Mummert,
president, Kenneth Meyers,
vice-president, and Lehigh
Knepper, secretary/treasu
rer.
goat club
recipient of the
sylvania Dairy
Association award.
Clubs outside the Lan
caster area who are in
terested in attending are
invited. The Dutch Country
Dairy Goat Association is
open to anyone interested in
dauy goats.
For more information or
directions to the meeting,
contact Pat Kauffman
717/28*4340 or the Lancastei
Extension Office 717/394-6851
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