ELBURN, m. - Six young Holstein sires - all out of the same dam and all bom within 10 days - have just arrived at Curtiss Breeding Industries for AI service. This is the first time m the history of the artificial in semination industry that so many bull calves of the same litter have been in corporated into a single Al stud at the same time. Utilizing the twin techniques of super ovulation and embryo transplant, Curtiss geneticists carefully planned the pedigrees of these young bulls, as part of the Curtiss Young Sire Program. Planning started with Feeder pi SHIPPENSBURG - A of 85 head averaged per head at the initial feeder pig sale held by the South Central Pennsylvania Pork Producers on Friday, April 11, at the Shippensburg Fair Grounds. The champion individual pig sold for $lOO. The champion pen of three brought $235, with the first NOnUNCE CHARGES until September 1,1980. . ** Plus factory allowance savings if you buy NOW! Don’t miss out on this great inflation-fighting offer. Take ad vantage of special factory allowances when you buy the new Massey corn, soybean, sorghum or rice combine you’ve been wanting Finance it with Massey-Ferguson and you’ll pay no finance charges until September 1,1980! Crop-saving efficiency is standard with a big red Massey combine. MF Massey Ferguson MF “S Massey Ferguson Six sires from Pa. dam to enter AI stud their dam, Mowry-C Prin cess Comne. She was mated as a yearling heifer because of her pedigree potential. She has since classified 85 points and has completed two national milk records for junior two-year-old Holstems. The Blair County cow topped all previous highs on twice-daily milking with 29,220 pounds milk and 1042 pounds fats in 305 days after first-calvmg at the age of two years, five months. • Then she went on to 34,020 pounds of milk and 1234 pounds fat in 365 days. Now milking as a three-year-old she has produced 26,173 sale held animal from the pen bringing $llO. They were consigned by Russell Kegg, R 1 Bedford. The reserve champion pen of three was consigned by Dutch Valley Farm, Manheim. Judge for the sale was Ezra Good, Denver. Auc tioneer was Art Kling, Landisburg. -r*~ *'-'“ ~T~" /- Match your specific needs with threshing cylinders from 37” to 60” wide. Each combine is built to han dle high yielding crops with ease a proven performer that will give you top returns on your investment Big factory allowances, and no finance charges until September 1, 1980 two good reasons to buy NOW Don’t wait, offer expires May 2,1980. Personalized MF financing, parts, and service available. PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO. ABRACZINSKA’S FARM EQUIP. INC. 225 York Road Carlisle, PA Ph (717)249-5338 S.G. LEWIS AND SON West Grove, PA Ph (215)869-9440 869-2214 pounds milk and 1044 pounds fat m her first 231 days on test. Her USDA cow index, calculated January, 1980, is +2120M +72F +s24l. This cow, sired by Paclamar Bootmaker, is a paternal sister to Curtiss’ new headline sire Boss Man, the top-selling Holstein in the United States in 1979. In addition, Corrine is a daughter of the second highest milk-producing cow of the breed - the first in history to produce over 50,000 pounds of milk in a single lactation-Mowry Prince Comne “2E-92”. Corrine’s best record was 50,759 lbs. milk and 1,548 lbs. fat in 365 days as a nine year-old. Her most recent USDA cow index is: +2038M +46F +sl9B. Curtiss officials say they believe this dam-daughter combination now has the highest consecutive generation cow indexes in the Holstein breed. Following super ovulation, Corrine was bred with semen from two sires simultaneously. These sires had been carefully selected for blood type, so exact parentage could be deter * i < i y* Register to win one of 20 MF 205 Compact Tractors to be given away by Massey Ferguson Come in and fill out an Official Entry Form No purchase necessary Void where prohibited Complete Sweep s*anes Rules available at the dealership ENTER TODAY Sweepstakes expires May 2 1980 MARLIN W. SCHREFFLER Pitman, PA Ph (717)648-1120 These six bull calves, out of Mowry-C Princess Corrine, all have been in corporated into the Curtiss Al stud. mined by blood analysis of the resulting calves. Embryos were transferred to recipient animals, and the resulting litter of six bull and two heifer calves was bom during March, 1979. Blood tests show four of the bull Spring into the 80 s with big factory allowance savings on a new MF 2000 Series tractor There’s one that’s sized just right for the way you farm, from 6-cylmder 100 and 120 PTO hp models to V-8 s with 140, 160 or 190 PTO hp 700 E Linden St Richland, PA Ph (717)866-7518 BUY NOW AND SAVE with factory allowances on MF 100-190 HP tractors. RD 1, Catawissa. PA 717-356-2323 (South on Rt 42) N. H. FUCKER & SONS, INC. Maxatawny, PA Ph (215)683-7252 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980—DS calves were sired by Milu Betty Ivanhoe Chief, two by Poverty Hollow Milestone. All six of the bull calves passed their on-farm tests for admittance to the Curtiss stud, and are now in isolation at Elbum Here they will It’s a great time to get the power, comfort and performance you need to speed spring field work and take advantage of special factory allowances Stop in right away for all the details—offer expires May 2 1980 undergo extensive health, semen production and fertility tests, and will be entered in the Curtiss Blue Chip progeny testing program. Curtiss specialists expect them to be available for service in June or July. M. M. WEAVER & SON N Groffdaleßd Leola PA 17540 Ph (717)656-2321 ARNETT’S GARAGE Rt 9 Box 125 Hagerstown, MD Ph (301)733-0515
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